Word: navarra
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...double microphones, tiny (5 ft. 4 in.) Violinist Ricci grasped his Guarnerius del Gesù fiddle in his short, square hands and produced a tone that was remarkable both for its control and its shading. He was at his best in the Sarasate Habañera and Jota Navarra-music that calls for the sort of flash and fire that have distinguished Ricci throughout his career. His admirers are drawn by the electric tension that sets him apart from two other famous San Francisco-trained prodigies-Isaac Stern and Yehudi Menuhin, who are closer to the rhapsodic Russians in their...