Earl Wild - The Complete Rca Album Collection (5 C

Albert, E: Scherzo in F Sharp Major, Op. 16, No. 2 Balakirev: Reminiscences of Glinka's opera 'A Life for the Czar' Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler An American in Paris, tone poem Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler Piano Concerto in F major Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler I Got Rhythm Variations Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler Cuban Overture Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler Handel: Sonata in C minor for oboe and continuo, HWV366, Op. 1 No. 8 Robert Bloom (oboe) Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124 Columbia Symphony Orchestra, André Kostelanetz Fantasy on Hungarian Folk-tunes, S123 Columbia Symphony Orchestra, André Kostelanetz Medtner: Improvisation No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 31/1 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan' - Andante Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugène Ormandy Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17 London Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler Fantaisie polonaise sur des themes originaux, Op. 19 London Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler Scharwenka, X: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 32 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf Steiner: Symphonie Moderne National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt

The long and multi-faceted career of Earl Wild (1915–2010) spanned nearly a century, from his formative years in the jazz-age Roaring Twenties to becoming both the first pianist to give a recital on American television and to stream a performance over the Internet. To celebrate Wild’s 2015 centenary year, Sony Classical releases the legendary pianist’s complete albums for RCA Victor and Columbia Masterworks in a xbudget-priced 5 CD set. The contents and sleeves replicate each album’s original LP releases, and, to ensure discographical completeness, include three rare bonus selections new to CD. Two discs contain Wild’s standard-setting Gershwin interpretations, while another offers ebullient readings of Liszt’s First Concerto and Hungarian Fantasy. Wild’s passion for uncovering forgotten yet worthy Romantic fare resulted in the first stereo-era recordings of Scharwenka’s First Concerto plus Paderewski’s A minor Concerto and Fantaisie polonaise.

Price: $27.98