Composer: Ottorino Respighi
Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 0979882
Release: 2011
Size: 251 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Pini di Roma, P. 141
01. I. I pini di Villa Borghese
02. II. Pini presso una catacomba
03. III. I pini del Gianicolo
04. IV. I pini della Via Appia
Fontane di Roma, P. 106
05. I. La fontana di Valle Giulia all’alba
06. II. La fontana del Tritone al mattino
07. III. La fontana di Trevi al meriggio
08. IV. La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto
Feste romane, P. 157
09. I. Circenses
10. II. Giubilio
11. III. L’Ottorbrata
12. IV. La Befana
This magnificent trilogy of symphonic poems is the best-known work of Ottorini Respighi. A native of Bologna, he became a professor at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and paid tribute to the history, scenery and life of the Immortal City in these richly coloured and evocative scores. ‘The playing of the Philadelphia Orchestra is past praise’ wrote Gramophone of this recording, finding Riccardo Muti ‘outstanding in the idiomatic feel of rhythm and phrasing’.