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Earl Wild (1915 2010) was without doubt one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. His immense repertoire, his staggering virtuosity, his warmth and his charm deserve him the epithet legendary. Wild was a great improviser as well, and he frequently played his own fantasies in his concerts. Fortunately he wrote these wonderful pieces down, and his creative legacy contains a wealth of transcriptions, fantasies and paraphrases, as well as original piano works. This release is the first of a complete recording of these works. It contains his brilliant “Virtuoso Studies” on songs by Gershwin, an intimate transcription of the adagio from Marcello’s Oboe Concerto, the tongue-in-cheek rendering of a Bach Chorale in the style of Poulenc, the
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Larghetto from Chopin’s 2nd Piano Concerto, and Wild’s own Piano Sonata. Fun, glitter, contemplation and passion: it’s all here in the wonderful playing of young Italian pianist Giovanni Doria Miglietta! -
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Works on This Recording
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Sonata for Piano by Earl Wild
Performer:
Giovanni Doria Miglietta (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 2000; USA
6.
Hommage à Poulenc by Earl Wild
Performer:
Giovanni Doria Miglietta (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
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