Nino Rota discography | |
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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]
Soundtracks
Album title and selections | Conductor/Artist(s) | Label | Year |
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La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) |
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CAM[2] Cat No: CAM 493095 10 January 2003 |
2003 |
Romeo and Juliet |
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Silva[4] Cat No: 1140 25 June 2002 |
2002 |
Otto e Mezzo (8 1/2) |
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CAM[2] Cat No: CAM 511316 1 March 2009 |
2009 |
Amarcord (I Remember) |
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CAM[2] Cat No: CAM 511317 28 March 2003 |
2003 |
Giulietta degli Spiriti (Juliet of the Spirits) |
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CAM[2] Cat No: CAM 511318 5 May 2003 |
2003 |
Il Bidone (The Swindle) |
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CAM[2] Cat No: CAM 512127 21 May 2003 |
2003 |
I Clowns (The Clowns) |
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CAM[2] Cat No: CAM 515394 12 December 2006 |
2006 |
Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and his Brothers) |
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CAM[2] Cat No: CAM 515510 17 June 2009 |
2009 |
Prova d'orchestra (Orchestra Rehearsal) |
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CAM[2] Cat No: CAM 515465 23 September 2008 |
2008 |
Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) |
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CAM[2] Cat No: CAM 493267 28 January 2005 |
2005 |
Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (Fellini's Casanova) |
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CAM[2] Cat No: CAM 493094 30 April 2004 |
2004 |
War and Peace |
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El Records[5] Cat No: EM 147C 10 June 2008 |
2008 |
Taming of the Shrew Soundtrack |
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DRG[3] Catalog No: 335 |
1967 |
The Godfather Part 3 - Original Soundtrack |
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Sony[4] Cat No: 7243795 1 March 2008 |
2008 |
Waterloo |
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Legend[6] Catalog No: CD20 |
1995 |
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand |
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Intermezzo Media[2] Catalog No: 104 |
1995 |
Death on the Nile Soundtrack |
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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) |
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CAM[2] Cat No: CAM 493295 1 January 1992 |
1992 |
Alle Origini della Mafia (Roots of the Mafia) |
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RCA[2] Catalog No: OST 137 |
1976 |
Film score compilations
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 |
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Capitol[3] Catalog No: 2993 7 October 1968 |
1968 |
Nino Rota: Film Music Masterworks
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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 |
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Mana Music[2] | 2001 |
Nino Rota: Film Scores
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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) |
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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
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Rastascan Records[2] Cat: BRD 036 8 August 1998 |
1998 | |
Chamber music
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 |
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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
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CAM[2] Cat No: CAM 493398 1 January 1994 |
1994 | |
The Sacred Heart of Nino Rota
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Choral music
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Zitto Music[2] Catalog No: ZTO 1077 12 November 2007 |
2007 |
Orchestral music
Album title and selections | Conductor/Artist(s) | Label | Year |
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Nino Rota: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 |
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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 |
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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 |
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CAM[2] Cat No: CAM 493062 1 January 1995 |
1995 |
Rota: La Strada, Il Gattopardo, Concerto Soirée |
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Harmonia Mundi[3][4] Cat No: 901864 12 July 2005 |
2005 |
Opera
Album title and selections | Conductor/Artist(s) | Label | Year |
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Rota: I Due Timidi, La Notte Di Un Nevrastenico |
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Bongiovanni[1][4] Cat No: GB2367/68 1 March 2005 |
2005 |
Rota: Il cappello di paglia di Firenze
(The Italian Straw Hat) |
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Opera D'oro[1][4] Cat No: 1420 4 January 2005 |
2005
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References
- 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 Presto Classical, Nino Rota, Works
- 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 30 31 32 33 34 Nino Rota website with discography
- 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
- 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
- 1 2 3 4 5 Nino Rota at El Records
- 1 2 Soundtrack Collectors
- ↑ Schedule for Nino Rota, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, 17 January 2011
- ↑ Cadrage: An analysis of Orchestra Rehearsal, Avril-Mai 2003 Archived 20 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Shakespeare Films, Film Score Monthly Online, January 2006
- ↑ Awards for Nino Rota at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ The other Rota at The Free Library
- ↑ Norman Lebrecht, The companion to 20th-century music, page 293, Da Capo Press, 1996, ISBN 0-306-80734-3