(1915-2010)
Disk Number:
Vanguard Classics ATM-CD-1488
Contents:
Disc1
Transcendental Etudes
Preludio
Molto Vivace
Paysage (Landscape)
Mazeppa
Feux Follets (he wisps)
Vision
Eroica
Wilde Jagd (Wild Hunt)
Recordanza
Allegro agitato molto
Harmonies de soir
Chasse-neige
Disc2
Reminiscences de Robert le Diable
Gnomenreigen
Mephisto Polka
Mephisto Waltz
Reminiscences de Don Juan (after Mozart)
Waltzes from Gounod’s Faust
Artists:
Disc1 Russell Sherman piano
Disc2 Earl Wild piano
Recorded Date:
Originally released 1964, piano: Baldwin
Producer:
Seymour Solomon
Engineer:
Piano Technician:
Beyond words. Unbelievable. Demonic. Totally possessed. The epitome of style and expression. Control yet utter freedom, poetry plus bravura. At the end I exploded, “Braaavo!” Truly the disc of the century.
Gil French, The Daily Times of Salisbury, Maryland, October 4, 1991