Discography


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

Recordings Released on CD

DYNAMIC

Ruggiero Ricci: A Life for the Violin

Bach – Sonata for Solo Violin in A minor, BWV 1003

Recorded 1940s

Bach – Prelude from Partita No. 3 in E

Mattheson – Air in B minor*

Paganini – “Moses” Fantasy*

Paganini-Kochanski – La Campanella*

Sarasate – Introduction and Tarantelle**

Sarasate – Habanera**

Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen*

Ysaÿe – Rêve D’Enfant*

*Carl Fürstner, piano

**Louis Persinger, piano

Recorded 1938

Tchaikovsky – Concerto in D major

New Symphony Orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Recorded 1950

Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 4 in E minor (dedicated to Fritz Kreisler)

Wieniawski-Kreisler – Caprice in A minor

Recorded live November 21, 1946, Town Hall, New York City

Chopin-Milstein – Nocturne in C sharp minor

Wieniawski – Stacatto Etude

Recorded live October 5, 1947, Carnegie Hall, New York City

Paganini – Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1

Recorded c. 1949

Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 5 in F, op. 24 “Spring”

Debussy –Sonata for violin and piano

Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, op. 47 “Kreutzer”

Eugenio Bagnoli, piano

Tartini – L’Arte dell’Arco, 60 Variations on a theme by Corelli

Recorded October 3-5, 1995, Salzburg, Austria

Paganini – 60 Variations sur l’Air Barucabà

Recorded November 11-12, 1996, Salzburg, Austria

Franck – Sonata in A major for violin and piano***

Prokofiev – Sonata in D major for violin and piano, op. 94a***

Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 3 in D minor for solo violin, op. 27, no. 3 “Ballade”

Paganini – Variations on “God Save the King,” op. 9

Bach – Gavotte en rondeau from Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006

*** Martha Argerich, piano

Recorded live October 20, 1979 at Carnegie Hall

Ernst – Six Polyphonic Studies for Solo Violin

Study No. 1 dedicated to Laub – Rondino Scherzo – Con spirito

Study No. 2 dedicated to Sainton – Allegretto con grazia

Study No. 3 dedicated to Joachim – Terzett – Allegro moderato e tranquillo

Study No. 4 dedicated to Vieuxtemps – Allegro risoluto

Study No. 5 dedicated to Hellmsberger – Air de Ballet – Allegretto con gusto

Study No. 6 dedicated to Bazzini – Die letze rose – Moderato, Andante non troppo Variations 1-2-3-4-Finale

Recorded July 1983

Wieniawski – L’Ecole Moderne, op. 10, Study-Caprices for Solo Violin

Le Sautillé – presto

La velocité – Allegro vivace

L’Etude – Moderato

Le Staccato – Allegro gioioso

Alla Saltarella – Scherzando

Prelude – Allegro moderato

La Cadenza – Largo

Le Chant du Bivouac – Allegro marziale

Le Arpeges (Variation sur l’Hymne Autrichien) – Andante – Variation 1-2-3

Recorded July 1983

Paganini – Cantabile in D major

Paganini – Tarantella in A minor

Paganini – Nel cor più non mi sento

Paganini – Cantabile and Waltz

Paganini – Sonata No. 1 from Centone di Sonata

Paganini – Sonata, op. 2, no. 1

Paganini – Sonata, op. 2, no. 4

Paganini – Sonata, op. 3, no. 1

Paganini – Sonata, op. 3, no. 2

Paganini – Sonata, op. 3, no. 3

Paganini – Sonata, op. 3, no. 6

Paganini – Variazioni sul Mosè

Paganini – Variazioni di bravura

Paganini – Sonata in A major, op. posth.

Stefano Cardi, guitar

Sarasate – Pateneras, op. 35

Sarasate – Rumanian Melody

Sarasate – Jota de S. Fermin

Sarasate – Miramar (Zortzico), op. 42

Sarasate – Serenata Andalusa, op. 28

Sarasate – Chansons Russes, op. 49

Sarasate – Jota Aragonesa, op. 27

Sarasate – Adios montanas mias, op. 37

Sarasate – Jota de Pablo, op. 52

Sarasate – Zortzico d’Iparaguirre, op. 39

Sarasate – The Song of the Nightingale, op. 29

Sarasate – Faust Fantasie (on themes by Charles Gounod)

Graeme McNaught, piano

Recorded May, 1992

Vieuxtemps – Ballade et Polonaise

Vieuxtemps – Chant d’amour

Vieuxtemps – Désespoir

Vieuxtemps – Souvenir

Vieuxtemps – Rondino

Vieuxtemps – Tarantella

Vieuxtemps – Réverie

Vieuxtemps – Romance

Vieuxtemps – Hommage a Paganini

Vieuxtemps – Innocence

Vieuxtemps – Yankee Doodle

Marco Vincenzi, piano

Recorded May, 1995

393/1-10 (10 CD box set)

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80th Birthday Concert

Paganini – 24 Caprices, version for violin and orchestra based on the piano accompaniment of Robert Schumann

Weiner Chamber Orchestra; Richard Weninger, conductor

Recorded live May 17, 1988, Szeged Synagogue, Hungary

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The Legacy of Cremona

Nardini – Larghetto from Sonata in D

Dvorak – Romantic Pieces, op. 75, no. 1

Schubert-Prihoda – Litany for All Souls’ Day

Sibelius – Romance, op. 78, no. 2

Liszt-Milstein – Consolation

Schubert-Ricci – The Miller and the brook

Chopin-Ricci – Nocturne in C minor

Achron – Hebrew Melody, op. 33

Granados-Kreisler – Spanish Dance, op. 37, no. 5

Sarasate – Malagueña

Rimsky-Korsakov/Kreisler – Song of India

Dohnanyi – Andante rubato alla zingaresca

Paganini – Cantabile in D major

Wagner-Wilhelmj – Albumblatt

Scott-Kreisler – Lotus Land

Sarasate – Faust Fantasy (fragment)

Wieniawski – Garden Scene from Faust Fantasy

Tchaikovsky-Grunes – Valse Sentimentale, op. 51, no. 6

Noriko Shiozaki, piano

18 Comparison Excerpts from Hubert Leonard’s Cadenza for the 2nd Movement of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

Recorded February 12 and 16, 2001, Genoa, Italy

CDS 373

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Vieuxtemps – A Homage by Ruggiero Ricci

Vieuxtemps – Fantasia appassionata

Vieuxtemps – Ballade et Polonaise

Vieuxtemps – Chant d’amour

Vieuxtemps – Désespoir

Vieuxtemps – Souvenir

Vieuxtemps – Rondino

Vieuxtemps – Tarantella

Vieuxtemps – Réverie

Vieuxtemps – Romance

Vieuxtemps – Hommage a Paganini

Vieuxtemps – Innocence

Vieuxtemps – Yankee Doodle

Marco Vincenzi, piano

Recorded May 3-5, 1995, Genoa, Italy

CDS 112

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Sarasate – A Homage by Ruggiero Ricci

Sarasate – Pateneras, op. 35

Sarasate – Rumanian Melody

Sarasate – Jota de S. Fermin

Sarasate – Miramar (Zortzico), op. 42

Sarasate – Serenata Andalusa, op. 28

Sarasate – Chansons Russes, op. 49

Sarasate – Jota Aragonesa, op. 27

Sarasate – Adios montanas mias, op. 37

Sarasate – Jota de Pablo, op. 52

Sarasate – Zortzico d’Iparaguirre, op. 39

Sarasate – The Song of the Nightingale, op. 29

Sarasate – Faust Fantasie (on themes by Charles Gounod)

Graeme McNaught, piano

Recorded May, 1992, Genoa, Italy

CDS 94

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Ernst – Six Polyphonic Studies for Solo Violin

Study No. 1 dedicated to Laub – Rondino Scherzo – Con spirito

Study No. 2 dedicated to Sainton – Allegretto con grazia

Study No. 3 dedicated to Joachim – Terzett – Allegro moderato e tranquillo

Study No. 4 dedicated to Vieuxtemps – Allegro risoluto

Study No. 5 dedicated to Hellmsberger – Air de Ballet – Allegretto con gusto

Study No. 6 dedicated to Bazzini – Die letze rose – Moderato, Andante non troppo Variations 1-2-3-4-Finale

Wieniawski – L’Ecole Moderne, op. 10, Study-Caprices for Solo Violin

Le Sautillé – presto

La velocité – Allegro vivace

L’Etude – Moderato

Le Staccato – Allegro gioioso

Alla Saltarella – Scherzando

Prelude – Allegro moderato

La Cadenza – Largo

Le Chant du Bivouac – Allegro marziale

Le Arpeges (Variation sur l’Hymne Autrichien) – Andante – Variation 1-2-3

Recorded July 1983, Genoa, Italy

CDS 28

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70 Years of Performing

Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35

Paganini – Concerto No. 1 in D major, op. 6

Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra; Kees Bakels, conductor

Recorded June 6-7, 1997, Katowice, Poland

CDS 203

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Hidden Treasures

Bach-Brahms-Ricci – Presto from Sonata BWV 1001 for two violins

Carsten Neumann, violin

Viotti – Duet for solo violin

Rossini-Ricci – Andante with variations from Tancredi

Walton – Canzonetta e Scherzetto

Pergolesi-Tononi – “Tre giorni son che Nina…”

Strauss-Prihoda – Waltz from the Rosenkavalier

Suk – Love Song

Paganini-Thibaud – La Chasse (Capriccio)

Chopin-Ricci – Souvenir de Paganini

Villa Lobos – O canto do cysne negro

Chopin-Burmeister – Studio No. 2, op. 25

Chopin-Spalding – Waltz No. 1, op. 70

Müllenbach – Capriccio for solo violin

Bartók-Urai – Burlesque

Poulenc-Urai – Pastorale

Albeniz-Perediaz – Rumores de la caleta

Vecsey – Motus Barbarus

Noriko Shiozaki, piano

CDS 298

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Recordings NOT YET released on CD