Hugo Wolf

Written in 1887 by notable Leider composer Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), Italian Serenade was originally written for string quartet and named simply Serenade in G Major. In his ongoing attempt to set the wor...

The work, although also known in the chamber orchestra version by Max Reger, was originally composed for string quartet (1887). The preservation of the idealized timbres by the composer, in this case...

Als Hugo Wolf im Jahre 1888 die Gedichte von Eduard Mörike (1804-1875) vertonte, lag ein langwieriger Weg der Suche und Selbstfindung hinter ihm. Das Ergebnis war die Erkenntnis, dass die Poesie allei...