Ennio Morricone: Itinerary of a Genius

Ennio Morricone (Composer), Ennio Morricone (Conductor), Roma Sinfonietta (Orchestra), Accademia Nazionale Italiana (Orchestra), Gilda Buttà (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Gilda Buttą
• Orchestra: Roma Sinfonietta, Accademia Nazionale Italiana
• Conductor: Ennio Morricone
• Composer: Ennio Morricone
• Audio CD (October 25, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Milan Records
• ASIN: B000BCE8Y6
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #426,658 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Theme

2. Gabriel's theme [The Mission]

3. Deborah's theme [From Once Upon a Time in the West]

4. Theme

5. 2nd theme

6. Theme

7. Theme

8. Theme

9. Theme

10. Romanza, for orchestra

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Cane bianco, film score

2. Stark system, film score

3. [unspecified excerpt]

4. Metti una sera a cena, film score

5. Il Deserto dei Tartari, film score

6. Le Stagioni della vita, film score

7. Gott mit uns (God with Us), film score

8. Il Potere degli angeli, film score

9. Love Affair (1994), film score

10. Study n. 1

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fine compilation, arranged by the Master himself, November 25, 2005

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Chris Cathcart (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ennio Morricone: Itinerary of a Genius (Audio CD)

It seems that no one compilation captures all that's great about a musician, but this is probably the best Morricone compilation yet put out there. Morricone took several of his most beautiful film scores and arranged them for these performances, many of them for chamber-music formats. The standard Once Upon a Time themes are here, along with Gabriel's Oboe, Cinema Paradiso, and a gorgeous new arrangement from the Lolita soundtrack. Other greats to which I was introduced here include "Metti, Una Sera a Cena," "Rampage," and "Romanza." Even inadequate 30-second samples give a glimpse into the great beauty of these works. Disc 1 actually is the same as another Milan release, "Ennio Morricone: Film Music," but for a few dollars more (heh heh) you can get a fuller overview and further glimpse into his musicality on disc 2. Highly commendable.