Beskrivelse

Kunstner: Ruggiero Ricci
Titel: The Glory Of Cremona
Format: LP, Album
Cat No: SXA 4521

Country: UK
Released: 1963
Genre: Classical
Style: Baroque, Romantic, Classical
A1 Intrada
A2 Larghetto
A3 Praeludium
A4 Cantabile And Waltz
A5 Adagio
A6 Improvisation, Op. 21, No.1
A7 Melodie Op. 42, No. 3
B1 Largo
B2 Sicilienne
B3 The Violin Maker Of Cremona
B4 Larghetto
B5 Romance In A Major
B6 Hungarian Dance No. 20
B7 Hungarian Dance No. 17
B8 May Breeze (Song Without Words, Op. 62, No. 1)

Record Company – The Decca Record Company Limited – 202 400
Licensed From – Decca Records, Inc. – 2537
Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
Made By – British Celanese Limited
Copyright © – The Decca Record Company Limited

Liner Notes – Rembert Wurlitzer
Liner Notes, Producer – Israel Horowitz
Piano – Leon Pommers
Violin, Liner Notes – Ruggiero Ricci

Recording first published in 1963

A musical inquiry into the nature of violin sound, comparing the “voices” of fifteen historic and rare instruments made by:
A1: Andrea Amati, c. 1560-70
A2: Antonio Stradivari – The “Rode”, 1733
A3: Nicolo Amati, 1656
A4: Antonio Stradivari – The “Monasterio”, 1719
A5: Joseph Guarneri de Gesù – The “Plowden”, 1735
A6: Antonio Stradivari – The “Spanish”, 1677
A7: Joseph Guarneri de Gesù – The “Lafont”, 1735
B1: Gasparo da Salo, C. 1570-80
B2: Carlo Bergonzi – The “Constable”, 1731
B3: Joseph Guarneri de Gesù – The “De Beriot”, 1744
B4: Antonio Stradivari – The “Madrileño”, 1720
B5: Joseph Guarneri de Gesù – The “Ex-Vieuxtemps”, 1739
B6: Antonio Stradivari – The “Joachim”, 1714
B7: Joseph Guarneri de Gesù – The “Gibson”, 1734
B8: Antonio Stradivari – The “Ernst”, 1709

A brief history on each violin and its ownership is given in booklet

This issue has a different run-out number, and a flipback cover. The record says 1963, the booklet mentions 1964, as all do.

Stand:
Medie: VERY_GOOD_PLUS
Cover: VERY_GOOD_PLUS