Rota: Orchestral Works / Bender, Seal, West German Radio Orchestra Cologne

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Label
Capriccio
Release Date
March 3, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Nino Rota
    • PERFORMER
      Esther Peristerakis, Marcel Sobol, Wdr Funkhausorchester Koln
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 03, 2023
    • UPC
      845221054940
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      C5494
    • LABEL
      Capriccio
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Introduzione

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    2. Momento musicale

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    3. Valzer di Natascha

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    4. Polonaise

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    5. La rosa di Novgorod

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    6. No. 54. Esoda da Mosca

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    7. Andrea e Natascha

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    8. No. 66. La ritirata della Grande Armée

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    9. No. 67. Prigionia

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    10. Ritorno a Mosca

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    11. Finale

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    12. Castel del Monte

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Performer: Marcel Sobol

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    13. I. Preludio: Allegro ben moderato

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    14. II. Scherzo: Allegretto comodo

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    15. III. Aria: Andante quasi adagio

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    16. IV. Finale: Allegrissimo

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    17. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Performer: Esther Peristerakis

      Conductor: Michael Seal

    18. II. Andante

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Performer: Esther Peristerakis

      Conductor: Michael Seal

    19. III. Allegro

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Performer: Esther Peristerakis

      Conductor: Michael Seal

    20. Risatine maliziose

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    21. Valzerino No. 72

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender

    22. Galop

      Composer: Nino Rota

      Ensemble: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

      Conductor: Felix Bender


When Toscanini encouraged Nino Rota to study at the Curtis Institute, where instructions by Fritz Reiner and a friendship with Aaron Copland awaited the precocious composer, it was already clear he would have a massive career. Only the direction wasn’t certain yet. It turned out to be classical music and film music, the former informing the latter. Notable when you listen to the delicious waltz Rota from War & Peace or the darkly humorous snippets from the very apropos Orchestra Rehearsal. And while the de-facto horn concertino Castel del Monte, inspired by King Frederick II’s famous medieval castle in southern Italy, isn’t technically film music, it very much sounds like music to a fantasy film of Rota’s imagining.

REVIEW:

As a sampler of the range and effectiveness of the music he wrote, this new disc from Capriccio is excellent. The orchestra play this presumably unfamiliar music with great skill and real flair, aided by a very immediate and lush recording. Add a total playing time of just under 84 minutes for this single disc and the appeal is clear.

I would encourage curious collectors to seek out more of Rota’s orchestral and symphonic works. For all the qualities of his film scores he is much more than just the composer of music for Fellini or The Godfather. This disc provides a valuable overview of his range and style – excitingly played and boldly recorded.

-- MusicWeb International (Nick Barnard)