Respighi Concerto Gregoriano (violin) Lossless m4a

Violin Lydia Mordkovitch

Sir Edward Downes and BBC Philharmonic

I’ve noticed there has been some interest in Respighi on this forum, so as I am now home for a few weeks after working overseas, I thought I would share some of my CD’s

The concerto was left unfinished by Respighi in 1903, probably due to his focus on other projects. The work pre-dates the composer�s other completed violin concertos: Concerto All�Antica in A minor (1908), Concerto Gregoriano (1921), and the single movement Poema Autunnale (1925).

The work is mostly inspired by the violin concertos and other orchestral compositions of Antonio Vivaldi, Felix Mendelssohn, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Max Bruch. The middle movement is inspired by the music of Claude Debussy.

Respighi had completed the first two movements of the concerto, and left the introduction of a third movement in piano reduction, with only a few measures orchestrated. In 2007, Respighi’s descendants in collaboration with Respighi archive curator/cataloguer Potito Pedarra invited composer/conductor Salvatore Di Vittorio to complete the concerto and edit other early Respighi works, for publication in Italy. Using the autograph manuscripts, Di Vittorio has edited the first two movements, orchestrated the extant (pianoforte) introduction of the third movement, and then completed the concerto following Respighi’s vision using rondo form.

Respighi’s first Violin Concerto in A major foreshadows his later violin concertos and other orchestral works, including Pines of Rome and Trittico Botticelliano.

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Poema autunnale, Op. 146
15:13
2
Concerto gregoriano, P. 135: I. Andante tranquillo – Allegro molto moderato – Calmo, tempo I
9:35
3
Concerto gregoriano, P. 135: II. Andante espressivo e sostenuto
10:50
4
Concerto gregoriano, P. 135: III. Finale [Alleluja]: Allegro energico
13:15
5
Ballata delle gnomidi, Op. 124

I hope you enjoy

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