A walk on the Wild side
Subtitle: a memoir
By: by virtuoso pianist Earl Wild
Publisher: Ivory Classics Foundation
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Palm Springs, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 886
ISBN-13: 9780578074696
Subjects: Pianists; Biography
Notes: CD recording contents: Interview with Earl Wild by Boyce Lancaster, 2003 -- 2d mvt. Beethoven Sonata, op.10, no.3 from a live performance by Mr. Wild for his 90th birthday concert at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 2005 -- Liszt Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este, also from the 2005 Concergebouw performance -- Chopin Ballade no. 1, G minor performed by Mr. Wild as an encore at Carnegie Hall, Nov. 1, 1981.

Includes discography (p. 814-837) and index.
Table of contents: title: Born in the crotch of McKinley Park; title: Pittsburgh, city of the dirty ermine; title: Ze only gypsy from Peets-ee-bor-go; title: Enough hors d'oeuvres to feed an army; title: Aris and agonies; title: Give her Arpège!; title: Bucky roos and whacko; title: A bloom in the desert; title: No stern left untuned; title: The tango of tenure; title: Banging is for the bedroom; title: Concert soloists of Wolf Trap; title: A soft and sweet artist; title: The splice of life; title: Hate fish, but love seafood; title: John Cage's 4'33"; title: Life is an improvisation; title: The critic's critique; title: Coda; title: Limericks by Earl Wild; title: An Earl Wild discography.