Campanæ Parisienses ~ Piano and Orchestral Versions
Ottorino Respighi Campanæ Parisienses ~ Aria: Andante mosso from Antiche Danze ed Arie per liuto (Ancient Dances and Airs for Lute) Suite n. 2 Piano version (1919) 00:00 Orchestral version (1923) 04:38
Konstantin Sherbackov, piano National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland Rino Saccani, conductor
The three neo-classical suites of Antiche Danze ed Arie per liuto (Ancient Dances and Airs for Lute) are based on sixteenth and seventeenth century Italian and French pieces, mostly drawn from late nineteenth transcriptions by Oscar Chilesotti. Suite n. 2 includes: n. 3 Anonymous, Campanæ Parisienses (from the song ‘Les cloches de Paris’) attributed to Marin Mersenne, Jesuit, mathematician and philosopher, associated with Descartes: Aria (pairs of flutes and oboes, cor anglais, pairs of bassoons and horns, trumpet, three trombones, celesta, harp and strings) From Music Notes by Ateş Orga