Earl Wild plays Rachmaninov Song Transcriptions
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Composer or Director: Sergey Rachmaninov
Label: Dell'Arte
Magazine Review Date: 11/1987
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 52
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: CDDBS7001
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 2, The isle (wds. Shelley) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Earl Wild, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 5, These summer nights (wds. Rathaus) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Earl Wild, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 11, Spring waters (wds. Tyutchev) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Earl Wild, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 7, How fair this spot (wds. Galina) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Earl Wild, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 8, On the death of a linnet (wds. Zhukovsky) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Earl Wild, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (12) Songs, Movement: No. 12, How painful for me (wds. Galina) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Earl Wild, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, In the silence of the secret night (wds. Fet) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Earl Wild, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 4, Sing not to me, beautiful maiden (wds. Pushkin) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Earl Wild, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (14) Songs, Movement: No. 1, The muse (wds. Pushkin) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Earl Wild, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (14) Songs, Movement: No. 14, Vocalise (wordless: rev 1915) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Earl Wild, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (15) Songs, Movement: No. 7, To the children (wds. Khomyakov) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Earl Wild, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
| (6) Songs, Movement: No. 5, A dream (wds. Sologub) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Earl Wild, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
Author: James Methuen-Campbell
There aren't really many great pianists around who could vie with Earl Wild as an improviser and transcriber; these reworkings of Rachmaninov songs are brimming over with elegance and subtly blended harmonies. Perhaps he has slightly prettified the composer's style, with modulations sounding a little over-gratifying on the ear, but he retains the expressive character of the originals with directness. Nor is it only the sumptuous virtuosity of the bigger numbers that makes an impact—the shimmering waves that encircle The isle and the delicately twitching movements from On the death of a linnet are extraordinarily picturesque. A pity that the piano sound is unexceptional, with a restricted range of colour.'
Earl Wild plays Rachmaninov Song Transcriptions
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