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Wolf-Ferrari: String Trios, Quartets & Quintet

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Details

Composer
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Artist
Quartetto Eos, Trio David
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Aug 09, 2024
Catalog #
BRI96816
UPC
5028421968162

About

Wolf-Ferrari was a composer of great artistic merit, Italian by nationality but raised in Germany, unfairly forgotten and deserving of rediscovery. His works meld compositional and spiritual elements with a preference for melodic purity and smooth harmonies, a passion for clear and linear forms inspired by Classical-era Vienna, and a meticulous approach. His aversion to complexity and his love of clarity and simplicity - as far removed from the operatic verismo movement as from the experiments of the avant-garde - meant he was, in a certain sense, an isolated figure, yet he knew that, despite the nostalgia in his writing, he had his own vibrant and original voice. His writing for strings displays expert compositional technique and a thorough technical knowledge of the instruments. The youthful String Trio in B minor and the related String Trio in C minor are edited by Luca Incerti based on the manuscript held at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich (Mus. Ms. 21366). The first trio is divided into three movements: Allegro, Larghetto and Scherzo (Allegro vivace). The second trio reuses the opening Allegro (raised to C minor) and Larghetto, adding a different ending in two new movements: Scherzo: Allegro molto and Adagio molto. The String Trio in A minor (Op.32) is divided into three movements - Allegro moderato, Pastorale (Andante tranquillo) and Allegro - and was written in 1945, during the composer's mature period. The String Quartet in A minor was composed in 1894 and has also been edited by Luca Incerti, based on another manuscript held in Munich (Mus. Ms. 23144-2). It comprises four movements: Allegro moderato, Adagio non troppo, Allegro vivacissimo and Allegro assai. The String Quartet in E minor is likewise split into four movements - Allegro, Andante cantabile, Capriccio (Allegro pesante) and Allegro - but it's date of composition is unknown. However, by contrast it certainly stems from Wolf-Ferrari's later years, when all the composer's unique artistic traits came to the fore. As this quartet makes clear, in the context of the early 20th-century avant-garde, Wolf-Ferrari provided an alluring return to Classicism, but it was his own personal interpretation of the style, rather than an attempt to restore it. His neoclassicism appears more modern today than it would have done to his contemporaries. The String Quintet (2 violas) in C is recorded from another Luca Incerti edition, based on individual parts published by Thomi-Berg. It was written in 1942 and therefore belongs to the composer's mature period. It has four movements: Allegro assai quasi presto, Larghetto, Prestissimo, and Molto mosso alla breve.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro - Andante tranquillo - Allegro 09:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro - Andante tranquillo - Allegro
    Duration
    09:01
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Eos
  2. 2 II. Andante cantabile 07:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante cantabile
    Duration
    07:01
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Eos
  3. 3 III. Capriccio: Allegro pesante 05:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Capriccio: Allegro pesante
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Eos
  4. 4 IV. Allegro 08:19
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    08:19
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Eos
  5. 5 I. Allegro moderato 06:01
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    06:01
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Eos
  6. 6 II. Adagio non troppo 07:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio non troppo
    Duration
    07:41
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Eos
  7. 7 III. Allegro vivacissimo 02:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegro vivacissimo
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Eos
  8. 8 IV. Finale: Allegro assai 06:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro assai
    Duration
    06:30
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Eos
  9. 9 I. Allegro assai quasi presto 06:56
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro assai quasi presto
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Performer
    Matteo Rocchi
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Eos
  10. 10 II. Larghetto 07:07
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Performer
    Matteo Rocchi
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Eos
  11. 11 III. Prestissimo 04:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Prestissimo
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Performer
    Matteo Rocchi
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Eos
  12. 12 IV. Molto mosso alla breve 09:03
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Molto mosso alla breve
    Duration
    09:03
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Performer
    Matteo Rocchi
    Ensemble
    Quartetto Eos
  13. 13 I. Allegro 08:28
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:28
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Trio David
  14. 14 II. Larghetto 07:19
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    07:19
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Trio David
  15. 15 III. Scherzo: Allegro 05:21
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Trio David
  16. 16 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto 04:22
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Trio David
  17. 17 IV. Adagio molto - Presto 03:59
    Track
    17
    Title
    IV. Adagio molto - Presto
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Trio David
  18. 18 I. Allegro moderato 05:27
    Track
    18
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Trio David
  19. 19 II. Pastorale: Andante tranquillo 05:33
    Track
    19
    Title
    II. Pastorale: Andante tranquillo
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Trio David
  20. 20 III. Allegro 06:42
    Track
    20
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    06:42
    Composer
    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
    Ensemble
    Trio David