Pines of Rome / Fountains of Rome / Roman Festivals

Respighi's Roman Trilogy (the tone poems Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome and Roman Festivals) holds a very special place in the orchestral repertory, challenging almost any other composition for sheer sonic audience appeal.

"Part of the thrill with this recording is having the full colourful splendour of Respighi's scores in SACD sound. With superb playing and Bis's reliably wonderful engineering you can expect to be blown out of your seat at numerous moments. Beginning with the Fontane di Roma, you are immediately impressed with the quality of the solo playing in the winds, each little touch from the peripheral instruments, percussion, harp - those little horn-calls and the like, beautifully present and accurately placed in terms of balance and perspective. I am quite enthusiastic about this recording of Respighi's 'Roman Trilogy'. As far as I'm concerned it has everything, and in having everything can stand against all comers in its field. Bravo!"
(Recording of the Month MusicWeb Jan 2011)