Wolf-Ferrari: Complete Overtures & Intermezzi
Oviedo Filarmonia, Friedrich Haider
From The Jewels of the Madonna to Il campiello, Wolf-Ferrari was up there with his Italian contemporaries Puccini and Mascagni when it came to writing music that simply basks in the glow of...
Wolf-Ferrari: Complete Overtures & Intermezzi
Oviedo Filarmonia, Friedrich Haider
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From The Jewels of the Madonna to Il campiello, Wolf-Ferrari was up there with his Italian contemporaries Puccini and Mascagni when it came to writing music that simply basks in the glow of...
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With his early theatrical successes, Wolf-Ferrari brought a transparency of sound and a sense of lightness and charm to the realm of Italian opera. Alongside these qualities came a renewal of opera buffa, of which he proved to be a master – exemplified in the overtures and excerpts heard here. The comic energy and vibrancy of Il segreto di Susanna, the melodic beauty of Il campiello and the sweeping lustre of I gioielli della Madonna show how Wolf-Ferrari reinvigorated the genre through his incomparable passion and expression.
Contents and tracklist
- Oviedo Filarmonia
- Friedrich Haider
- Oviedo Filarmonia
- Friedrich Haider
- Oviedo Filarmonia
- Friedrich Haider
- Ingri Elise Engeland (flute)
- Oviedo Filarmonia
- Friedrich Haider
- Frank-Michael Guthmann (cello)
- Oviedo Filarmonia
- Friedrich Haider
- Oviedo Filarmonia
- Friedrich Haider
- Oviedo Filarmonia
- Friedrich Haider
Awards and reviews
Christmas 2021
From The Jewels of the Madonna to Il campiello, Wolf-Ferrari was up there with his Italian contemporaries Puccini and Mascagni when it came to writing music that simply basks in the glow of the Mediterranean sun. There’s plenty of warmth in the playing here too.
December 2021
Haider secures a splendidly ebullient, affectionate and nicely turned response from the Oviedo Filarmonía, and the sound has agreeable body, detail and glow to match.
