Earl Wild: [Re]Visions - Piano Transcriptions Vittorio Forte

• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759):
• 1 Air and Variations on The Harmonious Blacksmith (Transcr. Earl Wild) 04:24
• Alessandro Marcello (1673 - 1747):
• 2 Oboe Concerto in D minor, SF935: II. Adagio (Transcr. Earl Wild) 04:33
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943):
• 3 Dreams, Op. 38, No. 5 (Transcr. Earl Wild) 03:34
• 4 Where Beauty Dwells, Op. 21, No. 7 (Transcr. Earl Wild) 03:35
• 5 The Muse, Op. 34, No. 1 (Transcr. Earl Wild) 04:47
• 6 Floods of Spring, Op. 14, No. 11 (Transcr. Earl Wild) 04:00
• 7 Do Not Grieve, Op. 14, No. 8 (Transcr. Earl Wild) 03:10
• 8 Sorrow In Springtime, Op. 21, No. 12 (Transcr. Earl Wild) 03:47
• 9 On the Death of a Linnet, Op. 21, No. 8 (Transcr. Earl Wild) 04:55
• Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski (1840 - 1893):
• 10 Swan Lake, Op. 20: Dance of the Four Swans (Transcr. Earl Wild) 01:43
• 11 At the Ball, Op. 38, No. 3 (Transcr. Earl Wild) 03:04
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937): Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs:
• 12 Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: I. Liza 03:30
• 13 Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: II. Somebody Loves Me 03:06
• 14 Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: III. The Man I Love 02:57
• 15 Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: IV. Embraceable You 03:00
• 16 Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: V. Oh, Lady Be Good! 03:54
• 17 Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: VI. I Got Rhythm 02:05
• 18 Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: VII. Fascinating Rhythm 01:38
• 19 Improvisation in the form of a Theme and Three Variations on 'Someone To Watch Over Me' by George Gershwin 12:47
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788):
• 20 Solfeggietto in the form of an Improvisation (Arr. by Vittorio Forte) 02:49
• Total Runtime 01:17:18

Info for Earl Wild: [Re]Visions - Piano Transcriptions

Following the success of his Odradek debut, 'Abschied' (keyboard works by C.P.E. Bach), pianist Vittorio Forte pays tribute to one of his musical heroes, Earl Wild, whose transcriptions are, in Forte's words, "a revelation".

Earl Wild was a prodigiously talented American pianist who became as famous for his transcriptions as for his dazzling performances, representing a vital link with 19th-century exponents of the pianist-composer tradition such as Liszt, Rachmaninov and Busoni. Wild died in 2010, and this release represents a tribute to the great musician on the tenth anniversary of his death.

For Vittorio Forte, "Earl Wild was the perfect example of a marvellous blend between academism and modernity in an ever-changing world", a combination audible in the array of works chosen for this recital. We hear Wild's transcriptions of two elegant Baroque pieces: Handel's 'Harmonious Blacksmith' and the 'Adagio' from Marcello's Oboe Concerto, contrasted with the Russian passion of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Then to 20th-century America with Wild's breathtaking 'Seven Virtuoso Etudes' on songs by George Gershwin and his 'Improvisation in the form of a Theme and Three Variations on Someone To Watch Over Me'. The release concludes with one of Forte's own transcriptions, of the 'Solfeggietto' by C.P.E. Bach. There is also a bonus recording for digital listeners: Gershwin's scintillating 'Rhapsody in Blue' (solo piano version) with cadenzas by Vittorio Forte.

Vittorio Forte, piano

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