The glory of Cremona

Author(s)

• Piani, Giovanni Antonioc. 1760
• Nardini, Pietro
• Vivaldi, Antonio
• Paganini, Nicolò
• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
• Kabalevsky, Dmitry Borisovich
• Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich
• Veracini, Francesco Maria
• Paradis, Maria Theresia von
• Hubay, Jenő
• Handel, George Frideric
• Schumann, Robert
• Brahms, Johannes
• Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix
• Bruch, Max
• Pommers, Leon
• Ricci, Ruggiero

Bibliographic Information

The glory of Cremona

MCA Records , Warner-Pioneer [distributor], p1989

Musical Sound Recording（Compact Audio Disc）

Other Title

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

クレモナの栄光 : ヴァイオリンの歴史的名器15本の饗宴

Note

For violin and piano, includes original and arr. works

Added title from Japanese leaflet

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)

Recording data undescribed

Compact disc; analog recording

Pamphlet contains program notes in English

One of the leaflets contains program notes in Japanese ; the other contains English program notes

MCA Records: 27P2-2145

"2292-56573-2"--Container

Contents of Works

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

• NCID: BB28720925
• LCCN: 2006583867
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: und
• Place of Publication: Universal City, Calif.,[Japan]
• Pages/Volumes: 1 sound disc (57 min., 4 sec.)
• Size: 12 cm. + 1 pamphlet ([7] p. ; 12 x 12 cm.)
• Attached Material: 2 leaflets
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Violin and piano music
  • LCSH : Violin and piano music, Arranged
  • LCSH : Concertos (Violin) -- Excerpts