Horowitz plays Schubert: Impromptu in B-flat Major, Op.142/3

[@christophdoelz6758]

No other pianist has this colorful pianissimo ... fortissimo. Great humanity. He does not play the music, he is the music. Bravissimo! Maestro Horowitz.

[@TseSamuel-yu6el]

Extraordinary. Never heard such beautiful expression. He is not like anyone, he’s not doing very obvious expression. But his interpretation convey so much emotion.

[@jean-raoulschopfer1538]

One of the most exceptionnal recording of Horowitz .... we have ALL to learn from it : the wisdom of age, a fantastic control of each finger, the time that is not so important ... and ... finally ... the totally liberty in a compltet full perfect "taste good" (Bon Goût in french) !!!!!! Un des enregistrements les plus exceptionnels de Horowitz ... nous avons TOUT à en apprendre: la sagesse de l'âge, un contrôle fantastique de chaque doigt, le temps qui n'est pas si important ... et ... enfin ... La liberté totale dans un complet et parfait "bon goût" !!!!!!

[@panagiotismolochtos8481]

Titan of the piano playing some of the most beautiful music ever written , by this collossall composer F.Schubert... extraordinary emotion dances through the concert hall, what a sound !

[@aristotle867]

I remember watching and recording this performance on BBC 2 in 1986 It was a very emotional concert as there was footage of meeting his relatives after years of being apart .What is so amazing is his interpretations of all piano masterpieces at such an incredible age ;a GENIUS

[@faith.s_mom]

❤

[@lisaberti1349]

he plays hundred notes ...it seems he's just having fun like a baby on his first keyboard...a genius!

[@sagalat]

Breathtaking in each detail. Bravo & Thanks

[@antoinezygfryd]

Il y a beaucoup à dire sur l'art du piano d'après Horowitz! J'ai mis plus de quarante ans pour le comprendre et découvrir sa subtilité. Rien n'est conventionnel,et puis ses nuances innombrables reposent sur un contrôle quasi parfait des différents timbres. Il apprend à écouter...autrement des oeuvres que l'on croyait connaître. Merci pour ces enregistrements!

[@pietalpha2]

each maestro has his/her own take on these pieces There is more than one perfection! for me THIS one reaches heaven.

[@healinginspirationsbyannie8857]

Thank you for sharing your God given gift of music, wishing you blessings always, Annie

[@nino0057]

Chopin, Schubert, and Mozart. Nothing gets better than those 3.

[@dennisl501]

The quality of this video is wonderful and so much better than most. Of course the performance is awesome, as well. Thank you for taking the time to upload it.

[@davidnawarauckas9155]

Extraordinary pianisim and so musical and idiosyncratic! What a technique and unless you have such an ability you could not ever play like that

[@bichitodany6552]

Con mi mama lo mirábamos cuando yo tenía 8 o 9 años! Que grande!!!!

[@alejandragutierrez9409]

Beautiful!!

[@etiam161036]

Un régal!!!! Merci!

[@MadameAlto]

I remember being a bit later than usual to my church organist job that Sunday morning he was on because I was so fascinated with his playing. Several people commented to me afterward about the performance. My husband wound up buying the CD which is still a favorite at our house.

[@amidunet]

beautiful 2nd and 4th movments, hard not to cry *****

[@alistairmoulden537]

Genius is an appropriate word for this.

[@zwirn00]

You can hear Schubert breathing. I'm blown away.

[@thomasmarriott3586]

wonderful an absolute joy to watch and listen to

[@guillermojaramillo8911]

grande , maestro ¡¡¡¡

[@annatoniato9967]

Fantastico, insuperabile,UNICO....

[@57highland]

Che?!

[@123must]

Wonderful upload ! Thanks a lot

[@dmcII]

An excellent description !

[@luminusmortiferus2822]

I'm in love with this song!!!

[@jimmcintyre3384]

Schubert wrote many songs. This is not one of them.

[@TheMightyFork_]

It’s a fucking piece!

[@Buldaner]

That last variation always makes me smile.

[@akossziklai]

Thanks for the upload.

[@pianowoman]

Amazing ❤

[@renaudgg]

8:43 - 9:21 is the best Ending of all times. I have listened I don't know how many hours of Mozart, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven and so on, all extremly genius. But damnit, this ending goes beyond everything. Seeing the face of Horowitz going into that part, nothing special in it, nothing crazy to do on piano, but its Extreme emotions, its like a story ending in front of you. gg Schubert !

[@kofiLjunggren]

Gg shubert

[@dundoderdumme3044]

And you tell me that someone who played and practised the piano from 4 years old to 85 isn't able to understand, what Schubert wanted to express? Maybe it is just, that you don't understand what Horowitz wanted to express with his interpretation of this piece! I understand it so I like it very much...

[@chad4149]

he plays the theme with charm and cantabile lovely

[@kenyang687]

The touch is so delicate. Just listen to the end.

[@shiadani]

he has contrast feelings,is very great!!!sounds very very happy

[@camelitto1]

big pincridible performance, he have a magical touch, on se sent tellement mieux aprés l'écoute, grandiose ce toucher de piano

[@mikgazine]

the last movement is so pure and magic

[@GebhardLied]

Thank you, I understand - despite of the limited lines. :) I'll have to research other pianists playing this piece. I'm only just getting into Schubert. Have a great weekend. :)

[@trekex7374]

Awesome!

[@ethansaltmere]

I'm amazed how Horowitz can take a beautiful, expressive semplice vocal line and..... completely savage it. Those E flat's in the opening are particularly noteworthy! Literally!

[@kwastormayt]

between 4:02 -5:50 one of the most powerful musical arrangements of all times

[@geraldromanow4576]

His genius is all the more remarkable when one considers his very unconventional and seemingly impossible straight-finger technique!

[@music21ish]

What a marvellous interpretation of Schubert’s Impromptu in B-flat major ! I infect learn from his playing !

Horowitz is a master of piano !

[@josephmashburn4451]

I regret never hearing him live in concert. RSJMD and Dundo, that's very interesting. I've wondered with other great composers of music, not considered impromptu, just how much variation did "they" invoke in their lifetime of playing their own compositions? Makes me wonder if Vladimir plays some of Chopin, etc., in a fashion that even exceeds the composer's playing. Modern pianos are so much different in response and sound from the composer's era, wouldn't you say? We hear Vladimir play a piece and comment sometimes "perfect". Well how do we know how perfect in comparison to how the composer wished it to be played? Just a thought. Vladimir is a true artist. And I love his interpretations.

[@kittydukakis]

Mitsuko Uchida recorded an excellent version of B flat impromtu, even though album itself only got mixed reviews. The variety of tones she brought to this piece is amazing. Edwin Fischer recorded an amazing version in 1938. The sound is awfu (constricted mono) l but the pianism is great.

[@kwastormayt]

thanks again master

[@otonanoC]

Who here claimed that Horowitz is "spicing it with blue notes"? He followed the sheet music exactly as it is written! Schubert himself would have been shocked and awed at this performance.

[@TheLulujade1]

WOW trop beau !

[@tylernewman9613]

His hands are so calm and relaxed... thats a dead give-away

[@nataliakowalska5688]

Lovely!

[@NefeliOdisseas]

How lovely!

[@lenzub]

If only video cameras were invented in the 1800s oh how many wonderful things we would see today. Its a shame :(

[@alfaemilio156]

ホロヴィッツが久しぶりにモスクワに帰った時の演奏ということですかね。もう帰れないと思っていたのでは、感慨無量なのではないですかね。

[@vincenzoernestocozzarelli5258]

How cannot like this Schubert execution?. What do you want). Fireworks in your house?.

[@TJFNYC212]

Listen to Serkin's recording

[@BodyDoubleAlarm]

I totally loved that last look he gave - "oh you thought it was good too? mm."

[@DLee594]

I feel like this is a bit rushed, although I love the element of care-freeness he brings to the piece.

[@PaintballDawg13]

You only wish you could sound as "disatrous" as he does. I think he understands perfectly well the viennese background of the peice. I have played for about 11 years now, and just listening to the peice, I can tell it has been executed perfectly. The interpretation is perfect. However, I will give you that Horowitz does play things a little faster than my liking sometimes. This peice beautiful; I have no idea how you think this is disaster.

[@geertdehoux8257]

But then: a GENIUS is unpredictable!

[@diapasonabsolu]

C'est une splendeur d'entendre Schubert sous les doigts d'Horowitz. Par contre, au minutage 2.07 environ, dans la mélodie au soprano, un mi bémol bien pardonné est joué alors qu'il s'agit d'un mi bécarre; Cf: Éditions Peters No 3235a révisée par Walter Niemann. Horowitz rejoint les propos de Nadia Boulanger qui affirmait que ce qu'il y avait de mieux qu'un "enfant prodige" c'était un "vieillard prodige:"

[@christinefruchard8912]

Et cela ne nuit pas à la beauté de l’interprétation,, ce n’est pas une fausse note ! Djouille

[@geertdehoux8257]

Très bien dit!Moi, je ne suis ni l'un, ni 'autre. ;-)

[@seeuncho3547]

Legend...i love horowitz.. :D

[@몽실-d2u]

Very good

[@lashakvaratskhelia5258]

Yeah, I always wanted to see how Chopin, Liszt and many other geniuses played their pieces...

[@보배로운-t3i]

Just speechless....

[@geertdehoux8257]

Marcel, heb nog eens, zonder naar het scherm te kijken, deze uitvoering helemaal beluisterd.Uiteraard is de Volodja hier zéér creatief, maar ik vind alles overdreven, extreem zelfs, waardoor dit muzikale pareltje zijn Schoonheid-in-Eenvoud verliest.de grote, unieke Ingrid Haebler zei ooit: "Om Mozart te spelen, moet ge eenvoudig zijn."Wel, ik vind dat die uitspraak (wat ge er ook van vindt) ook opgaat voor dit werk van Schubert. Aber ja, wer bin ích ???

[@MarcelMombeek]

ik ben lang geleden (toen de buren nog spraken) gestopt met denken in "is dat wel bach, liszt, chopin ...", voor mij is de partituur niet meer dan een hoop noten geworden en het maakt me niet uit wie het geschreven heeft. Het enige dat voor mij nog telt is: wat doet de pianist ermee ... op die manier ben ik gaan houden van scarlatti, haydn, bach... dat zei me vroeger zeeeeer weinig, totdat ik pogorolich, horowitz, cziffra, fiorentino en een paar andere hiermee hoorde en plots kon ik het smaken ... dat is waarschijnlijk ook de reden waarom ik iemand als richter een vuilbakpianist vind, die doet niets met de noten enkel ze spelen en hier en daar een effect door iets met het tempo van een bepaald deel van het stuk te doen. meer zijn de noten voor hem niet waard. Ik houd niet van muzikanten die denken het stuk "zo goed mogelijk te spelen zoals de componist het wilde", dat geeft blijk van geen enkele creativiteit en hoort niet thuis in de "kunstwereld". maar ja, tis zoals jij zelf zegt, "wer bin ich??"

[@coreyagraph]

challenge.......any of you who are critical. please make a video and state your case! i want to learn since i don't play classical piano and know its subtleties. show me his 'mistakes' and your 'corrections'. he sounds like a grand master to me.

[@anonymusum]

Thanks - same for you.

[@geertdehoux8257]

Horowitz had uiteraard meestal een GENIALE inspiratie voor het uitvoeren van pianomuziek, ook hier, maar ik vind het wat overdreven + te 'jachtig', maar ja, wie ben ík ??Daarbij: is het genie verantwoordelijk voor zichzelf ?!

[@geertdehoux]

Ik houd meestal erg van Horowitz zijn geniale pianospel, maar dit stukje verdient mijns inziens veel beter.

[@MrPaevo]

Generally I like a more steady slightly tempo with Schubert, but this is bubbly and nice and full of charm... Much better than a boring steady tempo...

[@mytownsanbon]

soooooooooooooooo stylish oh my god

[@snoops4ever]

THIS is music.

[@melaniasordini3555]

meraviglioso

[@anonymusum]

And then look where he uses this freedom: mostly on those parts that feature brilliant runs or thrills (that he takes even faster) as well as melancholic slow parts where he can show his romantic side (that he takes even slower). Besides that he often uses very tiny stops to give the following tones a heavier pronounciation. - As a result I never have the impression that this tune was written by Schubert (or someone else), there´s too much Horowitz in it. If you want more, we have to use PNs.

[@The55555SSSSS]

Schubert was not a musician. HE WAS MUSIC.

[@volodya2]

Horowitz wasn't a simple musician: he was some of magician and devil in his hands.

[@MarkHeller13]

Waning powers, and fading memory, but still fascinating to listen to - so much imagination and charisma...

[@dundoderdumme3044]

Yea of course it would seem stupid in the first moment, but if it's really done well it still'd be interesting. Classical music shouldn't be taken too serious, nobody knows how Schubert played and if everyone only played Schubert in his "style" then we would after a while only have the same interpretation with a few differences. But that shouldn't be the goal. The interpret should play the music in a way, the composer didn't even know his music could be played that way. Maybe Schubert'd like it.

[@GuidoKaiserBariton1]

Es ist, wie wenn man der Entstehung, dem Ersten Mal beiwohnte, wunder-bar!

[@waywardtycoon]

@tat6368 how do you know what intention the great composer had? This as good a rendering you'll ever get!

[@010fatalerror]

@BerlinguerEnrico1921 well i think his "tricks" do not always work with Schubert (or Beethoven), that's why he probably never played a lot of these composers, just like Bach. This music is not supposed to be "overromanticised", imho. When Richter plays D960 the time stands still.

[@mikgazine]

He play this impromptu with a different style. I cannot say I'm find with all movements but its who am I to comment m. Horowitz.

[@dundoderdumme3044]

Sorry but nobody knows what Schubert wanted to express. Nobody know how people played at that time. Nobody knows, what Schubert was like. And that is not a rule that is what you think is right. In the end it is still what the interpret feels what the composer wanted to express. So it is still his job to play and interpret. I compose myself and I would LOVE to hear a genius like Horowitz play my pieces! Maybe he'd play them compleatly different than me, but I wouldn't care. Schubert wouldn't too!

[@dmcII]

Horowitz wasn't above taking liberties on occasion but I'm not sure if it extended actually altering notes in the score. He was well into his 80's here and not nearly the beast of the keyboard as when he was younger. Maybe what you were hearing were mistakes ?

[@LisaPapaPiano]

I totally agree with you.

[@izzyjamm4]

Listen to Valentina Lisitsa and then this; Horowitz makes it a whole new piece!

[@renaudgg]

@cheradinine8 shumann or schubert.. ?

[@bjeany]

Some others would do well to study the economy of movement of his hands.

[@dundoderdumme3044]

You could say that it is forbidden, because at his level of playing and understanding, everything is practically right ( unless he makes a joke like playing bad on purpose )... He is on such a high level, that critic is just based on subjetiv opinion and because of that, not necessary. I think he plays with more musicality than anyone else. He is the one who stands on top of the piece and doesn't have to keep to Schuberts recommendations.

[@tylerlam-musician4627]

Ya,He can play whatever he wants but very good dynamic control.

[@eiskorn12345]

horowitz is definitely one of the cooles guys ever.

[@berlinzerberus]

hehe,very true i agree completely!!

[@Lity10]

@12rosebud12 who's acting like Adrian Monk now?

[@izzyjamm4]

He makes it so dramatic, it's like he's playing Chopin!

[@GebhardLied]

anonymusum, can you elaborate on that? What exactly do you mean by "using the tunes for ones own showmanship"?

[@BrunoLien]

I agree about subjectivity, but anyway the question of correct style matters. If Pavarotti, for instance, sings a rock'n roll as if it were "O Sole mio", I don't like it and feel bad. It's a little the same here: Schubert is not Rachmaninoff, definetly.

[@maxtanz]

quando la musica diventa letteratura...

[@akossziklai]

Wow! Horowitz's imagination is very good, His tempo is real, because tempo andante is in 2/2. I can't understand why others played this piece allegretto 4/4, or adagio 2/2 ? Edwin Fischer's performance is good too.

[@geertdehoux8257]

Horowitz stated that such a thing as 2/2 or 4/4 wasn't important.

[@geertdehoux8257]

Although Maestro Ciccolini said it IS important.

[@chuialvin9749]

good

[@jazzlover06]

Yes I do refer to the 2nd Va. I hate talking about mistakes - it makes me feel all technical and (dare I say it) chinese! :$ But I feel Schubert is about precision and composure, and he only has one of those postulates.

[@TheRussianPianist]

I agree Horowitz is the best!!!