"In the almost three years since his move from Weiden to the music centre in Munich, Reger had acquired the reputation of an ""enfant terrible of German music"" with harmonically bold and tonally uncompromisingly becoming song collections, organ and chamber music works. Opus 77, consisting of a Serenade in D major for flute, violin and viola as well as the String Trio in A minor op. 77b, should, according to the composer's will, be a work of a change of style. When Reger composed the String Trio in D minor op. 141b, 11 years later, the often performed first contribution already served as a reference work of a revived genre.
The string trio Il Furibondo was founded in 2011 by violinist Liana Mosca, violist Gianni de Rosa and cellist Marcello Scandelli. They regularly collaborate with renowned early music ensembles such as ""Il Giardino Armonico"" or ""Le Concert des Nations"". Their repertoire ranges from baroque (played on historical instruments) to music of the first half of the 20th century. The Trio Il Furibondo attracted attention from the very beginning with extraordinary interpretations, such as their recording of the Bach fugues transcribed by Mozart for the Stradivarius label. Since then, the ensemble has been heard on radio and in concert halls throughout Europe, including Le Settimane Musicali (Merano), Ceresio Estate (Lugano), Milano ArteMusica, Paesaggi Musicali Toscani and Rencontres Internationales Harmoniques (Geneva)."
