Earl Wild: Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions

Earl Wild: Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions

On this CD:

1. Le Rouet d'Omphale, symphonic poem in A major, Op. 31
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
Performed by Earl Wild

2. Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, No.5 in E major, HWV 430 No.5, Air and Variations "Harmonious Blacksmith"
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Earl Wild

3. Concerto for piano & orchestra No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, CT 48 Larghetto
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin
Performed by Earl Wild

4. These summer nights, song for voice & piano, Op. 14/5 No.5, Midsummer nights
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
Performed by Earl Wild

5. Concert paraphrase for piano of Tchaikovsky's ballet "Sleeping Beauty"
Composed by Paul Pabst
Performed by Earl Wild

6. Improvisation on Fauré's "Après un rêve", for piano
Composed by Earl Wild
Performed by Earl Wild

7. Hommage à Poulenc (from J. S. Bach's Partita No 1)
Composed by Earl Wild
Performed by Earl Wild

8. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Serenade
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Earl Wild

9. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, film score Whistle While You Work" - "I'm Wishing" - "One Song" - "Height-Ho" - "Someday My Prince Will Come" [Reminiscences]
Composed by Frank/ Harline, Leigh/ Smith, Paul J. Churchill
Performed by Earl Wild

10. Amid the noise of the ball, song for voice and piano, Op. 38/3 No.3, At the Ball
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Earl Wild

11. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20 Dance of the Four Swans
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Earl Wild

12. Arrangement for piano of Johann Strauss II's "Man lebt nur einmal"
Composed by Carl Tausig
Performed by Earl Wild

13. Transcription for piano of Kreisler's "Liebesleid", TN iii/5
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
Performed by Earl Wild

Editorial Reviews
Time Magazine, 1995
When Earl Wild performs, the Golden Age of the keyboard suddenly reappears. Echoes of Rachmaninov, Paderewski and Hofmann.

Fanfare, Jan./Feb. 2000
Even after dozens of hearings, everything on this disc continues to astonish. A treasurable disc.

Album Description
This exceptional recording is largely devoted to Earl Wild's own dazzling piano transcriptions. Mr. Wild received a Grammy® Award in 1997 for this disc of Thirteen Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions. It is being re-released on Ivory Classics® in honor of Earl Wild’s 84th birthday! Praised by critics and music lovers around the world as a "stunning document of musical sensitivity and virtuosity" and "a tribute to America's greatest pianistic treasure" – this CD is now available in its original 24-bit HDCD state-of-the-art audiophile sound.

Earl Wild: Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions

Earl Wild: Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions, Music, Fryderyk Chopin, Frank/ Harline, Leigh/ Smith, Paul J. Churchill, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paul Pabst, Sergey Rachmaninov, Camille Saint-Saens, Carl Tausig, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Earl Wild, Earl Wild, Ballet, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Concerto, Contrapuntal/Improvisatory Keyboard Music, Film, Film Music, German/Austrian Classical Period Opera, Keyboard, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Music for Keyboard, Opera, Orchestral, Piano Concerto, Romantic Ballet, Romantic Music for Voice and Keyboard, Romantic Tone Poem/Symphonic Poem for Orchestra, Suite/Partita for Keyboard, Transcription for Keyboard, Vocal

Earl Wild: Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions

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