Ancient Airs and Dances / Trittico Botticelliano
Album by Ottorino Respighi & Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne & Jesús López Cobos
Ancient Airs and Dances and the Trittico Botticelliano are orchestral works by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, composed between 1917 and 1927. The pieces draw on early music and Renaissance visual art respectively, employing rich orchestral colour, modal harmonies and transparent textures to evoke antiquarian atmospheres, and they represent Respighi's mature interest in orchestrational tone colour and historical sources within his career.
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- 1.Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 1: I. Simone Molinaro: Balletto detto "Il conte Orlando"2:52
- 2.Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 1: II. Vincenzo Galilei: Gagliarda3:36
- 3.Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 1: III. Anon.: Villanella4:37
- 4.Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 1: IV. Anon.: Passo mezzo e Mascherada3:40
- 5.Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 2: I. Fabrizio Caroso: Laura soave, Balletto con gagliarda3:55
- 6.Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 2: II. Jean-Baptiste Besard: Danza rustiga3:54
- 7.Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 2: III. Anon.: Campanæ parisienses / Marin: Mersenne: Aria5:42
- 8.Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 2: IV. Bernardo Gianoncelli, detto il Bernardello: Bergamasca5:10
- 9.Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 3: I. Anon.: Italiana3:10
- 10.Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 3: II. Jean-Baptiste Besard: Arie di corte6:54
- 11.Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 3: III. Anon.: Siciliana3:30
- 12.Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 3: IV. Lodovico Roncalli: Passacaglia3:04
- 13.Trittico Botticelliano: I. La primavera: Allegro vivace5:30
- 14.Trittico Botticelliano: II. L'adorazione dei Magi: Andante lento8:00
- 15.Trittico Botticelliano: III. La nascita di Venere: Allegro moderato4:41







