Nino Rota: Music For Film

Nino Rota (Artist), Riccardo Muti (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 13, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000029ZF
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,153 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You've never heard "The Godfather" like this, August 13, 2003

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Bruce Hodges (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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For me the highlight of this disc is a short suite from "Rocco and His Brothers," with some pungent accordion work and 1950's jazz influences. This is glorious and rarely performed music, and conductor Riccardo Muti and the fine La Scala musicians should be thanked for presenting it so beautifully. (The film itself, available on DVD, is one of Visconti's best and well worth seeking out.) But there isn't a stale moment anywhere.

The melancholy themes from "The Godfather" have probably never been played so well. The famous opening trumpet solo, combining loneliness and menace in equal parts, is beautifully done, as are the relatively upbeat selections from "8-1/2" and "La Dolce Vita." Throughout the production, it is marvelous to hear these scores played with such passion and commitment, and the La Scala musicians sound sweepingly involved.

But for many listeners the highlight will be the dazzling and haunting waltzes from "The Leopard," with their melodic arcs echoing the grand scale of Visconti's masterpiece. This is truly evocative film writing.

An excellent introduction to Rota's music, played with suave intensity by one of the best conductors in the world. (For those interested, Muti and La Scala recorded another Rota CD with additional dances from "The Leopard," as well as music from "La Strada" and the "Concerto for Strings" -- also highly recommended.)

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Italian Scala and Muti feels Rota!, July 24, 2001

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Alejandro Zalaquett (Santiago de CHILE, Santiago Chile) - See all my reviews
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Perhaps this is the most powerfull collection of film music of Nino Rota, and Muti knows and feel this music. Splendid perfomance and sound.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New to Nino Rota, April 12, 2011

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Nucakes (Evanston, IL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nino Rota: Music For Film (Audio CD)

I bought this cd after watching The Leopard and was completely blown away by the ballroom scene. Very moving music