Earl Wild's Legendary Rachmaninoff Song Transcriptions

Sergey Rachmaninov (Composer), Earl Wild (Composer, Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Earl Wild
• Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov, Earl Wild
• Audio CD (May 11, 2004)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ivory Classics
• ASIN: B00022LJ4C
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,809 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is gold mine, November 14, 2005

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LVC "LVC" (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Earl Wild's Legendary Rachmaninoff Song Transcriptions (Audio CD)

This is a gold mine of wonderful melodies, beautifully transcribed and played by Earl Wild. Some of the transcriptions available from Wild was just too hard to play. Regrettably, CD's of these beautiful songs themselves can not be found on Amazon in the original vocal/piano form.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rachmaninoff Song Transcriptions/Earl Wild, October 23, 2009

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Joel M. Lebow (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
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Earl Wild's performances are always an event not to be missed. He is such a magnificent musician, technician, and an unmannered performer. He plays the Rachmaninoff song transcriptions as probably no other musician can or perhaps ever will. Why do I give this recording 4 instead of 5 stars? Here again, a personal view. The songs are mostly similar in intensity, style and mood. They have little variety as played one after another. I believe that the record played a few pieces at one listening gets an emphatic 5 stars. IF one attempts to listen to the entire disc from beginning to end--one's attention begins to wander and the experience of great performances (which they are) is diluted by the nature of their content.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulously good, September 20, 2009

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Michael Squires (Blacksburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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Earl Wild's transcriptions are sumptuously performed and faithfully imagined; that is, he captures Rachmaninoff's idiom with great talent. Each track has exceptional beauties, and the collection as a whole allows the listener to compare two versions of the same song; for instance, the famous "Vocalise" is performed adoitly, then re-recorded later in a slower, graver, darker mode; although I prefer the second, each is perfect in its individual way. The whole collection is highly recommended, especially for those who relish Rachmaninoff's burnished sonorities.