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A different Nino Rota...

06/28/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Nino Rota's score for "Il Casanova di Fellini" is really hard to describe. Through the use of unusual instruments (vibraphone, harp and harpsichord, among others) he creates an exotic score, unlike his other, more famous works for Federico Fellini, but very interesting nevertheless. Not for all tastes, and perhaps more enjoyable by those who have seen the movie, this CD is highly recommended for Nino Rota collectors."

"Maestro Rota's last film score"

07/19/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is Italian composer, Nino Rota's last, and probably most unusual film score. It's unique percussive sections [the wonderous, brittle, repetitive mechanical bird sequence] aptly demonstrate Rota's vast range. {He won the Academy award for "Godfather II"}. This is an elegant final work, not often heard, aptly befitting to the period, it marries Fellini's images with perfection.THE SOUND QUALITY in DOLBY is excellent in surround mode - "Yes" a "must" for the serious collector.[Pity that the movie is not available on DVD.]"