Massimo Palumbo, Marco Boni, I Virtuosi Italiani - Rota: Piano Concertos (1998)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 222 MB | 01:04:27
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 222 MB | 01:04:27
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos
Both these works are unashamedly Romantic and nostalgic in style. The E minor Piano Concerto was composed in 1960, at the same time as Rota's music for Fellini's film La dolce vita. As if in answer to the extreme cynicism of that and much of his other film music, the concerto seems to be a questioning exploration of the remaining possibilities in a modern, Romantic form. The opening Allegro-tranquillo movement begins with a dreamlike theme on the piano which is then taken up by the orchestra and developed as a sort of conversation – the orchestra insisting on a heroic, almost martial sound, while the piano and woodwind reiterate the original soft mood.
