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Earl Wild

p, 1915-2010 US, Pittsburgh
Musician / Composer / Conductor of Classical

Earl Wild (November 26, 1915 – January 23, 2010) was an American pianist, renowned as a leading virtuoso of his generation. Harold C. Schonberg called him a "super-virtuoso in the Horowitz class". He was well known for his transcriptions of classical music and jazz, and he was also a composer.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Jazz
  • Soundtrack
Plays With
New Philharmonic Orchestra
Popular Tracks   
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto on Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4 & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Earl Wild
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro on Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4 & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Earl Wild
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato on Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4 & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Earl Wild
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: III. Finale. Allegro on Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4 & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Earl Wild
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando on Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4 & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Earl Wild
Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune on Earl Wild Plays Spanish and French Gems by Earl Wild
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 on Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4 & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Earl Wild
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1: I. Vivace on Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4 & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Earl Wild
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: II. Intermezzo. Adagio on Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4 & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jascha Horenstein, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Earl Wild
Mazurka in C Sharp Minor, Op. 63, No. 3 - Live on In Concert by Earl Wild

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Virtuoso Arrangements For PianoSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Earl Wild, Martin Jones2017Album
The Complete RCA Album CollectionEarl Wild2015Album
Rhapsody In Blue, Concerto Pour Piano, Second Rhapsody, Un Américain A Paris.George Gershwin, Jesus Maria Sanroma, Earl Wild, Leonard Pennario, Felix Slatkin2014Compil.
NocturnesEarl Wild, Frédéric Chopin2014Album
Scherzos & BalladesEarl Wild ‒ Frédéric Chopin2005Album
Living History • The Piano Music Of Bach, Schumann, Scriabin, FranckEarl Wild, Johann Sebastian Bach / Robert Schumann / Alexander Scriabine / César Franck2005Album
Earl Wild's Legendary Rachmaninoff Song TranscriptionsEarl Wild, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff2004Album
(The 1985 Sessions)Earl Wild : Franz Liszt2001Album
Classical Music For People Who Hate Classical MusicArthur Fiedler / The Boston Pops Orchestra / Earl Wild / Géza Anda / Leopold Stokowski / Fritz Reiner / Norman Luboff Choir / Leonard Slatkin / Alexander Schneider / Richard Stoltzman1999Compil.
The Art Of The TranscriptionEarl Wild1999Compil.
Rhapsody In Blue • Seven Virtuoso Etudes • Grande Fantasy On Porgy And Bess • Three PreludesGeorge Gershwin • Earl Wild1997Album
Rhapsody In Blue De George GershwinPaul Whiteman And His Orchestra, Earl Wild1997Single
Rhapsody In Blue & Other Orchestral WorksGeorge Gershwin / Arthur Fiedler · Earl Wild / The Boston Pops Orchestra1994Compil.
Piano Concertos 1 & 4 · Rhapsody On A Theme Of PaganiniSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff : Earl Wild / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein1994Album
Concerto No. 2 in C-minor for Piano and Orchestra, op.18 - The Isle of the Dead, op. 29Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein, Earl Wild1994Album
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 4 In G Major, Op. 40 - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op. 43Earl Wild, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Jascha Horenstein, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra1993Album
Romantic Music Of Edward Joseph CollinsEdward Joseph Collins - Earl Wild • The Manhattan String Quartet1992Album
Rachmaninov Concerto No. 3 / MacDowell Concerto No. 2Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Jascha Horenstein Conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward MacDowell, Massimo Freccia Conducting RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Earl Wild1992Compil.
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto In A Minor; Camille Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor; Franz Liszt: Hungarian FantasyEarl Wild1991Compil.
Gershwin Greatest HitsGeorge Gershwin, Arthur Fiedler, The Boston Pops Orchestra, Earl Wild, Peter Nero1991Compil.
RachmaninoffEarl Wild, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Jascha Horenstein, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra1990Album
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Earl Wild, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein1990Album
Chopin 4 Ballades - 4 ScherziEarl Wild1990Album
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Earl Wild, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein1990Album
The Piano Music Of Nikolai MedtnerNikolai Medtner, Earl Wild1988Album
Variations On A Nursery Song / Piano Concerto No. 1Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari, Ernst von Dohnányi, New Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi, Earl Wild1988Album
Variations On A Nursery Song / Piano Concerto No. 1Earl Wild / Ernst von Dohnányi / Franz Liszt1988Compil.
Wild About Liszt Vol. 2Franz Liszt, Earl Wild1986Album
Fauré Cello SonatasGabriel Fauré - Peter Wyrick, Earl Wild1986Album
Concerto No. 2 In C MinorSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff / Franz Schubert, Carl Maria von Weber, Earl Wild / Jascha Horenstein / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra1986Album
Elvira Madigan - W.A. Mozart Piano Concerto No 21. In CWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Earl Wild1983Album
The Art Of The Transcription • Live From Carnegie HallEarl Wild1982Album
Earl Wild Plays Rachmaninov Songs (The Earl Wild Transcriptions)Earl Wild1982Album
Baldwin PianoEarl Wild1982Album
Debussy - Clair de LuneEarl Wild, Michel Block, Douglas Gamley, Dame Moura Lympany, Christian Steiner, Sérgio Varella Cid1981Album
The Great GershwinArthur Fiedler / The Boston Pops Orchestra, Earl Wild1981Compil.
The Artistry Of Earl WildEarl Wild1980Compil.
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Earl Wild, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein1980Album
Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor / Ballade For Piano And OrchestraEarl Wild, Frédéric Chopin / Gabriel Fauré1979Album
Wild About Gershwin (First Recordings!)Earl Wild, George Gershwin1978Album
Variations On A Nursery Tune / Hungarian Fantasy / Mephisto WaltzEarl Wild1978Compil.
Music For Two PianosWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Earl Wild, Zaidee Parkinson, Richard Dufallo1978Album
Variations On A Nursery Tune / Hungarian Fantasy / Mephisto WaltzEarl Wild1978Compil.
Wild About Liszt Vol. 1Franz Liszt, Earl Wild1978Album
Earl Wild Piano ConcertosEarl Wild, Jascha Horenstein, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Massimo Freccia, National Philharmonic Orchestra1978Compil.
Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 17 / Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 32Earl Wild With The London Symphony Orchestra And Boston Symphony Orchestra1978Compil.
Concerto Per Pianoforte E Orchestra N. 1 In Mi Min. Op. 11Frédéric Chopin, Earl Wild, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent1977Album
Classical Piano MagicEarl Wild1977Compil.
Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Minor, Op. 30Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff : Earl Wild, Jascha Horenstein, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra1977Album
Hanson's Symphony No. 2 ("Romantic"" (1930) And Macdowell's Piano Concerto No. 2 In D Minor, Op 23Howard Hanson, Edward MacDowell, Earl Wild, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt, Massimo Freccia1977Album
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Isle Of The Dead / VocaliseSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Earl Wild, Jascha Horenstein, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra1977Album
The Four Piano Concertos & Rhapsody On A Theme Of PaganiniSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Earl Wild, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein1977Album
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsody On A Theme Of PaganiniSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Earl Wild / Jascha Horenstein, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra1977Album
Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-Flat Minor / Symphonic VariationsEarl Wild, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / César Franck1976Compil.
Piano Concerto No.1 In B Flat MinorPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Earl Wild, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari1976Album
Earl Wild Plays LisztEarl Wild Plays Franz Liszt1974Album
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Hungarian FantasyEarl Wild, Franz Liszt, André Kostelanetz1973Album
The Virtuoso PianoEarl Wild1972Album
The Great GershwinArthur Fiedler / The Boston Pops Orchestra, Earl Wild1972Compil.
Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op. 17Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Earl Wild, The London Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler1971Album
Moonlight Sonata Piano ReflectionsEarl Wild, Ann Schein, Dame Moura Lympany, Christian Steiner1969Compil.
Concerto No. 1, Op. 32 / Reminiscences Of Glinka's Opera "A Life For The Tsar" / Improvisation, Op. 31, No. 1 / Scherzo, Op. 16, No. 2Earl Wild, Boston Symphony Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf - Xaver Scharwenka / Mily Balakirev / Nikolai Medtner / Eugen D'Albert1969Album
The Daemonic LisztFranz Liszt - Earl Wild1968Album
Sonata In G Minor, Op. 19 For Piano And 'Cello / Sonata, Op. 4 For 'Cello And PianoSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff / Zoltán Kodály - Harvey Shapiro, Earl Wild1967Album
Brahms: Variations On A Theme By Paganini, Op. 35, Four Ballads, Op. 10 / Liszt: Study No. 2 In E Flat MajorEarl Wild / Johannes Brahms / Franz Liszt1967Album
The Romantic Rachmaninoff: The Complete Piano ConcertosEarl Wild, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein1966Album
The Fire And Passion Of SpainEarl Wild1965Album
The Fire And Passion Of SpainEarl Wild1965Album
The Virtuoso PianoEarl Wild1964Album
Viennese Piano ExtravaganzaEarl Wild1964Album
Romantic Piano MelodiesThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Earl Wild1963Album
Concerto In F / Cuban Overture / "I Got Rhythm" VariationsGeorge Gershwin : The Boston Pops Orchestra / Arthur Fiedler, Earl Wild1962Album
Piano Extravaganzas On Operatic ThemesFranz Liszt, Earl Wild1962Album
Rhapsody In Blue / An American In ParisGeorge Gershwin - Arthur Fiedler / The Boston Pops Orchestra, Earl Wild1960Album
Four BalladesFrédéric Chopin, Earl Wild1958Album
Rhapsody In BluePaul Whiteman And His Orchestra, Earl Wild1955Single
Quintet For Piano And String Quartet / String Quartet No. 6Walter Piston, Bohuslav Martinů, The Walden String Quartet, Earl Wild1953Album
George Gerswin's Rhapsody In BlueGeorge Gershwin, Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra And Chorus, Earl Wild1952Album
ChopinEarl Wild1951Album
Variations On "I Got Rhythm"Earl Wild At The Piano, Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra1948Album
Waltz In E MinorEarl Wild1946Album
Earl Wild Classical Piano Magic Preview DiscEarl WildSingle
Waltz In G Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 1Earl WildSingle
Waltz In E MinorEarl WildSingle
Butterfly Etude Op. 25, No. 9Earl WildSingle
Butterfly Etude Op. 25, No. 9Earl WildSingle
Vol. 4Bruno Maderna, Frédéric Chopin / Igor Stravinsky, Earl WildCompil.
Revolutionary Etude In C Minor OP. 10, No. 12Earl WildSingle
Melodic Rarities Of ChopinEarl WildAlbum
Paganini Variations / Four Ballades / Paganini Etude No. 2Earl Wild, Johannes Brahms, Franz LisztAlbum
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