Chopin Mazurka Op.17 No.4 (Horowitz)

[@Waldszenen]

"It's very intimate now - SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH!" God I love Horowitz.

[@pffortes]

Eees very eeenteeemate now....

[@sam-np4ol]

PPPHHHHHSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@j.z3802]

Sssssssssssssssss Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@Tompelicious]

Absolutely astounding. What a mature musicality. Horowitz gives the impression that he's improvising by the keyboard and plays whatever comes to mind. Few pianist can do that convincing.

[@pffortes]

I am fascinated by his finger position. Just exquisite and so unique to Horowitz. As personal as his sound it, his finger movements are equally personal.

[@zuzannawisniewska8339]

His tough, his sound...everything here is perfect...

[@armandssurins3364]

0:09 , 1:49 ;

[@Pakkens_Backyard]

exactly, that's how mazurkas should sound, completely improvised on the spot yet perfectly controlled and hence they're actually like the "king" of Chopin's music in terms of performance difficulty

[@aurelashem8653]

Perfect balance between control and emotion, a masterclass for all musicians i think.

[@marvinsmith5234]

Indeed

[@zarehdavidian8564]

Arturo Toscanini's (Horowitz's father in law) favorite Chopin Mazurka "I'm obsessed with one mazurka, this one, in A minor. It's sadness is consonant with mine. In the middle, there is a bit of joy darkened by a bit of regret, and then the infinite sadness comes back! " (Arturo Toscanini-1933)

[@leo32190]

Source?

[@zarehdavidian8564]

@@leo32190 "The Letters of Arturo Toscanini " edited by Harvey Sachs (2002)

[@joeykremple]

Love that quote, Zareh

[@piusottovoce]

@Jörmungandr excuse me, but I think he was... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Toscanini_Horowitz

[@marthaargerich6827]

his touch, his sound... everything here is perfect!

[@ALF8892]

Except the microphone and recording equipment

[@nickn8302]

wow, i've never heard it played this way, with those staccato flares... amazing

[@dibaldgyfm9933]

Staccato, that is what I love, too. Few contemporary pianists can or will do that. ❤

[@drwaynejohnson]

Horowitz's flat hand position was mentioned in some of the posts. A bit unusual, granted. I actually performed on that Steinway piano after he passed away and it was one of the easiest actions I've ever experienced--which Horowitz demanded. The piano definitely took some getting used to but required almost no arm weight--only very sensitive finger action which explains the flat fingers and low hand position. But the instrument had a tremendous tonal & dynamic range and a clear, bell-like sound.

[@orangefruit9166]

Is it a steinway on the video?

[@dededededededewedq]

​@@orangefruit9166yes, it clearly says "Stanley & Sons"

[@РоманДуменков]

И посадка великого маэстро неординарная ниже чем обычно требуется

[@MommeeMadre1]

What a blessing to have this VIDEO recording available to the masses!

[@FeBlandMusic]

An object lesson in Rubato playing. A real brainwave to place the score below the performance - one can see the liberties H takes with the music. The compositional groups of 14 notes are breathtaking!

[@francescorubengiardino6356]

Such an amazing, brilliant interpretation , he makes me love every note. There are no words to explain his musicality and sense of rhythm, he sings amazingly and goes so deep into music. When we speak about his pianism we should put apart academic or cultural considerations: Horowitz provides the human kind of universal sense of pure Music. Those pianissimo and slegato are divine. We need more Horowitz, so great that Chopin, Schumann, Clementi, Rachmaninov and many other authors would be POP. Because he is in pure connection with Music, with the author, with the public at the same time. He makes you smile and cry, he makes you elevate on another level. Volodja , 2023 and nobody can be compared to you, to date.

[@michaelhiggins300]

Chopin can be played differently each time you sit down at the piano and still be beautiful and correct. Horowitz was touched by the angels.

[@titusbeertsen]

Even if the performance is a little quirky, his dynamic control... just takes your breath away.

[@mflynn17]

One of my favorite mazurkas, exquisitely played.

[@sergeidave]

I totally love how Horowitz is so funny and down to earth and YET an absolutely phenomenal artist!!! His charisma was beyond this galaxy. He owned this piece.

[@kedimy]

Thank you for posting. What an ingenious way to show the scores and the performer at the same time!

[@PlayBetterJazz]

Chopin was such a jazzer!

[@papa_mia4495]

JH5280 Jazzers are such Chopin !

[@thorvelasco1467]

JH5280 yes I heard Jazz too! i'm no classical professional. I just stumbled upon Chopin while researching movie composers. I hear bits and pieces of the classics re-imagined in today's movie soundtracks. to hear the roots of music, right now at this moment as i'm writing this, the feeling is wow!

[@thorvelasco1467]

Thor Velasco correction: I hear Chopin in Jazz.

[@papa_mia4495]

Thor Velasco OFc you can hear Chopin in Jazz, history of piano music divided into two eras - Before and after Chopin.

[@mrnarason]

Nice anachronism

[@F7d600]

On ne se lasse pas des interprétations d'Horowitz.

[@Leemarie468]

Beautiful! I am playing this. So wonderful to see the notes while he plays. I could only hope to play this beautifully. I do not have the time to memorize this. What a talent Horowitz was. Chopin ..my favorite composer, so romantic and delicate. Chopin wrote the most beautiful melodic music.

[@dwacheopus]

Chopin had a lot of beautiful melodies, but i am definetly sure that Alkan was the one who wrote most beautiful ones!!

[@Waldszenen]

Horowitz makes it look so easy... he's amazing.

[@dwacheopus]

This piece isn't that hard actually

[@jandt4651]

for you maybe....@@dwacheopus

[@Gretchaninov]

Probably my favourite Chopin piece.

[@miguelleiton3645]

Toda la sensibilidad de la musica e interprete..... Gracias Maestro........!!!!!!!!!!!

[@juanandresadamoli2811]

Chopin fue es y será el Padre de la armonía para todos los compositores y pianistas. No hay semejanza alguna, como creó semejantes obras, compuestas para piano.

[@magbag70]

What a performance!!! at 3:05 ... what tension and then the deepest pianissimo in history...He's right...sssshhh! )

[@marzio54]

L'ho scoperta da poco...che dire..?questo sublime sussulto dell'animo affascina e accarezza ..e percepisci l'ineluttabile "dolore"...del vissuto,del perduto,del passato,di ciò in cui hai creduto ed in cui continui a credere ma che non esiste e nè esisterà mai più.Addio..non c'era nessuno quella mattina ad aspettarmi...nessuno!

[@cattleman6420012000]

So special,magical,rythm used so sensitively. Horowitz was like no other!!!

[@TownsendMusicSchool]

So incredible. So amazing. So perfect it makes you believe perfect IS possible! It's overwhelming!

[@dmcII]

His technique was phenomenal yet if you look at his actual mechanics here, they were so different from conventional wisdom. His hands are mostly flat or even below the keyboard. Amazing that he could do this and make it work.

[@damaomiX]

Only Glenn Gould and Horowitz use this type of hand pose. It is difficult to master.

[@revofex]

He also had a unique piano allegedly

[@ingridburling8731]

@@damaomiX My teacher taught me this. It eliminates strain in the hands, wrists, shoulders and arms, and therefore also the torso and back. She taught me to play with gently curled fingers, as if I was holding a tennis ball, but with the hand gently sloping down, and with the fingers almost hanging on the notes. When playing scales, it was SO easy to move along the keyboard. Astounding. It took me 6 months to learn it, playing only scales and exercises during that time, at my own request.. After that, we introduced pieces, and courtesy of that technique, I was able to jump into playing much more complex pieces right away. A real leap up, and so worth it.

[@schubert5170]

Wow so unique! I have never imagined this kind of Mazurka style!

[@Leemarie468]

Brilliant! I love how the notation is also posted so you can follow along and try as best you can to pick up his nuances. I just cannot fathom how these great pianists remembered so many pieces by heart. They must have photographic memories. Love his touch.

[@pvonberg]

Miraculous playing. No one else has that kind of old world nostalgia.

[@byrbyw]

Horowitz played very professionally, I like this piece.

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

This is most certainly one of the greatest pieces ever written for the piano. I know that every composer who followed Chopin thought so too. Is there a serious pianist who has not played this masterpiece?

[@watchhawking1472]

The old pianist played the forth Mazuka very affectionate

[@Gadzooki]

Funny how this is the first time I've heard the staccatos at the end actually played as notated. This is so much more dance like and lively! Wonderful.

[@shilloshillos]

Such a character Horowitz was. Love the video with the score underneath.

[@sergel.6608]

La plus belle interprétation de cette mazurka que j'ai jamais entendu. Sublime!

[@leongatha6]

"Cries and whispers"....Complete range of human emotion.

[@Music_withEmily]

thank you for this video, and with the score. Very useful for my students - please never take it down! I would love more as well!

[@benharmonics]

This recording is a masterclass in how to play expressively!

[@zheka-nezabudka]

Мне нравится музыка Шопена и Эдуарда Артемьева ❤

[@silvio2869]

Signor Chopin, e' passato molto tempo da quando siete arrivato. Ed e' tanto che avrei voluto farvi alcune domande. L' aria di Parigi, il sogno che attrae le vostre e le mie aspirazioni, i vicoli di Montmartre in cui pensare per colori e sapori e profumi ogni singola nota, ciascuna vibrazione in cui il cuore si infiamma al tempo di valzer o forse di una mazurca familiare. Ah! Se a quel tempo avessi avuto la forza di fermarvi, di parlarvi! Poi, siete partito, cosi, per non tornare piu, ve ne siete andato,come suol dirsi, all'altro mondo. Ma lo avete fatto come in realta eravate giunto tra noi. All' improvviso, da un pianeta lontano. Ora volate, fendendo le stelle.

[@hannastaszak1684]

Piękno muzyki Fryderyka Chopina to fenomen graniczący z cudem.

[@sanmarinojr]

@davy2funky intimate doesn't mean go to sleep, horowitz's view of this piece is spot on !

[@vickybeforeyourveryeye]

He changes some notes on the left hands to make it even more chromatic And with good taste. I wish someone wrote this score of this interpretation. V.h. Definitely was a revolutionaire and visionaire of the music.

[@MarySummerlover]

I listen to this, I watch Horowitz playing Mazurka and however I feel like nonentity... now I get it, this music is nirvana for me. I can't feel anything else, except for the sound

[@Gusakov]

ШЕДЕВР !!! А ведь все просто - каждая нота нажимается вовремя и с необходимым усилием..

[@dwacheopus]

Не вовремя, где-то он торопится, где-то замедляется

[@phatmusic]

wow....all i have to say is...wow... that was a beautiful interpretation of this song...AMAZING,,,WELL DONE!

[@RichardFeynmanRules]

The great poet of the piano!

[@cordeiropascoal]

Thanks for posting!

[@NJ-pi7oh]

i love it. I even play it on the piano myself

[@UrielNatero]

So Special thank you for posting this videoI love Horowitz

[@hfleung100]

Aw he's so cute :) His playing is wonderful too, very different from Rubenstein's version.

[@hannastaszak1684]

Mazurki Fryderyka Chopina to kwintesencja polskości ❤

[@RemovdSande11]

wow Ive never heard such a good version of this... he totally OWNS this song !

[@mackiceicukice]

pleeeeease pleeease...don't call it a song!.a song is a SONG...this is a piece of music and it's called MAZURKA.

[@matttondr9282]

How does he make it sound like he’s improvising the piece on the spot.. Incredible!

[@mourgoukos]

just elegant

[@DJ_Falco_prod]

Un véritable maître !! Merci maestro 🙏🙏

[@John-thinks]

Interesting how much he uses his fifth and fourth fingers to keep the tone delicate and soft with the right hand melody.

[@francoisjouachim1064]

Ma mazurka favorite ! Merci Monsieur Horowitz !

[@gregkopp3221]

Horowitz makes it look so easy! His fingers don't even have to stretch, and he's so relaxed playing such difficult rhythms. Incredible.

[@Exponentielle2x]

Flawless performance...

[@gwizvideo]

Love the performance of course! But your annotations with the music are cool! Thanks!

[@Marcuys]

awesome.. it really sounds like a mazurka.. like a dance..

[@Pjgrimshaw]

The technique required to play this song is amazing!

[@Peter_4712]

As I know the history of this piece, this is one of Chopin's last works, written not too far before his death. The Op. 17. is misleading, was given to the piece when rediscovered. By me there is a lot of hint of sadness in it and so inimitable personal and delightful.

[@rowanbelt3612]

I’m curious, how is it possible for it to have Op. 17 if it was discovered after his death? Wouldn’t the Op. 17 already be used up on some work that was already published during his lifetime?

[@johntel16]

I love how this is filmed right in someone's house or apartment from it looks like.

[@LivesofOrthodoxSaints]

Yes in his New York apartment with Wanda Toscanini seated in the foreground.

[@skullmaster6888]

That's how Chopin was meant to be originally played

[@grampasso1989]

rmannion, congratulation for your work on the video!

[@wsdy009]

bravo！！！！ So missed you, master

[@naomimelody]

Thank you for great videos!

[@Martel211996]

Very light action can be an advantage as well as a disadvantage. for fast passages to be played loud, such as the coda in Chopin ballade can be an advantage. But playing some of his slow and gentle nocturnes can be a trick. I have tried light weighted keys and i can say its very very difficult to control the volume without "banging" on the keys. As well as developing technique, this isint exactly the best type of piano to use, once you get on a harder weighted, your screwed.

[@brandonlee3374]

My favorite Mazurka♡♡♡!!!

[@peteklat]

Horowitz can be very quirky at times. There is a beautiful rendition, quiet and understated by Rubinstein.

[@AMONARSIEL]

Thanks... a sweet gift.

[@vbatuhan]

most romantic piece of Chopin after waltz op 64 no 2.

[@olesyamiroshnichenko_0104]

Вступление 0:08 Основная тема 0:17 Середина 1:47

[@T33VlOn3Dt]

A favorite of mine... Horowitz did a great job.

[@andre1214g]

Very smart display for score and video. kudos! thank you for sharing.

[@NMIC374]

interesting comment, and i agree about the safe pianist statements, but a truly magnificent pianist can make the most dull piano shine in my book. i have ateacher with an oldish extrmley bright upright and it's sound is not the best but when she plays it she produces some of the most beutifull tones ive ever heard. i agree safe is in a way a very dangerous thing when playing piano though, dare to be great!

[@jjvvgg1]

What a perfectly executed "perdendosi" at the end.

[@lenzub]

This is as he said very intimate. Its as if the piece spoke straight to my heart.

[@music-by1ou]

this is very very beautiful!

[@simplerachel11]

@93rardo "beauty in imperfection"

[@rlicinio1]

Beautiful!

[@jbyjby1]

2:37 I love that part!

[@sheetmusicsadra5887]

at the 0:19 you hear a persons deepest cry!!!!

[@mrajczyk]

this is very jazz like in phrasing, and very beautiful

[@ReturnOfTheStienway]

great video idea man!

[@shobarsch]

It reminds me of Bill Evans, very much.

[@Kalen1457]

It's so cool seeing a video with music underneath! If you don't mind me asking, what software did you use to make this video?

[@Yannoux3000]

Suffucient reason for me to be alive

[@trancosomarcus]

Chopin is the father of modern harmony. Without him, we don't have Jazz, Bossa-Nova, Bill Evans, Keith Jarret, Brahms, Wagner, Berg...

[@RemovdSande11]

“Bach, The immortal god of harmony.” -Ludwig van Beethoven

[@trancosomarcus]

They were very important, gods. But Chopin gave us the modern harmony.

[@trancosomarcus]

Geniuses were few...geniuses with good taste, I think only Chopin, Mozart, Schubert and Rachmaninoff. Chopin wrote the most beautiful themes and it is amazing the originality of each work, he did not repeat himself.

[@blankname4716]

Chopin got a lot from Bach actually; form, style. counterpoint to name a few. I see Chopin as a cultured branch growing off the trunk that is Bach.

[@hyenaskate]

Well those styles are more about rhythm than harmony.

[@janschafer6082]

Fantastico!!!!

[@AnitaBuhera]

I can't even image that this video was made 15 year's ago!!! 😮👋🥹

[@sandrasacco]

senza parole !!! magari suonassi così ...

[@titusbeertsen]

@Tompelicious Funny that you mention improvisation, because he is actually doing that a few times here :)

[@mgamarrandelp]

Realmente íntimo, encantador!!

[@gratecourt]

Gasp. Thanks so much.

[@thenotoriousadin]

@MarySummerlover you dont have to ask me. you put your comment out on the youtube page, and so you should expect responses. but the original statement makes classical music lovers seem lame and whimsical to a point that everyone despises us.

[@coolliam422]

that kiss at the end lmao

[@ВикторИванов-ъ3ф]

Просто сокровенная магия!