Hi Res Download, Respighi (composer)
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Special offer. Respighi: Pines, Fountains & Festivals of Rome
RecommendedSinfonia of London, John Wilson
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... — More…
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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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Special offer. Freddie De Tommaso - Passione
RecommendedFreddie De Tommaso (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Renato Balsadonna
Listen to Freddie De Tommaso at full throttle and you’ll need to lie down in a darkened room. Passione is singing in the tradition of De Tommaso’s hero Franco Corelli: stylish and heartfelt,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Newcomer
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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... — More…
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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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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,... — More…
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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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Special offer. Debussy, Elgar, Respighi & Sibelius: Violin Sonatas
RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano)
This is a radiantly engineered album of music composed around the time of the Great War, played with beguiling elegance by James Ehnes and regular playing partner Andrew Armstrong. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Special offer. Schtschedrin: Carmen-Suite & Respighi: Pini di Roma
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons leads live performances of Carmen-Suite and The Pines of Rome with electricity and pizzazz. Despite a slightly clumsy opening, it soon marches into strong and sturdy territory. — More…
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Record Review, 4th January 2020, Record of the Week
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In her early 70s, her technique remains supreme and for the most part her interpretations are entirely satisfying. For me, her Liszt is the most impressive of all, in which she remembers Brendel’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2021, Editor's Choice
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New. Respighi: Tre Liriche
Alessandra Visentin (alto), Chamber Orchestra of New York, Salvatore Di Vittorio
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Rarely has this music sounded so well on CD...The Trevi fountain dénouement and climax section of Pines let rip, but Neschling also unearths startling subtleties. Festivals tends to be played... — More…
