Original works and arrangements for violin and piano.
Subtitle on container: Ruggiero Ricci plays 15 famous violins by Joseph Guarneri del Gesù, Antonio Stradivari, Gasparo da Salò, Carlo Bergonzi, Andrea Amati, Nicolo Amati.
Originally released on LP in 1963.
Compact disc.
Program notes and notes on the instruments ([8] p.) inserted in container.
Intrada / Desplanes (A. Amati, c.1560-70) -- Larghetto / Nardini (Stradivari, 1733) -- Praeludium / Vivaldi (N. Amati, 1656) -- Cantabile and waltz / Paganini (Stradivari, 1719) -- Adagio / Mozart ; [arr.] Friedberg (Guarneri del Gesù, 1753) -- Improvisation, op. 21, no. 1 / Kabalevsky (Stradivari, 1677) -- Melodie, op. 42, no. 3 / Tchaikovsky (Guarneri del Gesù, 1735) -- Largo / Veracini (Gasparo da Solò, c. 1570-80) -- Sicilienne / Paradis ; [arr.] Dushkin (Bergonzi, 1713) -- The violin maker of Cremona / Hubay (Guarneri del Gesù, 1744) -- Larghetto / Handel (Stradivari, 1720) -- Romance in A major / Schumann ; [arr.] Kreisler (Guarneri del Gesù, 1739) -- Hungarian dance no. 20 (Stradivari, 1714) ; Hungarian dance no. 17 (Guarneri del Gesù, 1734) / Brahms -- May breeze : Song without words, op. 62, no. 1 / Mendelssohn ; [arr.] Kreisler (Stradivari, 1709) -- Comparison tracks: Excerpt from Violin concerto in G minor / Bruch [played on each violin]