Nino Rota discography | |
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![]() Film poster from Romeo and Juliet, which Rota scored | |
Soundtrack albums | 22 |
Film score compilations | 20 |
Chamber music | 13 |
Orchestral music | 20 |
Opera | 2 |
Below is a selected discography for Nino Rota (1911–1979). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He was a prolific composer; there are a great many recordings of all of his music—both popular and classical; and it would be impossible to list all of them. Indeed, there are new performances and recordings of Rota's music being made to this day. [7]
Nino Rota is best known for his many film scores—in particular for the seminal Fellini films La Strada (1954), La Dolce Vita (1960), 8 1/2 (1963), Juliet of the Spirits (1965), and Amarcord (1974). He also wrote the scores for Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968), Luchino Visconti's The Leopard , and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II . For Fellini alone, Rota produced almost 80 film scores starting with The White Sheik in 1952 and ending with the unfairly forgotten Orchestra Rehearsal in 1979, [8] the year of the composer's death.
Rota's film scores were a great commercial success. The soundtrack album of Romeo and Juliet, with combined dialogue and music, reached number two and spent 74 weeks on the Billboard charts. [9] The theme song for La Strada sold more than two million copies in Italy alone. [5]
The film scores won many awards. For example, the score for The Godfather was nominated for an Oscar, won a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Grammy. [10]
Less well known is the fact that Rota was a prolific composer of chamber music, operas, and orchestral pieces. [11] In all he produced four symphonies, twelve operas, five ballets, three piano concertos, three cello concertos, various choral works, and dozens of chamber works—the best known being his Concerto for Strings. [12]
Album title and selections | Conductor/Artist(s) | Label | Year |
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La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) |
| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 493095 10 January 2003 | 2003 |
Romeo and Juliet |
| Silva [4] Cat No: 1140 25 June 2002 | 2002 |
Otto e Mezzo (8 1/2) |
| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 511316 1 March 2009 | 2009 |
Amarcord (I Remember) |
| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 511317 28 March 2003 | 2003 |
Giulietta degli Spiriti (Juliet of the Spirits) |
| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 511318 5 May 2003 | 2003 |
Il Bidone (The Swindle) |
| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 512127 21 May 2003 | 2003 |
I Clowns (The Clowns) |
| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 515394 12 December 2006 | 2006 |
Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and his Brothers) |
| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 515510 17 June 2009 | 2009 |
Prova d'orchestra (Orchestra Rehearsal) |
| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 515465 23 September 2008 | 2008 |
Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) |
| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 493267 28 January 2005 | 2005 |
Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (Fellini's Casanova) |
| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 493094 30 April 2004 | 2004 |
War and Peace |
| El Records [5] Cat No: EM 147C 10 June 2008 | 2008 |
Taming of the Shrew Soundtrack |
| DRG [3] Catalog No: 335 | 1967 |
The Godfather Part 3 - Original Soundtrack |
| Sony [4] Cat No: 7243795 1 March 2008 | 2008 |
Waterloo |
| Legend [6] Catalog No: CD20 | 1995 |
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand |
| Intermezzo Media [2] Catalog No: 104 | 1995 |
Death on the Nile Soundtrack |
| DRG [3] Catalog No: 19091 11 July 2006 | 2006 |
Boccaccio 70 Soundtrack
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| Phantom [3] Cat No: 930204 1 March 2011 | 2011 |
Nino Rota LSD Roma
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| El Records [5] Catalog No: El 61 27 December 2005 | 2005 |
Fellini-Rota: Three Original Motion Picture Soundtracks
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| CAM [2] Catalog No: 7018 | 2003 |
Accadde Al Penitenziario (It Happened to the Prison) Un Eroe Dei Nostri Tempi (Hero of our Times) |
| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 493295 1 January 1992 | 1992 |
Origins of the Mafia |
| RCA [2] Catalog No: OST 137 | 1976 |
Album Title & Selections | Conductor/Artist(s) | Label | Year |
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The Ultimate Best of Fellini & Rota
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| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 515348 3 February 2006 Silva America [3] Catalog No: 1024 | 2006 |
Nino Rota: Music for Fellini, Part 1 1952 to 1958
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| EL Records [2] [3] [5] Cat No: 192 19 August 2010 | 2010 |
Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack |
| Capitol [3] Catalog No: 2993 7 October 1968 | 1968 |
Nino Rota: Film Music Masterworks
| Silva [1] Catalog No: SILCD2007 23 July 2007 | 2007 | |
The Film Music of Nino Rota Original scores and transcriptions for piano
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| Chandos [1] [4] Catalog No: CHAN9771 25 January 2000 | 2000 |
Nino Rota: International Film Music
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| Olympia [1] Catalog No: MKM136 | 2003 |
Bravo Nino Rota music of Nino Rota from the films of Federico Fellini |
| Mana Music [2] | 2001 |
Nino Rota: Film Scores
| EMI Classics [2] Cat: 0724357498722 | 2009 | |
Tribute To Nino Rota
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| Nelmondo [2] | 1995 |
Giovanna Canta Nino Rota
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| Kicco Classics [2] [4] Cat No: W 107481 7 April 2009 | 2009 |
Tito Gobbi: The Glass Mountain
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| Bel Canto Society [4] Catalog No: 538 15 February 2005 | 2005 |
Romeo And Juliet
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| Silva Screen [2] Catalog No: FILMCD358 | 2002 |
The Godfather Trilogy: I, II & III
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| Silva Screen [2] [4] Catalog No: 1121 13 March 2001 | 2001 |
Nino Rota: Music For Film
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| Sony [2] [3] Cat No: SK 63359 13 January 1998 | 1998 |
Nino Rota: Music Of Fellini Films
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| Cascavelle [4] Cat No: 6134 5 June 2001 | 2001 |
Severino Gazzelloni plays Nino Rota
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| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 493397 1 January 1993 | 1993 |
Cinema Italiano: Music of Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota Soundtrack
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| RCA [3] 30 October 1990 | 1990 |
Amarcord Nino Rota (I Remember Nino Rota) |
| Hannibal [2] | 1995 |
Dancing with Nino Rota, Ballando con Nino Rota
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| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 493280 1 January 1995 | 1981 |
The Club Foot Orchestra Plays Nino Rota
| Rastascan Records [2] Cat: BRD 036 8 August 1998 | 1998 | |
Album title and selections | Conductor/Artist(s) | Label | Year |
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Rota: Chamber Music
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| Chandos [1] [3] [4] Catalog No: CHAN9832 22 September 2000 | 2000 |
Nino Rota Chamber Music
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| ASV [2] Cat No: DCA 1072 1999 | 1999 |
Rota: Chamber Music for Flute
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| Dynamic [2] Catalog No: 172 1999 | 1999 |
Nino Rota - Kremerata Musica
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| BIS [1] [4] Catalog No: CD870 7 September 2000 | 2000 |
Nino Rota: Improvviso/Albatros Ensemble
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| Stradivarius [1] [3] [4] Catalog No: STR33790 8 July 2008 | 2008 |
Malpiero, Rota & Respighi: Three Italian String Quartets |
| Claves [1] [4] Catalog No: 509617 1 February 2002 | 2002 |
Nino Rota - Complete music for viola & violin and piano
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| Arts [1] [3] Catalog No: 477188 26 November 2007 | 2007 |
The Violin Sonata Around 1900 / Van Keulen, Brauigam
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| Challenge Classics [1] [3] [4] Catalog No: CC72307 8 September 2009 | 2009 |
Nino Rota - Piano Music
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| Brilliant Classics [1] Catalog No: 9097 15 June 2009 | 2009 |
Corigliano, Rota & Korngold: Works for Piano
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| Analekta [1] [3] [4] Catalog No: AN29973 14 September 2010 | 2010 |
Nina Rota Plays Nino Rota
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| Istituto Discografico Italiano [3] [4] Catalog No: IDIS 335 1 March 2000 | 2000 |
Luis Bacalov plays Nino Rota
| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 493398 1 January 1994 | 1994 | |
The Sacred Heart of Nino Rota
| Choral music
| Zitto Music [2] Catalog No: ZTO 1077 12 November 2007 | 2007 |
Album title and selections | Conductor/Artist(s) | Label | Year |
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Nino Rota: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 |
| Sony Classical Catalog No: 88697924102 29 Aug 2011 | 2011 |
Nino Rota: Concertos
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| Chandos [1] [3] [4] Catalog No: CHAN9954 23 April 2002 | 2002 |
Rota: La Strada; Concerto per Archi; "Il Gattopardo" | Sony Classical [2] 2 May 1995 | 1995 | |
Rota La Strada
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| ATMA [1] [3] [4] Catalog No: ACD22294 27 March 2003 | 2003 |
Rota: Two Piano Concertos
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| Chandos [1] [3] [4] Catalog No: CHAN9681 20 October 1998 | 1998 |
Rota: 2 Concerti Per Pianoforte
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| Emi Classics [3] [4] Catalog No: 56869 1 February 2000 | 2000 |
Nino Rota: Symphony No. 3; Concerto Festivo; Le Molière Imaginaire Suite
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| BIS [1] [3] Catalog No: CD1070 1 August 2001 | 2001 |
Nino Rota: Concerto For Strings; La Strada Ballet Suite; Dances from Il gattopardo
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| Sony [1] [3] [4] Catalog No: 66279 2 May 1995 | 1995 |
Rota: Concerto For Cello No 2, Concerto For Strings, Clarinet Trio
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| Concerto [1] [4] Catalog No: CD2043 30 June 2009 | 2009 |
Nino Rota: Aram Khachaturian
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| Lindoro [1] Catalog No: AA0101 12 June 2006 | 2006 |
Rota: Fantasia 'Don Giovanni'
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| Naive [1] Catalog No: V1003 9 September 2002 | 2002 |
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts Rota And Weill
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| ATMA Classique [1] [3] [4] Cat No: ALCD21036 26 December 2006 | 2006 |
Nino Rota: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
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| Chandos [1] [4] Cat No: CHAN10546 30 June |2009 | 2009 |
Nino Rota: Symphony No. 3
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| Chandos [1] Cat No: CHAN10669 26 April 2011 | 2011 |
Rota: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
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| BIS [1] [3] [4] Catalog No: CD970 1 November 1998 | 1998 |
Rota: Sinfonia sopra una canzone d'amore |
| Arts Music [1] [3] [4] Catalog No: 47596 6 November 2007 | 2007 |
Nino Rota: La Strada, Etc.
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| Chandos [1] [3] [4] Catalog No: CHAN10090 16 June 2003 | 2003 |
Rota: La Vita di Maria
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| Pan Dream [1] Catalog No: PDL1034 13 November 2006 | 2006 |
La Vita di Maria |
| CAM [2] Cat No: CAM 493062 1 January 1995 | 1995 |
Rota: La Strada, Il Gattopardo, Concerto Soirée |
| Harmonia Mundi [3] [4] Cat No: 901864 12 July 2005 | 2005 |
Album title and selections | Conductor/Artist(s) | Label | Year |
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Rota: I Due Timidi , La Notte Di Un Nevrastenico |
| Bongiovanni [1] [4] Cat No: GB2367/68 1 March 2005 | 2005 |
Rota: Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (The Italian Straw Hat) |
| Opera D'oro [1] [4] Cat No: 1420 4 January 2005 | 2005 - |