Wolf-Ferrari: Idillio Concertino, Serenata, Suite Concertino

Belli, Massimo;
Orchestra da camera "Ferruccio Busoni"

95875

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) is a composer difficult to classify. A child of his time he kept aloof from the innovations of the modernists and dodecaphony. As son of a German father and a noble-born Venetian mother he was born in Venice and went to study in Munich. He became famous as an opera composer. His style is romantic, tinged with impressionism and the odd neoclassical hint. His aim was to create a “universal beauty” in his works, where no rules apply, but only a feeling of well-being and sensuousness. • This new recording presents some rarely recorded works for string orchestra: the Serenade For Strings and two concertante works, with solo parts for the bassoon, and for oboe plus two trumpets. The title of the latter, “Idilio” sums up the general mood of these works: idyllic, refined, charming, alternating melancholy and exuberant vitality. • Elegant and exquisite performances by the Italian Chamber Orchestra “Ferruccio Busoni” conducted by Massimo Belli, whose previous recording for Brilliant Classics, String Serenades by Elgar, Janáček and Kalinnikov received much praise (BC95199).

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Brilliant Classics

30-09-2019

5028421958750