Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)
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Monday 4 July 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Monday 11 July 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Donald Macleod begins his profile of one of Italy's most controversial composers with a portrait of Respighi's colourful and sometimes contradictory passions, including fine art, fairy tale, grand opera and antiquity.
Playlist
Six Pieces for Violin and Piano no.1 (1901-5): Berceuse
Marcia Crayford (violin), Diana Ambache (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN 9962 t8
Semirama: opening of Act 1
Eva Marton (Semirama), Veronika Kinces (Susiana), Hungarian Radio and TV Chorus, Hungarian State Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli (conductor)
HUNGARATON HCD 31197 CD1 t1-3
Passo mezzo e mascherada (Antiche danze ed arie Suite I)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 4375332 t9
La Pentola Magica (excerpts)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10081 t16-19
Trittico Botticelliano
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner
EMI CDC7478442
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