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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Decca
Salesrank: 1258
Released: July 24, 2007 |
| Our Price: $10.22 |
| Used Price: $7.95 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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No Reservations Track Listing:
1. Truffles and Quail
2. Sway - Luciano Pavarotti
3. Celeste Aida - Renata Tebaldi
4. O Mio Babbino Caro
5. Zoe & Kate Watch Video - Carlo Bergonzi, Joan Sutherland
6. Libiamo Né Lieti Calici - Paolo Conte
7. Via con Me - Joseph Calleja
8. Donna è Mobile - Renata Tebaldi
9. Bel Dì
10. Zoe Goes to the Restaurant - Luciano Pavarotti
11. Cielo e Mar - Ray Gelato
12. Mambo Gelato - Luciano Pavarotti
13. Nessun Dorma - Liz Phair
14. Count on My Love - Michael Bublé
Editorial Review:
ORIGINAL MUSIC WRITTEN BY ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE PHILIP GLASS ALSO INCLUDES SONGS PERFORMED BY LUCIANO PAVAROTTI, MICHAEL BUBLÉ, LIZ PHAIR AND MANY MORE! From Academy Award® nominated director Scott Hicks (Shine), comes the new film NO RESERVATIONS, the remake of foreign film Mostly Martha. Master chef Kate Armstrong (Academy Award® winner Catherine Zeta-Jones--Chicago) lives her life like she runs her kitchen at a trendy Manhattan eatery--with a no-nonsense intensity that both captivates and intimidates everyone around her. Kate's perfectionist nature is put to the test when she "inherits" her nine-year-old niece Zoe (Academy Award® nominee Abigail Breslin--Little Miss Sunshine), while contending with a brash new sous-chef who joins her staff. High-spirited and freewheeling, Nick Palmer (Golden Globe® nominee Aaron Eckhart--Thank You For Smoking) couldn't be more different from Kate, yet the chemistry between them is undeniable. Warner Bros. presents NO RESERVATIONS opening wide on July 27th. The Decca soundtrack will be released on July 24th and features original music written by Academy Award® nominee Philip Glass (Notes on a Scandal, The Hours, Kundun), mixed with Italian arias performed by Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Tebaldi, Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi and Joseph Calleja as well as contemporary songs performed by Michael Bublé, Liz Phair, Paolo Conte and Ray Gelato.
Description of No Reservations:
It's pretty clear, based on its title, that this movie is set in a restaurant, and it's even clearer that it's an Italian restaurant when you look at the soundtrack: Its bread and butter (or pasta and olive oil) is arias from Puccini and Verdi. And big arias they are, too--so well-known that they are opera's versions of chartbusting pop hits: Verdi's "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto (in a recent rendition by young tenor Joseph Calleja); Puccini's "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi and "Un bel dì vedremo" from Madama Butterfly (both sung by Renata Tebaldi). And, of course, Pavarotti serves up a couple of hearty main courses with "Cielo e mar" and "Nessun dorma." The Italian mood is also reflected in contributions from Paolo Conte (his Gypsy-swing and bilingual "Via Con Me") and Michael Bublé's cover of the 1950s Latin pop hit "Sway" (which was popularized in the US by Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti--does that count as an Italian connection?). The album also includes three instrumental cues: Conrad Pope's "Truffles and Quail," and Philip Glass's low-key "Zoe and Kate Watch Video" and "Zoe Goes to the Restaurant." Liz Phair's "Count on My Love" inexplicably brings up the rear, but hey, it's a pretty great pop song (from Phair's underrated 2005 album Somebody's Miracle), so it's nice to see it get more exposure. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
No Reservations Reviews:
No Reservations CD 
2009-11-04 - Seeing the movie on HBO, the selections of songs and music were charming, uplifting and heart breaking at times. This movie had a lot of warmth and love and the selections were perfect for this movie. Thank you, loved it. RE
love this music! CD was in great shape.
2009-10-28 - When I saw this movie, I was obsessed with the music and I couldn't find it on itunes - I am so happy I bought it and it arrived in great shape. Thx!
Wonderful Music to Cook By! 
2009-10-22 - The music by Pavarotti is absolutely amazing -- makes you want to learn 'Italian'! The Mambo and Sway inspire you to take dancing lessons. The whole CD was a joy to listen to while making a gourmet dinner in the kitchen! I LOVE it!!!
unexpected
2009-10-11 - Just the right touch of sentiment and reality. A lot weightier than I expected, but the gravity was welcome. Beautiful soundtrack, which I also purchased. Not disappointed in movie or music, even after repeated viewing and listening.
Different Songs 
2009-03-13 - My wife loved the theme song in the movie that was played repeatedly, however, the song is not on the CD. It is on another soundtrack from a movie called "Life as a House" A little confusing but she was happy with the other songs on this cd.
