Earl Wild performs various Liszt/Schubert/Schumann, Chopin's transcriptions

LP Etcetera Records, KTC 2011
Recorded at Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music
New York City, January 1985
0:00 : Schumann/Liszt - Widmung
3:58 : Schubert/Liszt - Du bist die Ruh
8:49 : Chopin/Liszt - Mes joies
13:12 : Schubert/Liszt - Die Loreley
19:46 : Schumann/Liszt - Frühlingsnacht
22:30 : Paganini/Liszt - La chasse
25:13 : Schubert/Liszt - Soirée de Vienne n°7

[@Chopinzee613]

Earl Wild was such a superb pianist.

[@cynic150]

He not only makes Liszt transcriptions sound easy, he also makes the songs come alive with such sensitivity and an understanding which is very rare indeed today, or should I say, non-existent.

[@NOSEhow2LIV]

A superb selection, thank you for posting it. I heard some of these live in recital by the Earl, stirring wonderful memories. Just one remark: surely the 4th item, at 13.12 should be Liszt/Liszt (transcription of his own Lied, Die Loreley, with its "Tristan" chord -minus one note, without which we would probably have no legendary Wagner opera...!), rather than Schubert/Liszt, an understandable slip, given the riches of Liszt's output. Many thanks for this souvenir of a grand artiste.

[@monstrul]

Great musician!

[@monumentofwonders]

This is the first time I've ever heard Liszt's transcriptions of Schumann and Schubert that didn't just reek of vulgarity. Just a magical interpretation, with just a perfectly balanced sense of taste - considering what Wild had to work with, no mean feat.

[@beth_levin_piano]

Gorgeous.

[@daniloogrisek8246]

sono d'accordo, era un gran pianista

[@rudbeckie1]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks..

[@crkkos]

Do you know the searle number on the 2nd piece?