Earl Wild Plays Liszt in Concert

Editorial Reviews
Gramophone, October 2003
Wild is a pianist of superhuman bravura and achievement. Difficult to imagine a performance more scintillating.

Fanfare, Sept./Oct. 2003
This is the disc to own if your looking for an introduction to Earl Wild and Liszt.

Album Description
Continuing the recent Ivory Classics releases of live - In Concert Earl Wild performances, we now present this new disc consisting of all solo piano pieces of Franz Liszt. All pieces are taken from material performed in recitals from London - 1973, Chicago - 1979 and Tokyo - 1983. Earl Wild, the legendary 87-year-old Grammy award winning dean of pianists plays the music of Franz Liszt like no one else. Super virtuosity and romantic elegance make this truly a disc to own and treasure.

Earl Wild Plays Liszt in Concert

Tracks:

'Annees De Pelerinage' Second Year: Italy, S.161: Dante Son (Andante Maestoso...
'Annees De Pelerinage' Second Year: Italy, S.161: Sonetto No.47 Del Petrarca (Preludio Con Moto...
'Annees De Pelerinage' Second Year: Italy, S.161: Sonetto No.104 Del Petrarca (Agitato Assai...
'Annees De Pelerinage' Second Year: Italy, S.161: Sonetto No.123 Del Petrarca (Lento Placido...
'Annees De Pelerinage' Third Year: S.163: Les Jeux D'eau A La Villa d'Este: (Fountains Of The...
Ballade No.2 in b, S.171: Allegro Moderato - Lento Assai - Tempo I - Lento Assai - Allegretto...
Liebestraume (3 Notturnos), S.541: No.2 in E flat (2nd Version): ('Seliger Tod') (Quasi Lento...)
Liebestraume (3 Notturnos), S.541: No.3 in A flat: ('O Lieb, So Lang Du Lieben Kannst!) (Poco...
Conc Etude No.3 in D flat, S.144 'Un Sospiro': Allegro Affettuoso
Fant And Fugue in g, S.463: Fant (Grave)
Fant And Fugue in g, S.463: Fugue (Allegro)
Son in b, S.178: Lento Assai - Allegro Energico - Grandioso - Recitative - Andante Sostenuto...
Son in b, S.178: Fugue: Allegro Energico - Piu Mosso - Stretta Quasi Presto - Presto...
Die Loreley (Second Version), S.532: Nicht Schleppend
Harmonies Poetiques Et Religieuses, S.173: Funerailles: Intro (Adagio) - Lagrimoso - Poco...
Seventeen Polish Songs, Op.74 'Six Chants Polonais', S.480: My Joys (Nocturne) (Quasi Allegretto)
Mephisto Polka, S.217: Allegretto
Consolation No.3 in D flat, S.172: Lento Placido

Amazon.com

Earl Wild is a premier Lisztian, one of the great Romantic pianists of our age, claims easily confirmed by this two-disc set of major Liszt piano works recorded in 1985 and issued here in splendid sound. The attributes of Wild's playing are all present on these discs--a big, burnished tone, the technique to make even the most difficult works sound easy, and mastery of both subtle rubato and grandiloquent rhetoric, both indispensable for satisfying Liszt playing. We hear these immediately in the Dante Sonata, where Wild's brazen colorings and wide dynamic range capture Liszt's depiction of the poet's Inferno. And we hear those pianistic virtues at the end of the recital as well, with a gently flowing, poetic Consolation No. 3. The Sonata has been recorded by most of the century's great pianists, but Wild's interpretation is compelling by virtue of its flowing narrative approach--you feel he's telling a dramatic story that seethes with passion and has long chapters of philosophic reflection. Perhaps it's that storytelling aspect of Wild's Liszt that makes it so individual and at the same time so true to the Lisztian spirit. Everything on these discs is played at the highest level. Miss it at your peril. --Dan Davis

Album Description

Critics and audiences all over the world have praised Earl Wild's virtuosity and musicality. In a continuing celebration of his 85th birthday, Ivory Classics is re-issuing some of his most collectible and most admired performances of Franz Liszt's masterpieces. Available for the first time in remastered 24-bit high definition HDCD encoded sound!

Customer Reviews:

Untiring virtuousness!.......2006-04-05

At the moment to recall the great Liszt interpreters in the last Century, Earl Wild must be always included, due he not only is owner of a prodigious and subduing technique, but besides, he possesses that fundamental lyric flight, so necessary at the moment to play this Hungarian composer.

Overwhelming expressiveness, éclat, powerful spelling, flair and dazzling fingering make of this CD an absolute must for all those who want to know the minimum facets of these fireworks pieces.

Only Liszt did it better!.......2001-04-03

Okay, that might not be entirely true, but I'm very excited after listening to this 2-CD set of some of the best of Liszt's music for piano. We begin with the 'Dante' Sonata and end with the lovely Consolation no. 3. What's in between? Music of light and dark, angels and demons. The Sonata is played as I want it played--finally! And Earl Wild is telling a story here. But the power! the grace! the lyricism! I've been listening to a lot of Liszt this year, by several players, and I have to say that I'm going to buy as much Liszt by Earl Wild as I can get my hands on. Judging by these two discs, I place him pretty much at the top of the heap of Liszt players. They all have their strengths, yes, but there's something about Wild. I'd love to hear him play the Transcendental Etudes, the Years of Pilgrimage, Paganini Etudes, the Waltzes, the transcriptions... SO: buy this set and fall in love with Liszt again.

Average customer rating:

A legendary musical gem!

Earl Wild Plays Liszt in Concert

Manufacturer: Ivory Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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Album Description

Continuing the recent Ivory Classics releases of live - In Concert Earl Wild performances, we now present this new disc consisting of all solo piano pieces of Franz Liszt. All pieces are taken from material performed in recitals from London - 1973, Chicago - 1979 and Tokyo - 1983. Earl Wild, the legendary 87-year-old Grammy award winning dean of pianists plays the music of Franz Liszt like no one else. Super virtuosity and romantic elegance make this truly a disc to own and treasure.

Customer Reviews:

A legendary musical gem! .......2007-05-31

The peerless expression, sublime virtuosity and untamed energy displayed by this outstanding pianist, proves by far he belonged to a musical generation that simply has vanished.

His flaming fingering has engaged to any listener since the first bar. And this selection includes certainly, one of the most difficult piano passages you and me ever know. He surmounts all the obstacles with an impressive easiness and absolute comittment.

This album includes the most celebrated moments about Liszt in three different periods of his life, as well as three different auidences around the world. 1973, 1979, and 1983, in which Wild was in his 58, 64 and 68, respectively. Bravura passages performed without any difficulty will make of you a future hard fan of him,in case you have not listened him yet.

So,when you decide to acquire this album, your choice will be right, because we are talking about one of the supreme American pìanists of the last Century, underrated for great audiences around the world by unexplainable reasons.

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