Nino Sevilha

With a layer of Zeffirelli over Shakespeare, topped with a rich helping of Liz and Richard Burton, Rota's score is a predictably thick pudding of high and low culture. These original recordings accompanying the antics of Petruchio and Katharina are ornate and lighthearted, with an alternately sad and heroic theme weaving in and out. Included are the previously unreleased Overture and an alternate version of the "Honeymoon" suite that includes the voice of Sir Richard himself.

The original soundtrack for Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976) sees Nino Rota putting into music Federico Fellini's opus on the legendary Venetian icon and "tombeur des femmes." The film is one of Fellini's finest, a grotesque and hyperbolic take on the life of Casanova that is matched by Rota's compositions. Il Casanova di Federico Fellini is possibly one of Rota's most eerie and enigmatic scores, as if the Maestro had finally poured into a soundtrack all of his love for esotericism.

The original soundtrack for Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976) sees Nino Rota putting into music Federico Fellini's opus on the legendary Venetian icon and "tombeur des femmes." The film is one of Fellini's finest, a grotesque and hyperbolic take on the life of Casanova that is matched by Rota's compositions. Il Casanova di Federico Fellini is possibly one of Rota's most eerie and enigmatic scores, as if the Maestro had finally poured into a soundtrack all of his love for esotericism.