John Neschling, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège - Respighi: Impressioni brasiliane & La Boutique fantasque (2014)

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Title: Respighi: Impressioni brasiliane & La Boutique fantasque (2014)
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: BIS
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:08:51
Total Size: 326 Mb
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Tracklist:

Impressioni brasiliane (Brazilian Impressions), P. 153 (Ottorino Respighi)
1. No. 1, Notte Tropicale [Tropical Night] 11:40
2. No. 2, Butantan [In a Snake-Garden near São Paulo] 05:11
3. No. 3, Canzone e Danza [Song and Dance] 04:45
La boutique fantasque, P. 120 (Ottorino Respighi)
4. Overture (After Rossini) 06:41
5. Tarantella (After Rossini) 02:56
6. Mazurka (After Rossini) 06:36
7. Danse cosaque (Cossack Dance) [After Rossini] 04:56
8. Can-Can (After Rossini) 07:29
9. Valse lente (After Rossini) 08:36
10. Nocturne (After Rossini) 04:34
11. Galop (After Rossini) 05:27

Performers:
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
John Neschling, conductor

On this disc of Brazil-inspired orchestral works, we hear Respighi's Impressioni brasiliane, in which he communicates his impressions of a summer spent in Rio de Janeiro in 1927.
It is similar to though smaller-scaled than his famed Roman symphonic triptych.
Respighi’s greatness as an orchestrator is also evident in La Boutique fantasque (1918), originally composed for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, and based on piano pieces by Rossini.