Respighi: Roman Festivals

The Royal Philharmonic under Charles Dutoit perform Respighi's Roman Festivals.

Ottorino Respighi settled in Rome for most of his adult life, and celebrated his adopted city in a triptych of increasingly flamboyant orchestral showpieces - depicting not just fountains, pines and festivals, but the children of Rome at play, the mysterious catacombs and the ancient Roman legions on the march.