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A1	Intrada Composed By – Desplanes*
A2	Larghetto Composed By – Nardini*
A3	Praeludium Composed By – Vivaldi*
A4	Cantabile And Waltz Composed By – Paganini*
A5	Adagio Arranged By – Friedberg*Composed By – Mozart*
A6	Improvisation, Op. 21, No.1 Composed By – Kabalevsky*
A7	Melodie Op. 42, No. 3 Composed By – Tchaikovsky*
B1	Largo Composed By – Veracini*
B2	Sicilienne Arranged By – Dushkin*Composed By – Paradies*
B3	The Violin Maker Of Cremona Composed By – Hubay*
B4	Larghetto Composed By – Handel*
B5	Romance In A Major Arranged By – Kreisler*Composed By – Schumann*
B6	Hungarian Dance No. 20 Composed By – Brahms*
B7	Hungarian Dance No. 17 Composed By – Brahms*
B8	May Breeze (Song Without Words, Op. 62, No. 1) Arranged By – Kreisler*Composed By – Mendelssohn*

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• Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited

Credits

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

Notes

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

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout A): MG-8640-IK K KT 1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B): MG-8641-IK K KT 1
• Rights Society: B.I.E.M

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DXSE 7179	Ruggiero Ricci	The Glory Of Cremora - Ruggerio Ricci Plays 15 Famous Violins ‎(LP + 7")	Decca	DXSE 7179	US	1963
0502-309352	Ruggiero Ricci	The Glory Of Cremona ‎(CD)	MCA Records	0502-309352	Netherlands	1989
SLPEM 136 464	Ruggiero Ricci	Geigen Aus Cremona ‎(LP, Gat)	Deutsche Grammophon	SLPEM 136 464	Germany	1964
SXA 4521	Ruggiero Ricci	The Glory Of Cremona ‎(LP, Album)	Brunswick	SXA 4521	UK	1964
LPEM 19 464, LPEM 19464	Ruggiero Ricci	Geigen Aus Cremona ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Gat)	Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon	LPEM 19 464, LPEM 19464	Germany	1964