It was an ideal Grand Tour that the Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Modena, conducted by Maestro Hirofumi Yoshida, offered to the Japanese audience during its tour, which included the International Expo and the Izumi Hall in Osaka, as well as the enchanting island of Amami. The orchestra presented a program dedicated to the 19th century, full of thrilling Romanticism and sovereign passions, and above all to that Italy where roses and lemons blossomed, as well as musical masterpieces. From Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony to the Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, passing through overtures by Rossini and Verdi, this CD offers us timeless masterpieces of the Italian symphonic repertoire.