Wolf-Ferrari: Dreams & Drama - Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3 / Delle Donne, Baldini

Wolf-Ferrari: Dreams & Drama - Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3 / Delle Donne, Baldini

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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's reputation rests largely on his operas, but the instrumental music he composed at the beginning and end of his career deserves a wider currency. The influence of Brahms can be detected in the First and Second Violin Sonatas, though Wolf-Ferrari's distinctive long-breathed melodies and chromatic flow are clearly present; the dramatic and expressive Second also includes references to Wagner's Tristan. With it's neo-Bachian figuration, passages of intense melancholy and uplifting operatic fantasy, the final Third Sonata is an enigmatic work, and unlike any other in the repertoire.



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  • Catalog Number: 8574297


  • UPC: 747313429776


  • Label: Naxos


  • Composer: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari


  • Performer: Emmanuele Baldini, Luca Delle Donne