Horowitz plays Moszkowski Etincelles (sparks)

Horowitz plays Moszkowski Etincelles (sparks) in Moscow 1986

[@leonmaliniak]

He plays this difficult monster piece like it's " Mary had a little lamb " and he is not a young man...the best ever and I have listened to them all.

[@Tolstoy111]

Is this piece that difficult? It was written as salon music for mid range players.

[@IcePeak99]

​@@Tolstoy111The tempo makes it difficult.

[@prokastinatore]

That pretty little young kid with her parents smiling after the last bar and smiling like "When I'm adult, I can do it as well as maestro Horowitz!".....Great! Horowitz that day made people in the audience happy and crying because of the depth and joy he gave to em!

[@suttonelms1]

He makes it look so easy. Wonderful...

[@starther]

@Val-entine Jeez, do you know how old he was back then? 83 years!! I wanna see you playing this in this tempo and with this inner serenity. Hats off to him!

[@starther]

@Val-entine well I guess that is profession and his years of (working) experience that he didn't mess up;)

[@johnschlesinger2009]

@@starther You need to remember that in his later years Horowitz scarcely practiced. He said "I practiced all my life, why should I practice now?". His mechanical equipment was so phenomenal that he could get away with it by playing repertoire that was well within his capacity without practice. In contrast, Shura Cherkassky practised four hours every day, and if he missed some work one day, he would make up for it the next. Hence his note perfect concerts up to the very end.

[@frazzledude]

I saw him perform this at the Paramount Theater of The Arts in Oakland, California in the summer of 1978. It was marvelous. Even late in life Horowitz was a superb pianist.

[@ScottHolliday1]

Oh my -- that recital at the Paramount was the first time I heard him live, in person. FUN memory! 😃

[@prokastinatore]

He was indeed!

[@classicalduck]

I was there, too! And the following year, he played at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco.

[@eddiebeato5546]

After listening to thousands of pianists, I am bound to admit Vladimir Horowitz is still the best pianist I have ever heard.

[@elsaesteves]

Agree, not even Blechacz or Argerich are close

[@luxnox6134]

Let me a few years, I'm working hard to get to him. :)

[@pqiojsqdklnads3861]

@@elsaesteves Bro blechacz and argerich arent even close to being close to being close😂😂 there are hundreds of pianists ahead of them both

[@Hjominbonrun]

I agree with you but not absolutely. I dont think he was that great with beethoven, but for sure he always made something special out of everything else.

[@wandervanhoucke4331]

@@luxnox6134 let's go!! See you on stage

[@cynic150]

This is Horowitz's slightly altered version, which I think is great and improves the ending a lot.

[@laslasman564]

Fantqstic clarity at speed...n oh the dynamic control!👍👹

[@VictorMoyaArbo]

🤗🤗⚘⚘Grandioso.. Bravo Horowitz!!!.. Menuda leyenda..

[@user-sn9bq5zd6i]

듣고 또 들어도 감탄하게 되는 탁월한 연주입니다. 듣는 수준을 높여 놔서 어쩌죠?? 그립습니다.

[@rubabahasanova1596]

Muasir ifalarin coxunda yoxdu bele deqiqlik-aydinliq budur super👏💥

[@user-ep1yi8cc5k]

もう、とにかく(神)の一言です😃

[@IronPalm]

The ending Moszkowski wishes he had written...

[@dashildabiz]

I love this man!

[@kasyapa]

the master at play. enough said.

[@noshirm6285]

A genius - and how the audience roars its approval! 😃

[@ivandrenikov5919]

Гениален пианист !

[@user-rl1qz5jc3c]

Невероятное, блистательное исполнение!!! Гений!!! ❤❤❤

[@Wosudhehqaxb9169]

To me, Wanda actually looks pretty entranced by the performance. Just before the camera cuts, you get a glimmer of a smile. She's happy to see her husband happy

[@paulb9842]

I think she was a dragon... But I dont know if she could spit fire...

[@dinaviktorova9093]

Браво!Браво!Браво!

[@TomBarrister]

Technique doesn't define mastery. Interpretation does. There are thousands of great technicians, not nearly as many great interpreters.

[@MarcAmengual]

Tom Barrister So true!

[@liedersanger1]

Indeed only a handful in each generation.

[@mikekarren5010]

Well, the artistic world I know, defines the word subjective. Personally, I'll always agree with the critic who said, and I paraphrase...if a deaf man had 1 day to hear, his time would be best spent listening to Horowitz...and...the greatest pianist living or dead. For many years I have held up this man's "skill" to judge other pianists. To me, an artist is so much more than two little words. The gifts I have realized by hearing Horowitz has changed my life! How does one fit all that into "technique and interpretation?" I can honestly say, I'm a better human being for having been exposed to the beauty, power, love, and inspiration of what has translated through this great man's fingers on the keyboard! Specifically when I feel my spirits falling into the abyss of depression, if I put on one of his beautiful records, clear my mind and let myself be consumed in this miracle of music; my mood is vastly altered for the better. Therefore, granted, perhaps my opinion of a particular performance might be judged according to the mood I'm in at that moment I hear it, or the weather outside? No wonder there has been so much criticism of piano competition judges!

[@alainspiteri502]

of course ! you don't known that Notoriety is not always the best talent ?

[@alainspiteri502]

@@mikekarren5010 all what you write is in your little brain and no more , Horowitz don't play a Composer but only pieces where he is the best it's not a musician but more a pianist with claps , Carnegie-,Hall is not the place for the true musicians but ' La Scala " is !

[@user-xs1xw6vj1s]

wonderful…

[@paulcannon5065]

Marvellous 😌

[@theicyridge]

Lovely.

[@prokastinatore]

Mastership! I don't care that his generation sometimes played "wrong" notes. So also Rubinstein did from time to time. But it was just music carrying messages coming from somewhere out of this world! R.I.P.

[@lakesidemusic]

Was it Wanda who 'disliked' this?

[@chrislimnios9180]

OMG hilarious

[@alainspiteri502]

because no stars , dull and dull no more

[@jgcaesar4]

Yes, she did not like this at all.

[@martialmorin731]

Je suis tout-à-fait bouleversé, même pas ému....... bouleversé ! C'est un miracle.

[@bifeldman]

Heaven.

[@Qdawwg]

love the girl’s look of wonder at the end, sometimes kids will understand the music more than adults ever could

[@user-ib5kr8on9x]

Шедеврально!!!

[@aknightofcamelot]

David Dubal recommended he play this as en encore. Though reluctant, Horowitz went on to debut this piece as en encore in Japan, at the White House, etc... to great success (Evenings with Horowitz)

[@QueensWino]

Am reading the Dubal book and that led me to this video; I was glad to see The Maestro took David’s advice!

[@martialmorin731]

Y-a-t-il une transcription pour TUBA?

[@ediccartman7252]

Je suis mort.......

[@deejaydaniel4154]

yes

[@ScaryIndeed]

It has to be Wanda indeed, that pressed dislike button.

[@stucoy1]

Maybe. When his wife, she said to him: 'As a person I don't think much of you, but as a pianist you're pretty good'

[@mbvglider]

@Antony Gonzalez Wanda is his wife, seen at 2:50.

[@zviato]

Wanda doesnt like Moszkowski !

[@thomgeo8073]

HOROWITZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pianoplayeruk]

economical is an interesting choice of word but yes you're right. there is plenty of horizontal movement but very little in the vertical plane.

[@mariojose6918]

From Bee Smart Baby Video Rare Classical Music Found

[@jayPT77]

Fun piece

[@Patryk429]

Very Beautiful Music I Beg Your Love I Gave Paw Up And Subscribed Greetings

[@AvetissovGeorge]

manifique !!!

[@pianoplayeruk]

she's probably heard it about a million times and aside from which she looked very preoccupied for some reason.

[@paulcannon5065]

Ravishing. Peerless.

[@rubinsteinway]

H rewrote M's ending.

[@brianbixler2362]

Sounds kinda like a Pole (Moszkovski) went to late 1870's Paris, drank way way too much coffee, and sped off the ground into the French countryside doing the GNOMENREIGEN!!!!!!!

[@Bulbophile]

best comment - history histrionics humour

[@mikekarren5010]

Brian, is it fair to call Moritz a Pole? Remember he was born in Germany. May we look into your ancestry and call you by another nationality?

[@gillesb4198]

@@mikekarren5010 It is not that simple, because Silesia was not always German, nor not always Polish, and the population had mixed origins ... Moritz Moszkovski was born in 1854 in Breslau ( at that time in Prussian Silesia since 1742, now it has been again in Poland since August 1945, it is the Polish city of Wroclaw ) in a rich Polish Jewish family. His family, his roots were Polish. Famous conductor Kurt Masur was also born (in 1927) in ( then German ) Silesia, in Brieg (now Brzeg in Poland since 1945 ); when i had a chance to chat with him for a few moments in a taxi in 2002 in Paris, I asked him whether he considered himself Polish or German. His answer was full of modesty, not exactly straightforward, it was both precise but also as little clear as the mixed destiny of Silesia : he said when he was incorporated in the army, it was in the German army; this was just at the end of World War II I didn't ask him any detail at that time, but it is highly probable he was incorporated at a rather young age, probably 17, which was often done at that time in a last burst of the German Army, possibly in Breslau (where he was studying) in the second half of 1944; or maybe in early 1945 in Leipzig. he may have moved to Leipzig - where he later studied - as a civilian in January 1945, or while in the German Army, to avoid fighting with the Russians who reached Brieg in early Feb 1945, and besieged Breslau for 3 months on February 6th, 1945; It is not sure whether Kurt Masur was present as a young German soldier at the Siege of Breslau; if he was there, it is a miracle he survived (40,000 Breslauers died there, nearly 2/3 of the city were destroyed) the Americans were the first ones to reach Leipzig in April 1945, then they left it to the Russians. Germany surrendered officially in early May 1945 then at the Conference of Postdam in July-August 1945, Silesia was placed under Polish administration); Kurt Masur's place of birth had become part of Poland in August 1945, but he was already no longer living there : he made his musical studies, at first in Breslau (today Wroclaw in Poland) where he studied piano and cello in 1942-1944, then in 1946-1948 in Leipzig's Musikhochschule, and started his career in Halle, then Dresden. Leipzig, Halle and Dresden are all in Germany. His first passport was German.

[@mikekarren5010]

@@gillesb4198 Thanks Gilles for the wonderful history lesson, I stand corrected.

[@martinindik929]

Gnomenreigen

[@chrislukelily]

@Allard Bon I guess I am another nostalgic fool, Allard, since I consider this to be just another example of Horowitz's seemingly effortless brilliance. My father was a concert pianist and I've listened closely to hundreds of them, including the most recent crop of exceptional artists. Your criticism of Horowitz's interpretive skills is quite amusing. Please read David Dubal's book on what Horowitz's peers thought of him.

[@psalmtone2008]

Definitely an improvement! :)

[@davisatdavis1]

This was the last piece Horowitz played before kissing the world goodbye.

[@rusl4nalentiev]

Not sure about that. His last recording was Chopin's 13th étude actually

[@user-ev2ho9qu3h]

Last concert was in Hamburg Germany 1987

[@fumifumi9037]

yes, It is just 3 mins

[@peppipeppi51]

His wife so full of cheer, she sure had been his daily sunshine.😂

[@stefomate]

pretty sure he gave the audience the two fingers at the start lol

[@berlinzerberus]

...who else do have the certain skills to play this etude like horowitz......nobody!

[@John19182004]

@akimuskin first of all, a photo doesn't show that. secondly, he was right handed. thirdly, what difference does it make?

[@alainspiteri502]

J think when Horowitz was young that the stars were brighter

[@antoanelaudila7129]

Ce mi place moszkowski

[@BenMcCormack91]

If you wonder why people like this performance of Etincelles so much more than others, stop listening to the melody for a moment and tune into the lower voices in the texture. The number of pianists in the history of recording who could voice this sort of piece with that level of subtlety and perfection is in the single digits.

[@FrancisAsin-Gioro]

Thoughts you are nothing but a stupid jerk

[@bennyksmusicalworld]

Steve FOX What was that unnecessary comment for?

[@ashtonlyons2139]

Who is Wanda and does everyone think she disliked this?

[@mbvglider]

Wanda is his wife. People are saying that because she looks completely unimpressed at 2:50.

[@user-vc2od1wg9o]

Не зря маэстро без своего рояля не ездил ...

[@Szpzer]

Thanks for your recording of the young Horowitz. You are right it is not fair to judge his quality as a pianist solely on a concert he gave at the age of 83. In the recording you presented he plays Etencelles with an amazing technique. He is a wizard on the piano. I don't like his interpretation of none of the works he plays, but that is a matter of taste. The fact that millions of people loved him, says something but not all about his quality. I find your comment on hypnotism childish.

[@user-ph6vl5sy9c]

Почему он показал в конце три пальца?

[@Szpzer]

Oh, now I understand. No, humor I don't have.

[@erichetherington9314]

Yeah, but can he play the piano?

[@sdouglasFord]

It was probably sarcasm. Understanding it would require a sense of humor. You don't seem to have one.

[@Szpzer]

You cannot compare this anymore with modern piano artists. It is technically too limited. To rate this above others purely a matter of nostalgia.

[@lepredator189]

Screw you. I'm human, I want nostalgia.

[@calebhu6383]

And which of the modern artists will be as good as Horowitz in their 80s? It is not fair to judge a pianist by a recording out of his prime.