…the most impressive aspect of this disc is the beautiful sound Wilde coaxes from his superbly voiced Steinway (recorded by Beth Baxter in the Reith Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh) with...

Gramophone Magazine, July 2009

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Wilde plays Brahms

David Wilde (piano)

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…the most impressive aspect of this disc is the beautiful sound Wilde coaxes from his superbly voiced Steinway (recorded by Beth Baxter in the Reith Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh) with...

Gramophone Magazine, July 2009

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"David Wilde's power and individuality make a separation between composer and performer, between creator and recreator unrealistic. He sees the simple grace and lyricism favoured by many pianists as an evasion of a deeper poetic truth, and if he gives us all of Brahms' exulting strength in the fugue from the 'Handel' Variations, he is no less responsive to darker nights of the soul in Op. 117. Always there is an open invitation to re-appraise Brahms' genius, not by a radical reinterpretation (the determinedly 'different' way of, say, Gould or Pogorelich), but by a probing and enquiring look beneath the music's surface life. David Wilde may be true to the composer, but he is a pianist to make you think again." Bryce Morrison

"One of the most intense and involving performances that I've heard" International Record Review on David Wilde on Delphian

Release date: 2nd Mar 2009
Label: Delphian
Series: Wilde plays
Catalogue number: DCD34040
Length: 81 minutes
Genres:
- Piano Solos,
- Orchestral

Contents and tracklist

Brahms: Rhapsodies (2), Op. 79

Work length16:46

David Wilde (piano)

No. 1 in B Minor

Track length9:52

No. 2 in G Minor

Track length6:54

Brahms: Variations on an Original Theme in D major, Op. 21, No. 1

Work length17:51

David Wilde (piano)

Theme

Track length1:33

Var. 1

Track length1:30

Var. 2

Track length0:56

Var. 3

Track length1:06

Var. 4

Track length0:53

Var. 5

Track length1:45

Var. 6

Track length0:51

Var. 7

Track length1:20

Var. 8

Track length0:48

Var. 9

Track length1:08

Var. 10

Track length1:12

Var. 11

Track length4:49

Brahms: Intermezzi (3), Op. 117

Work length19:19

David Wilde (piano)

No. 1 in E-Flat Major

Track length7:00

No. 2 in B-Flat Minor

Track length6:03

No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor

Track length6:16

Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

Work length26:57

David Wilde (piano)

Aria

Track length1:01

Var. 1

Track length0:49

Var. 2

Track length0:40

Var. 3

Track length0:46

Var. 4

Track length0:51

Var. 5

Track length1:00

Var. 6

Track length0:59

Var. 7

Track length0:37

Var. 8

Track length0:38

Var. 9

Track length1:22

Var. 10

Track length0:32

Var. 11

Track length0:44

Var. 12

Track length0:49

Var. 13

Track length1:40

Var. 14

Track length0:43

Var. 15

Track length0:51

Var. 16

Track length0:33

Var. 17

Track length0:31

Var. 18

Track length0:44

Var. 19

Track length0:50

Var. 20

Track length1:32

Var. 21

Track length0:59

Var. 22

Track length0:50

Var. 23

Track length0:39

Var. 24

Track length0:36

Var. 25

Track length0:41

Fugue

Track length5:00

Awards and reviews

July 2009

…the most impressive aspect of this disc is the beautiful sound Wilde coaxes from his superbly voiced Steinway (recorded by Beth Baxter in the Reith Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh) with its pliant treble and richly resonant bass.

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