Christian Seibert, the pianist on this album, began his public performances at age ten and has won international competitions, including the Busoni Competition and the Robert Schumann Competition.
Cultural Impact
Nino Rota is widely known for composing around 150 film scores, including classics like Fellini's 'La Strada' and Francis Ford Coppola's 'The Godfather Part 2', for which he received an Oscar.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Nino Rota's artistic philosophy was that 'Art should never be intellectual, but intelligent.'
Composer Biography
Nino Rota, the composer, was a child prodigy who composed an oratorio at the age of ten and presented it to an astonished audience in Milan.
Composition History
The 'Fantasia in G' by Nino Rota was composed for his lifelong friend, pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, but was lost and only rediscovered and reconstructed after Rota's death.
Critical Reception
While critics highly praised Nino Rota as a film composer, they largely neglected his other works, considering his music 'hopelessly reactionary' in the context of the prevailing avant-garde.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Nino Rota believed that his 'serious' compositions and film music were essentially the same, stating, 'For me it is the same music. It is my music. Others invent the difference.'
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