Wolf-Ferrari - Orchestral Works
Discover the secret sounds of an appealing ‘two-hit wonder’
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Composer or Director: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 6/2009
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Catalogue Number: CHAN10511
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Suite-Concertino |
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Karen Geoghegan, Bassoon |
(Il) Segreto di Susanna, 'Susanna's Secret' |
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Karen Geoghegan, Bassoon |
(I) Quattro Rusteghi, '(The) Four Ruffians' |
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Karen Geoghegan, Bassoon |
(Il) Campiello |
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Karen Geoghegan, Bassoon |
(L')Amore medico, 'Doctor Love' |
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Karen Geoghegan, Bassoon |
(I) Gioielli della Madonna, '(The) Jewels of the M |
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Karen Geoghegan, Bassoon |
(La) Dama boba |
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Composer Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor Karen Geoghegan, Bassoon |
Author: Jeremy Nicholas
Today he has become little more than a two-hit wonder: the sparkling little overture to his one-act opera buffa Susanna’s Secret is a masterpiece of its kind, while the Serenata from his single verismo opera The Jewels of the Madonna is one of those pieces that is so well known it can drive you mad trying to remember what it’s called (it is based on Rafaele’s lively waltz-like serenade “Aprila, o bella, le fenestrella”).
In truth, these two are so immediately appealing that nothing else quite matches up to them, though the “Festa popolare” from The Jewels comes close (its opening sounds like something by Eric Coates). The four-movement Suite-Concertino (1932) sounds promising, but in all honesty I found it pretty dreary going until the finale which, however, is well worth a hearing and despatched with nimble panache by the talented Karen Geoghegan.
Noseda adopts generally brisker tempi than Serebrier and, with Chandos’s brighter recorded sound and extra items, is the preferred choice.
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