Orchestral Works : Noseda / BBC Philharmonic, Geoghegan

ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI (1876-1948)
Orchestral Works

Suite-Concertino for bassoon and orchestra in F major, Op. 16
Orchestral excerpts from the operas:
Il segreto di Susanna
I quattro rusteghi
Il campiello
L’amore medico
I gioielli della Madonna
La dama boba

Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

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.