Ruggiero Ricci, Pierino Gamba & London Symphony Orchestra Sarasate Carmen Fantaisie

180 Gram Virgin Vinyl!
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Some violinists enrapture their audience with their purity of tone, others with their warm timbre, or their amazing technical virtuosity. Pablo de Sarasate y Navascuéz was one of the very few violinists who combined all these merits, and in addition was a composer in his own right. The most famous of his 50 works are Zigeunerweisen, based on traditional gypsy folklore and the fiendishly difficult Carmen Fantasy. Without exception, all the many pieces written and arranged by Sarasate are virtuoso fiddler's music, designed expressly to show off his own commanding skill.
And what better proof is there than Saint-Saëns's Rondo capriccioso that it is perfectly possible to unite high-spirited joyfulness with a minor key. As the name suggests, his Havanaise is filled with the melodies and colourful rhythms of Spain: no wonder this piece is known as "the violinists' warhorse". It goes without saying that these 19th-century bravura pieces are an absolute "must" for all those who wish to join the annals of great virtuoso violinists. And today, 40 years after the making of this recording, general consensus has it that Ruggiero Ricci has taken his rightful place among the great virtuosos.
Bizet: Carmen Fantaisie/Sarasate: Gypsy/Saint–Saëns: Excerpts from "Havanaise" – Ruggiero Ricci and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierino Gamba.
This Speakers Corner production was made using analog master tape and mastering 100% pure analogue.

Features:

• 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
• High Quality Pressing
• Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering

Musicians:

• Ruggiero Ricci, violin
• Pierino Gamba, conductor
• London Symphony Orchestra

Selections:

Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Side A
1. Carmen - Fantaisie
Pablo de Sarasate (1844 - 1908)
2. Zigeunerweisen, Op.20, No. 1
Camillie aint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Side B
1. Havanaise, Op.83
2. Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28

Recording: September 1959 at Kingsway Hall, London by Alan Reeve/Production: James Walker