"Elegant and engaging"

"It’s good to welcome new recordings of Respighi works other than the perennially pleasing but ubiquitous Roman trilogy. That’s especially true of the Rossini-inspired Diaghilev ballet La Boutique fantasque (The Magic Toy Shop). Indeed, although the latter follows Impressioni brasiliane in this programme it’s clearly the main attraction. Most intriguing is the collaboration between Brazilian conductor John Neschling, who made his first Respighi recording for BIS in 2008Dan Morgan, cliquez sur le lien.