Boston Symphony Orchestra Respighi Ancient Airs Dances The Original Source Vinyl

With his three suites Antiche Danze ed Arie, Ottorino Respighi brought the soundscape of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque periods back to life. Drawing on lute music from the 16th and 17th centuries, he created finely orchestrated works of exceptional elegance and transparency, which are regarded as a deliberate counterpoint to the massive soundscapes of the late Romantic period.Composed between 1920 and 1932, the suites combine historical charm with Respighi’s masterful art of orchestration. The result is timeless music that remains among the Italian composer’s most popular works to this day.For the first time, this recording has been remastered and cut from the original 1-inch 8-track tapes.The audiophile vinyl series The Original Source presents outstanding recordings from the 1970s in a whole new sound quality. For this, the renowned Emil Berliner Studios have remastered and cut the original four- and eight-track tapes in 100% analog quality (AAA) using technologies developed specifically to produce the series. The sonic differences to the original releases are considerable: greater clarity, more subtleties and improvements in frequency response, while at the same time less background noise, distortion and compression allow for an audiophile listening experience like never before.On 180g vinyl records and in a deluxe gatefold edition with original covers and lyrics, the copies of this series are released limited and numbered, accompanied by additional photos and facsimiles of the recording logs and tape boxes.