Dolce World

Excellent collection of the most iconic movie themes of the 20th century and beyond.

For more than two decades, Cecilia Bartoli has undeniably been one of the leading artists in the field of classical music. All over the world, her new operatic roles, her concert programs and recording projects – in exclusivity with Decca – are expected with great eagerness and curiosity. The exceptional amount of 8 million CDs sold, more than 100 weeks ranking in the international pop charts, numerous Golden Discs, four Grammys® (USA), nine Echos and a Bambi (Germany), two Classical Brit Awards (UK), the Victoire de la musique (France) and many other prestigious awards reflect the immense success of for example Opera proibita and her solo albums dedicated to Vivaldi, Gluck and Salieri and that she is firmly established as today’s “best-selling classical artist”.

After the death of Nino Rota in 1979 the record producer Hal Willner released this album dedicated to him on his work with Fellini. It's a short but fruitful exploration of his music, but not collecting original works, but played by a handful of notable musicians and jazz groups such as the pianist 'Jaki Byard' (dead in 1999), guitarist Bill Frisell, vibraphonist Dave Samuels, saxophonist Steve Lacy and others as Sharon Freeman, Deborah Harry, Wynton Marsalis and Kenny Barron, integrated in groups like David Amtam Quintet or a sextet with William Fischer.

The chamber cantata flourished in Italy as a counterpart to public opera and oratorio, cultivated by aristocratic patrons for their personal enjoyment. Perhaps because of its essentially private origins, this pervasive Baroque form remains little known today. During his years in Italy (1706-1710), George Frideric Handel composed nearly 100 cantatas for a series of important patrons, but they have tended to be passed over in favor of his larger operas, oratorios, concertos and orchestral suites. The plan of La Risonanza to perform and record all of the cantatas with instrumental accompaniment (about one-third of the total) is therefore of signal importance for all music lovers, as it will bring this extraordinarily beautiful music once again to life (2006-2009).