This colorful journey through different times and places marks the first recording of Italian conductor Alessandro Crudele and the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Linn. At the helm of the flamboyant LPO, the versatile conductor has recorded a compendium of programmatic works spanning the artistic life of Ottorino Respighi.
Beginning with one of his earliest masterworks, the evocative and sometimes epic Pini di Roma is a botanical journey through Rome at different times of day. The more impressionistic travel account Impressioni brasiliane, the result of a journey Respighi made to Brazil, is steeped in local music and culture and dates from the composer's mature years. In the same spirit, the late ballet Belkis, regina di Saba this time describes a mythological journey; the little-known work tells of the queen's route through the desert to meet Solomon, King of Israel, upon whom she has fallen in love.
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