| Other author/creator | Sgambati, Giovanni, 1841-1914, arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Tausig, Carl, 1841-1871 arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Moszkowski, Moritz, 1854-1925 arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943 arranger of music. |
| Included Work | Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Orphée et Eurydice. Ballet des ombres heureuses; arranged. |
| Included Work | Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764. Pièces de clavecin (1724). Selections. |
| Included Work | Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Toccatas, organ, BWV 565, D minor; arranged. |
| Included Work | Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod; arranged. |
| Included Work | Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Skazka o t͡s︡are Saltane. Nu, teperʹ, moĭ shmelʹ; arranged. |
| Included Work | Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962. Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen. Liebesleid; arranged. |
| Included Work | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sommernachtstraum. Scherzo; arranged. |
| Included Work | Thalberg, Sigismond, 1812-1871. Grande fantaisie sur l'opéra de Rossini Semiramide. |
| Included Work | Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Śpiewy polskie. Selections; arranged (Liszt) Selections. |
| Included Work | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Lebedinoe ozero. Tant͡s︡y lebedeĭ. No. 4 arranged. |
| Included Work | Schulz-Evler, Andrei, 1852-1905 Arabesken über Themen des Walzers "An der schönen blauen Donau." |
| Included Work | Balakirev, Miliĭ Alekseevich, 1837-1910. Réminiscences de l'opéra La vie pour le czar de M. Glinka. |
| Included Work | Herz, Henri, 1803-1888. Variations sur une cavatine de La Cenerentola. |
| Included Work | Thalberg, Sigismond, 1812-1871. Grande fantaisie sur l'opéra Don Pasquale. |
| Included Work | Godowsky, Leopold, 1870-1938. Symphonische Metamorphosen Johann Strauss'scher Themen. Künstlerleben. |
| Included Work | Wild, Earl. Virtuoso etudes. Selections. |
| Included Work | Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Semiramide. Selections; arranged. |
| Included Work | Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Śpiewy polskie. Selections arranged. |
| Included Work | Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899 Der schönen, blauen Donau. Selections; arranged. |
| Included Work | Glinka, M. I. (Mikhail Ivanovich), 1804-1857. Zhiznʹ za t͡s︡ari͡a︡. Selections arranged. |
| Included Work | Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Don Pasquale. Selections arranged. |
| Included Work | Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. Künstlerleben arranged. |
| Included Work | Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Musicals. Selections; arranged. |
| Variant title |
Additional title on container: Art of transcription |
| Series | Great pianists of the 20th century ; 98 Great pianists of the 20th century 98. ^A475464 |
| Contents |
Mélodie d'Orphée / C.W. Gluck-G. Sgambati -- Rigaudon ; Elegie ; Tambourin / J.-P. Rameau-L. Godowsky -- Toccata and Fugue in D minor / J.S. Bach-C. Tausig -- Isoldens Tod / R. Wagner-M. Moszkowski -- The flight of the bumble-bee / N. Rimsky-Korsakov-Rachmaninoff -- Liebesleid / F. Kreisler-Rachmaninoff -- Scherzo from "A midsummer night's dream" / F. Mendelssohn-Rachmaninoff -- Grande fantaisie on "Semiramide" / G. Rossini-S. Thalberg -- Chants polonais (excerpts): My joys ; Spring ; The maiden's wish / F. Chopin-F. Liszt -- Pas de quatre, from "Swan Lake" / P.I. Tchaikovsky-E. Wild -- Arabesques on "An der schönen, blauen Donau" / J. Strauss-A. Schulz-Evler -- Fantasy on "A life for the Tsar" / M. Glinka-M. Balakirev -- Variations on "Non più mesta" from "La Cenerentola" / G. Rossini-H. Herz -- Fantasy on "Don Pasquale", op. 67 / G. Donizetti-S. Thalberg -- Symphonic metamorphosis on "Künstlerleben" / J. Strauss-L. Godowsky -- 7 virtuoso etudes: The man I love ; I got rhythm ; Embraceable you ; Fascinatin' rhythm ; Somebody loves me ; Liza ; Oh, lady be good / G. Gershwin-E. Wild. |
| General note | Philips: 456 991-2 (456 992-2--456 993-2). |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Program notes by Donald Manildi in English with French and German translations (23 p. : port.) bound in container. |
| Performer |
Earl Wild, piano. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded between 1964 and 1981; previously released material. |
| UPC |
028945699127 |
| Publisher number | 456 991-2 Philips |
| Publisher number | 456 992-2--456 993-2 Philips |