Wolf-Ferrari: Concertante Works, Chamber Music, Piano Music (Italian Romantics Series) (8CD)

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

Concertante Works, Chamber Music, Piano Music (Italian Romantics)

CD1

Concertante Works I

Idillio - Concertino in A Op.15 for oboe, strings and two horns (1933)*

1. Preambolo 3’07
2. Scherzo - Presto 3’38
3. Adagio 8’05
4. Rondò - Allegro non troppo 6’14

Serenata for strings (1893)*

5. Allegro 5’58
6. Andante 7’52
7. Scherzo - Presto 3’03
8. Finale - Presto 5’53

Suite - Concertino in F Op.16 for bassoon, strings and two horns (1933)**

9. Notturno - Andante un poco mosso 10’20
10. Strimpellata - Presto 2’25
11. Canzone - Andante Cantabile 4’20
12. Finale - Andante con moto 6’24

Fabien Thouand oboe

Valentino Zucchiatti bassoon

Nuova Orchestra da camera ‘Ferruccio Busoni’

Massimo Belli conductor

Total time: 67’27

Recording: 16 January 2017*, 20 March 2017**, Church of San Michele, Trieste, Italy

CD2

Concertante Works II

Concertino Op.34 for English horn, strings and two horns (1947)

Cadenze: Alessandro Baccini

1. Preludio 6’19
2. Capriccio 8’07
3. Adagio 7’15
4. Finale 6’21

Alessandro Baccini English horn

Orchestra Filarmonica Città di Adria

Giorgio Fabbri conductor

Violin Concerto Op.26 in D (1944)

5. Fantasia 11’57
6. Romanza 7’48
7. Improvviso 4’30
8. Rondò 13’55

Laura Marzadori violin

Orchestra Città di Ferrara

Marco Zuccarini conductor

Total time: 66’21

Recording: Op.34: 2006, Italy; Op.26: Live, 14 April 2012, Teatro Comunale Ferrara, Italy

CD3

Violin Sonatas

Sonata No.1 Op.1 in G minor (1895)

1. Sostenuto – Allegro appassionato quasi presto 11’26
2. Lento senza tempo 6’22
3. Sostenuto – Allegro ma non troppo e con spirito 8’54

Sonata No.2 Op.10 in A minor (1901)

4. Appassionato 10’00
5. Recitativo – Sostenuto con amore, semplicemente 9’50

Sonata No.3 Op.27 in E (1943)

6. Allegro moderato 6’34
7. Andantino con innocenza 4’07
8. Agitato con passione 7’37
9. Allegro molto con fuoco piu allegro del primo tempo 8’21

Davide Alogna violin

Violin: Carlo Testore “ex Wilhelmji”, 1715

Costantino Catena piano

Piano: Steinway & Sons, mod. B, by Alfonsi Pianoforti (Roma)

Total time: 73’18

Recording: 4-6 November 2019, Palazzo Chigi, Ariccia, Italy

CD4

Piano Trios

Trio No.1 in D Op.5 for piano, violin and cello (1898)

1. I. Allegro molto moderato 13’15
2. II. Presto, Vivace, Tempo I 6’32
3. III. Larghetto 9’36
4. IV. Allegro vivace assai 9’59

Trio No.2 in F sharp Op.7 for piano, violin and cello (1900)

5. I. Sostenuto, Agitato, Tranquillo, più tranquillo, Sostenuto,

Tempo del principio, Più mosso, Largamente                                                                                                              17’03

6. II. Largo 5’06
7. III. Lievemente mosso, e tranquillo sempre 4’43

Trio Mezzena, Patria, Ballario

Franco Mezzena violin · Sergio Patria cello · Elena Ballario piano

Total time: 66’22

Recording: 19-22 October 2017, Piano et Forte Recording Room, Perugia, Italy

CD5

Piano Quintet · Cello Sonata · Duo

Piano Quintet Op.6 in D-flat (1900)

1. I. Tranquillo ed espressivo 9’54
2. II. Canzone 5’51
3. III. Capriccio 8’30
4. IV. Finale 9’44

5. Duo for Violin and Cello Op.33 in G minor (1946)* 8’30

Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.30 in G (1945)

6. I. Allegro tranquillo 7’25
7. II. Largo 3’36
8. III. Allegro 3’41

Costantino Catena piano

Amedeo Cicchese cello

Quartetto Guadagnini

Fabrizio Zoff­oli*, Cristina Papini violin

Matteo Rocchi viola

Alessandra Cefaliello* cello

Total time: 57’36

Recording: 27-30 September 2021, Palazzo Chigi di Ariccia, Italy

CD6

String Quartets & Quintet

String Quartet Op.23 in E minor

1. I. Allegro – Andante tranquillo 9’01
2. II. Andante cantabile 7’01
3. III. Capriccio: Allegro pesante 5’38
4. IV. Allegro 8’19

String Quartet in A minor (unpublished, 1894)

5. I. Allegro moderato 6’01
6. II. Adagio non troppo 7’41
7. III. Allegro vivacissimo 2’21
8. IV. Finale: Allegro assai 6’30

String Quintet Op.24 in C (1942)

9. I. Allegro assai quasi presto 6’56
10. II. Larghetto 7’07
11. III. Prestissimo 4’43
12. IV. Molto mosso alla breve 9’03

Quartetto EOS

Elia Chiesa violin

Giacomo Del Papa violin

Alessandro Acqui viola

Margherita Succio cello (replacing Silvia Ancarani)

with Matteo Rocchi viola

Total time: 80’31

Recording: 23-30 April 2023, Palazzo Chigi Ariccia, Italy

CD7

String Trios

String Trio in B minor (1894)

1. I. Allegro 8’28
2. II. Larghetto 7’19
3. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 5’21

String Trio in C minor

4. III. Scherzo: Allegro molto 4’22
5. IV. Adagio molto – Presto 3’59

String Trio in A minor Op.32 (unpublished, 1945)

6. I. Allegro moderato 5’27
7. II. Pastorale (Andante tranquillo) 5’33
8. III. Allegro 6’42

Trio David

Gloria Santarelli violin

Chiara Mazzocchi viola

Tommaso Castellano cello

Total time: 47’31

Recording: 23-30 April 2023, Palazzo Chigi Ariccia, Italy

CD8

Piano Music

1. 6 Bagatelle 18’54

2. Undici Variazioni sul Menuetto del “Falsta­ ” di G. Verdi (1896) 9’41

3. Chopin-Phantasie in B minor (1896) 9’22

4. Scherzino (1920) 5’18

Impromptus Op.13 IEW7 (1904)

5. No.1 Andante 4’24
6. No.2 Tranquillo, rubato 3’59
7. No.3 Appassionato, cantando 1’56

Three Piano Pieces Op.14 IEW10 (1905)

8. No.1 Melodie 5’09
9. No.2 Capriccio 1’58
10. No.3 Romanze 3’40

Costantino Catena piano

Piano Steinway & Sons mod. D serial No. 588420 of the Company Alfonsi Pianoforti (Roma)

Total time: 64’43

Recording: 12-13 March 2018, Palazzo Chigi, Ariccia, Italy