Below is a selected discography for Nino Rota (1911–1979).Presto Classical, Nino Rota, Works Nino Rota website with discography CD Universe, Composer Nino Rota DiscographyNino Rota discography at ArkivMusicNino Rota at El RecordsSoundtrack Collectors He was a prolific composer, and there are numerous recordings of his music—both popular and classical. There are new performances and recordings of Rota's music being made to this day.Schedule for Nino Rota, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, 17 January 2011
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,Cadrage: An analysis of Orchestra Rehearsal, Avril-Mai 2003 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.Shakespeare Films, Film Score Monthly Online, January 2006 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, and a Grammy.Awards for Nino Rota at the Internet Movie Database
Less well known is the fact that Rota was a prolific composer of chamber music, operas, and orchestral pieces.The other Rota at The Free Library 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 Album title and selectionsConductor/Artist(s)LabelYearLa Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life)CAMCat No: CAM 49309510 January 20032003Romeo and JulietSilvaCat No: 114025 June 20022002Otto e Mezzo (8 1/2)CAMCat No: CAM 5113161 March 20092009Amarcord (I Remember)CAMCat No: CAM 51131728 March 20032003Giulietta degli Spiriti (Juliet of the Spirits)CAMCat No: CAM 5113185 May 20032003Il Bidone (The Swindle) This is the original motion-picture soundtrackCAMCat No: CAM 51212721 May 20032003I Clowns (The Clowns)CAMCat No: CAM 51539412 December 20062006Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and his Brothers)CAMCat No: CAM 51551017 June 20092009Prova d'orchestra (Orchestra Rehearsal)CAMCat No: CAM 51546523 September 20082008Il Gattopardo (The Leopard)CAMCat No: CAM 49326728 January 20052005Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (Fellini's Casanova)CAMCat No: CAM 49309430 April 20042004War and PeaceEl RecordsCat No: EM 147C10 June 20082008Taming of the Shrew SoundtrackDRGCatalog No: 3351967The Godfather Part 3 - Original SoundtrackSonyCat No: 72437951 March 20082008WaterlooLegendCatalog No: CD201995Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't UnderstandIntermezzo MediaCatalog No: 1041995Death on the Nile SoundtrackDRGCatalog No: 1909111 July 20062006Boccaccio 70 Soundtrack music by Nino Rota, Armando Trovajoli, and Piero UmilianiPhantomCat No: 9302041 March 20112011Nino Rota LSD RomaEl RecordsCatalog No: El 6127 December 20052005Fellini-Rota: Three Original Motion Picture SoundtracksCAMCatalog No: 70182003Accadde Al Penitenziario (It Happened to the Prison) Un Eroe Dei Nostri Tempi (Hero of our Times)CAMCat No: CAM 4932951 January 19921992Origins of the MafiaRCACatalog No: OST 1371976
Film score compilations Album title & selectionsConductor/Artist(s)LabelYearThe Ultimate Best of Fellini & RotaCAMCat No: CAM 5153483 February 2006Silva AmericaCatalog No: 10242006Nino Rota: Music for Fellini, Part 1 1952 to 1958EL RecordsCat No: 19219 August 20102010Romeo & Juliet SoundtrackCapitolCatalog No: 29937 October 19681968Nino Rota: Film Music MasterworksSilvaCatalog No: SILCD200723 July 20072007The Film Music of Nino RotaOriginal scores and transcriptions for piano ChandosCatalog No: CHAN977125 January 20002000Nino Rota: International Film MusicOlympiaCatalog No: MKM1362003Bravo Nino Rotamusic of Nino Rota from the films of Federico FelliniMana Music2001Nino Rota: Film ScoresEMI ClassicsCat: 07243574987222009Tribute To Nino RotaNelmondo1995Giovanna Canta Nino RotaKicco ClassicsCat No: W 1074817 April 2009 2009Tito Gobbi: The Glass Mountain Bel Canto SocietyCatalog No: 53815 February 2005 2005Romeo And JulietSilva ScreenCatalog No: FILMCD3582002The Godfather Trilogy: I, II & IIISilva ScreenCatalog No: 112113 March 20012001Nino Rota: Music For FilmSonyCat No: SK 6335913 January 19981998Nino Rota: Music Of Fellini FilmsCascavelleCat No: 61345 June 20012001Severino Gazzelloni plays Nino RotaCAMCat No: CAM 4933971 January 19931993Cinema Italiano: Music of Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota SoundtrackRCA30 October 19901990Amarcord Nino Rota(I Remember Nino Rota)Hannibal1995Dancing with Nino Rota, Ballando con Nino RotaCAMCat No: CAM 4932801 January 19951981The Club Foot Orchestra Plays Nino RotaRastascan RecordsCat: BRD 0368 August 19981998
Chamber music Album title and selectionsConductor/Artist(s)LabelYearRota: Chamber MusicChandosCatalog No: CHAN983222 September 20002000Nino Rota Chamber MusicASVCat No: DCA 107219991999Rota: Chamber Music for FluteDynamicCatalog No: 17219991999Nino Rota - Kremerata Musica BISCatalog No: CD8707 September 20002000Nino Rota: Improvviso/Albatros EnsembleStradivariusCatalog No: STR337908 July 20082008Malpiero, Rota & Respighi: Three Italian String QuartetsClavesCatalog No: 5096171 February 20022002Nino Rota - Complete music for viola & violin and pianoArtsCatalog No: 47718826 November 20072007The Violin Sonata Around 1900 / Van Keulen, Brauigam Challenge ClassicsCatalog No: CC723078 September 20092009Nino Rota - Piano MusicBrilliant ClassicsCatalog No: 909715 June 20092009Corigliano, Rota & Korngold: Works for PianoAnalektaCatalog No: AN2997314 September 20102010Nina Rota Plays Nino RotaIstituto Discografico ItalianoCatalog No: IDIS 3351 March 20002000Luis Bacalov plays Nino RotaCAMCat No: CAM 4933981 January 19941994The Sacred Heart of Nino RotaChoral musicZitto MusicCatalog No: ZTO 107712 November 20072007
Orchestral music Album title and selectionsConductor/Artist(s)LabelYearNino Rota: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Sony Classical Catalog No: 88697924102 29 Aug 20112011Nino Rota: ConcertosChandosCatalog No: CHAN995423 April 20022002Rota: La Strada; Concerto per Archi; "Il Gattopardo"Sony Classical2 May 19951995Rota La StradaATMACatalog No: ACD2229427 March 20032003Rota: Two Piano ConcertosChandosCatalog No: CHAN968120 October 19981998Rota: 2 Concerti Per PianoforteEmi ClassicsCatalog No: 568691 February 20002000Nino Rota: Symphony No. 3; Concerto Festivo; Le Molière Imaginaire SuiteBISCatalog No: CD10701 August 20012001Nino Rota: Concerto For Strings; La Strada Ballet Suite; Dances from Il gattopardoSonyCatalog No: 662792 May 19951995Rota: Concerto For Cello No 2, Concerto For Strings, Clarinet TrioConcertoCatalog No: CD204330 June 20092009Nino Rota: Aram KhachaturianLindoroCatalog No: AA010112 June 20062006Rota: Fantasia 'Don Giovanni' NaiveCatalog No: V10039 September 20022002Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts Rota And WeillATMA ClassiqueCat No: ALCD2103626 December 20062006Nino Rota: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 220092009Nino Rota: Symphony No. 3ChandosCat No: CHAN1066926 April 20112011Rota: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2BISCatalog No: CD9701 November 19981998Rota: Sinfonia sopra una canzone d'amoreArts MusicCatalog No: 475966 November 20072007Nino Rota: La Strada, Etc.ChandosCatalog No: CHAN1009016 June 20032003Rota: La Vita di MariaPan DreamCatalog No: PDL103413 November 20062006La Vita di MariaCAMCat No: CAM 4930621 January 19951995Rota: La Strada, Il Gattopardo, Concerto SoiréeHarmonia MundiCat No: 90186412 July 20052005
Opera Album title and selectionsConductor/Artist(s)LabelYearRota: I Due Timidi, La Notte Di Un NevrastenicoBongiovanniCat No: GB2367/681 March 20052005Rota: Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (The Italian Straw Hat)Opera D'oroCat No: 14204 January 20052005 -
References
External links Nino Rota's website Nino Rota at Allmusic Nino Rota at Discogs