Nino Rota: Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol. 2

Nino Rotas iconic score for The Godfather is typical of his neo-Classicism or Classical modernist language a cosmopolitan and functional musical style inspired by his teachers Pizzetti and Casella. This second and final volume of Rotas solo piano music ranges from Ippolito gioca, an early piece celebrating Pizzettis 50th birthday, to a large-scale Variations and Fugue on the name Bach that concludes with a four-part fugue. The psychologically expressive music Rota composed for Federico Fellinis film Il Casanova is also featured, alongside the piece Molire from his music for the ballet Le Molire imaginaire.