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Composer of the Week: Respighi

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

With Verity Sharp. Italy was a constant source of inspiration for Respighi and he set out to capture the country's splendour in his music.
Pines of Rome
Berlin Philharmonic/ Herbert von Karajan me Birth or venus
(Botticelli Pictures)
Bournemouth Sinfonietta , conductor Tamas Vasary The Flame (excerpt) Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus
Hungarian State Orchestra/ Lamberto Gardelli
Saint Gregory the Great (Church Windows)
Cincinnati SO, conductor
Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Repeated next Thursday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert von Karajan
Conductor:
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Conductor:
Tamas Vasary
Source: Radio Times

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