Below is a selected discography for
Nino Rota (1911–1979).
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/ref> 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.
Nino Rota is best known for his many film scores—in particular for the seminal Fellini films '' La Strada'' (1954), ''La Dolce Vita
''La Dolce Vita'' (; Italian for "the sweet life" or "the good life"Kezich, 203) is a 1960 satirical comedy-drama film directed and co-written (with Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli and Brunello Rondi) by Federico Fellini. The film stars Marcell ...
'' (1960), ''8 1/2
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'' (1963), ''Juliet of the Spirits
''Juliet of the Spirits'' ( it, Giulietta degli spiriti) is a 1965 fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese, and Valeska Gert. The film is about the vi ...
'' (1965), and ''Amarcord
''Amarcord'' () is a 1973 comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini, a semi-autobiographical tale about Titta, an adolescent boy growing up among an eccentric cast of characters in the village of Borgo San Giuliano (situated near the ancien ...
'' (1974). He also wrote the scores for Franco Zeffirelli's ''Romeo and Juliet
''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...
'' (1968), Luchino Visconti's '' The Leopard'', and Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five A ...
'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
''Orchestra Rehearsal'' ( it, Prova d'orchestra) is a 1978 Italian-German satirical film directed by Federico Fellini. It follows an Italian orchestra as the members go on strike against the conductor. The film was shown out of competition at the ...
'' in 1979, 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. The theme song for ''La Strada'' sold more than two million copies in Italy alone.[
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
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, and a Grammy
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.
Less well known is the fact that Rota was a prolific composer of chamber music, operas, and orchestral pieces. 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''.[Norman Lebrecht, ''The companion to 20th-century music'', page 293, Da Capo Press, 1996, ]
Soundtracks
Film score compilations
Chamber music
Orchestral music
Opera
References
External links
Nino Rota's website
Nino Rota
at Allmusic
Nino Rota
at Discogs
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Discographies of Italian artists
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Discographies of classical composers