... That first picture is priceless - a great one to use for a caption competition...I offer :'Who are these schmucks?...' The second pic is interesting too -...
Allan, Please contact me via email. I have a copy of the 1969 Kreisleriana made directly from the original LP and would be happy to send it to you, along with...
Amazon has announced the release of Volume 5 of the Private Collection for January 5, 2010. It will contain Haydn's Sonata No. 52 in E-flat, and Beethoven's...
I have just received the 70 CD set. After a first listening, it seems that the Schumann sonata no 3 of the Horowitz concerts 1975-76 come from the same...
... Thanks for that. If you're right about the date, then here's the programme of the concert: Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30 Liszt: Piano...
... You mean Volodos or Mr Carpenter? Haven't heard much of the former recently (is he playing Brahms 2 at the moment?)...and I only came across Cameron...
... carpenter, though the same thing applies to volodos, and all the other speed-demon kids. once you play something at the outer limits of technique and/or...
... Not necessarily a blind alley, sometimes a gateway to discovery & eventually (hopefully) maturity, I think. Horowitz followed this path after all, setting...
Do you know if the 70 CDs set is already available on European or American Amazon sites? I couldn't find it! Thanks for the informations about the contents: I...
... The 70 CDs set can be found already on Amazon.fr, Amazon.de and also on fnac.com. A little surprise in the recital on March 5, 1951 : The Chopin Etude opus...
... Between 1944 and 1951, Horowitz played very often Liszt Sixth Rhapsody. The first renditions were probably full of brillancy and virtuosity. Horowitz was...
I've noticed this in a number of his recordings of the work. Horowitz seemed to favor clarity over sheer speed. He also largely refrained from using the...
Thank you for the information! About Chopin Op. 10 N. 4: I haven't listened to the "new" verion yet, but I'm not surprised about the low speed. Horowitz...
... At one time a taping of an early 70s recording session was circulating among collectors. On the tape you can hear H. working on this etude. He plays it...
... < Horowitz often claimed that he was unable to play this or that - especially the Chopin etudes. And, according to his friend Nathan Milstein, Horowitz...
Horowitz played these etudes for only one season,(somewhat in the style of Kabalevsky) though they had a minor vogue for a while (both Raymond Lewenthal &...
Where are they held? Are they part of the private collection at Yale? I didn't know Horowitz had the habit to make home recordings, apart from some "official"...
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