Composer: Ottorino Respighi
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Alessandro Crudele
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Linn
Catalogue: CKD692
Release: 2022
Size: 1.11 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Pines of Rome
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
Impressioni brasiliane
05. I. Notte tropicale
06. II. Butantan
07. III. Canzone e Danza
Belkis, Queen of Sheba
08. I. Il sogno di Salomone
09. II. La danza di Belkis all’aurora
10. III. Danza guerresca
11. IV. Danza orgiastica
This colourful journey across different times and places marks the first recording of Italian conductor Alessandro Crudele and the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Linn. At the helm of the flamboyant LPO the versatile conductor has recorded a compendium of programmatic works spanning the artistic life of Ottorino Respighi.
Starting with one of his first masterpieces, the evocative and at times epic Pini di Roma is a botanical journey through Rome at different times of the day. The more impressionistic, travelogue Impressioni brasiliane, the result of a trip Respighi made in Brazil, is suffused with local music and culture and dates from the mature years of the composer. Much in the same vein, the late ballet Belkis, regina di Saba describes a mythological voyage this time; the little-known work recounts the Queen’s route across the desert to meet Solomon, King of Israel, with whom she is in love.