Earl Wild - The Complete RCA Album Collection

Earl Wild - The Complete RCA Album Collection

The long and multi-faceted career of Earl Wild (1915 2010) spanned nearly a century, from his formative years in the jazz-age Roaring Twenties to becoming the first pianist to give a recital on American television and to stream a performance over the Internet. To celebrate Wild s 2015 centenary year, Sony Classical releases Earl Wild The Complete RCA Album Collection, the legendary pianist s complete albums for RCA Victor and Columbia Masterworks in a five-CD set.<br><br>In the 1930 s, Earl Wild left his native Pittsburgh and came to New York where he joined the NBC network as a staff pianist where he participated in a highly acclaimed broadcast of Rhapsody in Blue under Arturo Toscanini s baton. Although Wild s repertoire embraced the piano s entire history, he gained principal renown as an authentic master and ardent advocate of the Romantic style. He continued to play concerts, record and teach into his early nineties.<br><br>Earl Wild The Complete RCA Album Collection features five CDs in a clamshell box with booklet. The contents and sleeves replicate each album s original LP packaging and the box set includes three rare bonus selections never before released on CD.<br><br>sonymusicmasterworks.com