Romantic Violin Concertos
Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Dvorak - Ruggiero Ricci
A double-CD of Romantic Violin Concertos celebrating the art of Ruggiero Ricci, this set includes the first international release on CD of the Ricci/Boult 1952 recording of the Beethoven. Boult characterised it as ‘perhaps the most thoughtful concerto, the one which needs for the violinist to be a great man as well as a great player’. Indeed it is a thoughtful and poised reading from both soloist and conductor, coupled with classic accounts of the Mendelssohn, Bruch and Dvorak. The booklet notes by Tully Potter include a biography of Ricci and (sometimes wry!) comments by the violinist himself on the recordings.
TRACK LISTING / ARTISTS
CD1
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61*
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64**
CD2
MAX BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26+
ANTONIN DVORAK
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53++
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra*
Adrian Boult*
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra**
Jean Fournet**
London Symphony Orchestra+
Piero Gamba+
London Symphony Orchestra++
Malcolm Sargent++
- Eloquence 2CD set
- 4802080