Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances; The Birds / Raudales, Munich Radio Orchestra

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Label
CPO
Release Date
February 12, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      RESPIGHI, OTTORINO
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Munich Radio Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Raudales
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 12, 2016
    • UPC
      761203723324
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      777233-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Balletto detto Il Conte Orlando

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    2. II. Gagliarda

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    3. III. Villanella

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    4. IV. Passo mezzo e Mascherada

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    5. I. Laura soave - Balletto con Gagliarda, Saltarello e Canario

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    6. II. Danza Rustica

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    7. III. Campanae Parisienses - Aria

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    8. IV. Bergamasca

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    9. I. Italiana

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    10. II. Arie di Corte

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    11. III. Siciliana

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    12. IV. Passacaglia

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    13. I. Preludio: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    14. II. La colomba: Andante expressivo

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    15. III. La gallina: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    16. IV. L'usignuolo: Andante mosso

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales

    17. V. Il cucu: Allegro

      Composer: Ottorino Respighi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Henry Raudales


Italian Passion in Surround. The Munich Radio Orchestra now turns to the sensuous fascination offered by Ottorino Respighi's masterpieces - a logical and natural choice for this orchestra, which during the course of it's history of more than sixty years has developed into an ensemble with an enormously broad artistic spectrum and earned a firm place in the orchestral landscape precisely because of it's versatility. For Respighi familiarity with music history and the old masters was not only a sublime pastime but also a source of inspiration for his own compositional work, and he certainly also contributed a great deal to the now current concert practice involving the performance of early music with modern orchestras. His Antiche danze ed arie, free arrangements of arias and dances from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, enables us to rediscover forgotten rhythms and tones. While he alters the character of the music by introducing a rich array of instruments, all sorts of different orchestrations, and harmonic modulations of modern coloration, the art of the old masters remains untouched. These works are finely complemented by his Gli Uccelli (The Birds) suite. In 1927 he drew on various harpsichord and lute miniatures for this quasi-ornithological "Suite for Small Orchestra," producing picturesque snapshots here showing him from his admirable and remarkable side as a sensitive observer who discovers the pictorial element in all that he sees.