Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: String Trios, Quartets & Quintet (2CD)

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                80’31

String Quartet in E minor Op.23

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String Quartet in A minor (unpublished, 1894)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 in C Op.24 (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

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                47’31

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String Trio in A minor Op.32 (unpublished, 1945)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