CD I
OTTORINO RESPIGHI (1879–1936) - Pini di Roma. Symphonic Poem for Orchestra 22:47
1. I pini di Villa Borghese 2:39
2. Pini presso una catacomba 7:26
3. I Pini del Gianicolo 7:26
4. I pini della Via Appia 5:12
OTTORINO RESPIGHI - Fontane di Roma. Symphonic poem for orchestra 14:42
5. La fontana di Valle Giulia al’alba 4:14
6. La Fontana di Tritone al mattino 2:25
7. La fontana di Trevi al meriggio 3:13
8. La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto 4:49
OTTORINO RESPIGHI - Feste Romane. Symphonic poem for orchestra 24:26
9. Circenses 4:47
10. Il Giubileo 6:49
11. L’Ottobrata 7:47
12. La Befana 5:01
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937) - Ma mere l’Oye. Five children's pieces 17:44
13. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant 1:40
14. Petit Poucet 3:36
15. Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes 3:28
16. Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete 4:24
17. Le Jardin féerique 4:26
CD II
OTTORINO RESPIGHI - La boutique fantasque. Ballet Suite on music by Gioacchino Rossini 19:42
1. Overture. Tempo di Marcia 2:01
2. Tarantella. Allegro con brio 1:36
3. Mazurka. Tempo di Mazurka 2:32
4. Danse Cosaque. Allegretto marcato 2:11
5. Can-can. Allegretto grotesco 1:36
6. Valse lente. Andantino moderato 2:52
7. Allegretto moderato 1:06
8. Nocturne. Andantino 3:53
9. Galop. Vivacissimo 1:50
MANUEL DE FALLA (1876–1946) - Noches en los jardines de Espana 23:59
10. En el Generalife 10:13
11. Danza lejana 5:03
12. En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba 8:39
13. MAURICE RAVEL - Pavane pour une infante défunte 7:27
14. JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897) - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a 16:59
CDIII
MODEST PETROVICH MUSSORGSKY (1839–1881) - Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Maurice Ravel) 30:25 *
1. Promenade 1:21
2. Gnomus 2:32
3. Promenade 0:55
4. Il vecchio castello 3:57
5. Promenade 0:28
6. Tuileries 1:15
7. Bydlo 2:27
8. Promenade 0:41
9. Ballet of the Chicken in their Shells 1:13
10. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle 2:08
11. Limoges, le marché – La grande nouvelle 1:16
12. Catacombae – Sepulcrum romanum 1:50
13. Con mortuis in Lingua mortua 1:56
14. The Hut on Fowls’ Legs – Baba Yaga 2:59
15. The Great Gate of Kiev 5:26
MAURICE RAVEL - Daphnis et Chloé. Suite No. 2 (Fragments symphoniques) 16:31 *
16. Lever du jour 5:26
17. Pantomime 6:31
18. Dance générale 4:32
19. CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918) - 19/ Prélude a l'apres-midi d'un faune. A symphonic poem by Stéphane Mallarmé 9:11 *
FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (1809–1847) - Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 ”Italian“ 26:22 *
20. I. Allegro vivace 8:17
21. II. Andante con moto 6:14
22. III. Con moto moderato 6:06
23. IV. Saltarello. Presto 5:39
* First time on CD.
Jan Panenka piano (CDII, 10–12)
Czech Philharmonic, conductor Antonio Pedrotti
CDI recorded in the Rudolfinum, Prague, September 20–24, 1971 (1–4), February 13–19, 1961 (5–12) and November 27, 1962 (13–17). CDII recorded in the Rudolfinum, Prague, September 20–24, 1971 (1–9), November 28 – December 1, 1962 (10–12), November 24–26, 1962 (13), February 4, 1966 (14). CDIII recorded in the Rudolfinum, Prague, June 25–27, 1953 (1–15), May 26–27, 1956 (16–18), January 30, 1957 (19), and February 26, 1951 (20–23).
„Regardless of his reputation and engagement elsewhere, the Czech cultural scene definitely has to count Antonio Pedrotti among the international elite of conductors,” a music critic wrote with regard to Pedrotti’s stirring performance with the Czech Philharmonic orchestra. Indeed, the world wanted Italian conductors willingly showing their southern temperament. There was no place for Pedrotti whose style of work was far from portentous and possessed an almost “non-Italian” carefulness. Yet he became the most beloved foreign conductor with the Czech Philharmonic in the 1950s and 1960s. He was one of the first conductors to visit the orchestra from behind “the iron curtain” after Kubelík’s emigration. The musicians still remembered the high professional demands uncompromisingly required by Václav Talich, which was precisely what Pedrotti could follow up successfully. He conducted without score or baton, was consistent and always went straight to the point, yet he had a very humane approach.
His collaboration with Supraphon featured mainly Romance repertoire with an emphasis on the work of Respighi with whom he had studied. Some of the recordings appear on a CD for the first time. All recordings have been carefully re-mastered. No doubt they will come as a surprise to many listeners and, who knows, maybe they will even secure Pedrotti a belated entry to the Parnassus of conductors.
Antonio Pedrotti – an Italian with a non-Italian style, a great conductor without baton...
(Supraphon 2016)
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