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Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)

Friends, Romans, Countrymen

Wednesday 6 July 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)

Repeated: Wednesday 13 July 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)

Donald Macleod charts Respighi's ever-complex relationships with his musical colleagues, critics, and the people of Rome, whose city he depicted in his most famous works.
Belfagor: Overture
BBC Philharmonic
Sir Edward Downes (conductor)

Duration:

1 hour

Playlist

Belfagor: Overture
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Edward Downes (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9311

Lamento d'Arianna (after Monteverdi)
Burjana Antonova (mezzo-soprano), Sofia Chamber Orchestra, Emil Tabakov (conductor)
ELAN CD82280 t12

Feste Romane
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
SONY SK66843 t9-12

Canzone Sarda
Tiziana Cisternino (soprano), Massimo Palumbo (piano)
NUOVA ERA 7182 t19




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