Ruggiero Ricci Tchaikovsky, Dvorak - Violin Concerto Import 2LP

From the first bars. Ricci's astonishingly assured combination of virtuosity and poetic sensibility erased my forebodings in regard to "another" Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and held me in a state of admiration throughout a score which seems here so fresh and vivacious that it might have just been composed — and specifically for Ricci himself. His uncanny technical security has never been more electrifyingly demonstrated. Ricci is sure-handed. In both sides, the uncommonly transparent, delicately differentiated stereoism makes the most of the soloist's silken, varicolored tonal qualities. – Hi Fidelity

Ricci's warm tone and brilliant technique are well suited to the performance of these two concertos. He seems somewhat more at home in the Tchaikovsky, which he plays beautifully, though with the usual cuts in the last movement. In the Dvorák. Sargent accompanies well in both concertos, and the sound is faithful. – Hi-Fi Review