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Complete Orchestral Works Vol.1 -Roman Trilogy, Gli Uccelli, etc : La Vecchia / Rome Symphony Orchestra (2CD)

Respighi (1879-1936)

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Respighi: Complete Orchestral Music, Volume 1

Feste Romane (1928)
Fontane di Roma (1916)
Pini di Roma (1924)
Gli Uccelli, Suite for Chamber Orchestra after Baroque Keyboard Works (1927)
Suite for Strings
Suite in G for Strings and Organ

Orchestra Sinfonia di Roma
Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

Recorded: 2009, 2010

Born in 1879, Ottorino Respighi's musical education was comprehensive, his technical abilities accomplished, and his understanding of music assured, even as a young man. After studying performance, composition and musicology in Bologna, composition in Berlin and orchestration in St Petersburg with Rimsky-Korsakov, he became professor of composition at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome in 1913. Although his extensive education had equipped him with all the necessary technical skills and musical knowledge to excel, he had, to this point, failed to translate his considerable abilities into the composition of truly brilliant music. However, his arrival in Rome, and the city's beauty, history, architecture and people, stimulated his creativity like never before, and allowed him to craft works of great passion and colour.

Respighi's first great triumph as a composer - and the work that he remains most well known for to this day - is his 'Roman trilogy', which comprises the symphonic poems Feste Romane, Fontane di Roma and Pini di Roma, featured on the first disc of this set. With each individual work dedicated to one particular aspect of Rome - from its fountains to its festivals - this trilogy is an atmospheric, evocative musical journey through Rome, and demonstrates Respighi's skill as an orchestral composer.

The works collected on the second disc also highlight Respighi's masterful control of timbre and orchestral colour. While Gli Uccelli blends Baroque forms with late-Romantic musical language in an evocation of birdsong, the neo-Classical Suite for Strings and song-inspired Suite in G minor for strings and organ display the composer's intricate knowledge of music history.

The Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, conducted by maestro Francesco di Vecchia have Roman blood in their veins, and like few others evoke the atmosphere of this wonderful, typically Italian, music. The orchestra won high critical acclaim with their superb recordings of Casella and Martucci.

The first volume in a series of Respighi's complete orchestral music
Comprehensive booklet notes in English and Italian ( Brilliant Classics )

Track List   

Disc   1

  • 01. Feste romane (Roman Festivals), symphonic poem, P. 157: 1. Circenses
  • 02. Feste romane (Roman Festivals), symphonic poem, P. 157: 2. Il Giubileo
  • 03. Feste romane (Roman Festivals), symphonic poem, P. 157: 3. L'Ottobrata
  • 04. Feste romane (Roman Festivals), symphonic poem, P. 157: 4. La Befana
  • 05. Fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 106: 1. La fontana di Valle Giulia all'alba
  • 06. Fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 106: 2. La fontana del Tritone al mattino
  • 07. Fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 106: 3. La fontana di Trevi al meriggio
  • 08. Fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 106: 4. La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto
  • 09. Pini di Roma (The Pines of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 141: 1. I pini di Villa Borghese
  • 10. Pini di Roma (The Pines of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 141: 2. Pini presso una catacomba
  • 11. Pini di Roma (The Pines of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 141: 3. I pini del Gianicolo
  • 12. Pini di Roma (The Pines of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 141: 4. I pini della Via Appia

Disc   2

  • 01. Gli uccelli (The Birds), suite for orchestra, P. 154: 1. Preludio (after Bernardo Pasquini, 1637-1710)
  • 02. Gli uccelli (The Birds), suite for orchestra, P. 154: 2. La colomba (after Jacques de Gallot, c. 1625-c. 1685)
  • 03. Gli uccelli (The Birds), suite for orchestra, P. 154: 3. La gallina (after Jean-Philippe Rameau, 1683-1764)
  • 04. Gli uccelli (The Birds), suite for orchestra, P. 154: 4. L'usignuolo (after C17 anon, transcribed by Jacob van Eyck)
  • 05. Gli uccelli (The Birds), suite for orchestra, P. 154: 5. Il cuc (after Bernardo Pasquini, 1637-1710)
  • 06. Suite for strings, P. 41: 1. Ciaccona
  • 07. Suite for strings, P. 41: 2. Siciliana
  • 08. Suite for strings, P. 41: 3. Giga
  • 09. Suite for strings, P. 41: 4. Sarabanda
  • 10. Suite for strings, P. 41: 5. Burlesca
  • 11. Suite for strings, P. 41: 6. Rigaudon
  • 12. Suite for organ & strings in G major, P. 58: 1. Preludio
  • 13. Suite for organ & strings in G major, P. 58: 2. Aria
  • 14. Suite for organ & strings in G major, P. 58: 3. Pastorale
  • 15. Suite for organ & strings in G major, P. 58: 4. Cantico

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投稿日:2018/08/01 (水)

ローマ三部作の後に”鳥”が入っている バロックのクラヴサン曲を編曲したものだ レスピーギが如何に過去の音楽から多くの素材と想像力を得ていたことか ”鳥”はその学習の美しき結晶だ さらにその後 20代のレスピーギが書いた弦楽合奏曲が並ぶ 組曲にはバロック時代を賑わした舞曲や楽曲名が並ぶ 出発の拠り所は過去の音楽遺産の中にある ヴェッキアとRSOがこうした最初期の作品を代表曲ローマ三部作と並べた意義はある どんな革新も過去の記憶から無縁なところに生まれない レスピーギ音楽の源泉を見つけ 汲んで口に含んでみる経験は表現理解の根幹に根を張る第一歩となる レスピーギの音楽に漲る表出力の下に気品と人肌に触れたがごとき温もりが感じられることを忘れまい 表面に浮き出る機知と色彩を支える矩を超えないフォルムの形成力を感じずにいられない 知情意のバランスの上に立つ個性である だから美しい ヴェッキア&ローマSOの演奏は刺激的ではないから見過ごしてしまうかもしれない だがどの演奏もイタリアの青空の突き抜けた明るさと軽さとそしてそこに内包された生きるが故の人の哀感を湛えていることを見逃すまい 朋よ 聴きたまえ あなたも如何   

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まず、ローマの祭りの主顕祭の練習番号46の...

投稿日:2012/04/13 (金)

まず、ローマの祭りの主顕祭の練習番号46の1小節が欠けている。見事に。まさかこういうカットではないと思うので編集ミスか?あと、チルチェンセスのオルガンパート無し。CD2に弦楽とオルガンの組曲が入っているのに。そこで聞く気が萎えたが、それ以外は遅めのテンポで多少非力ながら活気のあるローマ三部作という印象。星は辛めにさせてもらいます。

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