Cet enregistrement emblématique réunit le chef d’orchestre Seiji Ozawa et le prestigieux Boston Symphony Orchestra autour de l’univers orchestral flamboyant de Ottorino Respighi.

À travers trois poèmes symphoniques "Les Pins de Rome, Les Fontaines de Rome et Fêtes romaines" Respighi dépeint une fresque sonore spectaculaire de la Ville éternelle. Chaque œuvre explore des lieux et des moments différents, mêlant couleurs orchestrales éclatantes, évocations impressionnistes et puissance dramatique.

Sous la direction précise et expressive d’Ozawa, l’orchestre révèle toute la richesse de cette musique, des murmures délicats des fontaines aux explosions festives des célébrations romaines. L’interprétation se distingue par sa clarté, son énergie et son sens du détail, offrant une immersion totale dans l’atmosphère de Rome.

- Ottorino Respighi "Pines of Rome, Roman Festivals, Fountains of Rome" 180 gram gatefold (2 LP) !
- Part of The Original Source Series from Deutsche Grammophon !
- 100 % pure analog AAA mastering !
- Remastered from the original 4 and 8 track recordings at Emil Berliner Studios !
- No tape copies used, no unnecessary devices in the signal path, no digital sound processing !
- Pressed by Optimal in Germany !

No contemporary Italian was as successful as an instrumental composer in the concert hall in the period after the First World War as Ottorino Respighi with his four-movement symphonic poems "Fountains Of Rome" (1917), "Pines Of Rome" (1924) and "Feste Romane" (1929). In these works, program music experienced a magnificent revival. Particularly noteworthy is Respighi's art of instrumentation, with which he rivaled orchestral composers such as Richard Strauss and Maurice Ravel. He made use of a musical language distilled from many sources, a kind of ‘Euro-Impressionism' that did not exclude modernist influences.

Deutsche Grammophon's Original Source Series presents outstanding recordings from the 1970s in a whole new sound quality. For this, the renowned Emil Berliner Studios have remastered and edited the original 4 and 8 track tapes in 100 % analog quality (AAA) using technologies developed specifically to produce the series. Released on 180 gram vinyl records with deluxe gatefold jackets with original covers and lyrics, the series is limited and numbered, accompanied by additional photos and facsimiles of the recording logs and tape boxes.