WILD ABOUT LISZT

Earl Wild At 'Wynyard', Earl Wild - 'Pianist'

 

Liszt the Poet

Ballade No. 2 in B minor

Les Jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este

Fantasia quasi Sonata (Dante Sonata)

Les Funerailles

Sonetto del Petraraca Nos. 47, 104, 123

Valse Oubliee No. 1

Mephisto Polka

Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Encore: Respighi – Notturno

 

Liszt the Transcriber

Bach/Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor

Beethoven/Liszt: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21

Verdi/Liszt: Rigoletto Paraphrase

Schumann/Liszt: Widmung, Fruhlingsnacht

Chopin/Liszt: Mes Joies

Liszt/Liszt: Die Lorely

Wagner/Liszt: Spinning Song from “The Flying Dutchman”

Paganini/Liszt: Etude No. 2, No. 5, No. 3

Encore: Chopin/Wild – Larghetto from Piano Concerto No. 2

 

Liszt the Virtuoso

Polonaise No. 2 in E major

Sonata in B minor

Three Etudes de Concert:

La Leggierezza,

Un Sospiro

Gnomenreigen

 

On July 26, 28 and 30, 1986 Earl Wild performed three recitals at the ‘Wynyard” estate of the 9th Marquess of Londonderry to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of the death of Lizst (July 31, 1886) Mr. Wild’s three recitals were tilted “Liszt the Poet”, “Liszt the Transcriber” and “Liszt the Virtuoso.” Thankfully, the recitals were videotaped. Bonuses include a documentary on the recitals, video interviews with Wild from CBS-TV, BBCTV and Dutch TV. Audio bonuses include Wild speaking at Carnegie Mellon, an interview with Donald Manildi from 2003, a 1986 BBC interview and a 1982 interview.

 

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