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Ruggiero Ricci, violin, and Brooks Smith, piano US $15.00

To listen to a sample track on this CD, go to "What's On It" below. You will need to have the RealAudio plug-in installed on your computer and a 28.8 or better modem . Go to our Technical Information page for more details on how to do this or if you are having any problems with playing any of the tracks. A champagne bubble of a CD! Guaranteed to lift everybody’s spirits, and bring a smile to the puss of even the most Weltschmerz-beset naysayer. Ruggiero Ricci plays music by Chopin, Liszt, Kreisler, Rachmaninoff, and Szymanowski, all inspired by Paganini. Brooks Smith, accompanist. Familiar themes, soulful playing, and devil-may-care virtuosity make for a scintillating recital by one of the last titans from the golden age of the violin. Glorious sound. Track 1: Rhap On A Theme Of Paganini: Var No.18 Track 2: Souvenir De Paganini Track 3: Paganiniana, Vars 1 To 7 Track 4: Paganini, Act I: Vn Solo Track 5: Paganini, Act II: Vn Solo Variation No. 18 from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Rachmaninoff-Kreisler); Souvenir de Paganini (Chopin-Ricci); Paganiniana, Variations 1 to 7 (Paganini-Milstein); Violin solos from Acts I and II of Paganini (Franz Lehar); Caprice No. 20 (Paganini-Kreisler); Trois Caprices de Paganini (Karol Szymanowski); La Campanella (Paganini-Liszt-Kochanski) Coming Soon....

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