Canon
Where to start with Respighi
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralFontane di Roma, P.106
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StageLa Boutique Fantasque — Ballet
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Vocal3 Liriche, P.99a
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Chamber3 Pezzi for Organ, P.92
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Keyboard3 Pezzi, for organ, P.92
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OrchestralPini di Roma, P.141
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OrchestralAncient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 1, P.109
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OrchestralAncient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 2, P.138
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OrchestralAncient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 3, P.172
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OrchestralFeste romane, P.157
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OrchestralGli uccelli, P.154
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OrchestralRossiniana, P.148
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OrchestralTrittico botticelliano P.151
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Keyboard3 Preludes on Gregorian melodies, P.131
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Vocal4 Liriche su parole di poeti armeni, P.132, "4 Lyrical Songs on Texts by Armenian Poets"
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Respighi's catalogueMost Popular
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Pines of Rome
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Fountains of Rome
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Roman Festivals
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Ancient Airs and Dances
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Trittico Botticelliano
Most Acclaimed
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Violin Sonata in B minor
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String Quartet in D major
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Pines of Rome
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Church Windows (Vetrate di chiesa)
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Belkis, Queen of Sheba (ballet)
Most Weird
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Pines of Rome — finalethe score requires an actual gramophone record of a real nightingale embedded in the orchestral performance — one of the first uses of recorded sound in concert music (1924)
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Belkis, Queen of Shebaballet — massive orchestra; rarely performed
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The Sunken Bell (opera)symbolist opera after Gerhart Hauptmann — a bell maker pulled under a lake by supernatural forces
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Lauda per la Natività del Signorenativity play for voices and instruments — medieval in spirit
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Il Tramonto (The Sunset)mezzo + string quartet — Shelley poem; one of his finest works, rarely heard
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 94
- Orchestral
- ● Fontane di Roma, P.106
- ● Pini di Roma, P.141
- Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 1, P.109
- Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 2, P.138
- Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 3, P.172
- Feste romane, P.157
- Gli uccelli, P.154
- Rossiniana, P.148
- Trittico botticelliano P.151
- Adagio con variazioni, for cello and piano, P.188
- Ballata delle gnomidi, P.124 — Symphonic poem
- Belkis, Queen of Sheba, P.177 — Suite from the ballet
- Berceuse, for string instruments, P.38
- Burlesca, P.59
- Concerto a cinque, for oboe, trumpet, violin, bass, piano, and strings, P.174
- Concerto gregoriano, for violin and orchestra, P.135
- Concerto in modo misolidio, for piano and orchestra, P.145
- Fantasia slava, for piano and orchestra in G minor, P.50
- Impressioni brasiliane, P.153
- Metamorphosen modi XII, Theme and Variations for Orchestra, P.169
- Notturno, P.74
- Ouverture carnevalesca, P.99
- Piano Concerto in A minor, P. 40
- Piano Concerto in A minor, P.40
- Poema autunnale, for violin and orchestra, P.146
- Preludio, corale, e fuga, P.30
- Sinfonia drammatica, P.102
- Suite for Strings, P.41
- Suite for orchestra in E major, P.34
- Suite in E major, P.51
- Suite in G major, for organ and strings, P.58
- Toccata for Piano and Orchestra, P.156
- Variazioni sinfoniche, P.28
- Vetrate di chiesa, P.150
- Violin Concerto in A major, P.49
- Stage
- La Boutique Fantasque — Ballet
- Belkis, Queen of Sheba, P.171 — Ballet
- La bella dormente nel bosco, P.176 — Opera
- La fiamma, P.175 — Opera
- La pentola magica, P.129
- Marie Victoire, P.100 — Opera
- Scherzo veneziano P.130
- Semirâma, tragic, P. 94 — Opera
- Sèvres de la vieille France, P.128
- Vocal
- 3 Liriche, P.99a
- 4 Liriche su parole di poeti armeni, P.132, "4 Lyrical Songs on Texts by Armenian Poets"
- 4 Liriche, for voice, harp, keyboard, and strings, P.125
- 5 Canti all'antica, for mezzo-soprano and piano, P.71, "5 Songs of Antiquity"
- 5 Liriche, P.108, "5 Lyrical Songs"
- 6 Liriche, Series 1, P.90
- 6 Liriche, Series 2, P.97
- Aretusa, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, P.95
- Arie scozzesi, 4 songs for voice and piano, P.143
- Bella porta di rubini
- Contrasto, song for mezzo-soprano and piano, P.66
- Deità silvane, for soprano and 15 instruments, P.147
- Deità silvane, song cycle for soprano and piano, P.107
- E se un giorno tornasse, recitative for mezzo-soprano and piano, P. 96
- Fuga reale a 4 voci, for chorus, P.25
- Il tramonto, for voice and string quartet, P.101
- L' Ultima ebbrezza!, song for soprano and piano, P.8
- La Sensitiva, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, P.104
- La primavera, for voices, chorus, orchestra, and organ, P.136
- Lauda per la Natività del Signore, for soloists, chorus, and ensemble, P.166
- Melodie, 6 songs for voice and piano, P.89
- Nebbie, for mezzo-soprano and piano, P.64, "Fog"
- Nevicata, for mezzo-soprano and piano, P.65, "Snowstorm"
- Notte, P.55a
- Notturno, romanza for tenor and piano, P.11
- Rispetti toscani, 4 songs for soprano and piano, P.103
- Scherzo, song for soprano and piano, P.68
- Stornellatrice, for soprano and piano, P.69
- Tanto bella!, romanza, P.12, "So Beautiful!"
- Chamber
- 3 Pezzi for Organ, P.92
- 5 Pezzi for Violin and Piano, P.62
- 6 Pezzi for Violin and Piano, P.31
- Allegretto vivace, for violin and piano
- Giga, for violin and piano, P.15b
- Huntingtower, ballad for instrumental ensemble, P.173
- Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, P.35
- Sarabanda, for violin and piano, P.15a
- String Quartet in D minor, P.91, "Ernst ist das Leben heiter ist die Kunst"
- String Quartet, P.144, "Quartetto dorico"
- Suite della tabacchiera, P.168
- Violin Sonata in B minor, P.110
- Violin Sonata in D minor, P.15
- Woodwind Quintet in G minor, P.21
- Keyboard
- 3 Pezzi, for organ, P.92
- 3 Preludes on Gregorian melodies, P.131
- 6 Pezzi per bambini, P.149
- 6 Pieces, P.44
- Elevazione, for organ
- Piano Sonata in F minor, P.16
- Preludio, for organ in D minor, P.56