Nino Rota discography

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Nino Rota discography
Romeo and Juliet 1968 film poster.jpg
Film poster from Romeo and Juliet,
which Rota scored
Soundtrack albums22
Film score compilations20
Chamber music13
Orchestral music20
Opera2

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]

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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]

Soundtracks

Album title and selectionsConductor/Artist(s)LabelYear
  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 493095
10 January 2003
2003
Romeo and Juliet
  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
Silva [4]
Cat No: 1140
25 June 2002
2002
Otto e Mezzo

(8 1/2)

  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 511316
1 March 2009
2009
Amarcord

(I Remember)

  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
  • Carlo Savina (conductor)
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 511317
28 March 2003
2003
Giulietta degli Spiriti

(Juliet of the Spirits)

  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
  • Carlo Savina (conductor)
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 511318
5 May 2003
2003
  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 512127
21 May 2003
2003
  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 515394
12 December 2006
2006
Rocco e i suoi fratelli

(Rocco and his Brothers)

  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
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
  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 493267
28 January 2005
2005
  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 493094
30 April 2004
2004
War and Peace
  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
  • Franco Ferrara (conductor)
El Records [5]
Cat No: EM 147C
10 June 2008
2008
Taming of the Shrew Soundtrack
  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
  • Carlo Savina (conductor)
DRG [3]
Catalog No: 335
1967
  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
Sony [4]
Cat No: 7243795
1 March 2008
2008
Waterloo
  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
  • Bruno Nicolai (conductor)
Legend [6]
Catalog No: CD20
1995
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
  • Nino Rota (conductor)
Intermezzo Media [2]
Catalog No: 104
1995
Death on the Nile Soundtrack
  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
  • Nino Rota (conductor)
DRG [3]
Catalog No: 19091
11 July 2006
2006
Boccaccio 70 Soundtrack
  • This is the original motion-picture soundtrack
Phantom [3]
Cat No: 930204
1 March 2011
2011
  • These are the original motion-picture soundtracks
El Records [5]
Catalog No: El 61
27 December 2005
2005
Fellini-Rota: Three Original Motion Picture Soundtracks
  • These are the original motion-picture soundtracks
CAM [2]
Catalog No: 7018
2003
Accadde Al Penitenziario (It Happened to the Prison)

Un Eroe Dei Nostri Tempi (Hero of our Times)

  • These are the original motion-picture soundtracks
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 493295
1 January 1992
1992
Origins of the Mafia
  • The original soundtrack from the 1976 TV mini-series 'The Legend of the Black Hand'
  • orchestrated and conducted by Ennio Morricone and Gino Marinuzzi Jr
RCA [2]
Catalog No: OST 137
1976

Film score compilations

Album Title & SelectionsConductor/Artist(s)LabelYear
  • Original recordings, composed and arranged by Nino Rota
  • Carlo Savina (conductor)
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 515348
3 February 2006

Silva America [3]
Catalog No: 1024
2006
EL Records [2] [3] [5]
Cat No: 192
19 August 2010
2010
Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack
  • Dialogue highlights and the original score from the Franco Zeffirelli film
  • Music composed and conducted by Nino Rota
  • Lyrics for "What Is A Youth" by Eugene Walter
Capitol [3]
Catalog No: 2993
7 October 1968
1968
Silva [1]
Catalog No: SILCD2007
23 July 2007
2007
  • Massimo Palumbo (piano)
Chandos [1] [4]
Catalog No: CHAN9771
25 January 2000
2000
  • Academic Bolshoi Concert Orchestra of Russian State Music Centre of Radio and TV
  • Murad Kazlaev (conductor)
Olympia [1]
Catalog No: MKM136
2003
Bravo Nino Rota
music of Nino Rota from the films of Federico Fellini
Mana Music [2] 2001
EMI Classics [2]
Cat: 0724357498722
2009
Tribute To Nino Rota
  1. La Strada (arranged by Marco Tamburini)
  2. L'Amore Di Rocco (arranged by Marcello Tonolo)
  3. I Vitelloni (arranged by Gianpaolo Casati)
  4. Cadillac (arranged by Piero Tonolo)
  5. Il Valzer Del Commiato (arranged by Marcello Tonolo)
  6. Canzonetta (arranged by Piero Tonolo)
  7. La Dolce Vita (arranged by Piero Leveratto)
  8. Amarcord (arranged by Roberto Rossi)
  • Gap Band
Nelmondo [2] 1995
Giovanna Canta Nino Rota
  1. La Strada, film score
  2. Amarcord, film score
  3. Le Notte di Cabiria, film score
  4. Film Amore e D'anarchia, film score
  5. La Dolce Vita, film score
  6. 8 1/2, film score
  7. Giulietta degli Spiriti, film score
  8. Il Gattopardo, film score
  • Giovanna
Kicco Classics [2] [4]
Cat No: W 107481
7 April 2009
2009
Tito Gobbi: The Glass Mountain
Bel Canto Society [4]
Catalog No: 538
15 February 2005
2005
Romeo And Juliet
Silva Screen [2]
Catalog No: FILMCD358
2002
Silva Screen [2] [4]
Catalog No: 1121
13 March 2001
2001
  • Filarmonica della Scala
  • Riccardo Muti (conductor)
  • Massimo Colombo (keyboards)
  • Giuseppe Bodanza (trumpet)
Sony [2] [3]
Cat No: SK 63359
13 January 1998
1998
Cascavelle [4]
Cat No: 6134
5 June 2001
2001
Severino Gazzelloni plays Nino Rota
  1. La Strada 3:09
  2. La Dolce Vita 4:11
  3. Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli 3:13
  4. Amarcord 3:13
  5. Il Padrino II 2:47
  6. Il Gattopardo 2:47
  7. Il Padrino 2:55
  8. Il Gattopardo 2:33
  9. Giulietta Degli Spiriti 2:35
  10. Romeo E Giulietta 3:07
  11. Il Gattopardo 3:05
  12. Otto E Mezzo 2:45
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 493397
1 January 1993
1993
Cinema Italiano: Music of Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota Soundtrack
  1. The Untouchables
  2. La Dolce Vita
  3. First Youth
  4. Love Theme (Composed by Andrea Morricone)
  5. Cinema Paradiso Theme
  6. Bevete Piu Latte (Drink More Milk)
  7. Man with a Harmonica
  8. Once Upon a Time in the West
  9. Amarcord
  10. The Mission / Gabriel's Oboe
  11. The Clowns
  12. Romeo and Juliet
  13. Deborah's Theme
  14. Michael's Theme
  15. The Godfather Waltz
  16. The Godfather Theme
RCA [3]
30 October 1990
1990
Amarcord Nino Rota
(I Remember Nino Rota)
Hannibal [2] 1995
Dancing with Nino Rota, Ballando con Nino Rota
  1. Caracalla's (la Bersagliera) 2:42
  2. La Bella 1:41
  3. La Dolce Vita 2:39
  4. Tarantella 2:38
  5. Ricordi Di Paese 1:41
  6. In Viaggio Per Un Bidone 1:57
  7. Un Eroe Dei Nostri Tempi 1:27
  8. Terra Lontana (valzer) 2:46
  9. Milano E Nadia (boogie) 3:47
  10. Valzer Ai Laghi 2:37
  11. Come Tu Vuoi (slow) 3:56
  12. Carlotta's Galop 2:32
  13. Il Charleston Di Giulietta 1:29
  14. Quanto Mi Piace La Gradisca 3:09
  15. L' Uccello Magico A Roma 1:54
  16. Galopp 4:56
  17. Mazurka 1:49
  18. Controdanza 3:40
  19. Polka 1:38
  20. Quadriglia 2:35
  21. Galop 1:39
  22. Valzer Del Commiato 3:59
  • all-star quintet
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 493280
1 January 1995
1981
Rastascan Records [2]
Cat: BRD 036
8 August 1998
1998

Chamber music

Album title and selectionsConductor/Artist(s)LabelYear
Rota: Chamber Music
  • Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
  • Sonata for Viola and Piano No. 1 in G major (1935)
  • Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano
  • Ensemble Nino Rota
  • Paolo Beltramini
  • Cecilia Radic
  • Massimo Palumbo (piano)
Chandos [1] [3] [4]
Catalog No: CHAN9832
22 September 2000
2000
Nino Rota Chamber Music
  • Sonata for Flute and Harp (1937)
  • Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (1973)
  • String Quartet (1948–54)
  • Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Viola, Cello and Harp (1935)
  • Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano (1958)
  • Piccola Offerta Musicale for Wind Quintet (1943)
  • Ex Novo Ensemble
ASV [2]
Cat No: DCA 1072
1999
1999
Rota: Chamber Music for Flute
  • Duets (3) for flute & oboe 5:27
  • Pieces (5) for flute & piano 13:55
  • Sonata for flute & harp 12:55
  • Quintet for flute, oboe, viola, cello & harp 14:35
  • Cristina Bianchi
  • Marco Bianchi
  • Marco Testori
  • Marino Bedetti
  • Mario Carbotta
Dynamic [2]
Catalog No: 172
1999
1999
Nino Rota - Kremerata Musica
  • Piccola Offerta Musicale for wind quintet
  • Sarabanda e Toccata for harp
  • Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano
  • Ippolito gioca per Pianoforte
  • Il Presepio for soprano and string quartet
  • Catilena from Sette pezzi per bambini for piano solo
  • Intermezzo per Viola e Pianoforte
  • Puccettino nella giungla from Sette pezzi per bambini for piano solo
  • Nonetto
  • Kremerata Musica
  • Hagen String Quartet
  • Anna Maria Pammer (soprano), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Felix Renggli (flute), Markus Deuter (oboe), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Bernhard Zachhuber (clarinet), Elmar Schmid (clarinet), Volker Altmann (horn), Radovan Vlatkovic (horn), Lorelei Dowling (bassoon), Klaus Thunemann (bassoon), Maria Graf (harp), Gidon Kremer (violin), Hanna Weinmeister (violin), Firmiam Lermer (viola), Gérard Caussé (viola), Howard Penny (cello), Erich Hehenberger (double bass), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Marino Formenti (piano), Mascha Smirnov (piano), Alena Chernushenko (piano)
BIS [1] [4]
Catalog No: CD870
7 September 2000
2000
Nino Rota: Improvviso/Albatros Ensemble
  • Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano
  • Sonata for Flute and Harp
  • Improvviso for Violin and Piano "Amanti senza amore"
  • Tre pezzi per due flauti
  • Cinque pezzi facili per flauto e pianoforte
  • Allegro veloce
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano
  • Abate: Rotafantasy
  • Trio Albatros Ensemble
Stradivarius [1] [3] [4]
Catalog No: STR33790
8 July 2008
2008
Malpiero, Rota & Respighi: Three Italian String Quartets
  • Malipiero: String Quartet No. 3 'Cantari alla madrigalesca'
  • Respighi: String Quartet in D major
  • Rota: String Quartet
Claves [1] [4]
Catalog No: 509617
1 February 2002
2002
Nino Rota - Complete music for viola & violin and piano
  • Intermezzo per Viola e Pianoforte
  • Sonata for Viola and Piano No. 2 in C major (1945)
  • Sonata for Viola and Piano No. 1 in G major (1935)
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano
  • Improvviso for Violin and Piano "Un diavolo sentimentale"
  • Improvviso for Violin and Piano "Amanti senza amore"
Arts [1] [3]
Catalog No: 477188
26 November 2007
2007
Challenge Classics [1] [3] [4]
Catalog No: CC72307
8 September 2009
2009
Nino Rota - Piano Music
  • Ippolito gioca per Pianoforte
  • Fantasia in G
  • Ballo della villanotta in erba
  • Suite from Fellini’s Casanova
  • 15 Preludes
  • Valse lento molto cantabile, un poco liberamente
  • Michelangelo Carbonara (piano)
Brilliant Classics [1]
Catalog No: 9097
15 June 2009
2009
Corigliano, Rota & Korngold: Works for Piano
  • Corigliano: Etude Fantasy
  • Korngold: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Korngold)
  • Rota: 15 Preludes
  • Jimmy Brière (piano)
Analekta [1] [3] [4]
Catalog No: AN29973
14 September 2010
2010
Nina Rota Plays Nino Rota
  • 13 preludes for piano
  • Amarcord
  • The Godfather, Part II
  • Fellini, 8 1/2
  • Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano
  • Nino Rota
  • Trio Electra
Istituto Discografico Italiano [3] [4]
Catalog No: IDIS 335
1 March 2000
2000
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 493398
1 January 1994
1994
Choral music
  • Rachel Santesso (soprano)
  • Sara Mingardo (contralto)
  • Christopher Lemmings (tenor)
  • Hugh Webb (harp)
  • Emma Williams (flute)
  • Andrew Crowley (trumpet)
  • Mark Issyse (piano)
  • Peter Lutkoski (guitar)
  • Pordenone String Quartet
  • Cristiano Dell'Oste
  • Tim Wakerell (organ)
  • Farm Street Choir
Zitto Music [2]
Catalog No: ZTO 1077
12 November 2007
2007

Orchestral music

Album title and selectionsConductor/Artist(s)LabelYear
  • Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI
  • Corrado Roviris(conductor)
  • Silvia Chiesa
Sony Classical
Catalog No: 88697924102
29 Aug 2011
2011
Chandos [1] [3] [4]
Catalog No: CHAN9954
23 April 2002
2002
Sony Classical [2]
2 May 1995
1995
ATMA [1] [3] [4]
Catalog No: ACD22294
27 March 2003
2003
  • I Virtuosi Italiani
  • Marco Boni (conductor)
  • Massimo Palumbo (piano)
Chandos [1] [3] [4]
Catalog No: CHAN9681
20 October 1998
1998
  • La Scala Philharmonic
  • Riccardo Muti (conductor)
  • Giorgia Tomassi (Piano)
Emi Classics [3] [4]
Catalog No: 56869
1 February 2000
2000
BIS [1] [3]
Catalog No: CD1070
1 August 2001
2001
Sony [1] [3] [4]
Catalog No: 66279
2 May 1995
1995
  • I Musici di Parma
  • Enrico Bronzi (cello and direction)
  • Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet)
  • Alberto Miodini (piano)
Concerto [1] [4]
Catalog No: CD2043
30 June 2009
2009
  • Orchestra de Cordoba
  • Elena Herrera (conductor)
  • Ana Claudia Girotto (piano)
Lindoro [1]
Catalog No: AA0101
12 June 2006
2006
  • Fantasia 'Don Giovanni'
  • L'oeuvre pour piano
  • Concerto Soirée for piano & orchestra
  • Orchestra Cittá di Ferrara
  • Giuseppe Grazioli (conductor)
  • Danielle Laval (piano)
Naive [1]
Catalog No: V1003
9 September 2002
2002
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts Rota And Weill
  • Rota: La Strada
  • Weill: Symphony No. 2 'Symphonic Fantasy
ATMA Classique [1] [3] [4]
Cat No: ALCD21036
26 December 2006
2006
Chandos [1] [4]
Cat No: CHAN10546
30 June |2009
2009
Chandos [1]
Cat No: CHAN10669
26 April 2011
2011
BIS [1] [3] [4]
Catalog No: CD970
1 November 1998
1998
  • Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana
  • Massimo De Bernart (conductor)
  • Mario Folena (flute)
  • Benedetto Lupo (piano)
Arts Music [1] [3] [4]
Catalog No: 47596
6 November 2007
2007
Chandos [1] [3] [4]
Catalog No: CHAN10090
16 June 2003
2003
  • Orchestra Sinfonica Della Magna Grecia
  • Giovanni Di Stefano (conductor)
  • with: Rosita Frisani, Ivano Constantino, Filippo Giudice, Antonio Stragapede & Barbara Labruna
Pan Dream [1]
Catalog No: PDL1034
13 November 2006
2006
  • The Prague Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Nino Rota)
  • The Prague Philharmonic Chorus (conducted by Josef Veselka)
  • The Chorus of Treble Voices (conducted by Renata Cortiglioni)
CAM [2]
Cat No: CAM 493062
1 January 1995
1995
Harmonia Mundi [3] [4]
Cat No: 901864
12 July 2005
2005

Opera

Album title and selectionsConductor/Artist(s)LabelYear
Rota: I Due Timidi , La Notte Di Un Nevrastenico
  • Venice Philharmonic Orchestra "G.F. Malipiero"
  • Rovigo Teatro Sociale Chorus
  • Flavio Emilio Scogna (conductor)
  • with: Paolo Drigo, Lorenzo Battagion, Nunzio Galli, Sabrina Testa, Shin Joung-Hoon, Roberta Caly
Bongiovanni [1] [4]
Cat No: GB2367/68
1 March 2005
2005
Opera D'oro [1] [4]
Cat No: 1420
4 January 2005
2005

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References

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  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 CD Universe, Composer Nino Rota Discography
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Nino Rota discography at ArkivMusic
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Nino Rota at El Records
  6. 1 2 Soundtrack Collectors
  7. Schedule for Nino Rota, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, 17 January 2011
  8. Cadrage: An analysis of Orchestra Rehearsal, Avril-Mai 2003 Archived 20 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Shakespeare Films, Film Score Monthly Online, January 2006
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  11. The other Rota at The Free Library
  12. Norman Lebrecht, The companion to 20th-century music, page 293, Da Capo Press, 1996, ISBN   0-306-80734-3