RESPIGHI: Sinfonia Drammatica

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra;
Nazareth, Daniel

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Respighi's Sinfonia Drammatica was completed in 1914. It is a substantial work that has been regarded by some as a further example of Respighi's early eclecticism. The dramatic mood is established at once as the orchestra launches into music that may at times remind us of Mahler, particularly in elements of orchestration and lyrical melancholy. Richard Strauss was, of course, a strong influence in this earlier period of the composer's life, if not the most immediately apparent here, except, perhaps, in the scale of the symphony and its occasional extravagance of orchestral effect. The second movement might suggest the influence of Debussy, in mood and idiom, with an interlude of solemn medievasism, leading to dramatic intensity, which is then replaced by are turn to the initial tranquillity, disturbed briefly once again before final serenity is restored. The final Allegro impetuoso unleashes powerful forces that offer a bewildering variety of mood and incident, making full use of orchestra colour that does everything to justify the title of the work.

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

12-04-1999

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