Orchestral, Respighi (composer)
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Wilson takes an altogether more balletic approach [than Tortelier]. But there is no lack of wallop: the opening of ‘Circenses’ has tremendous adrenaline…The Triton Fountain sparkles with vitality…There... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st January 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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New. Respighi: Sinfonia drammatica
RecommendedOrchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Robert Trevino
The engineering captures plenty of detail... the brass make plenty of impact, thundering their oration in the Lento religioso... [Trevino]’s grasp of the symphony’s structure is firm and he... —
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Record Review, 13th June 2026, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th June 2026
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The BBC Philharmonic under principal conductor Gianandrea Noseda plays it all with a straight face and makes a real success of things… —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2003, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, April 2026, Top Choice (La Boutique Fantasque)
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Respighi: Vetrate di chiesa, Il tramonto & Trittico botticelliano
RecommendedAnna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
John Neschling
What a glorious work, and what a find! Anyone inured to Respighi’s gaudy colours and thumping rhythms will be astonished by the musical and emotional range of this economical score. Neschling,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd February 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Diapason d’Or, March 2018, Nouveauté
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The strengths of this performance immediately leap out in the warm, sinuous opening to Fountains of Rome, with elegant, sensuous woodwind solos and, at the opening of the second movement, in... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Editor's Choice
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Performances of all four works are outstanding, with the Chandos sound bringing out the full richness of Respighi's writing. —
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Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911 version)
Recommendedand Rossini/Respighi: La Boutique fantasque (compiled by Malcolm Sargent)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
[In the Rossini/Respighi] Petrenko has the idiosyncratic fun of a true ballet master...Petrushka, though, remains the selling-point. If not quite the most vivid throughout, it too has original... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Special offer. Respighi: Orchestral Works
Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano), São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, John Neschling
