Wild Bill Ricketts
Gil Valley (7") [ Wonderful Noise / 7in - released 23/Mar/2015 ] |
GOODWIN / BLISS / ARNOLD / RAWSTHORNE / COATES / ALWYN / etc
British Film Classics [2 CD set] BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba; London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox; Earl Wild piano / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2003 ] 'British Film Classics' represents some of the greatest film music ever written in some of the finest recorded performances. The repertoire juxtaposes some much-loved film scores with unexpected and original items, to form a highly satisfying and... |
Borowska/Yachmi/Cap Istro/Wild
Mozart:cosi Fan Tutte [ Naxos / 3 CD ] |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 4 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Earl Wild (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein [ Chesky / CD - released 2/Dec/2007 ] Liszt was often called a "piano-centaur," so at one was he with the instrument. Earl Wild could be described in similar terms. The gift of absolute pitch revealed itself at age three as his avidity for the keyboard took prodigious strides. |
VARIOUS COMPOSER TRANSCRIPTIONS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Earl Wild Earl Wild (piano) [ Philips / EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] Royland Earl Wild was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1915. Wild was a musically precocious child and studied under Selmar Janson at the Carnegie Institute of Technology there, and later with Marguerite Long, Egon Petri, and Helene Barere (the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Earl Wild Goes to the Movies (Incls Mozart' Piano Concerto No 21 & Slaughter on 10th Avenue) Earl Wild (piano) / London Promenade / RCA Symphony / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Ivory Classics / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] Born on November 26, 1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the young Wild displayed extraordinary musical ability from the age of three. By the time he was six years of age, he was reading music fluently and before his twelfth birthday, he was studying... |
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Earl Wild (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] 'Wild is a 'larger than life' pianist, one who can spin out a lyrical line and use romantic gestures without ever sounding self-conscious. His balance of excitement and control, and, indeed, his gorgeous sound, are a constant marvel.' - American... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / EDWARD MacDOWELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor / MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor Earl Wild (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein / RCA Victor Symphony, Massimo Freccia [ Chesky Records / CD - released 25/Aug/1992 ] "Recommended. In many ways the coupling of one masterful work with another of wayward charm makes for an ideally complementary partnership." MusicWeb |
EDVARD GRIEG / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS / FRANZ LISZT / EDWARD MacDOWELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor / Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor / Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy Earl Wild (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Russell Stanger / RCA Victor Symphony, Massimo Freccia [ Chesky Records / CD - released 25/Aug/1992 ] Transfered using a customized state of the art Ampex tube tape recorder and an extraordinary analogie to digital converter with 20 bit linearily and a 128 times oversampling/digital filter, in an effort to achieve the finest quality sound. |
Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis
Feat Grant Green - Joe's Blues [ CD ] |
Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davisa Project Vol 1:
Can-Soul & Jazz Wild Bill Is The Boss! [ 2 CD ] |
Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davisa Project Vol 4:
Featuring Less Spann & Mundell Lowe a‚‚œ Blue Hodge [ CD ] |
Ronnie Wood With His Wild Five
Mad Lad: A Live Tribute To Chuck Berry [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 15/Nov/2019 ] Artist, author, producer and raconteur Ronnie Wood returns with the release of Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry. The 11-track album was recorded live at Wimborne's Tivoli Theatre last year and is a loving nod to one of Ronnie's musical... |
Johnson, Sean & The Wild Lotus Band
Devaloka [ Nettwerk Records / CD - released 9/May/2016 ] |
This Wild Life
Clouded [ Epitaph / CD - released 6/Jun/2014 ] "This Wild Life is duo Kevin Jordan and Anthony Del Grosso. The pair grew up in the tightknit DIY punk scene in Long Beach, California They quickly became friends after working at the same musical instrument store, bonding over music of their teens.... |
BERNSTEIN / GERSHWIN / LIEBERSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Remembering JFK: 50th Anniversary Concert Tzimon Barto (piano) / Earl Wild (piano) / Richard Dreyfuss / Georgetown University Glee Club / National Symphony Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] "as historical document, Remembering JFK is an absorbing time capsule." (Classic FM) |
ROMANTIC CLASSICS
Romantic Classics (Incls Salut d'amour', Liebestraum No. 3' & 'Clair de lune') Various artists incls Margaret Fingerhut, Earl Wild (pianos) Craig Ogden (guitar), London Mozart Players, Scottish National Orchestra, etc [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Romantic Classics features some of the world's most requested music, taken from Chandos' distinguished catalogue and digitally remastered to the company's usual, uncompromising standards. |
Wild Beasts
Boy King [ Domino / CD - released 5/Aug/2016 ] Where 2014's Present Tense album found Wild Beasts in reflective mood, absorbing a fascination with online culture and electronic music, Boy King has them, as Tom Fleming puts it, "back to being pissed off". The quartet's ever-present knack for... |
Wild Beasts
Limbo Panto [ Domino Records / CD - released 7/Jul/2008 ] "Graverobbing, non-league football, untold perversion, clip-clopping coconut shells and the wildest falsetto since Billy MacKenzie. A wonderfully florid rethink of Olde English indie from the Lake District"-Uncut Playlist. |