In 1976,Earl Wild wrote his now-famous piano transcriptions based on George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess, and also revised his Virtuoso Etudes based on the popular songs: I Got Rhythm, Somebody Loves Me, Liza, Embraceable You, Fascinatin' Rhythm, The Man I Love, and Oh, Lady be Good. In 1989, he also composed an improvisation for solo piano based on Gershwin's Someone To Watch Over Me in the form of a Theme and Three Variations and included it on his 1989 CD "Earl Wild plays his Transcriptions of Gershwin." Wild originally wrote six of his Virtuoso Etudes based on Gershwin songs in the late 1950's, all of which were revised in 1976. Earl Wild, also a phenomenal virtuoso classical pianist, passed away at age 94 in 2010. That same year he gave his last piano recital. .Andy Feldbau
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Earl Wild
I Got Rhythm, from Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin Play
Recorded on 10/10/2012, uploaded on 03/13/2013
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In 1976, Earl Wild wrote his now-famous piano transcriptions based on George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess, and also revised his Virtuoso Etudes based on the popular songs: I Got Rhythm, Somebody Loves Me, Liza, Embraceable You, Fascinatin' Rhythm, The Man I Love, and Oh, Lady be Good. In 1989, he also composed an improvisation for solo piano based on Gershwin's Someone To Watch Over Me in the form of a Theme and Three Variations and included it on his 1989 CD "Earl Wild plays his Transcriptions of Gershwin." Wild originally wrote six of his Virtuoso Etudes based on Gershwin songs in the late 1950's, all of which were revised in 1976. Earl Wild, also a phenomenal virtuoso classical pianist, passed away at age 94 in 2010. That same year he gave his last piano recital. . Andy Feldbau
More music by Earl Wild
The Man I Love, from Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin
Hommage à Poulenc
Virtuoso Étude No. 4 Embraceable You, from 7 Virtuoso Études
Virtuoso Étude No. 3 Fascinating Rhythm, from 7 Virtuoso Études
Performances by same musician(s)
Mephisto Waltz no. 1
The Man I Love, from Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, M. 8
Moment Musicaux Op. 16, No. 1
Moment Musicaux Op. 16, No. 3
Moment Musicaux Op. 16, No. 4
Moment Musicaux, Op.16, No. 2
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