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[In 'Sorrow in Springtime'] and in ‘Floods of Spring’, Op. 14, No. 11, pianist Vittorio Forte underlines the impressionistic elements. (The Bechstein piano is carefully captured by specialist... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Mar 2021
Catalogue No: ODRCD399
Label: Odradek Records
Length: 77 minutes

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Wild: Air and Variations from The Harmonious Blacksmith (after Handel)

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Wild: Oboe Concerto in D minor, SF935: II. Adagio (after Marcello)

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Wild: Dreams (after Rachmaninov)

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Wild: Where Beauty Dwells (after Rachmaninov)

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Wild: The Muse (after Rachmaninov)

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Wild: Floods of Spring (after Rachmaninov)

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Wild: Do Not Grieve (after Rachmaninov)

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Wild: Sorrow in Springtime (after Rachmaninov)

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Wild: On the Death of a Linnet (after Rachmaninov)

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Wild: Dance of the Four Swans (after Tchaikovsky)

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Wild: At the Ball, Op. 38 No. 3 (after Tchaikovsky)

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Wild: 7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin

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I. Liza

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II. Somebody Loves Me

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III. The Man I Love

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IV. Embraceable You

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V. Oh, Lady Be Good!

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VI. I Got Rhythm

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VII. Fascinating Rhythm

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Wild: Improvisation in the form of Theme and Variations on 'Someone to watch over me'

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Bach, C P E: Solfeggio

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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.

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July 2021

[In 'Sorrow in Springtime'] and in ‘Floods of Spring’, Op. 14, No. 11, pianist Vittorio Forte underlines the impressionistic elements. (The Bechstein piano is carefully captured by specialist label Odradek.) ‘The Muse’, Op. 24, No. 1 comes across as sentimental rather than wistful, whereas the sparsely textured ‘Dreams’ packs a powerful punch.

July 2021

An insouciant disregard for their technical difficulties must go hand in hand with a knowing twinkle (as transcriber) and a mischievous glee (in execution) to bring them off successfully. Vittorio Forte comes commendably close without in any way outshining Wild.

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