Earl Wild (1915-2010)

[ahinton]

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

RIP

Best,

Alistair

[richard black]

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

[thalbergmad]

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

Great pianist.

Thal

[weissenberg2]

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

[ronde_des_sylphes]

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.

[furtwaengler]

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/

[prongated]

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?

[birba]

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

[mephisto]

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

[slow_concert_pianist]

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