Earl Wild Plays Mendelssohn Spinning Song
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My partner and I sealed the beginning of our life partnership together at Carnegie Hall when Wild played his 80th Birthday concert, after which Marilyn Horne started off "Happy Birthday" from one of the stage left boxes. It was pure chance that we heard him that night, but Wild will always have a special place in my musical universe. A great musician, not just a great piano player.
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To him, this is routine. Look how relaxed he is. He's played this song thousands of times! A friend of mine once told me, amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they can't get it wrong.
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you know i must say it brings me great joy to see the elderly play! because of all that stuff online about how there are child prodigies that play better than these guys because they have the attention span to play a song all the way without getting distracted! No this man is a prodigy! he fights off artheritis and is getting a good tune out of it too!
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Another great Mendelssohn's Spining song is the one played by Alicia de Larrocha. You can find it in You Tube. I really recomend it!!!
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Short and sweet; not lower !
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Even my getting a tip at Panera Bread doesn't make me as good as this guy.
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That's amazing that he can play it so well! Even neater is how little he moves his hands/fingers. Rubinstein flings his hands like he's swatting flies.
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Yeah... Spinnerlied is really hard for me, and I can play Chopin's Ballade No. 1 almost perfectly. Urrgh. This guy is good.
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it's very good but i prefer Evgeny Kissin's version a little more .........
yoooooo!!!! so smooth!!! this old dude is awesome!! cooleo!! knocked my socks off!!
mrsspongebob22 3 years ago 14
Still one of my favorite pianists of all time. Got to hear him live on many occasions. The world of music will never be the same without him.
RIP
earwasel2 2 years ago 5