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Franchetti: Symphony & Nella Foresta Nera - Wolf-Ferrari: Sinfonia da camera

8/9/2024, 9 Tracks, 1:13:14

Featuring

  • Francesco La Vecchia
  • Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
  • MiNensemblet
  • Alberto Franchetti
  • Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

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Composer Biography

Alberto Franchetti, born into a very wealthy Jewish family, was a fashionable member of Italian high society, a car enthusiast, mountaineer, and lover of cinema, luxury, and good food.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, established in 2002, was a rare example in Europe of a completely privately funded orchestra.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

Alberto Franchetti's Symphony in E minor achieved international success, being performed in Dresden, Gotha, Leipzig, Monaco, New York, and had its Italian premiere in Milan in 1888.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

MiNensemblet is Norway's only professional chamber ensemble of its size, consisting of eleven full-time musicians.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari had a mixed cultural background, with an Italian mother and a Bavarian father, which is reflected in his hyphenated name that he adopted in 1895.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Alberto Franchetti's Symphony in E minor, his only symphony, was written as part of his examinations for graduation from the Dresden conservatory in 1885.

Source: Booklet

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