Ottorino Respighi's fame rests on his orchestral music, particularly his flamboyant tone poems such as The Pines of Rome and The Fountains of Rome, and his charming faux-renaissance sets of Ancient Airs and Dances, but he also left a large body of chamber music, songs, and keyboard music, as well as nine completed operas and 11 ballets. On this ...
It's always so enjoyable to hear a different side of a composer, an aspect of his/her compositional output considerably different from the established norm. Such is the case with this album of the violin and string chamber music of Carl Nielsen. These seven pieces, all written between the ages of 16 and 24, vary considerably from his more ...
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