Episode 3
Donald Macleod explores Respighi's life and work in the 1920s, including his Botticelli Triptych.
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Ottorino Respighi
Dance Of The Gnomes
Conductor: Geoffrey SIMON Performer: Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra
- CALA.
- CACD1007.
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Ottorino Respighi
Adagio con variazioni, arr. for cello and orchestra [orig. for cello and piano]
Conductor: Semyon BYCHKOV Performer: Mischa MAISKY - Cello (Cello) Performer: Paris Orchestra.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOP.
- 435 781-2-.
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Ottorino Respighi
Belfagor - opera in 2 acts with prologue & epilogue
Conductor: Lamberto GARDELLI Performer: Giorgio LAMBERTI - Tenor Performer: Sylvia SASS - Soprano Performer: Hungarian Radio And Television Chorus Performer: Hungarian State Orchestra
- HUNGAROTON.
- HCD-12850/51.
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Ottorino Respighi
Trittico Botticelliano for small orchestra
Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 437-533-2.
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Ottorino Respighi
Dance Of The Gnomes (1919)
- CALA: CACD1007.
- 1.
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Ottorino Respighi
Adagio Con Variazioni, for cello and orchestra
- DEUSCHE GRAMMOPHON: 4358612.
- 1.
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Ottorino Respighi
Belfagor - Act 1 extracts
- HUNGAROTON: HCS1285051.
- 1.
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Ottorino Respighi
Trittico Botticelliano -Spring
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON:4375332.
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Ottorino Respighi
Trittico Botticelliano -The Birth Of Venus
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON:4375332.
Broadcast
- Thu 3 Jan 201312:00BBC Radio 3
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