Bi-microphone configuration with field effect (Fonè Studio).

Recording engineer: Giulio Cesare Ricci. 

Production director: Giulio Cesare Ricci

Giulio Cesare Ricci is proud to dedicate this album of "encores," recorded during his recent Italian tour, to Maestro Nikita Magaloff on the occasion of his 75th birthday. The recordings were made at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, the Teatro Grande in Brescia, the Teatro Goldoni in Livorno, the Teatro Manzoni in Pistoia, and the Teatro Comunale in Imola.

Nikita Magaloff

Born in St. Petersburg in 1912, he began his studies in Finland (where he had taken refuge with his family after the 1917 revolution) under the guidance of Alexander Siloti, a student of Liszt and cousin and professor of Rachmaninoff. He later moved to Paris, where he studied with Isidor Philipp, graduating at the age of 17 with a Premier Grand Prix. On this occasion, Maurice Ravel said of him: "A great musician, truly extraordinary, has been born." He achieved his first international successes with violinist Joseph Szigeti and, after the interruption of the war years, was one of the first artists to play in Paris and then, in 1947, to give concerts in the United States. His career saw countless significant events, including the first performance of Prokofiev's "Seventh Sonata," the performance of Stravinsky's "Capriccio" under the composer's direction, tours in Europe, the USA, Japan, and Israel, and frequent and regular participation in the juries of the most prestigious international competitions (Leeds, Warsaw, Brussels, Lucerne), always attentive to the emergence of new talents among the younger generations. He has recorded music by Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Weber, Stravinsky, Brahms, Granados, and most recently, for Philips, the complete works of Chopin, an author of whom Nikita Magaloff is among the unsurpassed interpreters, a body of work he also presented in cycles of five recitals in all the most important European cities.