This "recording is the first to present the suite with its movements in the sequence indicated by the composer [and] it is the first as well with the solo tenor Respighi specified in the final movement, rather than the trumpet he indicated as an alternative"--Program.booklet.
Belkis, Queen of Sheeba: Suite. Solomons's dream (8:58). The dance of Belkis at dawn (6:55). War dance (2:49). Orgiastic dance (5:18) -- Dance of the gnomes. Allegro vivace (2:48). Meno mosso (5:31). Alla marcia funebre (2:38). Allegro (4:45) -- Pines of Rome. The pines of the Villa Borghese (2:55). The pines near a catacomb (6:43). The pines of the janiculum (7:14). The pines of the Apian Way (5:46).
Note
The 1st work is a ballet suite.
This "recording is the first to present the suite with its movements in the sequence indicated by the composer [and] it is the first as well with the solo tenor Respighi specified in the final movement, rather than the trumpet he indicated as an alternative"--Program booklet.
"A Prof. Johnson HDCD recording."
Credits (note)
Producer: J. Tamblyn Henderson, Jr.
Event (note)
Recorded at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN, May 28-29, 2001.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936.
Title
Belkis, Queen of Sheba suite [electronic resource] ; Dance of the gnomes ; The pines of Rome / Respighi.
Imprint
San Francisco, CA : Reference Recordings, p2001.
Playing time
002402 001544 002239
Performer
Chad Shelton, tenor (1st work); Minnesota Orchestra; Eiji Oue, conductor.
Credits
Producer: J. Tamblyn Henderson, Jr.
Event
Recorded at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN, May 28-29, 2001.