Earl Wild - (Re)Visions: Piano Transcriptions
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Label: Odradek Records
Cat No: ODRCD399
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 26th March 2021
Contents
Works
Solfeggio in C minor, Wq117/2 H220 (arr. Vittorio Forte)Oboe Concerto in D minor
At the Ball, op.38 no.3 (after Tchaikovsky)
Improvisation in the form of Theme and Variations on Gershwin's 'Someone to watch over me'
Pas de quatre (Dance of the 4 Swans) (Tchaikovsky)
Virtuoso Etudes (7) on Gershwin Songs
Artists
Vittorio Forte (piano)Works
Solfeggio in C minor, Wq117/2 H220 (arr. Vittorio Forte)Oboe Concerto in D minor
At the Ball, op.38 no.3 (after Tchaikovsky)
Improvisation in the form of Theme and Variations on Gershwin's 'Someone to watch over me'
Pas de quatre (Dance of the 4 Swans) (Tchaikovsky)
Virtuoso Etudes (7) on Gershwin Songs
Artists
Vittorio Forte (piano)About
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.
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