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.
1. George Frideric Handel: Air and Variations On 'the Harmoniou
2. Alessandro Marcello:Adagio From the Oboe Concerto In D Minor
3. Sergei Rachmaninov: Dreams, Op. 38, No. 5
4. Sergei Rachmaninov: Where Beauty Dwells, Op. 21, No. 7
5. Sergei Rachmaninov: the Muse, Op. 34, No. 1
6. Sergei Rachmaninov: Floods of Spring, Op. 14, No. 11
7. Sergei Rachmaninov: Do Not Grieve, Op.14, No. 8
8. Sergei Rachmaninov: Sorrow In Springtime, Op. 21, No. 12
9. Sergei Rachmaninov: On the Death of a Linnet, Op. 21, No.
10. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:Dance of the Four Swans (From Swan
11. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:At the Ball, Op. 38, No. 3
12. George Gershwin: Seven Virtuoso Etudes On Popular Songs: Liz
13. George Gershwin: Seven Virtuoso Etudes On Popular Songs: Som
14. George Gershwin: Seven Virtuoso Etudes On Popular Songs: the
15. George Gershwin: Seven Virtuoso Etudes On Popular Songs: Emb
16. George Gershwin: Seven Virtuoso Etudes On Popular Songs: Oh,
17. George Gershwin: Seven Virtuoso Etudes On Popular Songs: I G
18. George Gershwin: Seven Virtuoso Etudes On Popular Songs: Fas
19. George Gershwin: Seven Virtuoso Etudes On Popular Songs: Imp
20. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach:Solfeggietto In the Form of an Imp