Ancient Airs and Dances
Album by Ottorino Respighi & CBC Radio Orchestra & Mario Bernardi
Ancient Airs and Dances is a set of orchestral suites by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, composed between 1917 and 1931. The works adapt Renaissance and early Baroque lute and vocal pieces into lush string and wind orchestrations, exemplifying Respighi's interest in historical pastiche and representing a strand of his output devoted to orchestral transcriptions of earlier music.

First released: 1986
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- 1.Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no. 1: Balletto detto 'Il Conte Orlando'2:58
- 2.Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no. 1: Gagliarda3:55
- 3.Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no. 1: Villanella5:53
- 4.Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no. 1: Passo Mezzo e Mascherada3:51
- 5.Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no. 2: Laura soave: balletto con gagliarda, saltarello e canario3:45
- 6.Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no. 2: Danza rustica3:54
- 7.Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no. 2: Campanae parisienses - Aria5:37
- 8.Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no. 2: Bergamasca5:00
- 9.Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no. 3: Italiana3:09
- 10.Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no. 3: Arie di corte7:38
- 11.Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no. 3: Siciliana3:49
- 12.Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite no. 3: Passacaglia3:49






