Fellini Rota (Film Score Anthology) [Soundtrack] [Import]

fellini rota (film score anthology) [soundtrack] [import]

Track Listings

1. Sceicco Bianco/Excerpt

2. I Vitelloni/Excerpt

3. Strada/Excerpt

4. Bidone/Excerpt

5. Notti de Cabiria/Excerpt

6. Dolce Vita/Excerpt

7. Boccaccio '70 (Episode: Le Tentazioni del Dottor Antonio)/Excerpt

8. 8 1/2/Excerpt

9. Giulietta Degli Spiriti/Excerpt

10. Tre Passi Nel Delirio (Episode: Toby Dammit)/Excerpt

11. Fellini Satyricon/Excerpt

12. I Clowns/Excerpt

13. Roma/Excerpt

14. Amarcord/Excerpt

15. Casanova de Federico Fellini/Excerpt

16. Prova d'Orchestra/Excerpt

17. Fellini's Waltz

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Product Description
Director: Fellini* Federico.

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Fellini Rota (Film Score Anthology) [Soundtrack] [Import]

Fellini Rota: Music from the Classic Films of Federico Fellini

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Fellini + Rota = Magic
"two legends of film & music ~ Fellini - Rota!"

Fellini Rota: Music from the Classic Films of Federico Fellini

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ASIN: B0009JPVNI
Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

Lo Sceicco Bianco (The White Sheikh): Lo Sceicco Bianco (The White Sheikh)
I Vitelloni: I Vitelloni
La Strada: La Strada
Il Bidone (The Swindle): Il Bidone (The Swindle)
Le Notte Di Cabiria (The Nights Of Cabiria): Le Notte Di Cabiria (The Nights Of Cabiria)
La Dolce Vita: La Dolce Vita
Boccaccio '70: Drink More Milk
8 1/2: Otto E Mezzo
Giulietta Degli Spiriti (Juliet Of The Spirits): Giulietta Degli Spiriti (Juliet Of The Spirits)
Fellini Satyricon: Fellini Satyricon
I Clowns (The Clowns): I Clowns (The Clowns)
Roma: Roma
Amarcord: Amarcord
Il Casanova (Casanova): Il Casanova (Casanova)
Prova D'Orchestra (Orchestra Rehearsal)

Customer Reviews:

Fellini + Rota = Magic.......2006-10-31

Orchestrated and conducted by Derek Wadsworth and performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the scores on the CD "Fellini Rota: Music from the Classic Films of Federico Fellini" are marvelous and unforgettable and I am never tired of listening to them. The CD is one of the favorites in my collection.

Rota's melodies have everything in them: Italy's shining sun, her blue sky, the sound of her sea. They've got ancient wisdom of Rome and eternal innocence of a child. They are in Cabiria's smile, Gradisca's walk, Anita's fountain, Juliet's quiet loneliness, it the songs of Gelsomina's trumpet, in La Saraghina's lurid dance on the beach. Rota filled his tunes with beauty, poetry, romance, longing, regrets and dreams that may never come true but they are beautiful dreams anyway. Sweet and melodical, gentle and rhythmical, kind and lovely, they keep playing after the films are over, all characters disappear from the screen and what is left behind is "a little orchestra of Hope with Love as its conductor". The last that we hear in is the magic music of Rota, bringing affirmation, hope and love.

"two legends of film & music ~ Fellini - Rota!".......2005-06-26

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (The Czech Symphony Orchestra) performs the gems by composer Nino Rota for the films of Federico Fellini...scores are orchestrated and conducted by Derek Wadsworth and recorded at FHS studios, Prague on February 1993...Silva Screens latest reissue release "SYMPHONIC: FELLINI-ROTA", has all the romantic and poetic scores from the classic films of Fellini...as Rota's music remains in your mind with haunting and forbidding themes that will stay with you the rest of your days.

Rota has the ability to capture the moments from each cue in his scores with Symphonic Suites and Themes:
1952 - LO SCEICCO BIANCO (The White Sheikh)
1953 - I VITELLONI (Franco Fabrizi/Franco Interlenghi/Alberto Sordi)
1954 - LA STRADA (featuring Anthony Quinn/Giulietta Masina/Richard Basehart)
1955 - IL BIDONE (The Swindle) (Broderick Crawford/Richard Basehart/Giulietta Masina/Franco Fabrizi)
1957 - LE NOTTE DI CABIRIA (The Nights of Cabiria) (Giulietta Masina/Francois Perier/Amadeo Nazzari/Franca Marzi/Dorian Gray)
1960 - LA DOLCE VITA (Marcello Mastroianni/Anita Ekberg/Anouk Aimee/Alain Cluny/Yvonne Furneaux/Nadia Gray/Lex Barker)
1962 - BOCCACCIO '70 (Anita Ekberg/Romy Schneider/Sophia Loren)
1963 OTTO E MEZZO (8 1/2) (Marcello Mastroianni/Claudia Cardinale/Anouk Aimee/Barbar Steele/Sandra Milo)
1965 - GIULIETTA DEGLI SPIRITI (Juliet of the Spirits) (Giulietta Masina/Mario Pisu/Valentina Cortese/Sylva Koscina)
1969 - FELLINI - SATYRICON (Martin Potter/Hiram Keller/Max Born/Salvo Randone)
1970 - I CLOWNS (The Clowns) (cinematic essay of the dying artistry of the circus clown - documentary)
1972 - ROMA (Peter Gonzales/Flora Florence/Pia De Doses/Marne Mairland/Gore Vidal/John Francis Lane/Anna Magnani)
1973 - AMARCORD (Puppela Maggio/Magali Noel/Armando Bracia)
1976 - IL CASANOVA (Casanova) (Donald Sutherland/Tina Aumont/Cicely Brown/Carmen Scarpitta)
1979 - PROVA D'ORCHESTRA (Orchestra Rehearsal) (Baldwin Baas/Clara Colisomo/Elizabeth Labi/Claudio Ciocca)

Nino Rota's tapestry is fine and the weave is just right...one only has to close your eyes and visualize the characters that came to life on the big screen...Rota's music was a large part of the picture...as you sit back and soak up each passage and counterparts that prevail...you know right then and there why music is so important for any film.

Silva Screen Records Ltd., Nic Raine(producer), Reynold da Silva(executive producers) James Fitzpatrick(project director), Yusuf Gandhi and Cherie Mathisen(album co-ordinators)...please stand up and take a bow for the rare gems you've given us...heads up for all "film-score-buffs" worth their salt, this is a keeper...and a big thank you to NINO ROTA (1911-1979)for sharing the legacy of his music with the world.

Total Time: 69:00 on 15 Tracks ~ SIL 3013 ~ (6/07/2005)

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Federico Fellini & Nino Rota

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ASIN: B000OONP36
Release Date: 2007-05-08

Tracks:

Lo Sceicco Bianco
I Vitelloni
La Strada
Il Bidone
Le Notti Di Cabiria
La Dolce Vita
Boccaccio '70
8 1/2
Giulietta Degli Spiriti
Tre Passi Nel Delirio
Fellini Satyricon
I Clowns
Roma
Amarcord
Il Casanova Di Federico Fellini
Prova D'Orchestra
Fellini's Waltz - Charlie Haden

The Essential Nino Rota Film Music Collection

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essence of Fellini...
Excellent!
"premier composer of Italy (1911-1979) ~ Nino Rota"

The Essential Nino Rota Film Music Collection

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Romeo & Juliet

ASIN: B0000AGWLP
Release Date: 2003-08-26

Tracks:

The Taming Of The Shrew-Overture
The Glass Mountain-Legend Of Glass Mountain
Romeo & Juliet-Romeo
Romeo & Juliet-Juliet
Romeo & Juliet-Feast At The House Of Capule
Romeo & Juliet-Love Theme
Romeo & Juliet-Epilogue
Death On The Nile-Nile Journey
The Godfather-Waltz
The Godfather-Love Theme
The Godfather II-Sicilian Pastorale/The Immigrant
The Godfather II-Finale
Juliet Of The Spirits-Suite
La Dolce Vita-Suite

Tracks:

Histoires Extraordinaires-Toby Dammit
Lo Sceicco Bianco (Thet White Sheikh)
Otto E Mezzo (81/2)
I Vitelloni
Il Dibone (The Swindle)
The Nights Of Cabiria
Boccaccio '70
Fellini Satyricon
I Clowns, (The Clowns)
Roma
Amarcord
Casanova
Prova D'Orchestra (Rehearsal)
La Strada-Suite

Customer Reviews:

essence of Fellini..........2007-05-09

As evocative as any perfume, this CD brings forth clear images of the films for which this music was written. Makes a charming background for any party, seemingly brainless fun, yet sophisticated and delightful. Also good to cook to...

Excellent!.......2007-04-22

For this release, Silva Screen released their previous disc of Music from Fellini films, along with the best tracks from Nic Raine's 1998 recording of the complete score of Romeo and Juliet, as well as Paul Bateman's 2001 Godfather Trilogy disc, along with a few new tracks and other tracks from Silva's back catalog of music.

The last two tracks of the first disc, and the entire second disc is devoted to Fellini Films. All of the Fellini tracks are from 1993's "Music From Fellini Films", with Derek Wadsworth conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic (then credited as the Czech Symphony), with the exception of "Toby Dammit" which was recorded for this disc with Mario Klemens conducted.

"The Taming of the Shrew" is from Silva Screen's successful 2001 "Shakespeare at the Movies" set, while Death On The Nile and the Glass Mountain have been newly recorded for this set.

In conclusion, if you had the first disc of Rota/Fellini music then perhaps this would not be worth it, but overall this is a superb collection with that previous release in its entirely (remastered in HDCD surround sound, I might add), along with the best tracks from the Godfather Trilogy and Romeo and Juliet, with some more films sprinkled about, its a must-have, for anyone who wants a taste of Rota for less than $25.

"premier composer of Italy (1911-1979) ~ Nino Rota".......2003-08-26

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra performs the gems by composer Nino Rota, conducted by Derek Wadsworth, Paul Bateman, Nic Raine and Mario Klemens. This latest release "The Essential Nino Rota Film Music Collection", has all the romantic and poetic scores ever conceived. Rota's music remains in your mind with haunting and forbiding themes that will stay with you the rest of your days.

Rota has the ability to capture the moments from each cue in his scores with "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW", "THE GLASS MOUNTAIN", "LA DOLCE VITA" and "ROMEO & JULIET, the tapestry is fine and the weave is just right. That's just for starters, listen and recall the score from "THE GODFATHER" and "THE GODFATHER II", one only has to close your eyes and visualize the characters that came to life on the big screen, the music from Rota was a large part of this. And Disc Two with "THE NIGHTS OF CABIRIA", "AMARCORD" and "LA STRADA", can sit back and soak up each passage and counterparts that prevail.

Silva Screen Records and James Fitzpatrick (producer), please stand up and take a bow for the well deserved rare gems you've given us. This can only be one of the most sought after collections complete in every detail for any "film-score-buff" worth his salt. As you listen to this CD, you can visualize each scene the cue is recalling. And speaking for one and all movie music collectors----this is a keeper!

Tracks:

Casanova/O Venezia, Venaga, Venusia
Casanova/L'Uccello Magico
Casanova/A Pranzo Dalla Marchesa Durf
Casanova/The Great Mouna
Casanova/Canto Della Buranella
Casanova/L'Uccello Magico a Parigi
Casanova/"L'Intermezzo" Della Mantide Religiosa
Casanova/Pin Penin
Casanova/L'Uccello Magico a Dresda
Casanova/Ricordo di Henriette
Casanova/L'Uccello Magico a Roma
Casanova/Il Duca di Wuttenberg
Casanova/La PoupAutomate

Album Details

1976 Movie from Federico Fellini with the Music Composed by Nino Rota. An Oscar Winner for Best Costume Design.

Customer Reviews:

"Maestro Rota's last film score".......2001-07-20

This is Italian composer, Nino Rota's last, and probably most unusual film score.

It's unique percussive sections [the wonderous, brittle, repetitive mechanical bird sequence] aptly demonstrate Rota's vast range. {He won the Academy award for "Godfather II"}. This is an elegant final work, not often heard, aptly befitting to the period, it marries Fellini's images with perfection.

THE SOUND QUALITY in DOLBY is excellent in surround mode - "Yes" a "must" for the serious collector.

[Pity that the movie is not available on DVD.]

A different Nino Rota..........2000-06-29

Nino Rota's score for "Il Casanova di Fellini" is really hard to describe. Through the use of unusual instruments (vibraphone, harp and harpsichord, among others) he creates an exotic score, unlike his other, more famous works for Federico Fellini, but very interesting nevertheless. Not for all tastes, and perhaps more enjoyable by those who have seen the movie, this CD is highly recommended for Nino Rota collectors.

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Fellini & Rota

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ASIN: B000EHR83G
Release Date: 2006-02-27

Tracks:

Sceicco Bianco/Excerpt
I Vitelloni/Excerpt
Strada/Excerpt
Bidone/Excerpt
Notti de Cabiria/Excerpt
Dolce Vita/Excerpt
Boccaccio '70 (Episode: Le Tentazioni del Dottor Antonio)/Excerpt
8 1/2/Excerpt
Giulietta Degli Spiriti/Excerpt
Tre Passi Nel Delirio (Episode: Toby Dammit)/Excerpt
Fellini Satyricon/Excerpt
I Clowns/Excerpt
Roma/Excerpt
Amarcord/Excerpt
Casanova de Federico Fellini/Excerpt
Prova d'Orchestra/Excerpt
Fellini's Waltz

Album Description

A compilation of some of the most beautiful themes composed by Nino Rota for the films of Federico Fellini. This is the new, re-vamped 2006 edition of the unique and original compilation Fellini & Rot, which includes the bonus track Fellini's Waltz and new classy booklet with liner notes in English and Italian. All original recordings, composed and arranged by Nino Rota. Wea. 2006

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A Compilation of Some of the Most Beautiful Themes Composed by Nino Rota for the Films of Federico Fellini. This is the New, Re-vamped 2006 Edition of the Unique and Original Compilation "fellini and Rota", which Includes the Bonus Track "fellini's Waltz", and New Classy Booklet with Liner Notes in English and Italian. All Original Recordings, Composed and Arranged by Nino Rota.

Amarcord Nino Rota (I Remember Nino Rota)

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Essential Listening, but hard to find
Jazzy covers of the Nino Rota classics - a must have!
Modern take on kitschy originals

Amarcord Nino Rota (I Remember Nino Rota)
Fred Hopkins , Ron Carter , Carla Bley , Muhal Richard Abrams , William G. Fischer , Warren Smith , Henry Threadgill , Bill Frisell , Amina Claudine Myers , Steve Lacy , Claudio Roditi , Wynton Marsalis , Dave Samuels , Jay Hoggard , Jaki Byard , and David Amram
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Tracks:

Amarcord - Jaki Byard
Interlude From Juliet Of The Spirits - Dave Samuels
8 1/2 - The Carla Bley Band
Themes From La Dolce Vita And Juliet Of The Spirits - Dave Samuels
Juliet Of The Spirits - Bill Frisell
La Dolce Vita Suite: Introduction/Notturno/Interlude/Valzer (Parlami Di Me) - Sharon Freeman/Muhal Richard Abrams/Michael Sahl/Chris Stein
Satyricon - The David Amram Quintet
Roma - Steve Lacy
Medley: The White Sheik/I Vitelloni/Il Bidone/The Nights Of Cabiria - William Fischer
La Strada - Jaki Byard

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The first of producer Hal Willner's splendid anthology series. Each outing allows an eclectic array of modern, vaguely avant-garde musicians to explore the work of a single composer. Here Bill Frisell, Sharon Freeman, Deborah Harry, Wynton Marsalis, and Carla Bley, among others, take on the haunting circus atmosphere of Nino Rota's scores for the films of Federico Fellini. The emphasis is on the jazzy, with Frisell's shimmering, ethereal take on Juliet of the Spirits, Jaki Bayard's solo piano version of Amarcord, and Freeman's lively suite from La Dolce Vita among the highlights. Although beginners might prefer Rota in the original soundtrack recordings, this is a welcome addition for the adventurous or those already on board. --Heidi MacDonald

Customer Reviews:

Essential Listening, but hard to find.......2002-02-19

This is the best of Wilner's compliations. These jazz artists -- the best in the buinsess at the time (unfortunatley Bayard is no longer with us)-- obviously love the music, and the affection and respect are apparent in every track. It's a mixed bag illuminating the different faces of Rota from the jaunty circus themes to the lonliness of lost love. This is truly one of my favorite jazz records and it's also a great anthology of lesser-known great artists.

Jazzy covers of the Nino Rota classics - a must have!.......1999-07-16

The album is comprised completely of cover versions of the Nino Rota Classics (and those are anything but kitschy). I love the originals but I must say that I almost love these, for the most part, jazzy covers even more! The covers are much more moody, often slower and more melodic. This is an album to have!

Modern take on kitschy originals.......1998-05-27

For those of you thinking you'll get the origional scores from the Fellini movies, this isn't it. This is, however, an elegant modern take on Rota's compositions by talented contemporary jazz artists such as Bill Frisell, Jackie Byard and Dave Samuels. Brings the Italian Riviera to life, but not the Italian Riviera of Fellini's 1950's and 60's. Still, this is a nice addition to any jazz collection.

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Tutto Fellini

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Il Postino (The Postman)

ASIN: B000BLI3FC
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

LUCI DEL VARIETA / VARIETY LIGHTS music by Felice Lattuada
LO SCEICCO BIANCO / THE WHITE SHEIK music by Nino Rota
I VITELLONI / SPIVS music by Nino Rota
LAMORE IN CITTA / LOVE IN THE CITY music by Mario Nascimbene
LA STRADA music by Nino Rota
IL BIDONE / THE SWINDLE music by Nino Rota
LE NOTTI DI CABIRIA / NIGHTS OF CABIRIA music by Nino Rota
LA DOLCE VITA music by Nino Rota
BOCCACCIO 70 music by Nino Rota
8 1/2 / EIGHT AND A HALF music by Nino Rota
GIULIETTA DEGLI SPIRITI / JULIET OF THE SPIRITS music by Nino Rota
TRE PASSI NEL DELIRIO / SPIRITS OF THE DEAD music by Nino Rota
FELLINI SATYRICON / FELLINI SATYRICON music by Nino Rota
I CLOWNS the clowns music by Nino Rota
ROMA FELliniS ROMA music by Nino Rota

Tracks:

AMARCORD music by Nino Rota
IL CASANOVA DI FEDERICO FELLINI FELLINIS CASANOVA music by Nino Rota
PROVA DORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL music by Nino Rota
LA CITTA DELLE DONNE CITY OF WOMEN music by Luis Bacalov
E LA NAVE VA AND THE SHIP SAILS ON music by Gianfranco Plenizio
GINGER E FRED GINGER AND FRED music by Nicola Piovani
INTERVISTA FELLINIS INTERVISTA music by Nicola Piovani
LA VOCE DELLA LUNA THE VOICE OF THE MOON music by Nicola Piovani

Album Description

In the 2-CD set, TUTTO FELLINI (All Fellini), the 33 tracks of this double CD take the listener in an musical journey where all the 33 movies by Federico Fellini are the stopovers. From VARIETY LIGHTS (LUCI DEL VARIETA) to THE VOICE OF THE MOON (LA VOCE DELLA LUNA) Fellini's first and last movies. Nino Rota's music on 16 tracks illustrates Fellini's masterpieces like LA STRADA, LA DOLCE VITA and EIGHT AND A HALF. All tracks have been re-mastered in Dolby-Surround.

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A Day at the Circus

I Clowns
Carlo Savina , and Nino Rota
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ASIN: B00004Y7YY
Release Date: 1999-02-25

Tracks:

I Clowns/La Marcia Dei Gl
I Clowns 1/Io Cerco La Ti

Album Details

Famous Movie Directed by Legendary Federico Fellini. Music Composed by Nino Rota and Conducted by Carlo Savina.

Customer Reviews:

A Day at the Circus.......2001-01-19

Rota mixes in themes from other Fellini films on this circus band score. The album is a single suite of music, circus sounds, audience reactions & ringmaster introductions. The Fratalini Brothers are announced. Pistols are fired. There's a charming dog act. Suspenseful moments are duly accompanied by drum rolls & cymbal crashes. I really like it. But then, I'm hooked on every Fellini - Rota collaboration. Really, Henry Mancini's popular concert arrangement does it honor but little justice. Someday you might want to slide this lovely little TV show soundtrack into your collection, next to Roma, 8 1/2, Juliet of the Spirits, & La Dolce Vita.

Customer Reviews:

A Gem -- A Must Own.......2003-11-16

This album is among the most enjoyable in my entire disc collection of classical music, opera, song, popular, etc. It's definitely not highbrow, just top artistry (4 string musicians and pianist) applied to accessible beautiful music in several genres, best characterized as "parlor music". However, this phrase doesn't begin to express the beauty of this album. Unfortunately, it's virtually impossible to find for sale. Perhaps the highlight is an almost 13 minute cut from the film music of Nino Rota who wrote music for a number of Fellini's movies. I have another of "I Solisti"'s discs "And the Band Played On", also superb and highly recommended.

The Symphonic Fellini (Suites from Fellini Films)

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Enjoy the genius of Rota besides the genius of Fellinni!
Pull Up a Campari
Rota brings life to film, and to the imagination
Nino! Fellini!
My life is a Fellini movie!

The Symphonic Fellini (Suites from Fellini Films)

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ASIN: B000004BPD
Release Date: 1993-12-16

Tracks:

Lo Sceicco Bianco (The White Sheikh)
I Vitelloni
La Strada
Il Bidone (The Swindle)
Le Notte Di Cabiria (The Nights Of Cabiria)
La Dolce Vita
Boccacio
Otto E Mezzo (8 1/2)
Giulietta Degli Spiriti (Juliet Of The Spirits)
Fellini Satyricon
I Clowns (The Clowns)
Roma
Amarcord
Il Casanova (Casanova)
Prova D'Orchestra (Orchestra Rehearsal)

Customer Reviews:

Enjoy the genius of Rota besides the genius of Fellinni!.......2004-11-01

In the story of the cinema the only sublime exceptions in which the artistic alliance between filmmaker and composer worked out so well was in the case of Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Hermann , Prokoviev Eisenstein , Howard Hawks and Dimitri Tionkin , david Lean and Maurice Jarre but in the special case Federico Fellinni and Nino Rota , we have the most celebrated of all the previous couples.
The fertile and creative imagination of Fellinni seemed to have in Rota the ideal counterpart . Every one of his films is supported for this outstanding idiomatic character ; Rota gave the essential sound who worked out as an invisible actor in the Fellinni films .
And the life worked out as the right link among them . Rota was born nine years before (1911) than FeFe .
Rota was gifted of a precious musical talent , and his studies in Milan Conservatory and the Academia of Santa Cecilia augmented by lessons with Scalero and a journey for instruction in conducting from Fritz Reiner . His style was absolutely free of harmonic complexities , his music was delightful, spontaneous and direct .
Besides , he was the notable composer of films such The Godfather , The leopard , Riomeo and Juliet , Waterloo and War and Peace among the most remarkable .
You need to have more than inspiration ; you have to be provided of a huge scope and fertile gaze to catch the mood of that idiosyncratic filmmaker .
This winner team allowed us to enjoy of unforgettable melodies such La Srada , La Dolce Vita ,Bocaccio 70 , Otto e mezzo , Roma , I clowns , Amarcord (my top choice) , Giulietta degli Spiriti and Prova dórchestra
The Czech Symphony also deserves a worthy recognizance , in which virtuosism and above all adequate orchestral balance and sense of the nuance and élan .
The final words of the same composer will give you a more appropriate idea about this admirable work :
I am ver pleased with the care and respect shown for the music by Derek Wadsworth and the Czech Symphony Orchestra . And in a word of of wildly differing standards of sound quality , it is a great pleasure to listen to this new recording.
But this fact should not surprise us due this orchestra has been always one of the most respected European orchestras , and when you make an account of the top twelve European Orchestras , the Czech is a must in any list even of the most exigent melomaniac.
Acquire this work , and you will convince by yourself this was a wise decision .

Pull Up a Campari.......2002-09-02

Those "wild and crazy guys" - the Czech Symphony Orchestra conducted by Derek Wadsworth - forgo the schmaltz and acquit themselves nicely performing Rota's timeless scores. There's plenty of joie de vivre and pathos to go around in these readings. (the glissando in "Amarcord" is just right).

A terrific companion piece to this CD is the biography, "The Cinema of Federico Fellini", also available from Amazon, which chronicles the Master's artistic roots; his hot-cold relationship with the Church; obsession with studio recreation vs. on-location shooting; and whether or not Fellini can rightly be called "an intellectual".

Solid music, solid reading.

Rota brings life to film, and to the imagination.......2002-04-05

I was hoping I could find the soundtrack to Giulietta Degli Spiriti (Juliet of the Spirits) but it is apparently unavailable so I bought this CD. I'm so glad I did. Although the Czech Symphony, performing here, doesn't sound the same as the musicians in Guilietta, the music transcends the delivery--which isn't so bad anyway.

This is a great introduction to the wonderful, magnificent music of Nino Rota. He paints a mood like no one else. Whether it be the circus-like sounds of La Strada or the poignant refrains in The Nights of Cabiria, this music elevates and brings life to the imagination. I'm not sure how Fellini's films would fare without Rota but it seems they were a magic combination.

I'm also pleased to hear music from films I've not seen. The intro to I Vitelloni, for example, is fabulous; I wish I could hear more of its theme as well as further length treatments of others.

Lovers of movie theme music, especially that prior to, say, the 70s, can't go wrong with this one.

My favorite is the quirky, sparkling music of Giulietta.

Nino! Fellini!.......2001-11-26

I guess they don't make 'em like they used to? This disc is a great introduction to the collaborative effort of Federico Fellini & Nino Rota. The music moves from the exuberant, care-free joy of La Dolce Vita, to the sadness of La Strada, to the strangely moving pieces from Satyricon & Roma - well, each track contains all those moments and more. I'd give this thing five stars - if only they'd have selected longer tracks of music from each film! As it stands, some are mere fragments, and sadly understated. But all in all, worth a listen - if you end up seeking out the complete, original soundtracks - it will definitely be worth the trip.

My life is a Fellini movie!.......1999-01-21

The whimsical, emotive music of such favorites as The Nights of Cabiria and La Dolce Vita jumps from this CD--you'll scan your room for bizarre characters shouting in Itallian! Listening to these works brings home the power of music in film, and the lack of such force in today's cinematic scores. Thank you Nino Rota for a taste of music far from the beaten path.

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