Karen Geoghegan, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda - Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works (2009/2022) [24/96]

Gianandrea Noseda continues his survey of Italian orchestral music with a disc of works by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, which is the Chandos March Featured Release. Wolf-Ferrari was the son of a German painter and his Italian wife and although acknowledged as an Italian composer, he was perhaps better known in Germany. Wolf-Ferrari achieved his greatest success with a string of operatic works, especially Il segreto di Susanna. The recording includes orchestral excerpts from five operas, together with the Suite-Concertino for bassoon and orchestra. The bassoonist in Karen Geoghegan, runner-up on TV’s ‘Classical Star’ programme and now a Chandos artist. Noseda conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music obviously very close to his heart.

"Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic weight and pace these often feather light textures to perfection, particularly in the several delightful song-based movements with plucked or strummed accompaniments. But where this disc scores over most comparable compilations is in offering not just the usual operatic favourites but also a substantial 20-minute bonus in the form of the 1933 Suite-Concertino for bassoon and strings." (BBC Music Magazine)

"What a wonderful sound two early violins, dulcian and keyboards make!' The two violins are equal in every sense – the ensemble is impeccable, even in the most complex music – and it is revelatory to hear this material with a reed instrument on the bass, as a host of composers (especially later ones) expected in ensemble music. Fine playing from all concerned." (Early Music Review)

Tracklist:
1. I gioielli della Madonna Suite: I. Festa popolare (04:39)
2. I gioielli della Madonna Suite: II. Intermezzo (04:31)
3. I gioielli della Madonna Suite: III. Serenata (03:48)
4. I gioielli della Madonna Suite: IV. Danza napolitana (03:55)
5. I Quattro Rusteghi: Prelude (02:06)
6. I Quattro Rusteghi: Intermezzo (03:32)
7. Suite-Concertino in F Major, Op. 16: I. Notturno. Andante un poco mosso (09:25)
8. Suite-Concertino in F Major, Op. 16: II. Strimpellata. Presto (02:13)
9. Suite-Concertino in F Major, Op. 16: III. Canzone. Andante cantabile (04:48)
10. Suite-Concertino in F Major, Op. 16: IV. Finale. Andante con moto (05:32)
11. Il segreto di Susanna: Overture (02:49)
12. Il segreto di Susanna: Intermezzo (03:48)
13. L'amore medico: Overture (08:03)
14. L'amore medico: Intermezzo (05:40)
15. Il Campiello: Intermezzo (03:27)
16. Il Campiello: Ritornello (02:37)
17. La dama boba: Overture (08:18)


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