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Earl Wild Plays Chopin from 1958!

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Earl Wild plays Chopin's Prelude no. 16, "Hades", from a variety show from the late 50s I think (He has dark hair!). I dunno which TV show this was, maybe Jack Paar?

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  • Feel bad.

    Earl Wild, Pianist, Dies at 94 Published: January 23, 2010 Earl Wild, an American pianist and composer who was renowned for his performances of the virtuoso showpieces of the grand Romantic tradition but whose enormous repertory included everything from Baroque works and Mozart concertos to contemporary scores, died Saturday at his home in Palm Springs, Calif.

  • Umm... actually it's a "Prelude"... so... I guess you have my nomination for the Pretentiousness Hall of Fame.

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  • @faustianliszt you're an etude go study something so you'll sound less dorky & then shutup

  • Really WILD !!!

  • @donthuis

    I don't think this prelude is played well here at all, but that kind of statement about Earl Wild is just plain wrong.

    He played works like Haydn Sonatas and the Hindemith Sonata 3 and his Chopin Etudes set is one of the most musical out there.

  • Earl Wild always approached piano pieces like etudes to show his dexterity. This prelude is no exception. Pity!

  • @faustianliszt but he doesn't make any music of it..

  • RIP Mr. Wild: one of the most beautiful, graceful, supple, sensitive players ever recorded.

  • he taught at Ohio State for a while and lived in Dublin, OH. He just moved to California and his health is reportedly not good, afterall he is 94-ish...

  • well well.someone else was doing this for the cameras way back then.WILD IS A GREAT GREAT TASTEFUL PIANIST.HisChopin is smart and catholic like the man himself!

  • Pittsburgh!?! Wow - I was WAY off...I can't believe that. And here I call myself a Wild devotee! Thanks for setting me straight. This is going to be hilarious but I think I was thinking of Tatum! I believe Wild lived in Ohio - that might be what I was remembering....Cheers!

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