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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Ruggiero Ricci - Virtuoso Violin Concertos
Khachaturian: | Violin Concerto in D minor London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari | Saint-Saëns: | Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 London Symphony Orchestra, Piero Gamba Havanaise, Op. 83 London Symphony Orchestra, Piero Gamba | Sarasate: | Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 London Symphony Orchestra, Piero Gamba Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 London Symphony Orchestra, Piero Gamba | Sibelius: | Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 London Symphony Orchestra, Oivin Fjeldstad | Tchaikovsky: | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent Scherzo London Symphony Orchestra, Oivin Fjeldstad Sérénade Mélancolique for Violin & Orchestra in B minor, Op. 26 London Symphony Orchestra, Oivin Fjeldstad |
Ruggiero Ricci is in his element in these virtuoso concertos and showpieces, with both, the Tchaikovsky Concerto (with Sargent) and Scherzo and the Sibelius Violin Concerto being released internationally on CD for the first time. The perceptive booklet notes by Tully Potter include a biography of Ricci and (sometimes wry!) comments by the violinist himself on the recordings, and some fascinating detail on the first movement cadenza of the Khachaturian. All the recordings were made in a five-year period from 1956 (Khachaturian) to 1961 (Tchaikovsky). | 
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| |  | Proustor How The Heart Skips A Beat
Stéphanie Romberg, Eleonora Abbagnato, Manuel Legris, Stephane Bullion, Hervé Moreau (dancers) Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris, Koen Kessels In 1974, Roland Petit, probably the greatest and certainly one of the most prolific of 20th century French
choreographers he was the first person to create a work based on Proust's novel, A la recherche du temps
perdu, completed in 1922, the year of his death.The book, better known to Anglo-Saxon readers as In Search
of Lost Time, in which the author's homosexuality is latent, was written over the last 14 years of his life. Marcel
Proust mingles childhood souvenirs with adolescent memories and is full of nostalgia for places once visited
and exhibitions he'd seen. He dwells lengthily on love, passion, and jealousy and inevitably questions one's
reason for living.
Proust ou les intermittences du coeur has now happily entered into the repertoire of the Paris Opéra Ballet.It
consists of 13 vignettes inspired by the seven lengthy tomes which complete the unabridged work, Petit has
chosen to convey the spirit of the novel via a succession of impressionistic tableaux which reflect the changing
moods of the writer as he oscillated between periods of intense happiness and deep depression.And
although the choreographer paints a merciless portrait of the aristocracy and bourgeoisie during the Belle
Epoque, the highlights of the work lie in the series of poetical pas de deux, which at times might have seemed
a little disconnected, but at which the French choreographer is past master. Choreography & stage direction Roland Petit; Designer Luisa Spinatelli; Sets Bernard Michel; Lighting Jean-Michel Désire Palais Garnier, March 2007 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Nicola Benedetti (violin) London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Ruggiero Ricci (violin) London Symphony Orchestra, Pierino Gamba | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Vadim Brodsky (violin) Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Straszynski | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Saint-Saëns - Complete Works For Violin & Orchestra and Cello & Orchestra
Saint-Saëns: | Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Pierre Cao Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Major Op. 20 Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Pierre Cao Caprice andalou, Op. 122 Hungarica Philharmonia, Pierre Cao Violin Concerto No. 2 in C Major Op. 58 Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Pierre Cao Havanaise, Op. 83 Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Pierre Cao Morceau de concert in G major, Op. 62, for violin and orchestra Hungarica Philharmonia, Reinhard Peters Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Pierre Cao Romance in C major, Op. 48, for violin and orchestra Hungarica Philharmonia, Reinhard Peters Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis de Froment Allegro Appassionato in B minor Op. 43 Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Louis de Froment Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 119 Recklinghausen Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Siegfried Landau |
Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Laszlo Varga (cello) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Manuel Rosenthal | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1
Bruch: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 | Kroll: | Banjo and Fiddle | Saint-Saëns: | Havanaise, Op. 83 | Sarasate: | Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 Danza Española No. 1: Malagueña, Op. 21, No. 1 Danza Española No. 2: Habanera, Op. 21, No. 2 Danza Española No. 6: Zapateado, Op. 23, No. 2 | Tchaikovsky: | Souvenir d'un lieu tres cher, Op. 42 | Wieniawski: | Caprice in A minor Op. 18 No. 4 arranged by Kreisler |
Michael Rabin (violin) & Lothar Broddack (piano) RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Thomas Schippers Michael Rabin was a virtuoso of the highest order, one of the most talented violinists of the 20th century. A child prodigy, he performed in public for the first time aged only eleven. From the early 1950s, Rabin gave concerts across the globe and made numerous recordings, including the complete Paganini Caprices. He worked himself into a state of exhaustion, going through a crisis in the 1960s which temporarily compromised his playing. However, Rabin managed to recover and return to his former glory.These recordings, made by the RIAS and released here for the first time, document his comeback in an impressive manner: the live recording of Max Bruch's First Violin Concerto, made in the Berlin Philharmonie, is of particular interest as Rabin never made an LP recording of it. In the short virtuoso pieces, the violinist - who died at a tragically young age - demonstrates himself to have been a romantic virtuoso par excellence: he displays a sensuous tone and an enthralling technique. “…a technical wizard and an artist in total command of his instrument, someone who would surely have developed an extra musical dimension had he been granted another 30 or so years to do so.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2009 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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