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title: "Virtuosity of Earl Wild"
brand: "ivory classics"
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# Virtuosity of Earl Wild

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Scintillating &#x96; Exciting &#x96; Riveting &#x96; Powerful &#x96; Awesome &#x96; Stupendous performances of some of the most difficult piano showpieces ever written. Earl Wild bedazzles with his keyboard pyrotechnics, charms us with his musicianship and always impresses us with his &#xE9;lan. The virtuosic Liszt, Dohn&#xE1;nyi, Tchaikovsky, Moszkowski, Chopin, Mendelssohn, and d&#x92;Albert compositions come alive in this 2 disc collection that every piano enthusiast will want to own! (ADD & DDD)Recorded: 11/63, 10/64, 1966, 4/67, 4/68, 6/69, 1976, 10/78 and 12/85. Mastered using 20-Bit State-of-the-Art Technology &#x97; HDCD Encoded












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Few pianists can claim such precision of touch, astringent clarity, wide range of color, or ability &#x97; at his most dazzling. -- Fanfare, May/June 1999Wild demonstrates a frightening control of the digital demands. Horowitz was an admirer of Wild&apos;s playing. -- Muse Inc., May 1999Wild knows how to make virtuosity sound musical rather than stunt-like. It&apos;s taste and proportion not banging, bombast. -- Harold C. Schonberg, ARG, May/June 1999

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## Customer Reviews

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    Virtuoso and consumate musician.  This is a must-have album, indeed!
  

*by J***D on Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2014*

Earl Wild was always an exceptional virtuoso but also a showman of sorts.  I think he would have been quite comfortable back in the days of Liszt, playing in the salons and impressing all of the wealthy ladies just as Liszt did.  He was a music composer and  transcriber of considerable talent as revealed by his transcription of the Swan Lake Pas de Quatre.  Fortunately for us, Earl Wild was finally and most importantly a consummate musician of amazingly varied repertoire interests as this 2-disc album clearly demonstrates.  And he never slowed down, playing his last recital in 2008 at the grand old age of 92!  Now, that's some feat.Wild was known for the beautiful tone he could produce, and this album is ample evidence of such.  Even more noteworthy was the presence of this tone when his fingers were flying at 90 MPH (listen to his Chopin A-flat major Polonaise).  His technique was singularly astonishing and without comparison as the Liszt pieces and the d'Albert Scherzo (he played it at his Carnegie Hall recital commemorating his 85th birthday) show so well.  I know of no shortcomings in the musicianship or technique of this incredible pianist.  Was there anything he couldn't play???The sonics of this expertly remastered album are stunning.  They and the profound musicality with which every piece is performed make this self-recommending for anyone who loves the piano!

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    Virtuosity at its most virtuosic!
  

*by N***L on Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2012*

This set of virtuoso solo piano playing contains my favorite recording of Liszt's Mephisto Waltz.  Wild has created his own cadenza at the end.  You just have to hear it.  He also briefly does some improvisation in the Chopin Polonaise (in good taste), and it does not distract from the piece at all.  It sounds completely unplanned yet falls perfectly in place with this music.  I highly recommend this CD for anyone who enjoys Romantic Style piano playing in the GRAND STYLE!  No pianists today can match this way of performing!

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    Sorcerer's Apprentice
  

*by J***K on Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2005*

It's almost comical, the embarrassment of riches one finds on this 2-CD set. Each performance here stands as its own jewel. Each interpretation is carefully mapped out and flawlessly executed. One gets the feeling with Wild that seldom does he walk away after a performance not having done at least 99% of what he set out to do.In the difficult(although rather silly)Grand Galop Chromatique of Liszt, Wild's touch is light but solid all at the same time. Very few pianists get to the end of this piece without sounding like their hands are going to drop off from fatigue. Yet Wild never gives a sense of this.Having listened to perhaps fifty different recordings of the Mephisto Waltz #1 over the last twenty years, I still prefer Wild's. More than anyone he captures the sense of hallucinogenic sexuality that's heavily laced into this piece. Even with the brisk tempo he takes, the playing never loses its creaminess, it's seductiveness; it's dangerous allure.There's nothing more satisfying than to be able to return to favorite pieces of music throughout the years and constantly find new things about them you never discovered before. So to with these interpretations, you'll find many reasons to keep coming back again and again, to savor the superb artistry of Earl Wild.

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