CHOPIN FOUR BALLADES EARL WILD piano 1990
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- Опубликовано: 5 май 2014
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Frédéric Chopin's four ballades are one-movement pieces for solo piano, composed between 1831 and 1842. They are some of the most challenging pieces in the standard piano repertoire.
The term "ballade" was associated with an old French verse-form used for grand and rhetorical subjects, but may also have connotations of the Medieval heroic ballad, which was sung and danced. There are dramatic and dance-like elements in Chopin's use of the genre, and he may be said to be a pioneer of the ballade as an abstract musical form. The four ballades are said to have been inspired by poet Adam Mickiewicz. The exact inspiration for each individual ballade, however, is unclear and disputed.
The ballades are considered an innovation of Chopin's and cannot be placed into another form (e.g. sonata). Though they do not conform exactly to sonata form, the "ballade form" created by Chopin for his 4 ballades is a distinct variant of sonata form with specific discrepancies, such as the mirror reprise (presenting the two expositional themes in reverse order during the recapitulation). The ballades have also directly influenced composers such as Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms who, after Chopin, wrote ballades of their own.
Besides sharing the title, the four ballades are entities distinct from each other. According to composer and music critic Louis Ehlert, "Each [ballade] differs entirely from the others, and they have but one thing in common -- their romantic working out and the nobility of their motifs."[2] Modern theorists have shown, however, that the ballades do have much in common, such as the "ballade meter" (6/4 or 6/8) and certain formal practices like the mirror reprise and delaying the structural dominant.
The four ballades are among the most enduring of Chopin's compositions and are frequently heard in concerts. They have been recorded many times. (Wikipedia) 
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Earl had power, speed, a fantastic sound: the Ferrari of pianists. Rest in Peace Maestro.
Earl Wild here playing Ballade Nr 1 is my favorite I've ever heard. To me, most pianists make Chopin depressing, or sleepy. This rendition is happy and, something. So beautiful.
happy is not a good enough word to describe this performance. it is joyful, subtle, dramatic and just about every other emotion in a single performance combined with technical mastery. i am fortunate enough hae three CDs of music by Wild to play on my Concert Grand LX player piano. A friend has a Baldwin similar to What Wild played and it also has an LX player. I hope to hear it playing the Wild Cds when it is fully regulated. Pretty good on my piano but it will be The real Wild played on a 9 ft Baldwin.
Saw him at Carnegie Hall in 1990 as a teenager. Got to meet him. One of the most memorable experiences of my life. My teacher studied with him at Eastman so we all got to go down and experience this. Just amazing.
I was there too. My teacher also studied with him at Eastman. Great man he was.
I heard him live twice. Genius.
Great pianist. He has the real balance❤️
Masterful in every way. I think this is the cleanest interpretation of any Chopin I've ever heard. One of the commentators below says "you could take dictation from it." There's not one iota of romantic mush here, and yet it is so, so romantic in the very best sense of that word.
Jedna z nejúžastnějších interpretací.....................................
This is something like the "anti-Cortot" reading of the Ballades. Yet there is also something beautiful in the clean and wholly accurate playing: one could take dictation from it. Gymnastics taken to the highest art. Earl Wild was, like Cortot, in a class by himself.
Talent...a great musician
НИКТО НЕ ИГРАЕТ ТАК ГЕНИАЛЬНО, КАК ОН.
Sheeeit, that 4th is really tops.
Earl Wild, the pianist's pianist.
NOBODY could play the piano as well as Earl Wild and there is certainly nobody today who can. It's amazing to me that he did not have a bigger career. Why do you think that is?
MrKlemps snobbery against Americans and I think he was quite satisfied with career.
Tremendous sonority.
Substantial
32:04 whoaaa that's cool, the low chord as a pedal under the next ones. Hadn't heard it like this before
08:38 2nd
16:04 3rd
23:05 4th
I heard him in Carnegie Hall playing an entire program of transcriptions. He played the first ballade as an encore! I think he partly did this as revenge on Horowitz, who was playing the same piece on the same day at Lincoln Center. I think there was a rivalry there and Horowitz announced his concert right before Wild’s and I think Wild’s ticket sales suffered. Anyway, I think Wild played the Ballade (and almost everything else) better.
You can love Wild and NOT compare him to Vladimir. Both are historically great. No need for all that
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I feel his 1946 recording of the 1st Ballade was better, but all the others were fantastic!
Earl Wild since 1942 is the number one of american pianists.His level is the same of Horowitz,Brailowsky,Kentner and now,Valentina Lisitsa.The old Remington LP is very good,but this Ivory Classics is much better.I´ve also the private recording of my concerts (1975 / 6).
Why?did you break Chopin?
All idea killed by monster !
Can't you hear ?
I think so,
what exactly are you saying?