Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 98: Earl Wild

Album by Earl Wild

Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 98: Earl Wild is a compilation album by American pianist Earl Wild, released in 1999. It presents a selection of piano repertoire emphasising Romantic and virtuosic transcriptions alongside early 20th-century idioms, situating the release as a retrospective portrait of Wild's contribution to piano recording history.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Mélodie d'Orphée
    4:24
  2. 2.
    Rigaudon
    4:24
  3. 3.
    Élégie
    4:34
  4. 4.
    Tambourin
    3:00
  5. 5.
    Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
    8:42
  6. 6.
    Isoldens Tod
    9:30
  7. 7.
    The flight of the Bumble-Bee
    1:35
  8. 8.
    Liebesleid
    5:24
  9. 9.
    Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
    4:42
  10. 10.
    Grande Fantaisie on "Semiramide"
    16:44
  11. 11.
    Chant polonais: My Joys
    4:10
  12. 12.
    Chant polonais: Spring
    2:57
  13. 13.
    Chant polonais: The Maiden's Wish
    4:01
  14. 14.
    Pas de quatre from "Swan Lake"
    1:54

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Arabesques on "An der schönen, blauen Donau"
    11:49
  2. 3.
    Fantasy on "A Life for the Tsar"
    12:06
  3. 4.
    Variations on "Non piu mesta" from "La Cenerentola"
    10:24
  4. 5.
    Fantasy on "Don Pasquale", Op. 67
    13:29
  5. 6.
    Symphonic Metamorphosis on "Künstlerleben"
    12:58
  6. 7.
    7 Virtuoso Etudes: The Man I Love
    2:45
  7. 8.
    7 Virtuoso Etudes: I Got Rhythm
    2:06
  8. 9.
    7 Virtuoso Etudes: Embraceable You
    2:35
  9. 10.
    7 Virtuoso Etudes: Fascinatin' Rhythm
    1:28
  10. 11.
    7 Virtuoso Etudes: Somebody Loves Me
    2:41
  11. 12.
    7 Virtuoso Etudes: Liza
    2:54
  12. 13.
    7 Virtuoso Etudes: Oh, Lady Be Good
    3:44

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