| Description |
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Great pianists of the 20th century ; 98
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Great pianists of the 20th century ; 98.
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| Performer |
Earl Wild, piano. |
| Event |
Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, on Nov. 1, 1981 (1st-15th works) ; recorded at Webster Hall, New York, in June 1969 (16th work) ; at Manhattan Towers, New York, in July 1964 (17th-19th works) ; at RCA Studio A, New York, in Oct. 1976 (20th-26th works). |
| Note |
Previously released material (p1965-p1982). |
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Compact discs. |
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Program and performer biographical notes by Donald Manildi, in English with German and French translations (23 p. : ports.) bound in container. |
| Contents |
Mélodie d'Orphée / Christoph Willibald Gluck ; [arr. by] Giovanni Sgambati (4:18) -- Rigaudon (4:20) ; Elegie (4:32) ; Tambourin (2:57) / Jean-Philippe Rameau ; [arr. by] Leopold Godowsky -- Toccata and fugue in D minor, BWV 565 / Johann Sebastian Bach ;[arr. by] Carl Tausig (8:37) -- Isoldens Tod / Richard Wagner ; [arr. by] Moritz Moszkowski (9:28) -- Flight of the bumble-bee / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ; [arr. by] Sergei Rachmaninoff (1:31) -- Liebesleid / Fritz Kreisler ; [arr. by] Sergei Rachmaninoff (5:21) -- Scherzo from "A midsummer night's dream" / Felix Mendelssohn ; [arr. by] Sergei Rachmaninoff (4:38) -- Grande fantaisie on "Semiramide" / Gioachino Rossini ; [arr. by] Sigismond Thalberg (16:42) -- Chants polonais. My joys (4:07) ; Spring (2:54) ; Maiden's wish (4:00) / Frédéric Chopin ; [arr. by] Franz Liszt -- Pas de quatre : from "Swan lake" / Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; [arr. by] Earl Wild (1:52) -- Arabesques on "An der schönen, blauen Donau" / Johann Strauss ; [arr. by] Adolf Schulz-Evler (11:44) -- Fantasy on "A life for the Tsar" / Mikhail Glinka ; [arr. by] Mily Balakirev (12:00) -- Variations on "Non più mesta" from "La Cenerentola" / Gioachino Rossini ; [arr. by] Henri Herz (10:22) -- Fantasy on "Don Pasquale" : op. 67 / Gaetano Donizetti ; [arr. by] Sigismond Thalberg (13:24) -- Symphonic metamorphosis on "Künstlerleben" / Johann Strauss ; [arr. by] Leopold Godowsky (12:54) -- 7 virtuoso etudes. Man I love ; I got rhythm ; Embraceable you ; Fascinatin' rhythm ; Somebody loves me ; Liza ; Oh, lady be good / George Gershwin [arr. by] Earl Wild (18:00). |
| Note |
Philips Classics: 456 991-2 (456 992-2--456 993-2). |
| Subject |
Piano music, Arranged.
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Piano music, Arranged. |
| Genre/Form |
Piano music, Arranged.
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| Subject |
Piano music.
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Piano music. |
| Genre/Form |
Piano music.
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Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged.
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Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged. |
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Canons, fugues, etc. (Piano)
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Canons, fugues, etc. (Piano) |
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Variations (Piano)
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Variations (Piano) |
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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Arrangements (Music)
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Arrangements (Music)
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| Added Author |
Sgambati, Giovanni, 1841-1914, arranger.
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Tausig, Carl, 1841-1871, arranger.
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Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943, arranger.
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Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Orphée et Eurydice. Ballet des ombres heureuses. Même mouvement; arranged.
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Godowsky, Leopold, 1870-1938.
Renaissance. Selections.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Toccatas, organ, BWV 565, D minor; arranged.
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Moszkowski, Moritz, 1854-1925.
Isoldens Tod.
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Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908.
Skazka o t͡sare Saltane. Nu, teperʹ, moĭ shmelʹ; arranged.
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Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962.
Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Liebesleid; arranged.
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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
Sommernachtstraum. Scherzo; arranged.
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Thalberg, Sigismond, 1812-1871.
Grande fantaisie sur l'opéra de Rossini Semiramide.
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Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
Śpiewy polskie. Selections; arranged (Liszt)
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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
Lebedinoe ozero. Tant͡sy lebedeĭ. No. 4; arranged.
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Schulz-Evler, Andrei, 1852-1905.
Arabesken über Themen des Walzers "An der schönen blauen Donau."
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Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910.
Réminiscences de l'opéra La vie pour le czar de M. Glinka.
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Herz, Henri, 1803-1888.
Variations sur une cavatine de La Cenerentola.
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Thalberg, Sigismond, 1812-1871.
Grande fantaisie sur l'opéra Don Pasquale.
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Godowsky, Leopold, 1870-1938.
Symphonische Metamorphosen Johann Strauss'scher Themen. Künstlerleben.
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Wild, Earl.
Virtuoso etudes.
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| Note |
Additional title on container: Art of the transcription |
| Standard No. |
028945699127 |
| Music No. |
456 991-2 Philips Classics |
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456 992-2 Philips Classics |
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456 993-2 Philips Classics |
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