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E. W. Wolf: Selected Works for "Tangent Piano" (Clavier) / Fabri
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E. W. Wolf: Selected Works for "Tangent Piano" (Clavier) / Fabri

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Composer
Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
Artist
Flora Fabri
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Oct 21, 2022
Catalog #
555490-2
UPC
761203549023

About

On her latest release, Flora Fabri interprets the highly praised sonatas and a fantasy by Ernst Wilhelm Wolf on a "tangent grand". The ingenious invention of this grand piano for the time around 1770 is an intermediate form of clavichord, harpsichord and fortepiano. When a key is struck, a wooden stick with a leather head is struck against the string from below, and a second stick dampens the string again.

Wolf belongs not only among our classical and best composers in any subject, but is also original. More recognition seems hardly possible from the perspective of the Sturm und Drang: The introduction that Ernst Ludwig Gerber chooses in 1792 to his encyclopedia article on Ernst Wilhelm Wolf paints in a few words the picture of an original genius whose artistic uniqueness dominates a maximum of professional expertise. He was a pupil of Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel. In Gotha he became acquainted with the music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Carl Heinrich Graun, which strongly influenced him. Above all, he appreciated the works of Bach, with whom he had a lifelong friendship. At the University of Jena he was mainly engaged in music, and he was given the direction of the Collegium musicum, which gave him the opportunity to perform his own compositions.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro di molto 04:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro di molto
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
    Performer
    Flóra Fábri
  2. 2 II. Adagio 05:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
    Performer
    Flóra Fábri
  3. 3 III. Allegro 04:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
    Performer
    Flóra Fábri
  4. 4 I. Allegro 05:30
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
    Performer
    Flóra Fábri
  5. 5 II. Molto adagio 03:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Molto adagio
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
    Performer
    Flóra Fábri
  6. 6 III. Non tanto allegro 04:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Non tanto allegro
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
    Performer
    Flóra Fábri
  7. 7 I. Allegro moderato 05:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
    Performer
    Flóra Fábri
  8. 8 II. Lusingando 02:12
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Lusingando
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
    Performer
    Flóra Fábri
  9. 9 III. Allegro di molto 04:13
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro di molto
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
    Performer
    Flóra Fábri
  10. 10 I. Allegro 03:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
    Performer
    Flóra Fábri
  11. 11 II. Allegretto e un poco vivo 07:03
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Allegretto e un poco vivo
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
    Performer
    Flóra Fábri
  12. 12 Fantasia with a Theme and 13 Variations (1785) 21:02
    Track
    12
    Title
    Fantasia with a Theme and 13 Variations (1785)
    Duration
    21:02
    Composer
    Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
    Performer
    Flóra Fábri