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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Of any recordings available of these works, this is the one to get. Pappano and the orchestra feel every beat of each of these works, and the quality of the ensemble is stunning. The soloistic playing is beautiful in every case, but the orchestra seems to be continually listening to one another, and the results are fantastic. Respighi's epic orchestrations really come alive here, and these renditions just ooze atmosphere. Mind-blowing music-making.
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6 of 10 people found the following review helpful
The best thing here is Pappano's light, vivacious conducting
18 Nov 2007
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Respighi was a flashy composer of evocative fluff and antiquarian tidbits who had the enormous good fortune to be boosted for decades by Toscanini. His driven, fierce readings of the Pini di Roma are classics for thrills and spills. Over the years nearly every major conductor has felt called upon to give us a showpiece recording of at least the Pines, if not the complete Roman Trilogy -- it becomes a trail to hear the whole hog. Reiner has a blockbuster with the CSO in Living Stereo that still stands up as all the Respighi anyone needs, unless you happen to be crazy for every;thing he wrote.
Pappano's new EMI recording is quite atmospheric and appealing. He takes a lighter approach than Reiner or Toscanini, clearly wanting us to be charmed rather than overwhelmed. It's also heartening that he uses an Italian orchestra; maybe EMI wants to remind native music lovers that they don't have to turn to outside orchestras for satisfying renditions of their own music. But the Santa Cecilia orchestra can't manage the virtuosity called for by the score, and quite often I thought they were jsut getting by. There's plenty of style and ommitment, though, and if you don't deamnd the Chicago Symphony's dazzling perfection, this is a fine recording on all counts. EMI's sonics seem rather confined to me, again no match for what RCA gave Reiner and the CSO.
Pappano's new EMI recording is quite atmospheric and appealing. He takes a lighter approach than Reiner or Toscanini, clearly wanting us to be charmed rather than overwhelmed. It's also heartening that he uses an Italian orchestra; maybe EMI wants to remind native music lovers that they don't have to turn to outside orchestras for satisfying renditions of their own music. But the Santa Cecilia orchestra can't manage the virtuosity called for by the score, and quite often I thought they were jsut getting by. There's plenty of style and ommitment, though, and if you don't deamnd the Chicago Symphony's dazzling perfection, this is a fine recording on all counts. EMI's sonics seem rather confined to me, again no match for what RCA gave Reiner and the CSO.
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