Monday, September 10, 2012

RIP …

… Ruggiero Ricci - Telegraph.

Ricci’s style was more reminiscent of the golden age of Fritz Kreisler or Jascha Heifetz than today’s homogenous maestro. By an early age he had mastered Niccolò Paganini’s ferocious Caprices, making the first recording of the works in their original form in 1947. It seemed that no matter how difficult the piece, Ricci could perform it with consummate ease, while his recordings of the Brahms and Beethoven concertos use almost every known cadenza.

No comments:

Post a Comment