The second instalment of the complete Piano Works by Earl Wild!
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 CD features the complete recording of Wild’s famous transcriptions of Rachmaninoff songs. Rachmaninoff was of course one of the greatest pianists ever, and the piano writing for his songs is virtuoso and substantial, a severe challenge for the performer. In Wild’s transcriptions the voice melody melts into the accompaniment, creating the most wonderful, lush and sumptuous pianism ever written!
Sergei Rachmaninoff: 6 Songs, Op. 38 (arr. E. Wild for piano)
00:00:00 6 Songs, Op. 38: No. 5. Son (A Dream) (arr. E. Wild for piano)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: 12 Songs, Op. 21 (arr. E. Wild for piano)
00:03:29 12 Songs, Op. 21: No. 7. Zdes' khorosho (How peaceful) (arr. E. Wild for piano)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: 6 Songs, Op. 4 (arr. E. Wild)
00:07:10 6 Songs, 6 Songs, Op. 4: No. 4. Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Sing not to me, beautiful maiden) (arr. E. Wild for piano)Op. 4: No. 4. Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Sing not to me, beautiful maiden) (arr. E. Wild)
12 Songs, Op. 21 (arr. E. Wild for piano)
00:12:02 12 Songs, Op. 21: No. 12. Kak mne bol'no no (How Painful for Me) (arr. E. Wild for piano)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: 12 Songs, Op. 14 (arr. E. Wild for piano)*
00:16:26 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 2. Ostrovok (The Isle) (arr. E. Wild for piano)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: 14 Songs, Op. 34 (arr. E. Wild for piano)
00:18:46 14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 1. Muza (The Muse) (arr. E. Wild for piano)
12 Songs, Op. 14 (arr. E. Wild for piano)*
00:23:53 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 5. Eti letniye nochi (These Summer Nights) (arr. E. Wild for piano)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: 15 Songs, Op. 26 (arr. E. Wild)
00:27:40 15 Songs, Op. 26: No. 7. K detyam (To the Children) (arr. E. Wild for piano)
12 Songs, Op. 14 (arr. E. Wild for piano)*
00:31:51 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 8. O ne grusti (Oh, do not Grieve) (arr. E. Wild for piano)
6 Songs, Op. 4 (arr. E. Wild)
00:35:05 No. 3. V molchan'i nochi taynoy (In the Silence of the Secret Night)
00:40:20 No. 5. Harvest of Sorrow
12 Songs, Op. 21 (arr. E. Wild for piano)
00:44:49 12 Songs, Op. 21: No. 8. Na smert' chizhika (On the Death of a Linnet) (arr. E. Wild for piano)
14 Songs, Op. 34 (arr. E. Wild for piano)
00:49:36 14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 14. Vocalise in E Minor (arr. E. Wild for piano)
12 Songs, Op. 14 (arr. E. Wild for piano)*
00:56:25 12 Songs, Op. 14: No. 11. Vesenniye vodi (Spring Waters) (arr. E. Wild for piano)
