Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936): Belkis,Queen of Sheba

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+Metamorphoseon modi XII

  • Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra, Simon
  • Label: Chandos, DDD, 84
  • Order number: 5195543
  • Release date: 1.1.1989
  1. 1 Belkis, Queen of Sheba (Suite für Orchester) Start
  2. 2 The dream of Solomon Start
  3. 3 War dance Start
  4. 4 The dance of Belkis at dawn Start
  5. 5 Orgiastic dance Start
  6. 6 Metamorphosen (Thema und Variationen für Orchester) Start
  7. 7 Thema (Andante moderato) Start
  8. 8 Modus I (Moderato non troppo) Start
  9. 9 Modus II (Allegretto) Start
  10. 10 Modus Iii (Lento) Start
  11. 11 Modus IV (Lento espressivo) Start
  12. 12 Modus V (Molto vivace) Start
  13. 13 Modus VI (Vivo) Start
  14. 14 Modus Vii (Cadenze) Start
  15. 15 Modus Viii (Andantino Mosso) Start
  16. 16 Modus IX (Lento non troppo) Start
  17. 17 Modus X (Molto allegro) Start
  18. 18 Modus XI (Molto allegro) Start
  19. 19 Modus Xii (Vivo Non Troppo) Start

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Respighi: Belkis, Queen of Sheba, Metamorphoseon – Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon

‘The ballet-suite Belkis, Queeen of Sheba is a score that set the pattern for later Hollywood biblical film music; but Metamorphoseon is a taut and sympathetic set of variations. It has been ingeniously based on a medieval theme, and through a group of cadenza variations relaxes the tension of argument in the middle, the brilliance and variety of the writing have much in common with Elgar’s Enigma. Superb playing from the Philharmonia, treated to one of the finest recordings that even Chandos has produced, outstanding in every way.’

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Press comments

G. Horn in Gramophone 5 / 86:"Ich wäre verwun- dert und gleichzeitig enttäuscht, wenn diese Veröffentlichung nicht in der Lage wäre, die Metamorphosen einem größeren Publikum nä- her zu bringen. Wärmstens zu empfehlen."

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