Ottorino Respighi
Born: 9th July 1879, Bologna, Italy
Died: 18th April 1936, Rome, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Ottorino Respighi was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and musicologist and one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century. His compositions range over operas, ballets, orchestral suites, choral songs, chamber music, and transcriptions of Italian compositions of the 16th–18th centuries, but his best known and most performed works are his three orchestral tone poems which brought him international fame: Fountains of Rome (1916), Pines of Rome (1924), and Roman Festivals (1928).
Respighi was born in Bologna to a musical and artistic family. He was encouraged by his father to pursue music at a young age, and took formal tuition in the violin and piano. In 1891, he enrolled at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, where he studied the violin, viola, and composition, was principal violinist at the Russian Imperial Theatre, and studied briefly with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
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Further Reading: Respighi
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Robert Trevino on Respighi's Sinfonia drammatica
2nd Jul 2026
With the release of his recording of Respighi's rarely-performed Sinfonia drammatica, the conductor talks about his previous album of the composer's Roman Trilogy, his thoughts on the reasons behind the Sinfonia's relative lack of performances, and why he feels that it is one of the greatest pieces that Respighi ever wrote.
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Robert Trevino conducts Respighi's Sinfonia drammatica
5th Jun 2026
Robert Trevino and the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI make a thrilling, highly persuasive case for a work that has received relatively few recordings to date, with a performance full of rich strings, portentous brass, and beautiful woodwind solos.
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Popular Works: Respighi
- Adagio con variazioni (24)
- Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1, P. 109 (39)
- Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2, P. 138 (34)
- Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3, P. 172 (86)
- Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3, P. 172: III. Siciliana (9)
- Ancient Airs and Dances, Suites Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (15)
- Ballata delle Gnomidi (10)
- Cinque canti all'antica (9)
- Concerto gregoriano (12)
- Concerto in modo misolidio (10)
- Deita silvane (17)
- Fountains of Rome (104)
- Il tramonto (40)
- Impressioni brasiliane (20)
- La Boutique Fantasque, PP120 (37)
- Metamorphoseon modi XII, theme & variations for orchestra, P. 169 (14)
- Nebbie, P 64 (32)
- Nevicata, P 65 (12)
- Notte (No. 1 from Sei liriche, seconda serie, P 97) (12)
- Notturno (11)
- Pezzi (5) for violin and piano, P. 62 (9)
- Pezzi (6) for solo piano, P. 44 (15)
- Pezzi (6) for violin and piano, P. 31 (15)
- Pines of Rome (145)
- Pioggia (No. 6 from Sei liriche, prima serie, P 90) (11)
- Poema autumnnale (12)
- Quartetto dorico, P. 144 (9)
- Quattro Liriche dal Poema Paradisiaco di Gabriele d'Annunzio, P. 125 (8)
- Rachmaninov 5 etudes-tableaux (orch. Respighi) P. 160 (10)
- Roman Festivals (80)
- Rossiniana (10)
- Sei piccoli pezzi, P. 149 (10)
- Sinfonia drammatica, P. 102 (11)
- Stornellatrice, P 69 (17)
- Suite in G for Strings and Organ (11)
- The Birds (38)
- Trittico Botticelliano (28)
- Vetrate di chiesa (22)
- Violin Sonata in B minor, P. 110 (50)
- Violin Sonata in D minor (10)
Recent Best Sellers: Respighi
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Special offer. Respighi: Pines, Fountains & Festivals of Rome
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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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Bach - Transcriptions for Orchestra
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Fabio Paggioro (violin / fiddle), Massimiliano Ferrati (piano), Michele d'Ambrosio (soloist), Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Da Vinci Ensemble, Francesco La Vecchia
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