"The Fellini album - the film music of Nino Rota ... marks the 40th anniversary of the composer's death. Riccardo Chailly conducts the Filarmonica della Scala in a magical selection ... It's plain from the performances here that both conductor and orchestra understand and, indeed, love the music and the man"

"There is nostalgia in every bar. You hear Rota's Fellini scores, you see the images; you see the images, you hear the music ... Fifties chic has its own sound and I love the way that Rota's catchy principle theme for La dolce vita arrives at its lush apotheosis. Chailly and his La Scala players positively salivate over its grand reprise. It's all in the flavour ... If you love Fellini, you'll love this. Because you can't love Fellini without loving Rota and you can't love Rota (not this Rota) without loving Fellini"

"Vurdering: Diapason d'or"

"Nino Rota, Komponist sämtlicher Fellini-Filme bis zu seinem Tod 1979 (sowie auch bei etlichen Filmen von Visconti, Zeffirelli, Coppola u.a.) gehört zu den besten Filmmusik-Schaffenden aller Zeiten ... Chailly, wie er mir vor einigen Tagen selber sagte, möchte beweisen, dass diese Werke auch ausserhalb des Kinos, nämlich im Konzertsaal tragfähig sind. Dieser Beweis kann, glaube ich, auf einer solchen CD nur unzureichend gelingen. Als nicht neuer, aber neuerlicher und sehr emphatischer Hinweis auf einen ingiösen, überragenden Komponisten seiner Zeit ist die CD jedenfalls sehr, sehr schön"

"Recording of the week: Chailly's affinity for Rota's music is evident throughout every second of this performance ... It's clearly in the players' blood, too, with an effortless charm that is immediately apparent ... Elegance and class radiate from this joyous album dedicated to one of the most justly-celebrated cinematic partnerships"