Wolf-Ferrari: Dreams and Drama
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 - 3
Emmanuele Baldini (violin), Luca Delle Donne (piano)
The ‘Dreams and Drama’ title of this disc is entirely apt. Baldini and Donne are a terrific partnership, bringing out every nuance in these comparatively unknown works and relishing Wolf-Ferrari’s...
Wolf-Ferrari: Dreams and Drama
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 - 3
Emmanuele Baldini (violin), Luca Delle Donne (piano)
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The ‘Dreams and Drama’ title of this disc is entirely apt. Baldini and Donne are a terrific partnership, bringing out every nuance in these comparatively unknown works and relishing Wolf-Ferrari’s...
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"Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's reputation rests largely on his operas, but the instrumental music he composed at the beginning and end of his career deserves a wider currency. The influence of Brahms can be detected in the First and Second Violin Sonatas, though Wolf-Ferrari's distinctive long-breathed melodies and chromatic flow are clearly present; the dramatic and expressive Second also includes references to Wagner's Tristan. With its neo-Bachian figuration, passages of intense melancholy and uplifting operatic fantasy, the final Third Sonata is an enigmatic work, and unlike any other in the repertoire."
Contents and tracklist
- Emmanuele Baldini (violin), Luca Delle Donne (piano)
- Emmanuele Baldini (violin), Luca Delle Donne (piano)
- Emmanuele Baldini (violin), Luca Delle Donne (piano)
Awards and reviews
July 2021
The ‘Dreams and Drama’ title of this disc is entirely apt. Baldini and Donne are a terrific partnership, bringing out every nuance in these comparatively unknown works and relishing Wolf-Ferrari’s penchant for a good tune. Highly recommended.
Nov/Dec 2021
violinist Emmanuele Baldini and pianist Luca Delle Donne are very persuasive here. These are performances by two skilled musicians who have fully absorbed the music before recording it. Naxos’s recorded sound accurately reflects the warm acoustic of Sala São Paulo, the home of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, of which Baldini is the concertmaster.
August 2021
Music that falls so naturally and unaffectedly on the ear can easily seem inconsequential in performance but there is no risk of that here.
