Earl Wild - Classical Piano Magic

 

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6 LP 3 TC
Released September 1977
Cat No.: RDS9451-6 (RDC90641-3)
RD Code : WIL (GWIL-6A on Box)
Came with Bonus LP  'Grand Piano Partnerships' (RDS9457) (RDC90644)

'He gave the music his all - scintillating passage work, hair-raising prestissimo octaves, huge sonorous chords and magical, velvet softness and roundness of tone... What a man! What a pianist! What an artist!'.

RECORD 1

 

1 - 1 - Grande Polonaise - Chopin

1 - 2 - Hungarian Fantasy - Liszt

1 - 3 - Variations On A Nursery Song, Op. 25 - E von Dohnayi

 

RECORD 2

 

2 - 1/3 - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22  - Saint-Saens

2 - 4 - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 - Rachmaninov

 

RECORD 3

 

3 - 1 - Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchesta - Franck

3 - 2 - Pictures At An Exhibition - Mussorgsky

 

RECORD 4

 

4 - 1 - Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 - Weber, arr. Tausig

4 - 2 - Impromptu In E Flat Op 90 No 2 - Schubert

4 - 3 - Three Preludes - G Gershwin

4 - 4 - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 - Rachmaninov

 

RECORD 5

 

5 – 1/3 - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor - Chopin

5 - 4 - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat - Liszt

 

RECORD 6

 

 

6 - 1 - Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ('Moonlight') - Beethoven

6 - 2 - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18  - Rachmaninov