Respighi: Metamorphoseon

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Respighi was said not to have rated his Metamorphoseon highly, though it's unclear why. It's even more unclear listening to this excellent new recording, which catches evocatively the work's... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 31st Jul 2015
Catalogue No: BIS2130
Label: BIS
Length: 72 minutes

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Respighi: Metamorphoseon, P. 169

Work length43:37

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Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège
John Neschling

Tema. Andante moderato

Track length16:53

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Modus 1, Moderato non troppo

Track length2:20

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Modus 2, Allegretto

Track length2:11

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Modus 3, Lento

Track length1:41

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Modus 4, Lento espressivo

Track length2:25

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Modus 5, Allegro vivace

Track length3:12

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Modus 6, Vivo

Track length0:40

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Modus 7, Cadenza

Track length0:53

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Modus 8, Andantino mosso

Track length7:20

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Modus 9, Lento non troppo

Track length1:24

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Modus 10, Molto allegro

Track length3:03

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Modus 11, Molto allegro

Track length0:42

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Modus 12, Vivo non troppo

Track length0:53

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Respighi: Ballata delle gnomidi, P. 124

Work length2:44

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Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège
John Neschling

Respighi: Belkis, Regina di Saba, P. 177

Work length25:46

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Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège
John Neschling

I. Il sogno di Salomone

Track length8:36

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II. La danza di Belkis all'aurora

Track length7:53

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III. Danza guerresca

Track length2:50

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IV. Danza orgiastica

Track length6:27

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Three orchestral works by Ottorino Respighi are gathered here. Ballata delle gnomidi (‘The Ballad of the Gnomes’) was composed in 1920 and was inspired by a poem depicting satanic rituals, sexual abandonment and blood sacrifice. The Ballata is here framed by two later and longer works. Respighi composed Metamorphoseon in 1930, for the fiftieth anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and it is in fact something of a concerto for orchestra, the 30-minute long work consisting of a theme and twelve variations or 'modes'. The disc closes with the suite from Belkis, Regina di Saba, a full-length ballet depicting the encounter between the Queen of Sheba and Solomon. The original score involved a massive orchestra including zithers, wind machine, choir, soloists and narrator as well as an off-stage brass ensemble, but Respighi omitted the vocal parts and the exotic instruments when he prepared a suite for concert use. John Neschling has previously recorded two acclaimed discs of Respighi’s music for BIS. The latest instalment also featured l’Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, in a performance of Impressioni brasiliane.

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October 2015

Respighi was said not to have rated his Metamorphoseon highly, though it's unclear why. It's even more unclear listening to this excellent new recording, which catches evocatively the work's brooding, murky tints, and its tendency to sudden irruptions of temperament...Neschling and his Liege musicians [are] sharply responsive to Respighi's abrupt flexing of muscle.

September 2015

[Metamorphosen] is dazzlingly done here, with plenty of grace and panache, by Neschling and his Belgian orchestra.

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