Name: Wolf-Ferrari: Piano Trios
Brand: Wolf-Ferrari
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Title: Piano Trios
Artist: Wolf-Ferrari
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5028421955537
Genre: Classical Artists

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 well-received album of Trio Arche (BC95624), 'The two trios... put an instant summer's smile on the sourest of faces. The gift for melody is abundant and the interaction of piano, violin and cello is as infectious and irresistible as a well-made goal in football. Barely half an hour long, either of these trios will make your day... Go on, treat yourself.' Both written early in his career, the trios share the inventiveness and communicative vibrancy of his better-known operas and symphonic works such as the wind concertos on another recent Brilliant Classics release (BC95875). The Op. 5 Trio shows off the confidence of Wolf-Ferrari with quirky juxtapositions of key and an abruptly offhand conclusion to the Scherzo, and a whimsical discursiveness of the Finale that might be described as the lovechild of Schubert and Faure. More ambitious in scope, the Op.7 F sharp minor Trio opens with an expansive, brooding opening movement (lots of harmonic unrest reminiscent of Cesar Franck) followed by two much briefer movements of uncomplicated charm. Wolf-Ferrari's writing for the notoriously tricky combination of instruments is notably sympathetic, allowing the two string instruments to flourish without being overwhelmed by the piano. This ensemble, highly praised in the pages of La Stampa, is led by Franco Mezzena, whose extensive discography of lesser- known Italian chamber music includes most recently the complete quartets of Viotti (BC95264).

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