Discography


The discography is organized by Record Label below. Recordings are also available organized by composer.

Recordings NOT YET Released on CD

LONDON/DECCA

A Tribute to Kreisler

Kreisler – Praeludium and Allegro

Kreisler – Sicilienne and Rigaudon

Kreisler – Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane

Kreisler – Rondino on a theme of Beethoven

Tartini-Kreisler – Variations on a theme by Corelli

Kreisler – Recitativo and Scherzo Caprice

Kreisler – Caprice Viennois

Kreisler – Tambourin Chinois

Kreisler – Liebesfreud

Kreisler – Liebesleid

Kreisler – Schön Rosmarin

Kreisler – La Gitana

Kreisler – The Old Refrain

Kreisler – La Chasse

Brooks Smith, piano

Released on LP as DL 710052

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Ricci Plays Sarasate

Sarasate – Malagueña, op. 21, no. 1

Sarasate – Habanera, op. 21, no. 2

Sarasate – Romanza Andaluza, op. 22, no. 1

Sarasate – Jota Novarra, op. 22, no. 2

Sarasate – Playera, op. 23, no. 1

Sarasate – Zapateado, op. 2

Sarasate – Spanish Dance, op. 26, no. 1

Sarasate – Spanish Dance, op. 26, no. 2

Sarasate – Introduction and Tarantella, op. 43

Sarasate – Caprice Basque, op. 24

Sarasate – Serenade Andalouse, op. 28

Brooks Smith, piano

Released on LP as DL 710044

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Strauss –Sonata in E flat major for violin and piano, op. 18

Prokofiev –Sonata No. 2 in D major for violin and piano, op. 94

Carlo Busotti, piano

Released on LP as LXT 2818 (Strauss has been released on CD—Prokofiev has not)

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Brahms Violin Sonatas

Sonata No. 2 in A major for violin & piano, op. 100

Sonata No. 3 in D minor for violin & piano, op. 108

Julius Katchen, piano

Released on LP as LL 1569

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Ruggiero Ricci: Violin Plus One

Vivaldi – Sonata in A major for violin and harpsichord, op. 2, no. 2

Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord

Saint-Saëns – Fantasy for violin and harp, op. 124

Gloria Agostini, harp

Paganini – Sonata in E minor, op. 3, no. 6

Rolando Valdes-Blain, guitar

Villa-Lobos – Suite for Voice and Violin

Lee Venora, soprano

Prokofieff – Sonata for two violins, op. 56

David Nadien, violin

Released on LP as DL 710177

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Bravura!

Locatelli – The Harmonic Labyrinth

Paganini – Variations on “Nel cor più non mi sento”

Ernst – Hungarian Airs, op. 22

Vecsey – The Wind

Wieniawski – Variations on the Austrian National Anthem

Paganini – Variations on a Theme of Joseph Weigl

Ernst – Variations on “The Last Rose of Summer”

Leon Pommers, piano

Released on LP as DL 710172

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The Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky – The Complete Swan Lake Ballet in 4 acts, op. 20

Ruggiero Ricci, solo violin

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari

Released on LP as 2SPC 21101/2/3

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TURNABOUT/VOX

Glazounov – Violin Concerto

Glazounov – Meditation for Violin and Orchestra

Philharmonia Hungarica, Reinhard Peters

Released on LP as QTV-S-34621

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Paganini: Works for Violin & Guitar

Paganini – Sonata Concertata in A major

Paganini – Cantabile and Waltz in E major

Paganini – Sonata in A major, op. 2, no. 1

Paganini – Romanza

Paganini – Sonata in A major, op. posth.

Paganini – Cantabile in D major

Paganini – Sonata in A major, op. 3, no. 1

Paganini – Sonata in G major, op. 3, no. 2

Paganini – Sonata in D major, op. 3, no. 3

Paganini – Sonata in E minor, op. 3, no. 6

Ernesto Bitetti, guitar

Released on LP as TVC 37006

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Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Concerto #2

Lamoureux Orchestra; Eugene Bigot, conductor

Released on LP as PLP 6630

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ETCETERA

Vivaldi – 12 Sonatas for Violin & Basso Continuo, op. 2

Dennis Nesbitt, harpsichord

Michael Bassett, cello

Released on LP as ETC 2007

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PYE

Corelli – Sonatas Nos. 1-12, op. 5

Dennis Nesbitt, viola da gamba

Ivor Keyes, harpsichord

Recorded Wigmore Hall, London

Released on LP as TPLS 13058

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FONO GESELLSCHAFT

Richard Flury – 10 Capricen für violine solo

Urs Joseph Flury – sonate für violine solo

Released on LP as FGLS 30-4712

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INTERCORD

Liebesfreud und Liebesleid: Ruggiero Ricci spielt Fritz Kreisler

Kreisler – Caprice Viennois, op. 2

Kreisler – Menuet in the Style of Porpora

Kreisler – Liebesleid

Kreisler – Liebesfreud

Kreisler – Sicilienne and Rigaudon in the Style of Francoeur

Kreisler – Rondino on a Theme of Beethoven

Albeniz-Kreisler – Tango, op. 165, no. 2

Kreisler – Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani

Kreisler – Tambourin chinois, op. 3

Corelli-Tartini-Kreisler – Variations on a Theme by Corelli

Kreisler – Schön Rosmarin

Kreisler – La Gitana

Kreisler – Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane in the Style of Couperin

Kreisler – Allegretto in the Style of Boccherini

Bernhard Kontarsky, piano

Recorded March 1978

Released on LP as INT 160823

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MOSS MUSIC GROUP

International Gala Concert at Carnegie Hall

Bach – Concerto in D minor for two violins and orchestra

Yehudi Menuhin, violin

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra; Piero Gamba, conductor

Recorded March 3, 1979, Carnegie Hall

Released on LP as MMG 1122

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SYMPHONICUM EUROPAE

Gala Concert at Carnegie Hall

Bach – Concerto in D minor for two violins and orchestra

(encore) Bach-Brahms-Ricci – Presto from Sonata No. 1 in G minor

Yehudi Menuhin, violin

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra; Piero Gamba, conductor

Recorded March 3, 1979, Carnegie Hall

Released on LP as SE 16017/8 (special edition of concert released by Moss Music Group which also includes the encore)

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Recordings on CD: London/Decca | VOX, Biddulph | Dynamic | One-Eleven | Istituto Discografico Italiano | Unicorn-Kanchana | Concerto Royale, Carlton Classics, Classical Gold & Regis | Brillant Classics, Orion, Vai, Price-Less, Water Lily Acoustics, John Marks Records, Gallo, Symposia | Sony, MCA/Universal, Toshiba, Tahra, Etcetera, Strad Magazine, Nederlandse Klassieke | Vakhandel/MCA Records, EMI | Reference Recordings, Hungaroton Classic, Bongiovanni, Pearl, JVC

Recordings NOT YET released on CD