The Essential Nino Rota Film Music Collection

Nino Rota (Composer), Nic Raine (Conductor), Mario Klemens (Conductor), Paul Bateman (Conductor), Derek Wadsworth (Conductor), Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Nic Raine, Mario Klemens, Paul Bateman, Derek Wadsworth
• Composer: Nino Rota
• Audio CD (August 26, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Silva America
• ASIN: B0000AGWLP
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,447 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "premier composer of Italy (1911-1979) ~ Nino Rota", August 26, 2003

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Essential Nino Rota Film Music Collection (Audio CD)

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!

Total: 2-CD-Set ~ Silva America 1153 ~ (8/26/2003)

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars essence of Fellini..., May 9, 2007

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This review is from: The Essential Nino Rota Film Music Collection (Audio CD)

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...

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, April 21, 2007

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This review is from: The Essential Nino Rota Film Music Collection (Audio CD)

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 conducting.

"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 entirety (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.