MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wolf-Ferrari: Trii [Trios for violin, Cello & piano]

The two piano trios that Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) composed early in his career display inventiveness and communicative vibrancy comparable to what you find in his operas and symphonic works. The Op. 5 Trio reveals the 20-year-old composer as a confident craftsperson: note the quirky juxtapositions of key and abruptly offhand conclusion in the Scherzo's main section, and the whimsical discursiveness of the Finale that might be described as the lovechild of Schubert and Fauré.

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