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…Gianandrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic weight and pace these often featherlight textures to perfection, particularly in the several delightful song-based movements with plucked or strummed... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Mar 2009
Catalogue No: CHAN10511
Label: Chandos
Series: Musica Italiana
Length: 78 minutes

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Wolf-Ferrari: I gioielli della Madonna Suite

Work length16:53

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Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic

I. Festa popolare

Track length4:39

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II. Intermezzo

Track length4:31

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III. Serenata

Track length3:48

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IV. Danza napolitana

Track length3:55

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Wolf-Ferrari: I Quattro Rusteghi: Prelude

Work length2:06

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Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic

Wolf-Ferrari: I Quattro Rusteghi: Intermezzo

Work length3:32

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Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic

Wolf-Ferrari: Suite-Concertino in F Major, Op. 16

Work length21:58

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Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic, Karen Geoghegan

I. Notturno. Andante un poco mosso

Track length9:25

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II. Strimpellata. Presto

Track length2:13

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III. Canzone. Andante cantabile

Track length4:48

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IV. Finale. Andante con moto

Track length5:32

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Excerpt, Wolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Susanna

Work length6:37

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Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic, John Bradbury

Overture

Track length2:49

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Intermezzo

Track length3:48

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Wolf-Ferrari: L'amore medico

Work length13:43

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Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic, Peter Dixon

Overture

Track length8:03

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Intermezzo

Track length5:40

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Excerpt, Wolf-Ferrari: Il Campiello

Work length6:04

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Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic

Intermezzo

Track length3:27

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Ritornello

Track length2:37

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Wolf-Ferrari: La dama boba: Overture

Work length8:18

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Gianandrea Noseda, BBC Philharmonic

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Gianandrea Noseda continues his Italian series with a recording of works of Wolf-Ferrari. This will be promoted as the March Featured Release.

This is a project very close to the heart of the BBC Philharmonic’s Principal Conductor, something reflected in the passionate performances he creates. BBC Music magazine commented early on that ‘Noseda’s affection for the music is evident throughout’. Even at the time of his appointment, he spoke of his ambition to record the works of the twentieth-century Italian composers, and he has since recorded works by Respighi and Dallapiccola. ‘Gianandrea Noseda understands the music’s lyrical strength and fragile sound-world perfectly; the playing of the BBC Philharmonic is exemplary, too’, wrote The Guardian on the Dallapiccola disc.

Known mainly for his operatic compositions, perhaps especially the overture to Il segreto di Susanna, Wolf-Ferrari was that rare phenomenon, famously exemplified by Busoni, of an Italian composer better known in Germany than in his homeland. The son of a German painter and his Italian wife, Wolf-Ferrari made his home in Munich and was throughout his life divided by the two cultures, something that provided a foundation of his creative existence, particularly in his attachment to the neo-classical style.

Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic present extracts from five operas, I quattro rusteghi, Il segreto di Susanna, I gioielli della Madonna, Il campiello and La dama boba. They are complemented by the Suite-Concertino for bassoon, two horns and strings. The soloist is Karen Geoghegan who recently made her debut on Chandos following her appearance on the television programme Classical Star.

With such distinguished and sympathetic advocacy, the music of Wolf-Ferrari should achieve the worldwide recognition that it deserves.

Reviews

August 2009

…Gianandrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic weight and pace these often featherlight 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... a substantial 20-minute bonus in the form of the 1933 Suite-Concertino for bassoon and strings (plus two horns). This is something different, at least in the opening Notturno, where Karen Geoghegan exudes a tender melancholy as the so often clownish bassoon puts on its sad face and wails its lonely lament through the night, even if it awakes more predictably to a bubbliness for the remaining three movements.

2011 edition

A warm welcome to a superb collection of Wolf-Ferrari's sparkling orchestral music...The Suite-Concertino in F is a great rarity - and what a charmer it is, with Chandos's recent find, the superb bassoonist Karen Geoghegan, bringing out all the colour of this score...The Chandos recording is first class, with the deep, resonant bass-drum in L'Amore medico marvellously captured.

10th April 2009

The Suite Concertino, beautifully played by Karen Geoghegan, is ravishing and original, and the extracts from Il Campiello and L'Amore Medico have a seductive charm. Noseda conducts it all with quiet passion, and the BBC Philharmonic's playing is finely judged in its combination of virtuosity and restraint. A treat.

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