Ivory Classics CD-79003
Earl Wild: Compositions and Transcriptions
Earl Wild (1915-):
Variations on a Theme by Stephen Foster for Piano and Orchestra "Doo-Dah Variations"
01. Introduction & Theme 00:20 ('93)
02. Banjo Picker 00:27 ('93)
03. Caprice 00:14 ('93)
04. Barn Dance 00:21 ('93)
05. Honky Tonk 00:24 ('93)
06. Doo-Dah 00:47 ('93)
07. Echoes 00:28 ('93)
08. Island Dance 00:26 ('93)
09. Fughetta 01:01 ('93)
10. Confession 02:47 ('93)
11. Blues 01:38 ('93)
12. Revivalist March 00:57 ('93)
13. Belle Époque Waltz 02:38 ('93)
14. The Dream 03:48 ('93)
15. The Awakening 00:55 ('93)
16. A Gay Elephant 00:50 ('93)
17. Cowboys and Indians 01:04 ('93)
18. Funeral March 02:13 ('93)
19. Scherzo 00:40 ('93)
20. Salute to Mexico 01:28 ('93)
21. Hollywood Finale 02:26 ('93)
22. Coda 00:32 ('93)
Earl Wild (1915-):
Sonata (2000)
23. 1st Mvt.: Allegro (March)07:04 ('00)
24. 2nd Mvt.: Adagio 07:00 ('00)
25. 3rd Mvt.: Toccata (a la Ricky Martin)05:07 ('00)
Earl Wild (1915-):
Improvisation: Theme and Variations on "Someone To Watch Over Me"
26. Theme01:12 ('89)
27. Barcarolle 04:10 ('89)
28. Brazilian Dance02:41 ('89)
29. Tango 04:17 ('89)
Earl Wild (1915-):
30. Adventure for Piano & Orchestra 10:34 ('39)
Hector Berlioz / Earl Wild
31. Rakoczy March 05:03 ('51)
Piano: Earl Wild
Orchestra: Des Moines Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Joseph Giunta
Orchestra: NBC Radio Orchestra
Producer: Michael Rolland Davis
Engineer: Ed Thompson
Pianos: Baldwin (tracks 1-29+31), Steinway (30)
Original and Remastering Producer: Michael Rolland Davis
Original and Remastering Engineer: Ed Thompson
Liner Notes: James E. Frazier
Design: Samskara, Inc.
Earl Wild's renown as a concert pianist has eclipsed his equal success as a composer and conductor. Like Liszt and Rachmaninoff, he is a master not of the one discipline only, but of all three. And the magnitude of his work as a composer of original works, such as his 1962 Easter oratorio Revelations and his two full-length ballets (1934 and 1936), not to mention the many orchestral works he composed for documentaries on the ABC radio network during the 1950s and 1960s, has tended also to eclipse his vast work as a dazzling transcriber for the piano. Indeed, it is only now being acknowledged that he is "the finest transcriber of our time".