Respighi: Concerto gregoriano, P. 135 & Poema autunnale, P. 146
6/30/1985, 4 Tracks, 44:19
Featuring
Choo Hoey
Takako Nishizaki
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Ottorino Respighi
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Performer Biography
Takako Nishizaki, the violinist on this recording, was the first student to complete the famous Suzuki method course, having studied with its co-founder Shinji Nishizaki and Shinichi Suzuki himself.
Performer Biography
Choo Hoey, the conductor, was the founding Music Director and Resident Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, a position he held for 17 years.
Compositional Technique
The Concerto Gregoriano uses a large orchestra but deploys it subtly, rarely featuring the full ensemble, and employs modal writing and double-stops in the solo violin.
Composer Biography
Respighi worked as principal viola at the Imperial Theatre in St Petersburg, gaining crucial composition lessons from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Performer Biography
Takako Nishizaki is one of the best-selling violinists of all time, having sold over 1 million copies of her recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
Composer Biography
Ottorino Respighi, the composer, learned violin and viola from Federico Sarti and composition from Luigi Torchi, who sparked his interest in early music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Respighi's wife, Elsa Respighi, a scholar of Gregorian chant, inspired him to use plainsong as a basis for orchestral music, leading to works like the Concerto Gregoriano.
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