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Respighi: Roman Trilogy / Neschling, Sao Paulo Symphony

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Details

Composer
RESPIGHI, OTTORINO
Artist
John, Neschling
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Sep 01, 2010
Catalog #
BIS-SACD-1720
UPC
7318599917207

About

Ottorino Respighi's Roman Trilogy (the tone poems Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome and Roman Festivals) holds a very special place in the orchestral repertory, challenging almost any other composition for sheer sonic audience appeal. Spectacular scenes such as Fontana di Trevi in the glitter of the mid-day sun, children playing under the pine-trees of the Villa Borghese or gladiators fighting at Circus Maximus provided the masterly orchestrator with the opportunity to employ the full palette of the large-scale symphony orchestra, to which he added various instruments, including organ, piano, celesta, glockenspiel, mandolin and tambourines. In fact, in the third part of the Pines of Rome Respighi went even further and specified, for the first time ever in classical music, the use of a gramophone, playing a recording of a nightingale singing. As a result, these works glitter, shimmer, blare and thunder: a true feast for the ear which here has found worthy exponents in the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP) and John Neschling. Previous releases by this team include recordings of music by Villa-Lobos and his Brazilian colleagues Camargo Guarnieri, Francisco Mignone and Claudio Santoro, and individual discs have been described by reviewers as 'the most vibrant, colorful, rhythmically vital and virtuosic performances imaginable' (on website Classics Today.com), 'an orgy of colours and rhythms' (in Diapason), and 'an assured blend of lush colours, pulsating rhythms and supple phrasing' (in International Record Review.) Such qualities certainly work in the Old World, too - and nowhere better than in Ottorino Respighi's Rome!

REVIEW:

The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra is a superb ensemble by any standards, and displays their virtuosity in the three Respighi symphonic poems.

-- SA-CD.net

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. La fontana di Valle all'alba 04:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. La fontana di Valle all'alba
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
    Conductor
    John Neschling
  2. 2 II. La fontana del Tritone al mattino 02:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. La fontana del Tritone al mattino
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
    Conductor
    John Neschling
  3. 3 II. La fontana di Trevi al meriggio 03:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. La fontana di Trevi al meriggio
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
    Conductor
    John Neschling
  4. 4 IV. La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto 05:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
    Conductor
    John Neschling
  5. 5 I. I pini di Villa Borghese (The Pines of the Villa Borghese) 02:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. I pini di Villa Borghese (The Pines of the Villa Borghese)
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
    Conductor
    John Neschling
  6. 6 II. Pini presso una catacomba (Pines Near a Catacomb) 06:55
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Pini presso una catacomba (Pines Near a Catacomb)
    Duration
    06:55
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
    Conductor
    John Neschling
  7. 7 III. I pini del Gianicolo (The Pines of the Janiculum) 07:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. I pini del Gianicolo (The Pines of the Janiculum)
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
    Conductor
    John Neschling
  8. 8 IV. I pini della via Appia (The Pines of the Appian Way) 04:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. I pini della via Appia (The Pines of the Appian Way)
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
    Conductor
    John Neschling
  9. 9 I. Circenses 04:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Circenses
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
    Conductor
    John Neschling
  10. 10 II. Il Giubileo 06:21
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Il Giubileo
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
    Conductor
    John Neschling
  11. 11 III. L'Ottobrata 08:01
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. L'Ottobrata
    Duration
    08:01
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
    Conductor
    John Neschling
  12. 12 IV. La Befana 05:15
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. La Befana
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Ottorino Respighi
    Ensemble
    Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
    Conductor
    John Neschling