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Virtuoso Arrangements for Piano by Earl Wild, Volume 2 - Rachmaninoff and Others
JESUS GONZALEZ RUBIO
1.
Jarabe Tapatí Mexican Hat Dance
3:47
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
2.
Vocalise Op.34 No.14
6:13
3.
Midsummer Nights Eti letniye nochi Op.14 No.5
3:18
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
4.
At the Ball
2:50
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
5.
In the Silent Night V molchan'I nochi taynoy Op.4 No.3
4:41
6.
The Little Island Ostovok Op.14 No.2
1:59
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
7.
Dance of the Four Swans Swan Lake
1:43
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
8.
Floods of Spring Vesenniye vodï Op.14 No.11
3:54
9.
Where Beauty Dwells Zdes' khorosho Op.21 No.7
3:58
GABRIEL FAURÉ
10.
Improvisation on Après une rêve
2:35
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
11.
O, Cease Thy Singing Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne Op.4 No.4
4:28
12.
On the death of a linnet Na smert' chizhika Op.21 No.8
4:08
FRANK CHURCHILL
13.
Reminiscences of Snow White
8:02
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
14.
The Muse Muza Op.34 No.1
4:01
15.
Sorrow in Springtime Kak mne bol'no Op.21 No.12
3:31
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
16.
Hommage à Poulenc
3:59
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
17.
To the Children K detyam Op.26 No.7
3:40
18.
Do not grieve O ne grusti Op.14 No.8
3:05
19.
Dreams Son Op.38 No.5
3:04
Total time: 72:56
Solo:Martin Jones piano
Recorded by Nimbus Records at
Notes
Mention the pianist Earl Wild and you will conjure the term virtuoso, indeed, super-virtuoso. A pianist who in Liszt’s definition is ‘called upon to make emotion speak and weep and sigh. He creates passions he will call to light in all their brilliance… he will call up scent and blossom and breathe the breath of life.’
All in all a cornucopia of pianistic magic performed with grace, relish and fluency by Martin Jones, England's most recorded pianist. This second tribute follows his earlier disc of Earl Wild’s Gershwin transcriptions. With his own distinctive voice he nonetheless reminds me of a recital given by Wild in London in 1982. Writing of that occasion I told of how ‘seemingly millions of notes sparkled and cascaded from those extraordinary fingers.’ Today, Martin Jones, like his predecessor, gives new meaning and a new lease of life to virtuosity, a tired term resurrected. Bryce Morrison
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"... Any Rachmaninoff lover must hear this great record. The prolific and always reliable Martin Jones delivers sensitive performances of effortless grace and startling panache, deftly teasing out the vocal line buried deep in, atop, and below Wild's torrential deluge of note. Beautiful, luminous sound."
Stephen Wright - American Record Guide - January/February 2018
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