Discovered Tapes: Showpieces/ Various - Discovered Tapes: Showpieces Format:CD charting a process of self-discovery

charting a process of self-discovery described by the composer as 'my younger self trying to deal with the serious classical music heritage I love

Bach's Toccata for harpsichord 'borders on the unplayable' for the guitar

retains a nostalgic quality in it's sound world and was a constant source of inspiration during the sessions

conceives an organ program framed by the two Fantasies in F minor K

Discovered Tapes: Showpieces/ Various - Discovered Tapes: Showpieces Format:CD charting a process of self-discoveryRuggiero Ricci followed the tradition of Vasa Prihoda, the Czech virtuoso, who performed Paganini as a central part of his repertory (Ricci gave the US premieres of both the 4th and 6th Violin Concertos). Giving so much attention to the works of the Genoese composer, as he later said, he learned much of the violin technique from Paganini's works. Mainly for this reason, Ricci was often associated with Paganini, but during his life he was firmly