There’s much more to Ottorino Respighi than The Pines of Rome and The Fountains of Rome. This week we’ll hear his connections with the music of Brazil, touch on his experiences in war-torn Europe, and see how this violinist, musicologist, and composer artfully moved Italian music into the 20th century. We will hear The Birds (Gli Uccelli) where a number of birds are characterized by Respighi. Bill samples the “cuckoo” sound heard within this suite. In Friday’s episode we meet an American woman, Elizabeth Coolidge, who in 1927 lands Respighi a commission to write Botticelli Triptych (Trittico Botticelliano).
Playlist
Respighi, Ottorino: Concerto Gregoriano- Finale (excerpt)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra/Takako Nishizaki
Concerto Gregoriano • Poema Autunnale
Marco Polo 8.220152
1:00
Respighi, Ottorino: “Notturno”
Leonardo De Lisi, tenor; Reynold Memes, piano
Complete Songs for Voice and Piano, Volume 1
Channel 9396
2:53
Respighi, Ottorino: Wind Quintet II. Andante con variazioni
Ex Novo Ensemble de Venezia
Martucci, Piano Quintet; Respighi, Piano Quintet – Wind Quintet
Dynamic 099
4:06
Respighi, Ottorino: The Symphonic Variations
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Adriano
Early Orchestral Works
Marco Polo 8.223348
12:24
Respighi, Ottorino: Suite in E Major
II. Adagio
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Adriano
Early Orchestral Works
Marco Polo 8.223348
8:05
Respighi, Ottorino: “Burlesca”
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Early Orchestral Works
Marco Polo 8.223348
7:22
Respighi, Ottorino: Adagio Con Variazioni, P 188
Orchestre De Paris/Semyon Bychkov; Mischa Maisky, violoncello
Adagio
DG 435781
12:54
Respighi, Ottorino: Quartet in D Major, I. IV.
Brodsky Quartet
Works for String Quartet
Challenge Classics 72008
16:07
Respighi, Ottorino: “Aretusa”
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Adriano; Faridah Subrata, mezzo soprano
Aretusa /La Sensitiva /Il Tramonto
Naxos 8.223347
12:20
Respighi, Ottorino: Dance of the Gnomes Allegro
Minnesota Orchestra/Eiji Oue
Belkis, Queen of Sheba Suite / The Pines of Rome
RR 95
4:48
Respighi, Ottorino: Fountains of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti
Pini Di Roma, Fontane Di Roma, Feste Romane
EMI 47316
15:22
Rossini (arr. Respighi): La Boutique Fantastique- Overture (excerpt)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Jesús Lopez-Cobos
Respighi Transcriptions For Orchestra
Telarc 80396
1:38
Rossini (arr. Respighi): La Boutique Fantastique- Tarantella; Danse Cosaque
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Jesús Lopez-Cobos
Respighi Transcriptions For Orchestra
Telarc 80396
4:21
Respighi, Ottorino: Belfagor Overture
London Symphony Orchestra/Lamberto Gardelli
Belfagor Overture · Pines of Rome · Fountains of Rome · The Birds · Three Botticelli Pictures · Ancient Airs And Dances
EMI 69358
11:26
Respighi, Ottorino: Concerto Gregoriano- Andante Tranquillo
Singapore Symphony Orchestra/Takako Nishizaki
Concerto Gregoriano • Poema Autunnale
Marco Polo 8.220152
10:17
Respighi, Ottorino: Pines of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra/ Muti
Pini Di Roma, Fontane Di Roma, Feste Romane
EMI 47316
22:09
Respighi, Ottorino: Brazilian Impressions – Butantan
London Symphony Orchestra/Antal Doráti
Dorati Conducts Respighi
Mercury 432007
4:47
Respighi, Ottorino: Brazilian Impressions – Butantan (excerpt)
London Symphony Orchestra/Antal Doráti
Dorati Conducts Respighi
Mercury 432007
1:23
Respighi, Ottorino: Poema Autunnale for Violin and Orchestra
Monte Carlo Philharmonic/Yakov Kreizberg; Julia Fischer, violin
Julia Fischer – Poeme
Decca B001553502
14:21
Respighi, Ottorino: Church Windows
I. The Flight into Egypt II
Saint Michael The Archangel III. The Matins of Saint Clare
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Jesús López-Cobos Respighi: Church Windows
Telarc 80356
:34
Respighi, Ottorino: Church Windows
I. The Flight into Egypt II
Saint Michael The Archangel IV. Saint Gregory The Great
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Jesús López-Cobos Respighi: Church Windows
Telarc 80356
:22
Respighi, Ottorino: Church Windows
I. The Flight into Egypt II
Saint Michael The Archangel IV. Saint Gregory The Great
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Jesús López-Cobos Respighi: Church Windows
Telarc 80356
27:51
Respighi, Ottorino: La Pentola Magica- Preludio (excerpt)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Jakub Francisci
Astuzie de Colombina (Le) / La pentola magica
Naxos 8.223346
00:35
Respighi, Ottorino: Gli Uccelli (The Birds), P. 154
I. Prelude
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Ancient Airs and Dances I & III • Three Botticelli Pictures • The Birds
DG 437533
1:15
Respighi, Ottorino: Trittico Botticelliano
I. La Primavera
III. La Nascita di Venere
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/ Neville Marriner
Belfagor Overture · Pines of Rome · Fountains of Rome · The Birds · Three Botticelli Pictures
EMI 69358
10:12
Respighi, Ottorino: Gli Uccelli (The Birds), P. 154
I. Prelude
III. The Hen
IV. The Nightingale
V. The Cuckoo
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Ancient Airs and Dances I & III • Three Botticelli Pictures • The Birds
DG 437533
13:44
Respighi, Ottorino: Feste Romane I. Circenses (Circuses)
II. Giubileo (Jubilee)
III. L’Ottobrata (October Festival)
IV. La Befana (The Epiphany)
Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti
Pini Di Roma, Fontane Di Roma, Feste Romane
EMI 47316
23:49
Respighi, Ottorino: Gli Uccelli (The Birds), P. 154 III. The Hen (excerpt)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Ancient Airs and Dances I. III. • Three Botticelli Pictures • The Birds
DG 437533
2:49
