NINO ROTA (1911-1979): Viola Sonatas in C & in G, Intermezzo for Viola and Piano, Violin Sonata in G, 2 Improvvisi for Violin and Piano "Un diavolo sentimentale" and from the film Amanti senza amore.

Description: Both dating from 1945, the Intermezzo and the C major viola sonata (also existing as a clarinet sonata in D), are gorgeous, often melancholy works of a rich neo-Romanticism while the other viola sonata and the violin sonata (1935 and 1937) show vibrant infusions of a Casellan neo-classicism as well as some Brahmsian romantic touches. Marco Fornaciari (violin, viola), Gabriele Baldocci (piano).