Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Elegies
1. Nach der Wendlung. Recuillement
2. All'Italia. In modo napoletano
3. Meine Seele bangt und hofft zu Dir. Choralvorspiel
4. Turandots Frauengemach. Intermezzo
5. Die Nachtlichen. Walzer
6. Erscheinung. Notturno
7. Berceuse
Franz Liszt ( 1811-1886 )
8. Sonata in B Minor

I first heard him play the Busoni Elegies at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. I also heard his earlier recording of the Liszt Sonata. These performances, as cogent as they were lucid and powerful, have long stayed in my memory, yet they are surely far excelled by Delphian's present offering. Here, surely, is blazing confirmation of what Sir Michael Tippett once called ‘the immense effort of interpretation', by a rare communicative vividness and force. In a time of increasing musical homogeneity David Wilde's Liszt and Busoni stand out for their very special drama and integrity. – Bryce Morrison 'wholeheartedly committed, authoritative … dazzlingly virtuosic’ – The Gramophone 'Wilde's love of this music is transparent … he throws caution to the wind' – BBC Music Magazine