Music by Nino Rota

[Alexander J]

I would like to introduce you music for piano and violin by composer who wrote the music for 'Godfather' trilogy.

The fact that Nino Rota has written many remarkable works of chamber, orchestral, ballet and opera music has always taken a back seat through his enormous fame as a composer for film music.

Nino Rota studied composition and conducting, following the advice of Arturo Toscanini, at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia between 1931 and 1932. Within this time he discovered the great Hollywood films and the music of Gershwin. Back in Italy Nino Rota turned his attention on the compositions of film music but he also continued to write music for concert halls and opera houses with notable success.

Although Rota had a normal career as a classical composer throughout his life with a musical style that was deeply traditional, his international renown was mainly based on his composition of film music. His writing is particularly linked with the films of the great Italian director Federico Fellini, who used Rota's music exclusively in his films throughout his career until Rota died in 1979. However he is probably known to most for his unforgettable scores for the 'Godfather' trilogy.

The pieces featured on this new disc cover his music for viola and piano, and violin and piano, and as ever with this particular composer the works in question are always deeply lyrical. They are also extremely pictorial in their content, (a reflection of a lifetime spent in creating a sound world for the cinema).



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Best wishes,

Alexander.