Rota
Rota: Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol. 2 (Grand Piano)
Rota’s most famous work joins some intriguing film and solo piano music [RCh]
Rota: Symphonies 1 & 2 (Chandos)
The best non-mainstream works I have heard in a long while [DJB]
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 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: 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 (Stradivarius)
A fine recording explores the renewal and variety of Italian twentieth-century piano repertoire [JW]


























