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Product Details

  • Audio CD (March 14, 2006)
  • Original Release Date: December 13, 2005
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import, Soundtrack
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B000DZ6VXC
  • In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #800,441 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

 
1. "An Untold Story" Assaggio No. 1in G Minor
2. "The Legend of Casanova" Daro/Tambourins 1/2
3. "I Yield to Love" Cello Concerto No. 3 in D Minor/Excerpt
4. "Eternal Damnation" Overture from Les Fêtes de Polymnie, Overture from
5. "The Doge's Decree" Concerto in C Major/Excerpt
6. "A Venetian Virgin"
7. "San Cremori at Dawn" Concerto in C Major for Harpsicord and Strings
8. "A Lover's Duel" La Madrilena/Overture
9. "A Terrible Mistake" Concerto à 5, Op. 9, No. 4/Excerpt
10. "A Secret Lover?" Opera Farnace/Sinfonia
11. "Marriage Is a Safe Haven" Concerto à 5, Op. 9 No. 4/Excerpt
12. "Trailing Guardi" Sonata for Violin and Bassocontinuo, Op. 5 No. 11 in
13. "The Noble Pig" Concerto Per Quartetto No. 8/Excerpt
14. "Paprizzio's Arrival" Concerto à 5, Op. 9 No. 2 in D Minor/Excerpt
15. "Inquisitor Pucci"
16. "With My Hopes" Concerto à 5, Op. 9 No. 4/Excerpt
17. "A Big Idea" Harpsicord Concerto in B Flat/Excerpt
18. "A Nom de Plume/Carnivale! " Concerto à 5, Op. 9 No. 6 in G (Albinoni)
19. "The Plume's Nom Is Casanova! " (For the Film Casanova)
20. "Dancing at the Doge's Ball" Rigaudon from Water Music Suite, No. 3 in
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The action in this tale about the 18th century adventurer and (at least in popular lore) seducer is set in Cassanova's native Venice in the mid-1700s, so it makes sense that the soundtrack would be loaded with Baroque pieces. The Venice-based Tomaso Albinoni is featured prominentaly, along with heavyweights such as Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Baptiste Rameau, and George Frideric Handel, and lesser-known composers such as Arcangelo Corelli, Francesco Durante, and Alexandre Desplat. Er, actually Desplat is a contemporary French film composer who also released his score for the couldn't-be-more-different Syriana shortly after Casanova came out. Of the two pieces he penned here, "A Venetian Virgin" is in pure Baroque style, while "Inquisitor Pucci" betrays a more modern film-music vibe. Meanwhile, orchestrator Sonny Kompanek rearranged a couple of the tracks and authored the tense "The Plume's Nom Is Casanova," which doesn't sound embarrassing sandwiched between pieces by Albinoni and Handel. Overall, it would have been nice to get longer excerpts from the pieces--many feel chopped into too-small fragments--but the music's innate grace and elegance can't be beat for a period film. Or for any film, really: Vivaldi's Concerto in C Major ("The Doge's Decree") will be familiar to buffs, who will remember it featuring prominently in the Dustin Hoffman-¬Meryl Streep showdown Kramer vs. Kramer back in 1979. --Elisabeth Vincentelli


Product Description

He was the world's most notorious seducer. A swashbuckler, master of disguise and wit - it was said no woman could resist Casanova's amorous charms...... until now. For the first time in his life, the legendary Casanova (Heath Ledger) is about to meet his match with an alluring Venetian beauty, Francesca (Sienna Miller), who does the one thing he never thought possible: refuse him. From Academy Award nominated director Lasse Hallstrom ('Chocolat', 'Cider House Rules') comes a rousing romantic comedy about Casanova's greatest adventure - losing his heart. The film also stars Jeremy Irons, as the detective-lie Bishop Pucci who pursues Casanova, hoping to catch him in the act of illicit seduction, Lena Olin as the mother of Casanova's arranged bride-to-be, and Oliver Platt as Papprizzio, Francesca's betrothed. The original score is composed by Alexandre Desplat, recently famous for his film compositions for 'The Girl With The Pearl Earring' and 'The Upside of Anger'. The film is released on 17th February 2006, and this soundtrack is available from 13th February. Emi Music. 2006

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Authenticity can sound great as well!, July 11, 2006
By Tromba Prima (Elgin, IL) - See all my reviews
As an avid baroque music listener and performer, I can attest to the delightfully pleasing performances on the soundtrack as well as the painstakingly accurate performance practices utilized in the recording of this soundtrack.

The producers of this film fortunately went to the trouble of hiring some of the top period performance musician-specialists in the country (perhaps in the entire world) to record the soundtrack to Casanova. I know, because several of them were faculty members of the Oberlin Conservatory Baroque Performance Institute who went AWOL to Hollywood in June 2005 for the recording sessions. We all forgave them, and were actually quite excited that period music performance was having its day on the silver screen.

Do not miss this exquisite potpourri of wonderful baroque composers' works performed as closely as humanly possible to the way that they heard their works during their lifetimes! The film may not have been intended to be historically accurate (part of the fun), but the music certainly ended up that way. Not only that, but it sounds heavenly (unlike Casanova's antics) and up-to-date, not musty and old as if it were sealed in a museum case.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer Beauty for the Ears, July 24, 2006
By James C Smith (MI United States) - See all my reviews
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For those that purchased this CD, I need not get into how masterfully infectious the movie was. After the first viewing, I found it charming, but after the second, I was hooked by the witty, clever story holding fun twists all along the way. So while I could go on and on about the movie and all of its wonderful aspects, the score was simply priceless. Apt in every scene, and all done with incredible baroque music that I had never had the opportunity of hearing before the film.

The disc walks you through the movie with no changes that I could tell from the original score. The only omission I found was that the song dubbed "Casanova's Theme" is played in much greater length in the closing credits, and that didn't seem to make it to the CD. Not a terrible loss.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a little world of baroque sound, February 25, 2006
By John W. Ridder (Las Vegas, New Mexico USA) - See all my reviews
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Lots of interesting baroque music unknown to me and
put together in dramatic sequences that add zest and
class to the listening experience. Also wonderful to
play in auto while driving thru boring country or in
slow moving traffic!
This CD will get a lot of play from me.
5 Stars!
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4.0 out of 5 stars I thought I had ordered the movie.!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought I was ordering the movie BUT I got two audio CD's. The music is great but I wanted the movie.
Published 18 months ago by Eustolio G. Perez

5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting!
I enjoyed the soundtrack of the film as I watched it so much I had to buy it immediately. When I close my eyes during many of the pieces I feel transported to a different time... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Scubafiend

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful relaxing music.
Saw the movie and had to have the soundtrack. Great music to relax by. When you need to get away from the cares of the day the classics can't be beat. Read more
Published on February 24, 2006 by M. Herr

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply superb
An excellent film with an amazing soundtrack. Beautiful and playful, it perfectly captures the feel of the movie. Read more
Published on January 16, 2006 by Elizabeth A. Jackson

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