Respighi: Pini di Roma ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Juraj Valčuha 

Favoloso. Music is the true universal language. You can take 40 musicians who each speak a different language and put them together, and they will play a symphony without even understanding each other. The miracle of music and sound.

There is no pine more intriguing and captivating and inspirational and heroic and magnificent than the pine of Via Appia

13:51 - I just love how the piano comes into the sound ...

Just outstanding, to be able to hear this through my sound system and watch visually is beyond compare from the USA, thank you to the sound staff, and forever the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and conductors. 💖💫

Whether you hear this work as pure music, program music, dramatic poem, or just entertainment, it communicates most effectively, and it never sounded better than here with the great FRSO and conductor Valcuha.

Was für ein großartiges Stück, zart, erzählend, anschwellend und am Ende eine bombastische Explosion. Es rührt mich immer wieder zu Tränen!

There is only one word for this piece: Superb.

Merveilleux Respighi généreusement rendu par l'orchestre de la HR et sa technique de son. Bravo et merci!!

The return of the Roman army to Rome for a triumphal procession is a magnificent and impressive event. Imagine a grand procession moving through the city, led by triumphant generals and officers adorned in splendid armor and garments. They ride on beautifully decorated horses or chariots, accompanied by musicians playing horns and other instruments. Behind them, the legions march in tight formation, their armor gleaming in the sun. The soldiers carry their standards and banners high, displaying symbols and achievements of their respective regiments. Slaves and prisoners of war follow in chains, and the spoils from conquered lands are displayed - exotic animals, precious artworks, and piles of gold and silver. The streets of Rome are lined with spectators expressing cheers and admiration for the victorious warriors. Both children and adults alike throw flowers and fragrant herbs in the path of the soldiers, while the city is adorned with festive decorations. The triumphal procession traditionally ends at the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill, where the generals and leading officers offer sacrifices and give thanks to the highest god of the Roman pantheon. This event is not just a demonstration of military power but also an important religious and cultural moment for ancient Rome.

Great! To complete the trilogy: Feste Romana.

First Violin at 20:48 has main character energy

Respighi ha visualizzato con la musica Roma....le sue giornate meravigliose di primavera 😊

Kudos to the video team--they do a fantastic job of following the instruments in all the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra online performances!

Bellissima musica

This inspired John Williams or more ...Great performance

Danke für diese beeindruckende und obendrein werbefreie Wiedergabe. Jetzt weiß ich endlich wieder, wofür ich Rundfunkgebühren entrichte.

Je connais cette œuvre par cœur et je trouve cette interprétation magnifique ! L'orchestre est comme toujours de premier ordre, et le chef est vraiment bon. De plus, la prise de son et l'image sont de plus en plus formidables. Compliments de la Belgique

Beautiful interpretation!! I played the last movement last year in a youth orchestra. (It wasn’t too interesting as a cellist, but it was so gorgeous as a whole!)

Siempre me emociona esta obra. Y la interpretación es maravillosa. Me recuerda mucho a la primera que escuché, dirigida por Ozawa, de Deutsche Gramophon....

A superb posting with only one small blip. The sound is forward and clear. Many thanks for the upload.

Bella esecuzione, bellissime riprese, grazie.

Brillante und wunderschöne Aufführung dieser spätromantischen und perfekt komponierten Suite mit farbenreichen doch perfekt vereinigten Tönen aller Instrumente. Der intelligente und geniale Dirigent leitet das hoch funktionelle Orcheseter in verschiedenen Tempi und mit möglichst effektiver Dynamik. Wundervoll vom Anfang bis zum Ende!

Fantasia 2000 brought me here.

Che pezzo incredibile! Ottima esecuzione

ich liebe dieses Stück! Freue mich schon auf den Hörgenuss

Wonderful!

I'm not sure how they managed it, but this truly great orchestra, recorded with stunning sound and excellent video direction (so many people miss true music values by listening with their phone or iPad etc and ear buds - such a waste) - back to what I was saying - and playing a work that falls over itself to be enthralling - they produce one of the most dull performances I can ever remember hearing. [You can break up that sentence into shorter bites as you choose!]. I love this orchestra - so many memorable performances (recently, the Berlioz "Symphonie Fantastique" - wonderful!), but sadly, this is one to forget. Get another conductor. [The comment by Walter Brewster is an excellent analysis of what's wrong with this performance.]

Muy buenos músicos,,,, me imagino las horas en solitario estudiando,,,, brutal 🎹🤔

I feel like I 'm wandering around the Via Appia of Imperial Rome that shows infinite expanse I might have a dream of Jesus and Petro

The pine of Via Appia is unrivaled by any other pines

Wonderful

wow! amazing

Giovanni vitolo. Grande Respighi

Robert Bloch erwähnt Respighi auch in seinem Buch "Psycho".

브라보👏👏👏👏👏

Fantastic piece, performance and recording ! I'm wondering where the birds sounds at the end of the 3rd movement come from...

This reminds me of some adventure video game soundtracks for example Genshin impact

Amazing sound and performance! Thank you!

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Am 09.05.2024 unter anderem beim Konzert auf der Waldbühne Berlin zu hören. Konzertreihe: "Europäische Nacht" mit den Wiener Philharmonikern, Dirigent Ottorino Respighi

❤

Wow

Listening with headphones, it feels like the sound engineers tried admirably to capture the spacial effects of the 'buccine' in the finale. I feel though, that they are a little too prominent at the expense of the rest of the orchestra in the mix. Perhaps this contributes to other comments which express a feeling of being underwhelmed by the finale.

15:10 Wasn't expecting to hear the nightingale along with the end of that movement. I assume its a more modern one than the original since the one on Wikipedia sounds a bit more like a car alarm going off rather than the actual bird, but who knows. Ah how modernity colors our perception of things.

I love the orchestra, but the interpretation is, dull, 'slow'... I miss the 'Italian fire'. Go for Slobodeniouk with the Sinfónica de Galicia, that is how it 'should' be played!

Nothing nothing nothing nothing will ever match the New York Philharmonic performance in 2018, where they hired additional brass from Juilliard and elsewhere and put them in the tier boxes closest to the stage. The sound barrier broke, and I was changed forever. I could not believe what I was hearing. And the whole orchestra nailed one of the very greatest finales in history. Although you wouldn't know the finale is so great by listening to the normally great Frankfurt orchestra here.

2nd oboe approves

13:17 = 9 after 15 (3rd mov)

04:50 tp

19:24 🫶

雷史畢基1924年作品羅馬之松以色彩斑斕炫麗的音像開頭似展現南欧的熱情

Every time I hear this, I imagine whales flying towards the sun...

1:12 horn solo

👏👏👏👏👏👏

1:53 😅 Memorandum für mich Oboe Partitur 20:00 piccolo ⁉️😮

18:27

This is a wonderful orchestra in a major German city....why are there so many empty seats in the audience?

0:05

Can you do Mussorgsky picture at an exhibition orch. Ravel

2:14

11:20

I love the last part (Appian Way!)!.Great Roman Empire!.Victory, war, glory, debauchery, madness, divine power!...

Roms Kiefern oder Die Kiefern Roms oder Die Kiefern von Rom 😇

The conductor seemed to be posing, rather than giving the excellent players anything that might actually be helpful, especially in the last movement.

Featuring George Soros on triangle, lol

I'm afraid that this is one of the least compelling interpretations I've heard in a while. It's almost anemic at times. For example, when the brass makes its big statement in the 2nd movement, they're nearly drowned out by the strings. Was this bad microphone placement, or bad acoustics in the hall? Or just a lackluster performance?

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I giochi dei bambini a villa borghese

春の夜、起きていなければならない理由は無いが、直ぐ眠るのもどうか。目的意識有するようで無きに等しい。が、“繋がった”心地良さからクラシックを聴きながら述べる。それは、本質を語る前に切っ掛けとなった話を。前菜みたいなね。で、未婚のまま終生するのはほぼほぼ覚悟している。が、今宵一つの欲望が芽吹いた。妻は要らないから子が欲しい。と。こんな欲する望みは罪なのか、又は世間の男はざらに愛妻家は拒否するが子煩悩で在りたい、成りたい、こう希う者は居るのか？つまりは儂の突発の欲求も、人生がつまらなくなった者が落ち窪む葛藤なのだろうか？そもそも、独りで居るのを憂えているから突如として無知で無茶な夢を描くのか？繋がった件について、松の花言葉と、寝るに寝られない今の自身の無謀な希望、これが繋がったからに然る。ペットすら同棲していないのにいきなり人の子を求めるなんて愚かでしかないのか。可能なら男女の双子。って実際に一つ屋根の下、衣食住をその双子と暮らす夫婦には反感覚えられる軽口になってしまうか。すべては松に。

It was so bad. The conductor can't read music. At the end of the piece the bass drum should play fff. The walls of the theatre should tremble as the Roman army gets into Rome triumphantly as Respighi himself wrote.

Better not hire this guy again...