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"La Strada" - Ballet Suite, Concerto For Strings, Dances From "Il Gattopardo" - Nino Rota / Orchestra Filarmonica Della Scala, Riccardo Muti / Sony Classical Audio CD 1995 / SK 66 279
UPC 5099706627920
!!! Condition of this CD is USED VERY GOOD !!!
Nothing is quite so Fellini-esque in the films of Federico Fellini as the music by Nino Rota, who in 1966 drew upon previous works for a ballet based on "La Strada," Fellini's most honored film. The score was a commission from the La Scala opera house, and its artistic director now conducts a 28-minute suite that hauntingly translates the tale. Luchino Visconti's masterpiece, "The Leopard," concludes with a nearly hourlong ball sequence at which an aged aristocrat confronts his life and the social changes that have swirled about it. Here Rota created music in the style of an unpublished waltz by Giuseppe Verdi, which begins a set of dances that in 17 minutes conveys the ache of lost time as concisely as can be imagined. Muti's performances have a refinement that outclasses Domenico Savino's on the "Leopard" soundtrack. The more serious Concerto for Strings--four movements, 15 minutes--is an elegant filler, seductively played and recorded. -- By Alan G. Artner
Tracklist:
| Suite Dal Balletto "La Strada" (1966) | ||
| 1 | 1. Nozze In Campagna. "È Arrivato Zampanò" | 3:44 |
| 2 | 2. I Tre Suonatori E Il "Matto" Sul Filo | 6:10 |
| 3 | 3. Il Circo (Il Numero Di Zampanò - I Giocolieri - Il Violino Del "Matto") |
4:54 |
| 4 | 4. La Rabbia Di Zampanò | 4:11 |
| 5 | 5. Zampanò Uccide Il "Matto". Gelsomina Impazzisce Di Dolore | 2:50 |
| 6 | 6. L'ultimo Spettacolo Sulla Neve - "Addio Gelsomina" | 4:52 |
| 7 | 7. Solitudine E Pianto Di Zampanò | 3:16 |
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Concerto Per Archi (1964-65, Versione 1977) |
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| 8 | I. Preludio. Allegro Ben Marcato E Cantabile | 4:05 |
| 9 | II. Scherzo. Allegretto Comodo | 4:16 |
| 10 | III. Aria. Andante Quasi Adagio | 4:00 |
| 11 | IV. Finale. Allegrissimo | 3:03 |
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Ballabili Per Il Film "Il Gattopardo" (1963) |
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| 12 | 1. Valzer Brillante
Composed By – G. Verdi
Instrumentation By – N. Rota
Composed By – G. Verdi
Instrumentation By – N. Rota
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2:22 |
| 13 |
2. Mazurka | 1:48 |
| 14 | 3. Controdanza | 2:29 |
| 15 | 4. Polka | 1:30 |
| 16 | 5. Quadriglia | 1:53 |
| 17 | 6. Galop | 1:44 |
| 18 | 7. Valzer Del Commiato | 4:24 |
- Composed By – Nino Rota
- Conductor – Riccardo Muti
- Orchestra – Orchestra Filarmonica Della Scala
- Producer – David Mottley
- Soloist, Trumpet – Giuseppe Bodanza (tracks: 1 to 7)
- Soloist, Violin – Stefano Pagliani (tracks: 1 to 7)
