Giovanni Doria Miglietta (piano)

Earl Wild (1915-2010) was without doubt one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. His immense repertoire, his staggering virtuosity, his warmth and his charm deserve him the epithet legendary. Wild was a great improviser as well, and he frequently played his own fantasies in his concerts. Fortunately he wrote these wonderful pieces down, and his creative legacy contains a wealth of transcriptions, fantasies and paraphrases, as well as original piano works.

This 3-CD set presents Wild’s complete transcriptions and original piano works, including the famous Porgy & Bess Fantasy, his own Etudes and Piano Sonata and the famous Rachmaninoff Songs: a feast of pianistic glitter and virtuoso fireworks!

‘This is tremendously challenging music,’ remarked Fanfare of the first volume in this series containing Wild’s Piano Sonata, ‘and Miglietta certainly has the virtuosity that it requires... Fans of this repertoire will want to hear his perspective — and will eagerly await the rest of the series.’ “extremely well played... possibly my favorite piano disc of 2014..” Classical Net.

Previously issued on the Piano Classics label in three separate CDs, now available at a modest price as a 3-CD set.