Earl Wild Plays Chopin Etude Op. 25/2

[tomato9816]

so wonderfully played i used to play this peice



[tomato9816]

so beautiffulllllll

[ImmortalSpecies]

It's not being played too fast, "Presto (116bpm)" - get your facts right.

[Lavthao]

play is bumblebee. no nice

[BeavisNacho]

No, No, you're playing it much too fast !!

;-)

[pianoaddict06]

probably my first chopin etude

[jcsiegelman]

Marvelous pianist--the music he plays isn't bad either. :)

[Darrning]

Almost very good.

[TheJaviJB]

23 de enero 2010: Muere Earl Wild, pianista estadounidense!!!!! Ha muerto el día 23 de enero de este año!!! o.O

[wolfgango1991]

Goodbye Earl Wild, a great pianist of XX century

[deemilieu]

'piano virtuosos are like gods'

[Ravenelvenlady]

Rest in peace, farewell to a Masterful pianist.

[hswatnik]

rip earl wild-

[gene397]

cette étude est jouée un peu trop rapidemment à mon goût ..,il ne faut pas privilégier la technique au détriment de la poésie...what do youy think about ?

[ATier3]

well... y... incredible

but i think he looks kind of bored : /

i also play this piece and sure u have rly to concentrate and stuff but it looks like hes bored

[JimmieBluffdweller]

Earl Wild has always been among the most fluent and 'musical' of pianists and composers in the current era. He's had a marvelous career and I wish there were more out there like him. Neither stuffy nor showy, Mr. Wild has always given the music all it deserves.

[bortkievitch]

I don't know how Chopin should like it, but probably he'll be agree with Wild. He has a very good musical taste. In relation to speed I consider is good (maybe Chopin played it faster). I'm 55 and piano teacher.

[X52SY]

Although I prefer it a little slower I like this rendition. I also like Nuccio Trotta's one. I'd like to invite watching his videos beacuse I think he's a very good pianist. Thank you.

[Desdemondia]

i play the staccato okay. i can only go at medium speed though.

[picto1187]

he plays the staccato bit abit wierd, too slow i think. im learning this piece at the moment. i can't play it at -well the tempo is supposed to be 214-crotchet. my fingers just won't play that fast.

[anonymgeist]

What's crazy is that Liszt apparently played this piece in concert at speed with the right hand part played entirely in octaves... =)

[beingforitse1f]

apocrypha

[anonymgeist]

It is cited by Harold C Shonberg in his book "The Great Pianists" that Wilhelm Kuhe witnessed Liszt perform this feat during a Vienna concert in 1847 (pg. 208). Perhaps it isn't true, but do you have any evidence that Schonberg is mistaken?

[la4ky]

I am trying hard with the speed. I manage it but i lose the balance between the tempo and the soft play

[thetrojan01gr]

one thing to say: wow!

[milomidi2]

He is my idol since ten years ago when i heard his recordings of hungarian rhapsody 2 and mephisto waltz. Damn demonic...

[196823]

great pianist!

[topo45au]

I like to call this guy "Wild Earl" because he is so fast. I expect better from him

[RachItOff]

faster than Berezovsky's, daing

respect.