Respighi, "The Pines of Rome"

Respighi occupies a strange place in musical history. He is
almost never considered to be one of the “greats,” though his
mastery of orchestral color is never doubted by anyone. Today on
this Patreon sponsored episode, we’ll look at his Pines of Rome.
We’ll talk about Respighi’s extremely detailed program notes, his
Strauss like gifts at portraying real life in his music, and the
fact that Respighi, for all his innate conservatism, was actually
the first composer to use electronic music in one of his works.