Rota

Jésus Léon (tenor & guitar): Passione (Rubicon)

A mix of well-known and unhackneyed songs, first class playing and agreeable singing [GF]

Rota: La Strada Ballet Suite (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) A wonderful album straddling the worlds of the concert hall, the ballet stage and the silver screen [IL]

Rota Film Music EMI 5749872

Rota: Film Music (EMI Classics)

(Déjà Review) The seven-movement ballet suite for La strada is the most significant item here and is worth the price of this CD alone [IL]

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor): The Sound of Movies (Sony Classical)

A most enjoyable selection of songs from the movies, with some unusual items [EJW]

Rota capello C5466

Rota: Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (Capriccio)

Probably the most charming comic Italian opera since Falstaff in a fizzing studio performance [GF]

Rota: Orchestral Works & Film Music (Capriccio)

Fine performances demonstrating the range and variety of Rota’s music [NB]

Illustrazioni 20th Century Italian Piano Stradivarius STR37214

Illustrazioni (Stradivarius)

A fine recording explores the renewal and variety of Italian twentieth-century piano repertoire [JW]