Ottorino Respighi - Works for Flute & Orchestra (Roberto Fabbriciani)

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Composer: Ottorino Respighi

• Suite pour instruments d'archet et flûte
• Melodia e Valse caressante per flauto e archi
• Serenata per piccola orchestra
• Gli uccelli, Suite per piccola orchestra

Roberto Fabbriciani, flute

Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese

Nicola Paszkowski, conductor

Date: 2021

Label: Tactus

https://www.tactus.it/tc871805-ottorino-respighi-respighi-opere-per-flauto-e-orchestra

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Review

Many people only know of Ottorino Respighi through his trilogy of tone poems celebrating Rome. This release helps fill out the composer’s profile with some very unusual works. With the exception of Gli Uccelli, these selections come from the early part of Respighi’s career.

Those early works only exist in manuscript, and it’s not clear if they were ever performed. I’m so glad they are now! The pieces show Resphighi’s sure hand. Even with just a string orchestra and solo flute, he manages to create worlds of orchestral color.

Roberto Fabbricani plays in a relaxed manner. These aren’t flute concertos — technical demands are few. Musical demands aren’t. These works rely on the musicality of the performers. And that’s where Fabrricani and the Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese excel. These are performances that charm the listener.

I especially enjoyed the Suite for Strings and Flute. It has the lightness of an Eric Coates piece and is just as amiable in character. This would be a welcome addition to any orchestral program, I think.

Also of interest is the Gli Uccelli, suite for small orchestra. If you’re a fan of Respighi’s “Ancient Aires and Dances,” you’ll want to add this to your collection. Respighi recasts the music of several Baroque composers that were inspired by birds. The result is something only Respighi could achieve. It’s modern and ancient, and — of course — brilliantly orchestrated.

You don’t have to be a Respighi completist to enjoy this release.

-- Ralph Graves, WTJU

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Ottorino Respighi (9 July 1879 – 18 April 1936) was an Italian composer and musicologist. He is best known for his orchestral music, particularly the three Roman tone poems: Fountains of Rome (Fontane di Roma), Pines of Rome (I pini di Roma), and Roman Festivals (Feste romane). His musicological interest in 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century music led him to compose pieces based on the music of these periods. Although Respighi was known primarily as composers of instrumental and orchestral music, he also wrote a number of operas, the most famous of which is La fiamma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottorino_Respighi

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Roberto Fabbriciani (born 13 June 1949 in Arezzo) is an Italian flautist and composer. He is best known for having invented the hyperbass flute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Fabbriciani

http://www.robertofabbriciani.it/

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