Title: Respighi Collection (Italian Romatics Series)
Artist: Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5063758971980
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-01-30
Number of Discs: 12

The most comprehensive set ever compiled of instrumental music by Respighi, featuring classic scores such as The Pines of Rome alongside hidden treasures of chamber music. All modern recordings made by native Italian musicians between 2009 and 2015: both an ideal starting and destination point for anyone looking to explore the vibrantly coloured musical world of Respighi. Italy's landscape and history supplied Ottorino Respighi with a deep and seemingly inexhaustible well of inspiration and material on which to draw. Works as superficially diverse as the elegantly neoclassical Ancient Airs and Dances, and the opulently orchestrated extravaganza of the Roman trilogy, are united by Respighi's care for his native heritage, and his curation of it as a living object. He is, in this sense, no less centrally an Italian composer than those of his colleagues dedicated to continuing the opera tradition, from Bellini to Puccini. Yet there is so much more to Respighi than those two collections. There is the hour-long Sinfonia Drammatica which finds Respighi at his most Straussian. There is the pulsating and neoclassical Toccata for piano and orchestra, the contrasting delicacy of the orchestral triptych after paintings of Botticelli, the withdrawn beauty of his Church Windows sequence, and a sequence of concertante works for violin and orchestra, none of which fit neatly into the 'romantic concerto' template. Perhaps the least known and most intriguing work in his orchestral output is his dark and brooding Metamorphoseon, commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky in 1930 and thus long predating Richard Strauss's postwar elegy of (almost) the same name. The piano and chamber works of Respighi illuminate complementary aspects of his identity, such as his feeling for long-breathed melody and drama in the violin sonatas, and the deft turns of phrase in his student-era piano pieces. When these recordings first appeared, they attracted enthusiastic praise from reviewers, especially the orchestral series masterminded by the conductor Francesco la Vecchia. 'La Vecchia directs with obvious affection, and the playing has engaging spirit and no mean grace... Desiree Scuccuglia gives a red-blooded and formidably secure account of the solo part [of the Concerto misolidio]' (Gramophone). 'There is no question that these musicians understand and love Respighi's idiom. La Vecchia negotiates the music with a definite point of view, carefully balancing the composer's unique blend of 20th-century orchestral colours and ancient modal chant.' (Fanfare)

Tracks:
1.1 Feste Romane~I. Circenses
1.2 Feste Romane~II. Il giubileo
1.3 Feste Romane~III. L’Ottobrata
1.4 Feste Romane~IV. La Befana
1.5 Fontane di Roma~I. La fontana di Valle Giulia all’alba
1.6 Fontane di Roma~II. La fontana del Tritone al mattino
1.7 Fontane di Roma~III. La fontana di Trevi al meriggio
1.8 Fontane di Roma~IV. La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto
1.9 Pini Di Roma~I. I pini di Villa Borghese
1.10 Pini Di Roma~II. Pini presso una catacomba
1.11 Pini Di Roma~III. I pini del Gianicolo
1.12 Pini Di Roma~IV. I pini della Via Appia
2.1 Gli Uccelli, Suite for chamber orchestra after Baroque keyboard works~I. Preludio (after Bernardo Pasquini 1637-1710)
2.2 Gli Uccelli, Suite for chamber orchestra after Baroque keyboard works~II. La colomba (after Jacques de Gallot c.1625-c.1695)
2.3 Gli Uccelli, Suite for chamber orchestra after Baroque keyboard works~III. La gallina (after Jean-Philippe Rameau, 1683-1764)
2.4 Gli Uccelli, Suite for chamber orchestra after Baroque keyboard works~IV. L’usignuolo (after 16th-century anon., transcribed by Jacob van Eyck)
2.5 Gli Uccelli, Suite for chamber orchestra after Baroque keyboard works~V. Il cuccù (after Bernardo Pasquini)
2.6 Suite for Strings~I. Ciaccona
2.7 Suite for Strings~II. Siciliana
2.8 Suite for Strings~III. Giga
2.9 Suite for Strings~IV. Sarabanda
2.10 Suite for Strings~V. Burlesca
2.11 Suite for Strings~VI. Rigaudon
2.12 Suite in G for strings and organ~I. Preludio
2.13 Suite in G for strings and organ~II. Aria
2.14 Suite in G for strings and organ~III. Pastorale
2.15 Suite in G for strings and organ~IV. Cantico
3.1 Impressioni Brasiliane~I. Notte tropicale
3.2 Impressioni Brasiliane~II. Butantan
3.3 Impressioni Brasiliane~III. Canzone e Danza
3.4 Trittico Botticelliano~I. La primavera
3.5 Trittico Botticelliano~II. L’adorazione dei Magi
3.6 Trittico Botticelliano~III. La nascita di Venere
3.7 Vetrate Di Chiesa~I. La fuga in Egitto
3.8 Vetrate Di Chiesa~II. San Michele Arcangelo
3.9 Vetrate Di Chiesa~III. Il mattutino di Santa Chiara
3.10 Vetrate Di Chiesa~IV. San Gregorio Magno
4.1 Concerto A Cinque for oboe, trumpet, violin, double bass, piano and strings~I. Moderato - Allegro - Grave
4.2 Concerto A Cinque for oboe, trumpet, violin, double bass, piano and strings~II. Adagio
4.3 Concerto A Cinque for oboe, trumpet, violin, double bass, piano and strings~III. Allegro vivo - Allegro moderato - Largo
4.4 Poema Autunnale for violin and orchestra
4.5 Concerto All’antica for violin and orchestra~I. Allegro
4.6 Concerto All’antica for violin and orchestra~II. Adagio non troppo
4.7 Concerto All’antica for violin and orchestra~III. Vivace
5.1 Concerto Gregoriano for violin and orchestra~I. Andante tranquillo - Allegro molto moderato - Calmo, tempo I
5.2 Concerto Gregoriano for violin and orchestra~II. Andante espressivo e sostenuto
5.3 Concerto Gregoriano for violin and orchestra~III. Finale (Alleluja). Allegro energico
5.4 Toccata for piano and orchestra
5.5 Adagio Con Variazioni for cello and orchestra
6.1 Sinfonia Drammatica~I. Allegro energico
6.2 Sinfonia Drammatica~II. Andante sostenuto
6.3 Sinfonia Drammatica~III. Allegro impetuoso
6.4 Fantasia Slava for piano and orchestra
7.1 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto Suite No. 1~I. Balletto detto ‘Il conte Orlando’ [Simone Molinaro]. Allegretto moderato
7.2 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto Suite No. 1~II. Gagliarda [Vincenzo Galilei]. Allegro moderato - Andantino mosso
7.3 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto Suite No. 1~III. Villanella [anon., end of 16th century]. Andante cantabile
7.4 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto Suite No. 1~IV. Passo mezzo e mascherada (anon., end of 16th century): Allegro vivo – Vivacissimo - Allegretto - Vivace - Allegretto - Vivo - Vivacissimo - Tempo I
7.5 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto Suite No. 2~I. Laura soave (Balletto con gagliarda, saltarello e canario) [Fabrizio Caroso, c.1531]. Andantino - Allegro marcato - Lo stesso tempo - Andantino
7.6 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto Suite No. 2~II. Danza rustica [Jean-Baptiste Besard, c.1617]. Allegretto
7.7 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto Suite No. 2~III. Campanae parisienses [anon. 17th-century melody]. Andante mosso - Aria [Mersenne Marin]. Largo espressivo
7.8 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto Suite No. 2~IV. Bergamasca [Bernardo Gianoncelli, known as Il Bernardello]. Allegro
7.9 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto Suite No. 3~I. Italiana [anon., late 16th century]. Andantino
7.10 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto Suite No. 3~II. Arie di corte [Jean-Baptiste Besard, 16th century]. Andante cantabile - Allegretto - Vivace - Lento con grande espressione - Allegro vivace - Vivacissimo - Andante cantabile
7.11 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto Suite No. 3~III. Siciliana [anon., late 16th century]. Andantino
7.12 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto Suite No. 3~IV. Passacaglia [Lodovico Roncalli, 1692]. Maestoso - Vivace
7.13 Rossiniana Suite, after Rossini~I. "Capri e Taormina" (Barcarola e siciliana). Allegretto - Andantino - Allegretto
7.14 Rossiniana Suite, after Rossini~II. Lamento. Andantino maestoso
7.15 Rossiniana Suite, after Rossini~III. Intermezzo. Allegretto - Poco più mosso - Tempo I
7.16 Rossiniana Suite, after Rossini~IV. Tarantella "puro sangue" (con passaggio de la processione). Allegro vivacissimo - Andante religioso - Tempo I
8.1 Concerto In Modo Misolidio for piano and orchestra~I. Moderato
8.2 Concerto In Modo Misolidio for piano and orchestra~II. Lento - Andante con moto
8.3 Concerto In Modo Misolidio for piano and orchestra~III. Passacaglia. Allegro energico
8.4 Metamorphoseon Modi XII
9.1 Quartetto Dorico
9.2 Piano Quintet in F Minor P.35~I. Allegro
9.3 Piano Quintet in F Minor P.35~II. Andante
9.4 Piano Quintet in F Minor P.35~III. Vivacissimo
9.5 Doppio Quartet in D Minor P.27~I. Allegro
9.6 Doppio Quartet in D Minor P.27~II. Adagio non troppo - Quasi Andante
9.7 Doppio Quartet in D Minor P.27~III. Intermezzo. Allegro vivace ma non troppo
9.8 Doppio Quartet in D Minor P.27~IV. Intermezzo. Presto all’ ungherese
10.1 Violin Sonata in D Minor P15~I. Lento - Allegro - Lento - Assai animato
10.2 Violin Sonata in D Minor P15~II. Adagio
10.3 Violin Sonata in D Minor P15~III. Scherzo. Allegretto
10.4 Six Pieces for Violin and Piano P31~I. Berceuse
10.5 Six Pieces for Violin and Piano P31~II. Melodia
10.6 Six Pieces for Violin and Piano P31~III. Leggenda
10.7 Six Pieces for Violin and Piano P31~IV. Valse caressante
10.8 Six Pieces for Violin and Piano P31~V. Serenata
10.9 Six Pieces for Violin and Piano P31~VI. Aria
10.10 Violin Sonata in B Minor P110~I. Moderato
10.11 Violin Sonata in B Minor P110~II. Andante espressivo
10.12 Violin Sonata in B Minor P110~III. Allegro moderato ma energico
11.1 Sonata in F Minor P016~I. Allegro
11.2 Sonata in F Minor P016~II. Lento
11.3 Sonata in F Minor P016~III. Allegretto
11.4 Sei Pezzi P044~I. Valse Caressante
11.5 Sei Pezzi P044~II. Canone
11.6 Sei Pezzi P044~III. Notturno
11.7 Sei Pezzi P044~IV. Minuetto
11.8 Sei Pezzi P044~V. Studio
11.9 Sei Pezzi P044~VI. Intermezzo - Serenata (from the opera Re Enzo)
11.10 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto P114~I. Balletto detto "Il Conte Orlando" (Simone Molinaro, 1599)
11.11 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto P114~II. Villanella (anon., late 16th century)
11.12 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto P114~III. Gagliarda (Vincenzo Galilei, c.1550)
11.13 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto P114~IV. Italiana (anon., late 16th century)
11.14 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto P114~V. Siciliana (anon., late 16th century)
11.15 Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto P114~VI. Passacaglia (Lodovico Roncalli, 1692)
11.16 Tre Preludi Su Melodie Gregoriane P131~I. Molto lento
11.17 Tre Preludi Su Melodie Gregoriane P131~II. Tempestoso
11.18 Tre Preludi Su Melodie Gregoriane P131~III. Lento
12.1 Sonata in A Minor P004~I. Allegro moderato
12.2 Sonata in A Minor P004~II. Andantino
12.3 Sonata in A Minor P004~III. Finale. Allegro viva