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At age 88 Earl Wild’s fabled technique remains staggeringly intact, while his artistry continues to evolve. The opening selection, Marcello’s Adagio, tells all, with its
Earl Wild was 88 when he recorded this recital, and it’s amazing how he’s kept his legendary technique intact while continuing to evolve as an
You’d think that at 86 Earl Wild would have surveyed all of the forgotten Romantic piano literature that’s worth reviving. Not quite, folks! Here’s an
Rachmaninov’s songs for voice and piano count among his most heartfelt and beautiful compositions. Since his better-known piano preludes ooze melody from their every pore,
In 1985 Earl Wild recorded three double albums of Liszt’s music for the Dutch Etcetera label. Here is a generous cross-section of that material for
Earl Wild’s reputation for romantic repertoire understandably, yet unfairly, overshadows his long-standing advocacy for the music of his time. He breathes fresh air into the
David Korevaar shapes each of Bach’s 30 Goldberg Variations as separate entities rather than components of a larger structure. Although he’ll often proceed from one
In the 40 years since he won the Gold Medal at the first annual Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Ralph Votapek has kept up a
David Korevaar’s big, full-throated pianism perfectly suits Brahms’ variation sets, with their thick textures and orchestrally inspired sonorities. In contrast to the long arcs and
On the evidence of the 1954/55 sessions reissued here, Nadia Reisenberg and Russian miniatures were well matched. Fifty years on, the pianist’s recording of Kabalevsky’s
