Ah, what a great pleasure to hear Ruggerio Ricci in these works! His technique is simply astonishing, and I'm always engaged by the power with which he plays. This recording captures all of the sweet beauty of the violin sound that he delivers - never harsh, always pure.
On the other hand, the sound of the orchestra captured in this recording is a bit disappointing. It's a bit thin and scrawny sounding. Whether that is the orchestra itself or the recording technique used I can't tell (I'm guessing its the latter). But, I will say that I can totally ignore it to thoroughly enjoy the sound of Ricci's violin and his performance which are superbly well captured.
In summary, if the sound of the Cincinnati orchestra is a bit thin by comparison, the power, beauty and consummate control of Ricci's performance more than makes up for this. I got this for Ricci's performance and am VERY happy.
HDTT delivers another very fine transfer in the DXD copy to which I am listening. Very clean, very low noise threshold, simply a pleasure to hear.
24/352.8 DXD PCM Flac Digital Download
