The name of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) is now emerging from the shadow cast by his wartime collaboration with Italy's Fascist regime. Operas such as I quattro rusteghi and I gioielli della...
How many labels can boast not one but two recordings of Wolf-Ferrari's piano trios? But they're so good, they're worth recording (and hearing) more than once. As Norman Lebrecht remarked of the...
Ferrari,Ermanno Wolf / Ushakova,Natalia Wolf-Ferrari: I Gioielli Della Madonna CD1. 'O Quadro D'a Madonna 2. Festa Grande, Gran Baldoria! 3. Per Chi, Primavera Odorosa 4. Festa Grande, Gran Baldoria!...
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...