Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances and Suite “The Birds” - Transcriptions for organ (CD)

Ottorino Respighi 1879-1936

Ancient Airs & Dances on lute - freely transcription (1917/1931) - Organ version by Rodolfo Bellatti

1. Balletto detto “Il Conte Orlando” * 3’00

(Ballet called “Earl Orlando”) Simone Molinaro (1599)

2. Villanella (Peasant Girl) * Unknown (end. XVI century) 3’27
3. Gagliarda (Charming Girl) * Vincenzo Galilei (155.) 4’12
4. Italiana (Italian Girl) * Unknown (end. XVI century) 3’21
5. Passacaglia (Passacaglia) ** Lodovico Roncalli (1692) 3’53
6. Siciliana (Sicilian Girl) * Unknown (end XVI century) 3’37
7. Laura Soave (Pretty Laura) ** Fabrizio Carosio (1531…) 3’46
8. Bergamasca (Dance from Bergamo) * Bernardo Gianoncelli known as Il Bernardello (1650) 6’26
9. Arie di corte (Court Arias) ** Giovanni Battista Besardo (Sec.XVI) 7’57
10. Danza rustica (Country ballet) ** Giovanni Battista Besardo (1617) 3’03
11. Campanae Parisienses - Aria ** 6’06

(Paris’ bells - Aria) Unknown (1600) / Marsenne Marin (1636)

12. Passo Mezzo e Mascherada ** 4’11

(Passo Mezzo and Masquerade) Unknown (end XVI century)

Gli Uccelli The Birds - Suite (1928)- Organ version by Rodolfo Bellatti**

13. I. Preludio (Prelude) (from B.Pasquini, 1637-1710) 3’11
14. II. La Colomba (The Dove) (from J.Gallot, 1670) 5’06
15. III. La Gallina (The Hen) (from Ph. Rameau, 1683-1768) 3’38
16. IV. L’Usignuolo (The Nightingale) (from an English Anonymous of the XVII century) 3’48
17. V. Il Cucù (The Cuckoo) (from B.Pasquini, 1637-1710) 5’04

Rodolfo Bellatti organs * Grisanti organ ** Serassi organ at the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Asti, Italy

Total time: 74’22

Recording: 6/7/8 July 2020 at the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Asti, Italy