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29 April 2017

24/48: Ruggiero Ricci / Ernest Lush - Virtuoso Showpieces - Decca 1959

Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantelle, op.16   /   Elgar: La Capricieuse, op.17   /   Vecsey: Le Vent
Kroll: Banjo & Fiddle    /   Chopin /tr.Milstein: Nocturne, no.20   /   Smetana: From my Homeland, no.2 in G minor  

Suk: Burleska, op.17/4    /   Aachron /tr.Zimbalist: Hebrew Melody   /   Sarasate: Jota Aragonesa, op.27
Hubay: The Zephyr, op.30/5     /   Moszkowski /tr.Sarasate: Guitare, op.45/2   /   Bazzini: La Ronde de Lutins, op.25  
12 files 16/44 zip FLAC   Mega Download            12 files 24/48 zip XR FLAC  Mega Download

Ruggiero Ricci, violin  - Ernest Lush, piano                         24/96 1954 Sarasate LXT >>>
Decca   ECS 595  1978 pressing/matrices: ZAL3397/8 -3W.  Recorded: 5,7,9 May 1958 - Studio 1, West Hampstead.     Sleeve-note >>>

12 February 2014

24/96: Ruggiero Ricci / Louis Persinger - Sarasate. Danzas Espanolas, etc - Decca 1954

Pablo de Sarasate:
Danzas Espanolas, op.21/1-2:  'Malaguena'  &  'Habanera'
Danzas Espanolas, op.22/1-2:  'Romanza andaluza'  &  'Jota navarra'
Danzas Espanolas, op.23/1-2:  'Playera'  &  'Zapateado'
Danzas Espanolas, op.26/1-2:  A minor  &  C major
Caprice Basque, op.24
Introduction et tarantelle, op.43
Zigeunerweisen, op.20/1
7 files zip  24/96 XR FLAC  Mega Download           7 files zip  16/44 FLAC  Mega Download
Ruggiero Ricci, violin  - Louis Persinger, piano    
Decca  LXT 2930  1968 pressing / c.1961 matrices: ARL 1954 -1NR / ARL 1955 -1NR  Recorded: c.January 1954 - USA.  
This is superior to a previous mastering (c.1955: 1D
R/1DR - large type) - itself distinctly superior to the 1954 original: 1A/1A.
Intended uploading this ages back (scans are Nov.2012) but was unconvinced that the 16/44 CD-RW captured all of the 'studio atmosphere', etc.  
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