List of compositions by Ottorino Respighi

This is a complete list of the compositions of the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936).

This list can be sorted by catalogue number (P), year composed, title, and genre.

Catalog numbers were attributed by Potito Pedarra, an Italian musicologist who dedicated most of his activity to the study of the works of Respighi.

Cat.YearTitleGenreNotes
P 0011893Piccola ouvertureOrchestra: small orchestra
P 0021894PreludioOrchestra: small orchestra
P 0031894Harmonics schoolworkSchoolwork
P 0041895Harmonics schoolworkSchoolwork
P 0051896Polyphony schoolworkSchoolwork
P 0061896AndanteChamber music: piano
P 0071896AndanteChamber music: piano
P 0081896L'ultima ebbrezza!Song: voice and instrumentRomance for piano and soprano.
Text by Ada Negri
P 0091896Lagrime!Song: voice and instrumentRomance for piano and tenor.
Text by Ada Negri
P 0101896AllegroChamber music: piano
P 0111896NotturnoSong: voice and instrumentRomance for piano and tenor.
Text by Ada Negri
P 0121897Tanto bella!Song: voice and instrumentRomance for piano and tenor
P 0131897Gösdemlan (Scorze di melone)Chamber music: pianoPiano four hands
P 0141897Counterpoint schoolworkSchoolwork
P 0151897Sonata in D minorChamber musicFor violin and piano
P 0161897Sonata in F minorChamber music: piano
P 0171897Salutazione angelicaSong: choir, voice and orchestraFor soprano, choir and orchestra
P 0181898String quartet no. 1 in D majorChamber music
P 0191898CortègeChamber musicFor string quartet.
After Moritz Moszkowski
P 0201898String quartet no. 2 in B flat majorChamber music
P 0211898Quintet in G minorChamber musicFor wind instruments
P 0221898SuiteChamber music: piano
P 0231898PreludioChamber music: piano
P 0241899ChristusSong: choir, voice and orchestraCantata in 2 parts
P 0251899Fuga realeSchoolworkFor 4 voices
P 0261900FugaSchoolworkFor string quartet
P 0271900Double quartet in D minorChamber musicFor 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
P 0281900Symphonic variationsOrchestra: large orchestra
P 0291900I persianiSong: choir, voice and orchestraCantata.
After Aeschylus.
(First version)
P 0301901Preludio, corale e fugaOrchestra: large orchestra
P 0311901Sei pezzi
1. Berçeuse
2. Melodia
3. Leggenda
4. Valse caressante
5. Serenata
6. Aria
Chamber musicFor violin and piano
P 0321901AriaOrchestra: string orchestraFor strings and organo
P 0331901String quintetChamber musicUnfinished
P 0341901Suite in E majorOrchestra: large orchestraRevision: P 051
P 0351902Quintet in F majorChamber musicFor piano and string quartet
P 0361902LeggendaOrchestra: instrument and orchestraFor violin and orchestra
P 0371902Waltz in C sharp minorChamber music: pianoFor piano four hands
P 0381902BerçeuseChamber musicFor strings
P 0391902MirandaSong: voice and instrumentFor voice and piano.
Text by Antonio Fogazzaro
P 0401902Piano concerto in A minorOrchestra: instrument and orchestra
P 0411902SuiteOrchestra: string orchestraFor strings
P 0421902Melodia e Valse caressanteOrchestra: instrument and orchestraFor flute and strings
P 0431903SuiteChamber music: piano
P 0441903Sei pezzi
1. Valse caressante
2. Canone
3. Notturno
4. Minuetto
5. Studio
6. Intermezzo from Re Enzo
Chamber music: piano
P 0451903HumoreskeOrchestra: instrument and orchestraFor violin and orchestra
P 0461903String quartet in D flat majorChamber music
P 0471903MinuettoOrchestra: string orchestraFor strings
P 0481903Di seraOrchestra: instrument and orchestraAdagio for 2 oboes and strings
P 0491903Violin concerto in A majorOrchestra: instrument and orchestra
P 0501903Fantasia slava in G minorOrchestra: instrument and orchestraFor piano and orchestra
P 0511903Suite in E majorOrchestra: large orchestraRevision of P 034
P 0521904Storia breveSong: voice and instrumentFor mezzosoprano and piano.
Text by Ada Negri
P 0531904String quartet no. 3 in D majorChamber music
P 0541904SerenataOrchestra: small orchestra
P 0551905Re EnzoOperaLibretto by Alberto Donini
P 0561905PreludioChamber musicFor organ
P 0571905Suite. Pour instruments d'archet et flûteOrchestra: instrument and orchestraFor flute and strings
P 0581905Suite in G majorOrchestra: string orchestraFor strings and organ
P 0591906BurlescaOrchestra: large orchestra
P 0601906I persianiSong: choir, voice and orchestraCantata.
After Aeschylus.
(Second version)
P 0611906Quintet in D majorChamber musicFor quinton, viola d'amore, viola da gamba, viola da basso
P 0621906Cinque pezzi
1. Romanza
2. Aubade
3. Madrigale
4. Berçeuse
5. Humoresque
Chamber musicFor violin and piano
P 0631906LuceSong: voice and instrumentFor mezzosoprano and piano.
Text by Ada Negri
P 0641906NebbieSong: voice and instrumentFor mezzosoprano and piano.
Text by Ada Negri
P 0651906NevicataSong: voice and instrumentFor mezzosoprano and piano.
Text by Ada Negri
P 0661906ContrastoSong: voice and instrumentFor mezzosoprano and piano.
Text by Carlo Zangarini
P 0671906Invito alla danzaSong: voice and instrumentFor mezzosoprano and piano.
Text by Carlo Zangarini
P 0681906ScherzoSong: voice and instrumentFor soprano and piano.
Text by Carlo Zangarini
P 0691906StornellatriceSong: voice and instrumentFor soprano and piano.
Text by Carlo Zangarini and Alberto Donini
P 0701906Stornello from Re EnzoSong: voice and instrumentFor 1/2 voices and piano.
Text by Alberto Donini
P 0711906Cinque canti all'antica
1. L'udir talvolta (text by Giovanni Boccaccio)
2. Ma come potrei (text by Giovanni Boccaccio)
3. Ballata (text by Giovanni Boccaccio)
4. Bella porta di rubini
5. Canzone di Re Enzo (text by Alberto Donini)
Song: voice and instrumentFor mezzosoprano and piano
P 0721906Sonata IITranscriptionsFor viola d'amore and cembalo.
Original music by Attilio Ariosti
P 0731906Sonata VI in D majorTranscriptionsFor viola d'amore and cembalo.
Original music by Attilio Ariosti
P 0741907NotturnoOrchestra: large orchestra
P 0751908Concerto all'anticaOrchestra: instrument and orchestraFor violoin and orchestra.
Also known as Concerto in stile antico
P 0761908Al mulinoOperaUnfinished.
Libretto by Alberto Donini
P 0771908Sonata VITranscriptionsFor violin and piano.
Original music by Pietro Locatelli
P 0781908Sonata in CTranscriptionsFor violin and piano.
Original music by Nicola Porpora
P 0791908PastoraleTranscriptionsFor violin and piano.
Original music by Giuseppe Tartini
P 0801908Sonata in ETranscriptionsFor violin and piano.
Original music by Giuseppe Tartini
P 0811908Sonata in A minorTranscriptionsFor violin and piano.
Original music by Francesco Maria Veracini
P 0821908Sonata VITranscriptionsFor violin and piano.
Original music by Francesco Maria Veracini
P 0831908Sonata VIITranscriptionsFor violin and piano.
Original music by Francesco Maria Veracini
P 0841908Sonata in re F XIII n. 6TranscriptionsFor violin and piano.
Original music by Antonio Vivaldi
P 0851908Sonata in E minorTranscriptionsFor violin, strings and organ.
Original music by Johann Sebastian Bach
P 0861908PastoraleTranscriptionsFor violin and strings.
Original music by Giuseppe Tartini
P 0871908CiacconaTranscriptionsFor violin, strings and organ.
Original music by Tomaso Antonio Vitali
P 0881908Il lamento di AriannaTranscriptionsHarmonization and orchestration by Repighi.
Original music by Claudio Monteverdi
P 0891909Sei melodie
1. In alto mare (text by Enrico Panzacchi)
2. Abbandono (text by Annie Vivanti)
3. Mattinata (text by Gabriele D'Annunzio)
4. Povero cor (text by Arturo Graf)
5. Si tu veux (text by Victor Hugo)
6. Soupir (text by Sully Prudhomme)
Song: voice and instrumentFor voice and piano
P 0901909Sei liriche
1. O falce di luna
2. Van li effluvi de le rose (text by Gabriele D'Annunzio)
3. Au milieu du jardin (text by Jean Moréas)
4. Nöel ancien
5. Serenata indiana (text by P. B. Shelley)
6. Pioggia (text by Vittoria Aganoor Pompilj)
Song: voice and instrumentFor mezzosoprano and piano.
First series
P 0911909String quartet in D minor
(Ernst ist das Leben, heiter ist die Kunst)
Chamber music
P 0921910Tre pezziChamber musicFor organ
P 0931910Pietà ti prenda, mio DioTranscriptionsAria for contralto.
After Bach's St Matthew Passion
P 0941910SemirâmaOperaLibretto by Alessandro Cerè
P 094a1910SemirâmaSong: voice and instrumentVersion for voice and piano of the opera P 094
P 0951911AretusaSong: voice and orchestraPoemetto lirico for mezzosoprano and orchestra.
Text after P. B. Shelley
P 095a1911AretusaSong: voice and instrumentVersion for voice and piano of P 095
P 0961911E se un giorno tornasse...Song: voice and instrumentRecitativo per mezzosoprano.
Text by Vittoria Aganoor Pompilj
P 0971912Sei liriche
1. Notte (text by Ada Negri)
2. Su una violetta morta (text by P. B. Shelley)
3. Le repos en Égypte (text by Albert Samain)
4. Noël ancien (n. 2)
5. Piccola mano bianca
6. Nel giardino (text by Francesco Rocchi)
Song: voice and instrumentFor mezzosoprano and piano.
Second series
P 0981912Antiche cantate d'amore
1. Al tramontar del giorno (original music by Bernardo Pasquini)
2. Quanta invidia mi fai (original music by Benedetto Marcello)
3. Cantata (original music by Benedetto Marcello)
4. Son come farfallette
5. Evviva Rosabella (original music by Baldassare Galuppi)
TranscriptionsFor voice and piano
P 0991914Ouverture carnevalescaOrchestra: large orchestra
P 1001914Marie VictoireOperaLibretto by Edmond Guiraud
P 1011914Il tramontoSong: voice and orchestraPoemetto lirico for mezzosoprano and string quartet.
Text after P. B. Shelley
P 101a1914Il tramontoSong: voice and instrumentVersion for voice and piano of P 101
P 1021914Sinfonia drammaticaOrchestra: large orchestra
P 1031915Quattro rispetti toscani
1. Quando nasceste voi
2. Venitelo a vedere 'l mí piccino
3. Viene di là, lontano lontano
4. Razzolan, sopra a l'aia, le galline
Song: voice and instrumentFor soprano and piano.
Text by Arturo Birga
P 1041915La sensitivaSong: voice and orchestraPoema lirico for mezzosoprano and orchestra.
Text after P. B. Shelley
P 104a1915La sensitivaSong: voice and instrumentVersion for voice and piano of P 104
P 1051915Canzone e danza. Sopra temi popolari russi per coro e orchestra. La canzone degli alatori e la canzone della stradaSong: choir, voice and orchestra
P 1061916Fontane di Roma
1. La fontana di valle Giulia all'alba
2. La fontana del tritone al mattino
3. La fontana di Trevi al meriggio
4. La fontana di vita Medici al tramonto
Orchestra: large orchestraSymphonic poem
P 1071917Deità silvane
1. I fauni
2. Musica in horto
3. Egle
4. Acqua
5. Crepuscolo
Song: voice and instrumentFor soprano and piano.
Text by Antonio Rubino
P 1081917Cinque liriche
1. I tempi assai lontani
2. Canto funebre (text by P. B. Shelley)
3. Par les soires
4. Par l'etreinte (text by Jacques de Fersen)
5. La fine (text by Rabindranath Tagore)
Song: voice and instrumentFor voice and piano
P 1091917Antiche danze ed arie per liuto. Prima suite (secolo XVI)
1. Balletto detto "Il conte Orlando" (original music by Simone Molinaro)
2. Gagliarda (original music by Vincenzo Galilei)
3. Villanella
4. Passo mezzo e mascherada
TranscriptionsFor orchestra
P 1101917Sonata in B minorChamber musicFor violin and piano
P 1111917PassacagliaTranscriptionsFor piano.
Original music for organ by Girolamo Frescobaldi
P 1121917Preludio e fuga in G minorTranscriptionsFor piano.
Original music for organ by Girolamo Frescobaldi
P 1131917Toccata e fuga in A minorTranscriptionsFor piano.
Original music for organ by Girolamo Frescobaldi
P 1141917Antiche danze ed arie per liuto. Prima suite (secoli XVI-XVII)
1. Balletto detto "Il conte Orlando" (original music by Simone Molinaro)
2. Villanella
3. Gagliarda (original music by Vincenzo Galilei)
4. Italiana
5. Siciliana
6. Passacaglia (original music by Ludovico Roncalli)
TranscriptionsFor piano
P 1151917Fontane di RomaChamber music: pianoVersion for piano four hands of P 106
P 1161917Antiche danze ed arie per liuto. Prima suite (secolo XVI)TranscriptionsVersion for piano four hands of P 114
P 1171918Ai lancieri "Vittorio Emanuele II"Song: choir, voice and orchestraHymn for voices and trumpets
P 1181918Nun komm der Heiden HeilandTranscriptionsFor violin, cellos and double basses.
Original music by Johann Sebastian Bach
P 1191918Il flauto di PaneSong: voice and orchestra
P 1201918La Boutique fantasqueBalletAfter music by Gioachino Rossini
P 120a1918La Boutique fantasqueChamber music: pianoVersion for piano of P 120
P 1211919La donna sul sarcofagoSong: voice and instrumentFor voice and piano.
Text by Gabriele D'Annunzio
P 1221919La statuaSong: voice and instrumentFor voice and piano.
Text by Gabriele D'Annunzio
P 1231919Due liriche
1. Voici Noël
2. Il pleut, bergère (after L'hymnaire d'Adonis by J. de Fersen)
Song: voice and instrumentFor voice and piano
P 1241919Ballata delle gnomidi in A majorOrchestra: large orchestraSymphonic poem after a text by Carlo Clausetti
P 1251920Quattro liriche
1. Un sogno
2. La Najade
3. La sera
4. Sopra un'aria antica
Song: voice and instrumentFor voice and piano.
Text from Il poema paradisiaco by Gabriele D'Annunzio
P 1261920Le astuzie femminiliTranscriptionsOpera by Domenico Cimarosa revised by Respighi
P 1271920Intermezzo from La serva padronaTranscriptionsOriginal music by Giovanni Paisiello
P 1281920Sèvres de la vieille FranceBallet
P 128a1920Sèvres de la vieille FranceChamber music: pianoPiano version of P 128
P 1291920La pentola magicaBallet
P 129a1920La pentola magicaChamber music: pianoPiano version of P 129
P 1301920Scherzo venezianoBallet
P 1311920Tre preludi sopra melodie gregorianeChamber music: piano
P 1321921Quattro liriche su parole di poeti armeni.
1. No, non è morto il figlio tuo
2. La mamma è come il pane caldo
3. Io sono la madre (text by Costant Zarian)
4. Mattino di luce, sole di giustizia
Song: voice and instrumentFor voice and piano
P 1331921Adagio con variazioniOrchestra: instrument and orchestraFor cello and orchestra
P 1341921La bella addormentata nel boscoOperaLibretto by Gian Bistolfi.
Marionette version of P 176
P 1351921Concerto gregorianoOrchestra: instrument and orchestraFor violin and orchestra
P 135a1921Concerto gregorianoChamber musicVersion for violin and piano of P 135
P 1361922La primaveraSong: choir, voice and orchestraLyric poem
P 136a1922La primaveraSong: voice and instrumentVersion for voice and piano of P 136
P 1371922BelfagorOperaLibretto by Claudio Guastalla
P 1381923Antiche danze e arie per liuto. Seconda suite (secoli XVI-XVII)
1. Laura soave (original music by Fabrizio Caroso)
2. Danza rustica (original music by Jean-Baptiste Besard)
3. Campanae parisienses (unknown author) - Aria (original music by Marin Mersenne)
4. Bergamasca (original music by Bernardo Gianoncelli)
TranscriptionsFor orchestra
P 1391923Antiche danze e arie per liuto. Seconda suite (secoli XVI-XVII)TranscriptionsPiano version of P 138
P 1401924BelfagorOrchestra: large orchestraOuverture from P 137
P 1411924Pini di Roma
1. I pini di villa Borghese
2. I pini presso una catacomba
3. I pini del Gianicolo
4. I pini della Via Appia
Orchestra: large orchestraSymphonic poem
P 1421924Pini di RomaChamber music: pianoVersion for piano four hands of P 141
P 1431924Quattro arie scozzesi
1. Wen the Key come Hame
2. Within a Mile of Edinburgh
3. My Heart in the Highlands
4. The Pipe of Dundee
Song: voice and instrumentFor voice and piano
P 1441924Quartetto doricoChamber musicFor string quartet
P 1451925Concerto in modo misolidioOrchestra: instrument and orchestraFor piano and orchestra
P 145a1925Concerto in modo misolidioChamber music: pianoVersion for two pianos of P 145
P 1461925Poema autunnaleOrchestra: instrument and orchestraFor violin and orchestra
P 146a1925Poema autunnaleChamber musicVersion for violin and piano of P 146
P 1471925Deità silvane
1. I fauni
2. Musica in horto
3. Egle
4. Acqua
5. Crepuscolo
Song: voice and orchestraLyrics for soprano and chamber orchestra
P 1481925Rossiniana
1. Capri e Taormina
2. Lamento
3. Intermezzo
4. Tarantella puro sangue
Orchestra: large orchestraOrchestral suite after Les riens by Gioachino Rossini
P 1491926Sei pezzi per bambini
1. Romanza
2. Canto di caccia siciliano
3. Canzone armena
4. Natale, Natale!
5. Cantilena scozzese
6. Piccoli Highlanders
Chamber music: pianoFor piano four hands
P 1501926Vetrate di chiesa. Quattro impressioni per orchestra
1. La fuga in Egitto
2. S. Michele Arcangelo
3. Il mattutino di S. Chiara
4. S. Gregorio Magno
Orchestra: large orchestra
P 1511927Trittico botticelliano
1. La Primavera
2. L'adorazione dei Magi
3. La nascita di Venere
Orchestra: small orchestra
P 1521927La campana sommersaOperaLibretto by Claudio Guastalla
P 1531928Impressioni brasiliane
(Suite brasiliana)
1. Notte tropicale
2. Butantan
3. Canzone e danza
Orchestra: large orchestra
P 1541928Gli uccelli
1. Preludio (after music by Bernardo Pasquini)
2. La colomba (after music by Jacques de Gallot)
3. La gallina (after music by Jean-Philippe Rameau)
4. L'usignolo
5. Il cucú (after music by Bernardo Pasquini)
Orchestra: small orchestraSuite for small orchestra
P 154a1928Gli uccelliChamber music: pianoPiano version of P 154
P 1551928Canzone sardaSong: voice and instrumentFor voice and piano
P 1561928ToccataOrchestra: instrument and orchestraFor piano and orchestra
P 1571928Feste Romane
1. Circenses
2. Il Giubileo
3. L'Ottobrata
4. La Befana
Orchestra: large orchestraSymphonic poem
P 1581929Preludio e fuga in D minorTranscriptionsFor orchestra.
Original music by Johann Sebastian Bach
P 1591930PassacagliaTranscriptionsFor orchestra.
Original music by Johann Sebastian Bach
P 16019305 Etude-tableauxTranscriptionsOrchestration by Respighi.
Original music by Sergei Rachmaninoff
P 1611930VocalismSong: voice and instrumentFor soprano or tenor and piano
P 1621930VocalismSong: voice and instrumentFor mezzosoprano or baritone and piano
P 1631930VocalismSong: voice and instrumentFor contralto or bass and piano
P 1641930Le funtanelleSong: voice and instrumentFor voice and piano.
Popular melody from Abruzzo
P 1651930Due liriche
1. Mon elué
2. Kroung (La Cigogne)
Song: voice and instrumentFor voice and piano
P 1661930Lauda per la natività del SignoreSong: choir, voice and orchestraFor voices, choir, pastoral instruments and piano four hands.
Text by Jacopone da Todi
P 1671930Tre Corali
1. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
2. Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
3. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
TranscriptionsFor orchestra.
From Choralvorspiele for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach
P 1681930Suite della tabacchieraChamber musicScherzo for wind instruments and piano four hands
P 1691930Metamorphoseon modi XIIOrchestra: large orchestraTheme and variations for orchestra
P 1701931Maria egiziacaOperaLibretto by Claudio Guastalla
P 1711931Belkis, regina di SabaBallet
P 171a1931Belkis, regina di SabaSong: voice and instrumentVersion for voice and piano of P 171
P 1721931Antiche danze ed arie per liuto. Terza suite (secoli XVI-XVII)
1. Italiana
2. Arie di corte (original music by Jean-Baptiste Besard)
3. Siciliana
4. Passacaglia (original music by Ludovico Roncalli)
TranscriptionsFor orchestra
P 1731932HuntingtowerOrchestra: music for bandBallade for band
P 1741933Concerto a cinqueOrchestra: instrument and orchestraFor oboe, trumpet, violin, double bass, piano and string orchestra
P 1751933La fiammaOperaLibretto by Claudio Guastalla
P 1761933La bella dormente nel boscoOperaLibretto by Gian Bistolfi.
Standard opera version of P 134
P 1771934Belkis, regina di SabaOrchestra: large orchestraSuite from ballet P 171
P 1781934OrfeoTranscriptionsRevision by Respighi of the opera by Claudio Monteverdi.
Libretto revised by Claudio Guastalla
P 1791935DidoneTranscriptionsCantata for soprano and orchestra.
Original music by Benedetto Marcello
P 1801935LucreziaOperaLibretto by Claudio Guastalla.
Music completed by Elsa Respighi and Ennio Porrino
P 181UnknownSonata in A minorChamber music: pianoFirst version
P 182UnknownSonata in A minorChamber music: pianoSecond version
P 183UnknownPrestoChamber music: piano
P 184UnknownLentoChamber music: piano
P 185UnknownScherzoChamber music: piano
P 186UnknownAllegretto vivaceChamber musicFor violin and piano
P 187UnknownGigaChamber musicFor violin and piano
P 188UnknownAdagio con variazioniChamber musicFor cello and piano
P 189UnknownSonataChamber musicFor cello and piano
P 190UnknownString quartet in D majorChamber music
P 191UnknownScherzoChamber musicFor string quartet
P 192UnknownLa PirricaTranscriptionsFor orchestra.
Original music (Polacca and Preludio) by Frédéric Chopin
P 193UnknownUntitled symphonic compositionOrchestra: large orchestraUnfinished
P 194UnknownCello concerto in D major no. 2TranscriptionsOrchestral version.
Original music by Luigi Boccherini
P 195UnknownFollia di SpagnaTranscriptionsFor violin and small orchestra.
Original music by Arcangelo Corelli
P 196UnknownSolvejgs LiedTranscriptionsFor choir.
Original music by Edvard Grieg
P 197UnknownInno omerico ad AtenaSong: choir, voice and orchestraIncidental music.
Text by R. Cantarella.
Unfinished
P 198UnknownKirieSong: voicesLost
P 199UnknownTre canti
1. Ballata
2. Stornellatrice
3. Notte
Song: voice and orchestraFor baritone and orchestra

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