Ancient Roman Music
Last updated XXI Januarius 2001.
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Opera about the would-be Hun invader of Rome. Recorded by
- Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome conducted by Riccardo Muti with Gianfranco Cecchele and Giangiacomo Guelfi (1999)
- Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra conducted by Giuseppe Patané with Piero Cappuccilli and Nicolai Ghiaurov (1996)
The soundtrack to the 1959 film based on the book by Lew Wallace is composed by Miklós Rósza. A CD box set is also available.
Composed by Johann Christian Bach
Overture Performed by Hanover Band Conducted by Anthony Halstead
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera about the Emperor Titus. Recorded by
- Academy of Ancient Music conducted by Christopher Hogwood with Cecilia Bartoli and Barbara Bonney (1995)
- Zurich Opera conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt with Thomas Grabowski and Claudius Herrmann
- English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner with Cornelius Hauptmann, Sylvia McNair and the Monteverdi Choir (1992)
- Royal Opera House Covent Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis with Dame Janet Baker and Stuart Burrows (1992)
- VHS Videotape with English subtitles (1991)
The soundtrack to the 1964 ( film, based on the book The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire ( volumes 1-3, volumes 4-6) by Edward Gibbon is composed by Dimitri Tiomkin."The Fountains of Rome", – see "The Pines of Rome"
Original cast recording of the famous Broadway show by Larry Gelbart, Steven Sondheim et al. Based on Plautus and later a film.
Score of the Golden-Globe-winning film. "The Pines of Rome"
by Ottorino Respighi
Recorded by
- New York Philharmonic Orchestra with Leonard Bernstein
- Philadelphia Orchestra with Riccardo Muti
- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with Herbert von Karajan
- Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Sir Neville Marriner, Philips 1991 (433 133-2)
by Triumvirat"Roman Festivals",
see "The Pines of Rome"
by Georg Friedrich Handel
Opera about Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in Hispania.
- Excerpts including "Overture", "March" and Scoglio d'immota fronte"
Performed by Brandenburg Consort and Conducted by Roy Goodman- Excerpts including "Scoglio d'immota fronte"
Performed by Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with Lisa Saffer and Conducted by Nicholas McGegan- Excerpts including Aria of Lelio
with László Czidra, Pál Kelemen, Peter Pertis- Excerpts including "March"
Performed by English Chamber Orchestra and Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras- Excerpts including "March"
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with E Power Biggs and Conducted by Sir Charles Groves
- Excerpts including "March"
Performed by Tafelmusik with Crispian Steele-Perkins and Conducted by Jeanne Lamon- Excerpts including "Scoglio d'immota fronte"
Performed by Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with Lisa Saffer and Conducted by Nicholas McGegan- Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques, Fnac 1994, France (592245)
Composed by Pier Francesco Cavalli
- Non È, non È crudel
Performed by Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Frederica Von Stade and Conducted by Raymond Leppard"Il sogno di Scipione", K 126: Liere sono al par del Vento ("The Dream of Scipio")
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Recorded by
- Salzburg Chamber Choir / Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra with Claes H Ahnsjö, Edita Gruberova, Edith Mathis, Thomas Moser, Lucia Popp, Peter Schreier and conducted by Leopold Hager
- Orchestra of St. Luke's with Renée Fleming and Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras
The soundtrack to the 1960 film (VHS tape widescreen edition, DVD), is based on the book Spartacus by Howard Fast. Also, now out of print is the "Love Theme from Spartacus" by Terry Callier.
by Michael Farmer
Reconstructions of music of Imperial Rome, using original instruments, rebuilt by musician and musicologist, Walter Maioli. Flutes and various wind instruments. Read more about this unique CD at the Early Music site.
Music of the imperial court: exotic banquets, intimate scenes of romance, an ode to the Muse, featuring vocals, flutes and string instruments like the lyre.
by Eugen D'Albert. Banned opera about Romans in Jerusalem. Read a review from the San Francisco Chronicle.
