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Nézet-Séguin leads Philadelphians and Joyce DiDonato in superb performances of Wagner, Bates, Chausson and Respighi.

The BBC Philharmonic open their season in Manchester with some exciting new ideas

Carlo Rizzi conducts The Hallé in a programme of inventive and thrilling approaches to Resoighi, Rachmaninov and Rossini at Bridgewater Hall.

After a nine-year absence, Martha Argerich returned to Carnegie Hall with stunning Prokofiev with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

Riccardo Chailly and the Filarmonica della Scala give a wonderful account of two of Respighi's travelogues; Leonidas Kavakos plays Brahms with refinement – perhaps too much so for the Albert Hall.

All roads lead to Rome. Last night however, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia brought the Eternal City vividly to London.

In a program of vivid Italian work, violinist Elina Välhälä, performing Corigliano's violin concerto, seemed to transform into a formidable sprite.

An elegant performance of Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony opened an oddly-proportioned concert.

The RCO marked the investiture of Daniele Gatti as its seventh chief conductor with a sampler programme featuring Mahler, opera, and an expansive, glittering version of Respighi’s Fountains of Rome.

A globetrotting programme from Dutoit and the RPO that whisked us from Rome's fountains to St Petersburg's Shrovetide Fair via Bohemia's woods and fields. 

Manfred Honeck led the CSO in two works of Respighi capped off with a memorable Tchaikovsky Sixth.

Dutoit leads the New York Phil, pianist Yuja Wang in a colorful program of Respighi's Roman Trilogy and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9.

Pappano and the LSO provide magnificent entertainment with Respighi's Roman trilogy; Lise de la Salle gives pin-sharp precision in Rachmaninov's take on Paganini.

Cinematic sweep was on full display as JoAnn Falletta and the VSO/VSC thrilled with vital interpretations of three early 20th Century works by Bax, Respighi and Walton.

Charles Dutoit displays his expertise in Berlioz and Respighi in a fine evening with the Sydney Symphony. 

“More facility than substance”: perhaps an apt description of the music of Ottorino Respighi.  Certainly on the evidence of last night’s concert, featuring the three ever popular Roman tone poems, one could have been left with that impression, but we had a thoroughly good time in the process.

Charles Dutoit and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra journey on a Roman holiday, taking in the pines, fountains and festivals of the Eternal City. 

In memory of violist Coen van der Heide who passed away earlier in October, the Rotterdam Philharmonic opened with the second part of Antonín Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings, which was deeply moving and followed by a minute of silence. Ottorino Respighi’s Fontana di Roma was the first piece on the official program.

Since taking the reins of the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in 2005, the Music Director of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, has led one of the world's most admired and respected orchestras to dizzy heights of success.

La Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife y su director principal Antonio Méndez presentan un programa muy atractivo dedicado al mar para comenzar la temporada 19-20.

Dernier concert réussi pour Enrique Mazzola avec l'ONDIF à la Philharmonie. Les différentes facettes de cette « Dolce Vita » toute en subtilité ont enchanté le public.

À la tête de l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Constantin Trinks emmène son public dans un voyage de rêve. Nelson Freire se distingue dans Les Nuits dans les jardins d'Espagne de Manuel De Falla.

Den Münchner Philharmonikern gelingt unter der Leitung von Juraj Valčuha ein römisch-spanisches Klangspektakel mit Werken von Debussy und Respighi.

Messagesquisse de Boulez est une prise de risque admirable dans un concert qui rejoint la grande Sol Gabetta avec Martinů et Respighi.

Una sobresaliente Sinfónica de Galicia demostró que a sus veinticinco años goza de la envidiable madurez de las grandes orquestas

À la tête de l’Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, le généreux chef britannique a offert au public un rare moment de bonheur symphonique, avec l’engagement inépuisable dont on lui sait gré.

Beatrice Rana brachte Gefühlswärme zum Ausdruck, gestaltete subtil, sanglich, legte bei den doppelten und dreifachen Oktavkaskaden eine fast traumwandlerische Behändigkeit an den Tag.