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ahinton

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Earl Wild (1915-2010)

on: January 23, 2010, 07:45:34 PM

He passed away this morning, taking with him (I think it's not too much to say) an entire era of piano playing.

RIP

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Re: Earl Wild (1915-2010)

Reply #1 on: January 23, 2010, 07:57:26 PM

Sad news. He really was a character. When did he last play?

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Re: Earl Wild (1915-2010)

Reply #2 on: January 23, 2010, 08:20:05 PM

His brilliant recordings were responsible for igniting my love of Thalberg.

Great pianist.

Thal

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Re: Earl Wild (1915-2010)

Reply #3 on: January 23, 2010, 09:29:20 PM

I am not a huge fan of his, but sad news.

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Re: Earl Wild (1915-2010)

Reply #4 on: January 23, 2010, 11:04:36 PM

Very sad news. He made a remarkable contribution to the paraphrase/transcription genre (both as pianist and composer), and his performances of forgotten composers such as Thalberg, Pabst and Herz are amongst my favourite recordings.

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Re: Earl Wild (1915-2010)

Reply #5 on: January 23, 2010, 11:45:13 PM

Very sad news.

Thoughts and anecdotes on Stephen Hough's blog here:

https://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/stephenhough/100006374/earl-wild-1915-2010-r-i-p/

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Re: Earl Wild (1915-2010)

Reply #6 on: January 24, 2010, 12:20:19 AM

Quote from: ahinton on January 23, 2010, 07:45:34 PM

He passed away this morning, taking with him (I think it's not too much to say) an entire era of piano playing.

Ah, that "golden age" of piano playing? If so, is there really no-one else left?

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Re: Earl Wild (1915-2010)

Reply #7 on: January 24, 2010, 07:21:05 AM

good ol' wild earl. he was a riot. (besides being the remarkable pianist he was)

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Re: Earl Wild (1915-2010)

Reply #8 on: January 24, 2010, 02:58:14 PM

Very sad indeed. I agree with Hinton's comments about him taking with him an entire era of piano playing.

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Re: Earl Wild (1915-2010)

Reply #9 on: January 25, 2010, 02:18:52 AM

Never met him, but he has been a resounding influence particularly in his interpretation of Medtner and Godowsky

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