Wild: The Complete Transcriptions and Original Piano Works Vol. 3

Doria Miglietta, Giovanni

PCL 10175

The third and final 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. R160 • This new recording contains Wild’s famous “Fantasy on Porgy and Bess”, “Reminiscences of Snow White” (film music by Frank Churchill for the Disney film Snow White), a rare transcription of Saint-Saëns’ symphonic poem Le Rouet d’Omphale (the spinning wheel inspires to plenty of virtuosity..), an elaboration on Handel’s Harmonious Blacksmith, two favourite Tchaikovsky waltzes and ending in characteristic exuberance with a Mexican Hat Dance. • The previous issue in this series by Italian pianist Giovanni Doria Miglietta (Piano Classics PCL0069 and PCL0102) received excellent reviews: “extremely well played..possibly my favourite piano disc of 2014..” Classical Net.

CD x 1

Piano Classics

2019-09-30

5029365101752