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Alessandro Crudele

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A New Talent from Italy! Respighi Performed by Alessandro CrudeleAlessandro Crudele, a native of Milan, made his Japanese debut in 2016 conducting the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa. Having performed with orchestras across Europe and Asia and honed his skills as an assistant to Gianluigi Germeti at venues such as La Scala in Milan, he has chosen works by Respighione of Italys greatest composersfor his first CD featuring non-concerto repertoire. A distinctive feature of Pines of Rome is that it assigns two flugelhorns, two baritone horns, and two euphoniums to the bandaan ensemble that typically uses trumpets and trombones today. This represents the original instrumentation specified by Respighi himselfsoprano, tenor, bass cornos (brass instruments of the saxhorn family)as originally intended. Rather than engaging in a direct dialogue with the orchestra, these instruments create a sound that