Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)
In Perfect Unison
Tuesday 5 July 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Tuesday 12 July 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Without the influence of his pupil, later his wife, Respighi might well have come off the rails. Donald Macleod evaluates the impact of Elsa Respighi on her husband's music.
Playlist
3 Preludes on Gregorian Melodies no.1
Sergei Babayan (piano)
PRO PIANO PPR224517 t.6
Vetrate di chiesa: Il Mattutino di Santa Chiara; San Michele Arcangelo
Cincinnati SO, Jesús López-Cobos (conductor)
TELARC CD-80356 t3, 2
La Sera
Faridah Subrata (mezzo-soprano), Czecho-Slovak Radio SO, Adriano (conductor)
MARCO POLO 8223347 t6
Ballata delle gnomidi
The Philharmonia, Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
CALA CACD1007 t1
Poema Autunnale
Pierre Amoyal (violin), Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
DECCA 443 324-2 t7
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