Description

ADA SASSOLI RUATA (BOLOGNA, ITALY, 25 SEPTEMBER, 1887 – ROME, ITALY, 1946)

She studied in her native town and then with the virtuoso Hasselmans at the Paris Conservatoire, where she won first prize in 1902. She toured extensively in Europe and America, and toured the United Kingdom and Australia with Melba in 1904 and 1905. She played with various American orchestras and was a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1916 she returned to Europe to be professor of harp at the Accademia Chigiana of Sienna. Later she was professor at the Accademia Santa Cecelia in Rome. Her records include solos and accompaniments for Melba.

TRACKLIST

1. Am Springbrunnen (Zabel) Victor 70031 C-9615
2. Chanson de pêcheur, op. 24 (Zabel) Victor 45243-B B-24730
3. Concerto for harp and flute (Mozart) First movement (w. Lemmoné & Lafarge) Victor 70029 C-9607
4. First arabesque (Debussy) Victor 45243-A B-11738
5. Gavotte in B minor (Saint-Saëns) Victor 45070-B B-11737
6. Gitana caprice (Hasselmans) Victor 70087 C-11734
7. Menuett (Hasselmans) Victor 60034 B-4330
8. Prière (Hasselmans) Victor 70027 C-9614
9. Romance (Rubinstein) (Arr. by V. Ciarlone) Victor 45070-A B-11735
10. Serenata (Tosti) (Vocal G. Farrar) Victor 953-A B-26034
11. Serenata (Tosti) (Vocal N. Melba) Victor 88079 C-4342
12. Si mes vers avaient des ailes! (Hahn) (Vocal G. Farrar) Victor 620 B-26035
13. Si mes vers avaient des ailes! (Hahn) (Vocal N. Melba) Victor 88080 C-4352
14. Valse de concert (Hasselmans) Victor 70088 C-12454