Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra : RESPIGHI – Pines Of Rome Feste Romane Fountains Of Rome (Original Source Series)

No contemporary Italian was as successful an instrumental composer in the concert hall in the period after the First World War as Ottorino Respighi with his four-movement symphonic poems ‘Fountains of Rome’ (1917), ‘Pines of Rome’ (1924) and ‘Feste Romane’ (1929). In these works, programme music experienced a magnificent revival. Particularly noteworthy is Respighi’s art of instrumentation, with which he rivaled orchestral composers such as Richard Strauss and Maurice Ravel. He made use of a musical language distilled from many sources, a kind of ‘Euro-impressionism’ that did not exclude modernist influences.

Track Listing:
1. Pines of Rome, I Pini Di Villa Borghese (Ottorino Respighi) – Boston Symphony Orchestra
2. Pines of Rome, Pini Presso Una Catacomba (Ottorino Respighi) – Boston Symphony Orchestra
3. Pines of Rome, I Pini Del Gianicolo (Ottorino Respighi) – Boston Symphony Orchestra
4. Pines of Rome, I Pini