Ottorino Respighi - The Birds {Gli Uccelli}

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- Composer: Ottorino Respighi (9 July 1879 -- 18 April 1936)
- Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Louis Lane
- Year of recording: 2002

Gli uccelli {The Birds}, suite for small orchestra, P. 154, written in 1927-1928.

00:00 - "Preludio" (based on the music of Bernardo Pasquini)
03:01 - "La colomba" ("The dove"; based on the music of Jacques de Gallot)
07:33 - "La gallina" ("The hen"; based on the music of Jean-Philippe Rameau)
10:36 - "L'usignuolo" ("The nightingale"; based on the folksong "Engels Nachtegaeltje" transcribed by Jacob van Eyck)
14:28 - "Il cucù" ("The cuckoo"; based on the music of Pasquini)

Respighi's affection for and knowledge of early music is amply demonstrated in his three suites of Ancient Airs and Dances. "Gli Ucelli" represents another expedition into the past, in which Respighi transforms five characteristic keyboard pieces from the 17th and 18th centuries (all five pieces were attempts to transcribe birdsong into musical notation) into a genial suite for orchestra.

The orchestration of early keyboard music is a risky undertaking: The bright, uninflected timbre of an instrument like the harpsichord cannot adequately be conveyed by orchestral sonorities. Wisely, Respighi makes no attempt to do so. Instead, he uses the borrowed material to exploit the innate strengths of the orchestra, relying on melodic ingenuity, sparkling instrumental color, and swift contrasts of volume and tempo for interest. While none of these five movements conveys the brittle brilliance of the original pieces, each is witty, playful, and unpretentious.

After a graceful Prelude based on a work by Bernardo Pasquini, the "uccelli" (birds) of the title make their appearances as follows: the dove (after Jacques de Gallot), the hen (after Jean-Phillippe Rameau), the nightingale (Anonymous, 17th century), and the cuckoo (after Pasquini). The Prelude's main theme returns in various guises throughout, and the work ends with a restatement of melodic fragments from earlier movements.
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Thank you for posting this. This music was used as the theme song for a 1970's medical program called Consultation hosted by my dad.

carolynrigheimer
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The nightingale 👌 totally my fav




And I LOVE the celesta

nathanhol
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Kudos to Respighi for composing an entire suite about animals that do not exist in real life! Must have had a very vivid imagination to accomplish such a task.

salmonidae
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I was thinking 0:48 sounded very familiar.. At 7:35 I understood why! What a wonderful piece by this underappreciated composer. Thank you for sharing.

sanderspoelstra
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The music is wonderful! I love the cuckoo, because I can hear them singing in this music! I listen to these song when I write poetries, and these songs help me write more beautifully!

shuliangzou
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I absolutely love the part from 14:40 to 15:13

PauGarriga
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Il più grande compositore di tutti i tempi. Questa è vera musica che fa l'uomo vicino a Dio.
E lo dice un compositore
(piccolo) di musica classica.

andreafreddini
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Thank you so much for posting the score. Was there evermore glorious orchestration IN that, Respighi is unsurpassed in my view. ? I love this music beyond words. :-)

TERRYBIGGENDEN
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Ottorino Respighi:A madarak
1.Nyitány (Bernardo Pasquini zenéje alapján, Allegro moderato - Allegro - Vivo - Allegretto - Vivo - Tempo I) 00:09
2.A galamb (Jacques de Gallot zenéje alapján, Andante epressivo - Allegro) 03:04
3.A tyúk (Jean-Philippe Rameau zenéje alapján, Allegro vivace) 07:36
4.A csalogány (az "Angyalok Csalogánya" népdalon, amelyet Jacob van Eyck felvevő virtuóz ír le, Andante mosso ) 10:38
5.A kakukk (a Pasquini zenéje alapján) 14:31
Atlantai Szimfonikus Zenekar
Vezényel:Louis Lane

davidrehak
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Search a delicate charming piece, Always makes me feel happy when I hear it

lindametelka
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I always thought this piece was much older. A fond memory from my childhood as the Prelude was used as opening music to 'Going For A Song', a quiz programme featuring antiques (and I'm going back to the Max Robertson golden age, not the Parky revival!).

jantyszka
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just discovered this exceptional composer so thank you so much for this.

oscarmike
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Just like the carnival of the animals❤

邱英絜
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It is like Richard Strauss, Tanzsuite after Couperin and Stravinsky, Pulcinella. The idea was making ancient music popular.

Piflaser
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The diamond of sound that i heard right before i died in my barbers chair in 1957 of what was the most peaceful heart attack.

cminor
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Theme song of Going for a Song by Maverick Productions UK

ChanelBravo-vt
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The splendor of words can not be turned on

My emotion is unfathomable depths

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shin-i-chikozima
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Max Richter was not the first rediscovering Vivaldi...

ThomasJagusch
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I think Rameau would have enjoyed the third movt. at least!

johnvalentine
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ネオクラシックの代表作の1つ
ストラビンスキーのプルチネッラ
グリーグのホルベアの時代
イベールのエリザベス朝組曲
等と並ぶ完成度

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