Vittorio Forte - Earl Wild: [Re]Visions - Piano Transcriptions '2021

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Air and Variations on The Harmonious Blacksmith (Transcr. Earl Wild)
02. Oboe Concerto in D minor, SF935: II. Adagio (Transcr. Earl Wild)
03. Dreams, Op. 38, No. 5 (Transcr. Earl Wild)
04. Where Beauty Dwells, Op. 21, No. 7 (Transcr. Earl Wild)
05. The Muse, Op. 34, No. 1 (Transcr. Earl Wild)
06. Floods of Spring, Op. 14, No. 11 (Transcr. Earl Wild)
07. Do Not Grieve, Op. 14, No. 8 (Transcr. Earl Wild)
08. Sorrow In Springtime, Op. 21, No. 12 (Transcr. Earl Wild)
09. On the Death of a Linnet, Op. 21, No. 8 (Transcr. Earl Wild)
10. Swan Lake, Op. 20: Dance of the Four Swans (Transcr. Earl Wild)
11. At the Ball, Op. 38, No. 3 (Transcr. Earl Wild)
12. Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: I. Liza
13. Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: II. Somebody
Loves Me
14. Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: III. The Man I
Love
15. Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: IV. Embraceable
You
16. Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: V. Oh, Lady Be
Good!
17. Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: VI. I Got Rhythm
18. Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Popular Songs by George Gershwin: VII. Fascinating
Rhythm
19. Improvisation in the form of a Theme and Three Variations on Someone To
Watch Over Me by George Gershwin
20. Solfeggietto in the form of an Improvisation (Arr. by Vittorio Forte)


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. 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.

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