The Piano Music of Earl Wild featuring the Gershwin arrangements

Featuring

Xiayin Wang
Earl Wild

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Performer Biography

Xiayin Wang, the pianist on this recording, has been praised by The Washington Post as 'a paragon of virtuosity' and by American Record Guide as 'a young pianist of immense talent'.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Earl Wild's arrangements of George Gershwin's music, such as the Grand Fantasy on 'Porgy and Bess' and the Seven Virtuoso Études, maintain Gershwin's original rhythmic notation.

Compositional Technique

Earl Wild's Piano Sonata (2000) incorporates jazz influences, including blues, rag, and American folk music, and features a Toccata movement inspired by Ricky Martin.

Composer Biography

Arturo Toscanini, a renowned Italian conductor, made Earl Wild a household name in 1942 by inviting him to be the soloist in George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded using 24-bit technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and up to 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.

Composer Biography

Earl Wild was the first artist to perform a piano recital on American television when NBC began transmitting telecasts in 1939.

Composer Biography

Earl Wild, the composer of the arrangements on this album, began piano studies at age three and was a pupil of Selmar Janson, whose teachers included a student of Franz Liszt.