Respighi - Pines Of Rome, Fountains Of Rome, Feste Romane – Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra (2LP 3 sides)
Ottorino Respighi - Pines Of Rome (four-movement symphonic poem for orchestra), Fountains Of Rome (symphonic poem), Feste Romane (tone poem in four movements for orchestra)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
2 LPs 3 sides, Gatefold jacket
Limited to 3,500 numbered copies
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g Virgin Vinyl
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Optimal
Label : Deusche Grammophon - The Original Source Series
Original Label : Deusche Grammophon
Recorded in Boston, at Symphony Hall, in 1977
Recorded by Rainer Brock
Engineered by Klaus Hiemann
Mixed by Rainer Maillard
Produced by Rainer Brock
Mastered by Sidney C. Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios
Cover-Illustration: Gemälde von Franz Ludwig Catel, Kunsthalle Bremen
Originally released in 1979
Reissued in February 2026
Tracks :
Side A: The Pines of Rome – Symphonic Poem
- I pini di Villa Borghese. Allegretto vivace – Vivace
- Pini presso una catacomba. Lento
- I pini del Gianicolo. Lento
- I pini della Via Appia. Tempo di Marcia
Side B: Roman Festivals
- Circenses
- Giubileo
- L'Ottobrata
- La Befana
Side C: The Fountains of Rome
- La fontana di Valle Giulia all'alba. Andante mosso
- La fontana del Tritone al mattino. Vivo
- La fontana di Trevi al meriggio. Allegro moderato – Allegro vivace – Largamente
- La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto. Andante
Awards;
TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Classical
Reviews :
No contemporary Italian was as successful as an instrumental composer in the concert hall in the period after the First World War as Ottorino Respighi with his four-movement symphonic poems Fountains of Rome (1917), Pines of Rome (1924) and Feste Romane (1929). In these works, programme music experienced a magnificent revival. Particularly noteworthy is Respighi's art of instrumentation, with which he rivaled orchestral composers such as Richard Strauss and Maurice Ravel. He made use of a musical language distilled from many sources, a kind of 'Euro-Impressionism' that did not exclude modernist influences.
The audiophile vinyl series The Original Source presents outstanding recordings from the 1970s in a whole new sound quality. For this, the renowned Emil Berliner Studios have remastered and cut the original four- and eight-track tapes in 100% analog quality (AAA) using technologies developed specifically to produce the series. The sonic differences to the original releases are considerable: greater clarity, more subtleties and improvements in frequency response, while at the same time less background noise, distortion and compression allow for an audiophile listening experience like never before.
On 180g vinyl records and in a deluxe gatefold edition with original covers and lyrics, accompanied by additional photos and facsimiles of the recording logs and tape boxes.
Ratings:
Discogs : 4.49 / 5