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Nino Rota: Chamber Music
Nino Rota: Chamber Music
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- Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano: I. Allegro ma non troppoComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Daishin Kashimoto Emmanuel Pahud Éric Le Sage
Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano: I. Allegro ma non troppo
03:57$2.30 - Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano: II. Andante sostenutoComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Daishin Kashimoto Emmanuel Pahud Éric Le Sage
Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano: II. Andante sostenuto
05:19$2.30 - Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano: III. Allegro vivace con spiritoComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Daishin Kashimoto Emmanuel Pahud Éric Le Sage
Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano: III. Allegro vivace con spirito
03:03$2.30 - Valzer sul nome Bach: No. 1, Circus-ValzerComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Daishin Kashimoto Emmanuel Pahud Éric Le Sage
Valzer sul nome Bach: No. 1, Circus-Valzer
01:26$2.30 - Valzer sul nome Bach: No. 2, Valzer-CarillonComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Daishin Kashimoto Emmanuel Pahud Éric Le Sage
Valzer sul nome Bach: No. 2, Valzer-Carillon
01:48$2.30 - Piccola offerta musicaleComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Paul Meyer Benoît de Barsony Emmanuel Pahud François Meyer Gilbert Audin
Piccola offerta musicale
03:57$2.30 - Nonetto: I. AllegroComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Paul Meyer Daishin Kashimoto Emmanuel Pahud François Meyer Gilbert Audin
Nonetto: I. Allegro
05:02$2.30 - Nonetto: II. AndanteComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Paul Meyer Daishin Kashimoto Emmanuel Pahud François Meyer Gilbert Audin
Nonetto: II. Andante
04:28$2.30 - Nonetto: III. Allegro con spiritoComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Paul Meyer Daishin Kashimoto Emmanuel Pahud François Meyer Gilbert Audin
Nonetto: III. Allegro con spirito
03:29$2.30 - Nonetto: IV. Canzone con variazioni, allegretto calmoComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Paul Meyer Daishin Kashimoto Emmanuel Pahud François Meyer Gilbert Audin
Nonetto: IV. Canzone con variazioni, allegretto calmo
07:25$3.40 - Nonetto: V. VivacissimoComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Paul Meyer Daishin Kashimoto Emmanuel Pahud François Meyer Gilbert Audin
Nonetto: V. Vivacissimo
03:51$2.30 - Trio for Cello, Clarinet and Piano: I. Allegro quasi in 1Composer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Paul Meyer Aurélien Pascal Éric Le Sage
Trio for Cello, Clarinet and Piano: I. Allegro quasi in 1
05:08$2.30 - Trio for Cello, Clarinet and Piano: II. AndanteComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Paul Meyer Aurélien Pascal Éric Le Sage
Trio for Cello, Clarinet and Piano: II. Andante
04:47$2.30 - Trio for Cello, Clarinet and Piano: III. AllegrissimoComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Paul Meyer Aurélien Pascal Éric Le Sage
Trio for Cello, Clarinet and Piano: III. Allegrissimo
03:55$2.30 - Prelude XIII. Andante cantabileComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Éric Le Sage
Prelude XIII. Andante cantabile
01:52$2.30 - Prelude II. Allegro, ma espressivo e delicatoComposer(s) Nino RotaArtist(s) Éric Le Sage
Prelude II. Allegro, ma espressivo e delicato
01:48$2.30
Total running time: 61 minutes.
Album information
Primarily known for his film music, Rota's lesser-known chamber works are presented here; demanding great virtuosity and synergy they span four decades demonstrating Rota's rise from child prodigy to one of the great composers of the twentieth-century.
Rota studied in America with Fritz Reiner, crossed paths with Toscanini, Igor Stravinsky and many others and wrote film scores for Fellini (La strada etc), René Clément and King Vidor. Éric Le Sage, Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer, Daishin Kashimoto, Aurélien Pascal and their partners from the Salon de Provence festival pay tribute to his music with the Piccola Offerta Musicale (Little Musical Offering), composed in 1943 at the age of twenty-two, alongside a Nonet and a Trio for flute, violin and piano, both written in the late 1950s. The Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (1973) comes from Rota’s last creative period and has all the characteristics of his mature works.
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Reviews
'This artfully crafted chamber music displays an endearing mastery of color, whimsy, delight, and melancholy.'
Stereophile
Editor's Choice: '... this superbly-played collection of his chamber works will yield a wealth of delightful surprises ...'
Presto Music
'The Andante is like a clammy summer evening; the musicians let the languid melody lines rub like a rumbling storm in the distance.'
De Volkskrant
