The glory of Cremona

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The glory of Cremona

Strad, [19--]

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The glory of Cremona : Ruggiero Ricci plays 15 famous violins by Joseph Guarneri del Gesù, Antonio Stradivari, Gasparo da Salò, Carlo Bergonzi, Andrea Amati, Nicolo Amati

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For violin and piano, includes original and arr. works

Leon Pommers, piano ; Ruggiero Ricci, violin

Ricci plays the same very short excerpt from violin concerto in G minor (Bruch) for comparison on 15 different famous violins: 1. Andrea Amati (c. 1560-70) -- 2. Nicolo Amati (1656) -- 3. Antonio Stradivari, the "Spanish" (1677) -- 4. Antonio Stradivari, the "Ernst" (1709) -- 5. Antonio Stradivari, the "Joachim" (1714) -- 6. Antonio Stradivari, the "Monasterio" (1719) -- 7. Antonio Stradivari, the "Madrileno" (1702) -- 8. Antonio Stradivari, the "Rode" (1733) -- 9. Gasparo da Salò (c. 1570-80) -- 10. Carlo Bergonzi, the "Constable" (1731) -- 11. Joseph Guarneri del Gesù, the "Gibson" (1734) -- 12. Joseph Guarneri del Gesù, the "Lafont" (1735) -- 13. Joseph Guarneri del Gesù, the "Plowden" (1735) -- 14. Joseph Guarneri del Gesù, the "Ex-Vieuxtemps" (1739) -- 15. Joseph Guarneri del Gesù, the "De Beriot" (1744)

Original sound recordings owned by MCA Records

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Pamphlet contains program notes in English

Publisher's no.: 6

Contents of Works

  • Intrada / by Desplanes
  • Larghetto / by Nardini
  • Praeludium / by Antonio Vivaldi
  • Cantabile and waltz / by Nicolo Paganini
  • Adagio / by Mozart ; [arr. by] Friedberg
  • Improvisation, op. 21, no. 1 / by Kabalevsky
  • Melodie, op. 42, no. 3 / by Tchaikovsky
  • Largo / by Veracini
  • Sicilienne / by Paradis ; [arr. by] Dushkin
  • The violin maker of Cremona / by Hubay
  • Larghetto / by G.F. Handel
  • Romance in A major / by Schumann ; [arr. by] Kreisler
  • Hungarian dance no. 20 / by Brahms
  • Hungarian dance no. 17 / by Brahms
  • Song without words : op. 62. No. 1. May breeze / by Mendelssohn ; [arr. by] Kreisler

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