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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Piano Quintet, Cello Sonata & Duo

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) is a composer difficult to classify. As the son of a German father and an Italian mother from an aristocratic family, he was born in Venice and went to study in Munich. He became famous as a composer for the stage with works such as Il Segreto di Susanna and I gioielli della Madonna. His name is now emerging from the shadow cast by his wartime collaboration with Italy’s Fascist regime...

Following on from the piano trios, the Piano Quintet Op.6 dates from 1900. Some of the cantabile melodies may remind us of Brahms, and the delicately embroidered harmony of Hugo Wolf, but Wolf-Ferrari’s characteristic sweetness of tone does not descend into decorative mannerism or affected sentimentalism: he was, to the core, a German-Italian composer with a foot on both sides of the Alps. More than any other of his early chamber works, the Piano Quintet successfully embodies his declared aim as a composer, to create a “universal beauty” where no rules apply, but only a feeling of well-being and sensuousness – especially in the ebullient Scherzo and Trio.

The Cello Sonata (1945) and Duo for violin and cello (1946) share the Romantic language of his early chamber music, but now refined by an escapist mode of neo-classicism, particularly in the lively dialogue of the Duo. The Cello Sonata is imbued with a gentle radiance throughout its brief, traditionally structured quarter-hour duration, drawing on a nostalgic vein of expression which comes naturally to the cello, and including literal echoes of Brahms in the slow movement.

Played by the Guadagnini Quartet, Amedeo Cicchese (cello) and pianist Costantino Catena, who is the binding force in this recording project of considerable importance.

Tracklist:
Piano Quintet in D-Flat Major, Op. 6:
00:00 I. Tranquillo ed espressivo
09:57 II. Canzone
15:51 III. Capriccio
24:24 IV. Finale

34:11 Duo for Violin and Cello in G Minor, Op. 33

Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Major, Op. 30:
42:45 I. Allegro tranquillo
50:13 II. Largo
53:53 III. Allegro

#ErmannoWolf-Ferrari #classical #piano #cello #music

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elegance@socialhome.network
elegance@socialhome.network

Yo-Yo Ma performs a work for cello in the woods, accompanied by a birdsong chorus

The Birdsong Project is an endeavour organised by the Audubon Society as a ‘celebration of the joy and mysteries of birdsong’ via visual art, music and poetry. In this music video from the album For the Birds: The Birdsong Project, Vol II (2022), the celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma is seen and heard performing ‘In the Gale’, which he created in collaboration with the composer Anna Clyne. Perhaps the only piece of music written ‘for cello and birdsong’, the performance sees Ma alone with his instrument in a wooded landscape, performing the poignant work alongside a chorus of some of nature’s most gifted singers.

Yo-Yo Ma and Anna Clyne - In The Gale - The Birdsong Project (Official Video)

#Yo-Yo-Ma #cello #Anna-Clyne #Birdsong-Project

Yo-Yo Ma performs a work for cello in the woods, accompanied by a birdsong chorus | Aeon Videos

A stirring outdoor performance intertwines Yo-Yo Ma’s cello with the joy and mysteries of birdsong

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The 2021 Nobel Prize Concert with acclaimed Argentina-born cellist Sol Gabetta, who shared the stage with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and American conductor Ryan Bancroft.

Programme
Wilhelm Stenhammar: Excelsior!
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Hannah Kendall: The Spark Catchers
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol

#TeamSintti #TuneForToday #musiikki #music #klassinen #classical #StockholmPO #SolGabetta #cello #Nobel #concert https://youtu.be/kvvQgjDhpzw

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umbracatti@diasporing.ch
Umbra Catti

Thanks to @kêr-Is (fantôme de) du Menez-Du and
@Erik Retallick for bringing Christophe Coin
to diaspora*
( https://diasporing.ch/posts/77d6c8300d830139fd6338607759d42b ,
https://diasporing.ch/posts/07330730e97001388bab38607759d42b ,
https://diasporing.ch/posts/3516c630461d0139f4462a0000053625 ).

They made me notice that Christophe Coin has participated
in the "rediscovery" of Antonin Rejcha
(Anton Reicha, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Rejcha ):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV4Bi7e54yc .
Please note also the other performers.

Here is Rejcha's "Quatuor Scientifique":
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLExdRU27xbS38VOLh0ABGBos_0q9cX7BD .
Not that his other compositions do not deserve the adjective.

#antoninrejcha #antonreicha #cello #christophecoin #concerto
#davitmelkonyan #gliangeligeneve #quartet #reichaquartet
#stephanmacleod