Il Gattopardo – OST

Luchino Visconti’s great masterpiece, Il Gattopardo – (The Leopard) 1963 –  can now be seen in its full 70mm glory.  This OST two disc set presents all the surviving orchestral material remastered from original tapes,  their various issues as protracted as the years spent restoring the film elements.  It’s unclear where the excerpt from Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italian fitted into the soundtrack, it does provide an opportunity to hear Franco Ferrara conducting a concert work!