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IL CASANOVA DI FEDERICO FELLINI
Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music Composed by Nino Rota
Conducted by Carlo Savina
Newly remastered and expanded edition supervised by Claudio Fuiano. 2-CD set.
90 minutes of music, including 45 minutes of music never released before.
8-page CD booklet with liner notes by Gergely Hubai.
Limited Edition of 1000 units.
Ref: MBR-137
Release Date: May 21, 2018
In collaboration with Gruppo Sugar, Music Box Records is proud to present the expanded 2-CD edition of Nino Rota's melancholic masterpiece, Il Casanova di Federico Fellini.
Directed by Italian Maestro Federico Fellini, Casanova is an unlikely adaptation of the legendary womanizer's autobiography. In fact, the director made sure to keep only the barest minimum on details, instead focusing on giving his own interpretation of the character. Starring Donald Sutherland, this version of Casanova is a world-weary, somewhat melancholic traveler who attends lavish masquerades and dispenses his otherworldly lovemaking skills to anyone interested. A somewhat controversial film upon its release, Casanova has since then attained a cult following due to its lavish looks (he won the Academy Awards for Best Costume) and an unlikely score by Nino Rota.
Conductor Carlo Savina (who also orchestrated most of the score due to Rota's illness) said the music was a fever dream and there's really no better way to describe it. The bulk of the score uses rare Baroque instruments to create the mysterious mood, including a glass harmonica and the oboe d'amour. Following the melancholic main titles played against the images of the Venetian canals, the score keeps up its zaniness with the music for the Magic Bird, a musical construction who follows each lovemaking session with its own chirpy tune. Other highlights and challenges include an original opera excerpt for a bizarre stage show and a cello piece so heartbreaking it makes Casanova question his ways.
Casanova has had several LP and some (slightly expanded) CD releases, but this new presentation includes two CDs worth of music, including the original soundtrack album and all the additional material, adding up to 45 minutes of previously unused music. Supervised by Claudio Fuiano, this newly remastered edition includes an 8-page booklet by Gergely Hubai discussing the film and the score, based on an interview by conductor Carlo Savina. Limited Edition of 1000 units.
TRACK LISTING:
DISC 1 - THE ORIGINAL ALBUM
1. O Venezia, Venaga, Venusia (3:41)
2. L'uccello magico (2:09)
3. A pranzo dalla marchesa Durfé (1:48)
4.The Great Mouna (2:00)
5. Canto della Buranella (1:24)
6. L'uccello magico a Parigi (1:36)
7. "L'intermezzo" della mantide religiosa (3:40)
8. Pin Penin (3:05)
9. L'uccello magico a Dresda (1:25)
10. Ricordo di Henriette (2:02)
11. L'uccello magico a Roma (1:51)
12. Il duca di Wurttenberg (4:24)
13. La poupée automate (1:49)
Disc 1 Time • 31:27
DISC 2 - THE FILM SCORE BONUS TRACKS
1. La poupée automate (take 2) (2:37)
2. L'uccello magico a Parigi (take 2) (2:36)
3. Canto della Buranella (take 2) (3:10)
4. L'uccello magico a Dresda (take 2) (1:06)
5. Pin Penin (harpsichord and celesta version) (0:54)
6. L'uccello magico (take 2) (1:56)
7. "L'intermezzo" della mantide religiosa (version 2) (3:24)
8. L'uccello magico (take 3) (1:16)
9. "L'intermezzo" della mantide religiosa (cello version) (2:27)
10. The Great Mouna (take 2) (1:34)
11. O Venezia, Venaga, Venusia (take 2) (2:13)
12. The Great Mouna (take 3) (1:32)
13. Il duca di Wurttenberg (instrumental version) (2:15)
14. Canto della Buranella (take 3) (1:58)
15. Canto della Buranella (take 4) (1:13)
16. Il duca di Wurttenberg (instrumental version with alternate ending) (2:15)
17. Canto della Buranella (alternate mix) (1:23)
18. L'uccello magico (take 4) (2:02)
19. L'uccello magico (take 5) (1:04)
20. l duca di Wurttenberg (instrumental version) (2:46)
21. O Venezia, Venaga, Venusia (take 3) (2:46)
22. Il duca di Wurttenberg (instrumental version 2) (3:55)
23. O Venezia, Venaga, Venusia (take 4) (1:59)
24. "L'intermezzo" della mantide religiosa (alternate mix) (2:48)
25.La poupée automate (take 3) (2:42)
26. "L'intermezzo" della mantide religiosa (celesta version) (1:43)
27. O Venezia, Venaga, Venusia (intro - alternate takes) (2:59)
Disc 2 Time • 59:40
Total 2-CD Time • 91:07
For sound clips, please visit: https://www.musicbox-records.com/en/6086-il-casanova-di-federico-fellini-expanded.html
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FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC!
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Also my all time favorite Rota score...I thought the prior expanded CAM CD would be the final word on this but I was wrong.
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Many thanks! 
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Nino Rota's greatest score, which makes it one of the greatest scores of all-time. Amazing, monumental release.
Indeed! After Amarcord and Il Gattopardo, I was crossing my fingers for Casanova, a work of near indescribable beauty... and weirdness. Wonderful stuff!
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Could Carlo Savina have played a decisive part in that "new" sound? Just wondering. I remember that Philippe Sarde once explained that Rota took over the idea of the glass harmonica after he himself used it in LE LOCATAIRE (also from 1976), and Savina was of course the link between both composers.
According to Federico Savina - the sound engineer on CASANOVA and Carlo´s younger brother who is still alive -, Carlo himself suggested the use of the glass harmonica and also of its interpreter Bruno Hoffman to Nino Rota. Apparently, Rota was then very enthusiastic about the sounds of the instrument and how it would fit for the flm, but less so Fellini himself who was rather annoyed by it.
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The music is divine but the film for which it was written left me cold. I seem to recall that thieves stole some of the film reels which required reshoots ?
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Not familiar with the film or score but the samples sold it to me. Very atmospheric. Ordered.....
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