On Feb. 25, 2007, Italian composer Ennio Morricone received a special lifetime achievement Oscar award from the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his tremendous output of filmscores. In this hour, host Fred Flaxman presents various interpretations of some of Morricone's most famous scores. Included is music from "Cinema Paradiso," "The Mission," "Once Upon a Time in America," and "For Love One Can Die." Morricone conducts his own arrangements of these tunes. Then there are interpretations by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Michael Chertock, violinists Angele Dubeau and Gil Shaham, an Austrian trio called Triology, and the Hollywood Bowl and Rome Sinfonietta orchestras. Complete script with playlist is available here and at www.compactdiscoveries.com.

On Feb. 25, 2007, Italian composer Ennio Morricone received a special lifetime achievement Oscar award from the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his tremendous output of filmscores. In this hour, host Fred Flaxman presents various interpretations of some of Morricone's most famous scores. Included is music from "Cinema Paradiso," "The Mission," "Once Upon a Time in America," and "For Love One Can Die." Morricone conducts his own arrangements of these tunes. Then there are interpretations by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Michael Chertock, violinists Angele Dubeau and Gil Shaham, an Austrian trio called Triology, and the Hollywood Bowl and Rome Sinfonietta orchestras. Complete script with playlist is available here and at www.compactdiscoveries.com.