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He was 94.

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1 posted on 01/23/2010 8:45:13 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: Borges; sitetest

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2 posted on 01/23/2010 8:46:08 AM PST by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: EveningStar

RIP.


4 posted on 01/23/2010 9:12:56 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: EveningStar

One of our very best interpreters of Gershwin’s symphonic piano works.


5 posted on 01/23/2010 9:19:15 AM PST by Erasmus (<under construction>)
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To: EveningStar

His “Demonic Liszt” is one of my “desert island” recordings...


6 posted on 01/23/2010 9:26:47 AM PST by mozarky2 (Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
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To: EveningStar

One of the few pianists who recorded Medtner before his music was “rediscovered”.


7 posted on 01/23/2010 9:31:41 AM PST by Ozone34 ("There are only two philosophies: Thomism and bullshitism!" -Leon Bloy)
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To: EveningStar

On behalf of my good friend and Earl’s good friend, David Godfrey I can only say he gave us beautiful music, may he rest in peace.


8 posted on 01/23/2010 10:00:45 AM PST by WellyP
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To: EveningStar

On behalf of my good friend and Earl’s good friend, David Godfrey I can only say he gave us beautiful music, may he rest in peace.


9 posted on 01/23/2010 10:05:25 AM PST by WellyP
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To: EveningStar

I have a few LPs (that would be vinyl records for the younger generation) of his recordings. Very nice. Thank you and RIP, Mr. Wild.


14 posted on 01/23/2010 1:02:55 PM PST by Moltke (DOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the Big House - HOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the White House.)
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To: EveningStar
Wild's 1960 performance of An American In Paris and Rhapsody In Blue with the Boston Pops under Fiedler, RCA LSC-2367, is a triple-header: a great recording of a great performance of great music. Anyone who loves Wild, Fiedler, Gershwin, or simply appreciates a virtuoso at his piano, should seek out the LP (the CD is fairly listenable, but misses so much of the musical communication evident on the LP played back on a decent stereo). I'll be playing it later this evening, my own tribute of remembrance to the talent of Earl Wild.

RIP.

15 posted on 01/23/2010 1:49:59 PM PST by TrueKnightGalahad (When you're racing...it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting.)
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The Daily Telegraph (UK): Earl Wild (1915-2010) R.I.P.

The New York Times: Earl Wild, Pianist, Dies at 94

16 posted on 01/23/2010 2:37:47 PM PST by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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