Evocative or atmospheric music doesn't get much better than this! "Notte Tropicale" entrances me without fail every time I listen to it. "Butantan" is mercurial and playful, featuring both mystical and powerful orchestral writing, even quoting the Dies Irae. The jauntily flirtatious "Canzone e Danza" could just be my favourite part of the entire suite. Some might conceivably suggest that the whole thing is no more than superficial Debussy/Ravel/Albeniz/Falla-influenced picture-postcard exoticism. Well, I don't care if they do. I LOVE the "Brazilian Impressions" and I never cease to marvel at Respighi's ear for beautiful instrumental sound.......
This was a wonderful LP and was instrumental (pardon the pun) in introducing me to Respighi's music - I already knew of the Ancient Airs and Dances and the Birds Suite. The soundworld Respighi inhabits is just so engaging and the recording itself, the engineering, is, as Max states, absolutely top drawer. This LP (with its companion piece "Church Windows"), together with the 'follow up' by the same forces, "Belkis" and "Metamorphoseon", totally transformed my view of Respighi from being an interesting composer to being one whose orchestrations seduce me every time. Signor Respighi comfortably resides in my 'top ten' favourite composers - almost entirely due to this release!
Tony O'Badinage , It was the other way round for me. An LP of my Dad's with Pines and Fountains kindled my interest as a young teenager. Ancient Airs And Dances was much later and I probably balked initially at the less sumptuous, "old-fashioned" (so I thought) nature of those pieces. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.....
Max Merry, I was an awful snob about music when I was in my youth... took several life-lessons to learn that I should enjoy, and embrace, what I like and not be swayed by what the 'Great & Good' define as being required listening. That said, I was then, and still am now, a big fan of the old Penguin Stereo Guides!
Hallo - can you please find these soundtracks and upload to youtube no matter vinly or cd please Full Album 1 - Johnny Harris - Bloomfield 1971 ( Richard Harris Movie ) 2 - Toshiro Mayuzumi - The Bible ... In The Beginning 1966 ( John Huston Movie ) 3 - Mort Shuman - main title - Romance of a Horsethief 1971 ( Yul Brynner Movie ) 4 - Paul Misraki - Un meurtre est un meurtre 1971 vinyl track name - 1. Françoise - and 2. Suspense psychedelic
Tony O'Badinage , Hello there! I'm assuming the pictured cover is an LP sleeve (with the DMM sticker). I only ever had the recording as a CD which I think I bought in London circa 1984 (Harold Moore's this time!!!)
Max Merry, Yes I think it is the LP cover, I was still adhering to LPs at this time and resisted CDs for as long as possible. I remember buying this within a week of its release, Harold Moore's! Now there's a name from the past! I remember one shop in The City (near to St Paul's) and another on The Strand, opposite Charing Cross Station. Or am I confusing Harold Moore's with Covent Garden Records?
Tony O'Badinage, I remember Foyle's being near Charing Cross, I think. There were several others whose names I don't recall, most of them long gone when HMV, Virgin and, latterly, Tower cornered the market. I was only ever in London on rare occasions....where others were sightseeing, I was hurtling between record shops while I had the chance!!!
I remember Harold Moores now; I'm sure it was in the Covent Garden area (Berwick Street?) and had a secondhand section in the basement which was run by a chap with very long hair and who had a very well-to-do accent; he was most helpful.
![Ottorino Respighi Impressioni Brasiliane [Brazilian Impressions]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/yDh3wjJtyF0/mqdefault.jpg)
Evocative or atmospheric music doesn't get much better than this! "Notte Tropicale" entrances me without fail every time I listen to it. "Butantan" is mercurial and playful, featuring both mystical and powerful orchestral writing, even quoting the Dies Irae. The jauntily flirtatious "Canzone e Danza" could just be my favourite part of the entire suite. Some might conceivably suggest that the whole thing is no more than superficial Debussy/Ravel/Albeniz/Falla-influenced picture-postcard exoticism. Well, I don't care if they do. I LOVE the "Brazilian Impressions" and I never cease to marvel at Respighi's ear for beautiful instrumental sound.......
I am on your side:-)! "Debussy/Ravel/Albeniz/Falla-influenced picture-postcard exoticism"....you nailed that
Thanks!!!!
This was a wonderful LP and was instrumental (pardon the pun) in introducing me to Respighi's music - I already knew of the Ancient Airs and Dances and the Birds Suite. The soundworld Respighi inhabits is just so engaging and the recording itself, the engineering, is, as Max states, absolutely top drawer. This LP (with its companion piece "Church Windows"), together with the 'follow up' by the same forces, "Belkis" and "Metamorphoseon", totally transformed my view of Respighi from being an interesting composer to being one whose orchestrations seduce me every time. Signor Respighi comfortably resides in my 'top ten' favourite composers - almost entirely due to this release!
Tony O'Badinage , It was the other way round for me. An LP of my Dad's with Pines and Fountains kindled my interest as a young teenager. Ancient Airs And Dances was much later and I probably balked initially at the less sumptuous, "old-fashioned" (so I thought) nature of those pieces. Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.....
Max Merry, I was an awful snob about music when I was in my youth... took several life-lessons to learn that I should enjoy, and embrace, what I like and not be swayed by what the 'Great & Good' define as being required listening. That said, I was then, and still am now, a big fan of the old Penguin Stereo Guides!
Hallo - can you please find these soundtracks and upload to youtube no matter vinly or cd please Full Album
1 - Johnny Harris - Bloomfield 1971 ( Richard Harris Movie )
2 - Toshiro Mayuzumi - The Bible ... In The Beginning 1966 ( John Huston Movie )
3 - Mort Shuman - main title - Romance of a Horsethief 1971 ( Yul Brynner Movie )
4 - Paul Misraki - Un meurtre est un meurtre 1971 vinyl track name - 1. Françoise - and 2. Suspense psychedelic
Forgot to add that, for sheer sonic splendour, this 1980s release is one of Chandos's best-ever feats of engineering.
Hi Max, Absolutely agree! This was a superb release for many reasons, not least of which was the engineering.
Tony O'Badinage , Hello there! I'm assuming the pictured cover is an LP sleeve (with the DMM sticker). I only ever had the recording as a CD which I think I bought in London circa 1984 (Harold Moore's this time!!!)
Max Merry, Yes I think it is the LP cover, I was still adhering to LPs at this time and resisted CDs for as long as possible. I remember buying this within a week of its release, Harold Moore's! Now there's a name from the past! I remember one shop in The City (near to St Paul's) and another on The Strand, opposite Charing Cross Station. Or am I confusing Harold Moore's with Covent Garden Records?
Tony O'Badinage, I remember Foyle's being near Charing Cross, I think. There were several others whose names I don't recall, most of them long gone when HMV, Virgin and, latterly, Tower cornered the market. I was only ever in London on rare occasions....where others were sightseeing, I was hurtling between record shops while I had the chance!!!
I remember Harold Moores now; I'm sure it was in the Covent Garden area (Berwick Street?) and had a secondhand section in the basement which was run by a chap with very long hair and who had a very well-to-do accent; he was most helpful.