HOROWITZ AT THE WHITE HOUSE 5-Chopin Polonaise Heroic

[@leonmaliniak]

Horowitz was one of the pianists, if not the pianist who performed this ultimately difficult piece in public, let alone at a white house concert... The greatest ever... And I have listened to them all.

[@rvrivas]

Horowitz was the greatest pianist of the 20th century. I am yet to hear someone interpret music like he did. Thanks for sharing this video

[@MrJbaker7]

Try Artur Rubinstein

[@gabrielbrewster107]

gyorgy cziffra

[@TheNinindi]

Check out Glenn Gould. He also is famous for "reinventing" classical pieces through his creative interpretations

[@allenapplewhite]

@@TheNinindi The fact that you even mention Glenn Gould in the same sentence as Horowitz is a disgrace. One was a master and the other was a narcissistic score-ignoring music butcher that never shut up when he played and was an intentionally antagonistic blowhard who tried as hard as he could to have shockingly extreme opinions so people would listen to him drivel on about music written by people who were 100x better than him at both performing and composing. As the great Seymour Bernstein once said: "I have never heard Glenn Gould play a single beautiful phrase." and "his Mozart is a travesty." People get all emotional over this madman humming and singing and ruining each and every performance he ever gave in his entire life--whether he had 10 microphones in front of him or 10,000 people, you still got the same erratic piano performance accompanied by what sounded like a drunk guy singing karaoke. Don't even get me started on his gloves or his stool or his posture or his technique or his adultery or his preposterous undefendable opinions.

[@maksimryslyaev4794]

Иосиф Гофман лучше

[@dundoderdumme3044]

What??? He has the most emotions in this... Emotions are not always delightful. Agression is also an emotion or extreme happiness. He isn't just hammering as loud as possible on the piano, because it's all emotions. His version just is the most epic one...

[@MusicTransciption94]

People who feel that interpretation boring should really spend +500 bucks for a nice headphone or powerful bass speaker and listen to a bunch of other interpretations first. Horowitz's interpretation is the best available so far. His tempo, dynamic range, musicality is almost perfect. His bass is super strong and warm. No other pianist has had the ability to produce such a super wide range of dynamic and rich tone color like him.

[@StephenCClark]

Astounding performance!

[@aidanm.1683]

i love how in just a few measures there can be a completely different emotion out of nowhere! I'm used to this piece sounding heroic all the time. But he makes the heroic parts sound REALLY heroic because of the story in his playing!

[@karon8537]

Legendary musicians

[@Mongoose1358]

i love how he plays this piece. You think you know this piece, then when you listen to this version it sounds completely reinvented

[@33brave33]

so much power and sensitivity in the same time.., Horowitz is top of the tops...

[@Sowjetmuffin]

I find that even more likable.. If they make mistakes it shows humanity. The story within the piece, the communication of the message of the composer is more important than the notes. Thats how I see it :)

[@TimmyTeller3115]

Dude feels it!

[@mabelwong2111]

So powerful presentation after listen this full video...really touching. Thank you .

[@AngelleSL]

This is my very favorite version of my very favorite piece of music! I love the feeling of him skipping through the stars selecting them with Power and Finesse. LOVE THIS PIECE

[@1sun1moon1]

love the guy in the green jacket at 1:10

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

Wha? All I saw was Horowitz & his hands....

[@davemiller7633]

@@cynthiagonzalez658 watch again. He moves convincingly with Horowitz's chords

[@ryullove]

😮😊

[@hiro-oi7sl]

I know how he feel

[@marcrajotte2056]

We know interpretation is subjective- yet overtime Horowitz plays this piece he makes it sound DEFINITIVE if you know what I mean: he just milks everything hidden in the soul of this composition

[@hassansoliman970]

Yes I know exactly what I mean, happened to me in this piece, and the tragic polonaise, and rachmaninoff 3rd concerto.

[@veganworldorder9394]

I know what you mean. I agree. Horowitz truly captures the soul

[@johnferguson8993]

Absolutely WONDERFUL!

[@johnrapp8873]

Mr. Vladimir Horowitz, Thank you for a most beautiful performance. Love you Forever!..John Rapp

[@beatlessteve1010]

I concur, Mr. Horowitz, I love you and thank you so much for making a lot of people in the world feel just a little bit better making the world a better place!! p.s I hope to meet you some day in another place.

[@snuffypoo]

haha, the guy in the background can feel the power at 1:09-1:10 wonderful as usual Horowitz

[@brunopianodude9938]

Horowitz has pooowwerrrrrr

[@JoeandAngie]

He and Jimmy Page are my heros! Horowitz's uncanny touch...from thunder to tears.

[@ianpourchot7563]

I do not judge a performance via how close it resembles the actual piece, or how few mistakes the pianist makes. I judge the music by how much I ENJOY the performance. and this rendition was the most enjoyable I have ever heard in my life both by video or real in person performance.

[@christidistakis]

Πιανιστικά,πραγματικά ''αψεγάδιαστη''εκτέλεση!!!Κορυφαίος καλιτέχνης!!!

[@Paulo78180]

Quel déchaînement ! Quelle furie ! Quel bel homme ! (Jack Lang style)

[@louismariepicard]

One of the greatest pianist of all time... He puts music to the other level, where the technic is gone and stays the music.

[@minchuandong219]

Horowitz always played as if he were the original composer. Master.

[@DerDon]

It is hilarious seeing a man (at 1:08) having the same problem as I have! Friends tell me that I move around the same uncontrollable way when I'm in a concert audience. However this is my favourite Horowitz interpretation of this piece; in others he often uses so much sustain. In this one, there are some lovely marcato passages combined with the Horowitz character -- impressive, but not urging to impress. Love it!

[@almeronfilms]

Starting at 29 seconds I think you see famous pianist Gary Graffman in the audience watching Horowitz and responding to his thunderous performance. That is Gary Graffman? Does anyone else think that? He's the guy with the thick black glasses and black hair, just above Horowitz's right hand.

[@ganggun2]

very powerful! amazing!

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

He does touch a bunch of wrong notes but BY GOD!! He can play this piece at his age. I tried this in my 20s & the practice just about killed me. Entire upper body & arms hurt!!!!

[@meredith218461]

Those amazing L.H. octaves!.

[@mikeappignani4383]

I have recently started to listen 🎶 to classical music this man is Absolutely 💯 % A Gift 🎁 🙌 😍 ❤️ from God.

[@Gedakt8]

Anyone notice that man at 01:08 shaking his head?

[@hortenseweinblatt1508]

I wonder if that might be Art Buchwald.

[@jackko90MI]

actually he's headbanging at chopin, pretty cool if you ask

[@TheAvenstar]

That man was NOT Art Buchwald. I remember taping this concert for friends, some of whom didn't yet know what a VCR was, and the big scuttlebutt the next day concerned the jerk in the GREEN jacket leaning in and distracting the viewing audience. In this reproduction his jacket color doesn't stand out. On live TV he looked like the Jolly Green Giant.

[@Gedakt8]

@@jackko90MI indeed

[@RaoulConstantine]

3:11 Franz Liszt once said: “I’m not interested in how fast you can play this octave section, I want to hear the canter of the horses of the Polish cavalry before they gather force and destroy the enemy.” Boy can you hear the cavalry coming in this one!!! from just a small blip on the horizon to massive unstoppable force in just the matter of single moment!!!

[@JohnnyStricklett]

@mx19idlewilder ...so many wonderful interprestations where all I hear is Chopin's music. They are beautiful and inspiring. When comparing other's interpretations of the same works, Horowitz dominates. I feel that other people put too much rubato and I don't express Chopin's words. Some of Horowitz's recorings are so accurate and pure! The recording of the Ballade in F Minor I mentioned? There is another recording that is just pure gold!

[@MusicTransciption94]

2x4 Don't let his unemotional face mislead you. Listen to this piece with your ears, count how many times there are ppp (pianossimo) and fff (fortissimo) that he could produce with his magical hands.

[@pianokd11]

4:51 How dare someone not show up to a Horowitz concert!

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

I'm watching/hearing this from an Obama phone, yet it's still soul shattering. OMG. Imagining in person performance, maybe I'd die there in ecstasy.

[@Squeaky1423]

LONG LIVE HOROWITZ!!!

[@alexdavid6490]

At 4:25 when I listen this video, my goosebumps became active

[@sirhonestharry]

You are genius... I been waiting years for someone to say that!

[@1xstew]

How wonderful is this . .

[@mx19idlewilder]

@JohnnyStricklett yes, you're right, i generalized too much. chopin has a great range of compositions, and there are many great pianists that play his works wonderfully but polonaises and mazurkas are especially hard to interpret correctly for non-polish pianists. pollini is so good at them (imo of course) because he plays polonaises very neutrally, straight from the notes, he doesn't try to force his personal interpretation over notation and chopin's intentions.

[@ghkypreos1]

Είναι μια από τις μνημειώδεις εκτελέσεις. Υπέροχος!

[@bevster1]

wow never heard the passage from 0:45 to about 0:50 played like that before. Awesome.

[@jeffe2222]

Nobody plucks the strings like Horowitz @3:45 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZqYpqVtbc-Xi7M. It is a HARP, after all... Amazing.

[@hap2002hello]

So energetic!!!

[@trajan75]

Thank you. I'm glad that you took the time to answer my request.

[@marto282]

splendid...absolutely splendid

[@calflyboy]

@iamliger hehe. Horowitz is known to make A LOT of mistakes. but his musical tone, character, power, beauty of tone, intelligence, etc..... MORE then make up for wrong notes.

[@MariaMackiewicz]

2:30 - always crying.

[@modelstatue]

I LOVE IT!!! He was made for Chopin. :) I would definitely love to meet him in the afterlife.

[@dundoderdumme3044]

If i'd had been in that room, my reaction would definatly be harder :D But ofcourse in a public concert you can't explode as a viewer ^^

[@sirhonestharry]

7:02 he's like... "ya, bitches, sit down and top that."

[@BenSadounJeremie]

Love the shaking cheeks at 4:17 😍😛

[@adrianbartholomew3785]

The horowitz jowls!

[@beatlessteve1010]

I really love this version of the Polonaise, even though I caught a small mistake in the beginning, Vladimir sure had a special gift to make these pieces sound so unique and the way he kind of struck a note or chord instead of just playing it.

[@DanielMartinez-nw1pn]

Probably the definitive version of this Polonaise 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@MrMoman7]

@@redgrapeskins Not really... there are many great pianists who can play this - even at faster tempi and with superior technique. I really like this version from Horowitz, but my favorite is from Kissin.

[@MrMoman7]

@@redgrapeskins And I appreciate yours! Won't argue with your elaboration.. I would like to choose Chopin himself for this one!

[@309hjk]

He looks a little taken aback that he has just given them a peformance beyond human comprehension, and they did not even respond with a standing ovation. Shame, Shame..

[@yeol1424]

I am exciting to listen to this

[@robertpope2783]

Awesome.

[@silviaportnoy4882]

The pianist!

[@elizabethdang2269]

Love the part at 6:10

[@hernanmonterrey]

Me extraña que El Presidente Carter , su Esposa y nadie más haya aplaudido de pié ante semejante espectáculo musical.

[@orqngefirefly]

i'm no expert, but i think for the record, i heard him play this a few times on different occasions. the playing is different everytime, he's basically improvising on his emotive playing whenever he likes, which is all fine and dandy with me. sometimes (not all the time, but sometimes) we need people like him to break the rules and not stick to what it's written. my amateurish opinion though :)

[@lucq8805]

Yea, your opinion is right. I really believe that every time that a musician is going to play in a concert, or in whatever occasion, they must do a sort of self-analysis and ask themselves "how do I feel now?". At least it's what I do personally (I'm a pianist) Of course it's different every time because it's not the musician who talks but their emotions :) I agree with you, we need someone like him

[@mikeappignani4383]

My God This man was A genius 🙌 👏 😭 ❤A true gift 🎁 🙌 👏 🙏 From God.Thank You God Make moore 🙏 please 😢.

[@VardazaryanHayk]

Today I will remember during the whole my life. I started to play this polonaise!!!! I will upload a video where I play this piece in a year! :)

[@jakeforrest]

Now 12 years has passed - where is the piece?

[@OctoPlaysPiano]

@@jakeforrest he posted it 9 years ago

[@jakeforrest]

@@OctoPlaysPiano I just checked and you are right, he uploaded the piece. But he failed to upload the piece within a year from his original message, as he said he would :)

[@弥生野津手]

豪快！絢爛！敬服しました。😂

[@renaudgg]

@snuffypoo another reaction on Chopin Piano sonata No 2 4th movmt of the same guy lol, near 24:47-24:50 hes doing like a "No way dude..." with his head

[@NUNU-3D]

This performance is too intense for Whit House. But,people who can listen to this performance are so happiness.

[@olegpush]

Непревзойденно!!! Это, безусловно, был гений!

[@denilmoss]

Che pianista eccezionale

[@UaM17]

From ppp to ffff !!! Wouaw to play music you need Soul,Power, a Free heart, and be a little crazy

[@sdorr]

There's actually an empty seat or two.... doubtful that many in the room knew what they were hearing, on every level...

[@Svengalish0000]

oh my god... this piece is a pain on the wrists!!!

[@bboymango]

i wonder if horrowitz ever broke a finger.... cuz those chords at the beggining were something else... pure power

[@AnonYmous-ry2jn]

This makes me think of "The Emperor's New Clothes." Horowitz had a lot of talent, but this seems like a kind of extroversion at odds with Chopin's introspective, poetic, anti-flamboyant aesthetics.

[@alpha754293]

Imagine if Horowitz was a ninja??? OMG....you'd NEVER see it coming. Not even the cameras would be able to catch it.

[@trajan75]

I would be interested for you to expand on your opinion.

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

Noticed his long fingers, even from afar.

[@8636daniel]

Bravo!! Maestro... wonderful interpretation of the theme at 3:15..I admire Rubenstines' rendition but I have never heard him like this....clear and precise!!!

[@sirhonestharry]

Well said, mate

[@michaelreich2306]

bravo!

[@shrunkensimon]

@ 4:29.. the guy in the background wipes tears from his eyes..

Horowitz played it beautifully. It is my second favourite version, after Argerich's.

[@VolaveruntMercadal]

@thecrazymusicman yeah, i think that as well, maybe you'll like as much as I do the version of Erik Berchot. He plays it beautifully.

[@thaiguy20fromla]

it helps with the flow, and also, the piano is a very... i guess, visual instrument.

[@tiromancino_tt]

che dinamismo !

[@trajan75]

Actually my mom died a few years ago. I myself am a grandfather of two lovely grandchildren, I've been married for 37 years to the same beautiful woman, and I'm at the top of my profession. Thanks for asking

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

Tried to play this in my prime; the practice killed my shoulders, neck, arms, fingers Looks like nothing to the old dude.

[@iggamaa5740]

Oh come on, this piece is not trascendental

[@iggamaa5740]

If the practice for this piece killed ur arma and fingers means you have a bad technique and you play stiff

[@RogueSilverEgo]

When was this? awesome

[@modelstatue]

Jimmy Carter is funny at the end. What do u think he said???

[@tocadolly2197]

It's not an interpretation at all, it's the truth - Horowitz established it technically!!

[@JohnnyStricklett]

@mx19idlewilder Really? You don't like Horowitz's Chopin? Please elaborate.

[@sizzlinfr]

LOL yeah he totally banged this but still awesome.

[@geertdehoux8257]

A brilliant performance, compared to those horrible later ones!

[@antoinezygfryd]

@libetta o yes!

[@writerspleasure]

1978.

[@Flamingpaperbag]

i dont see the problem with making the piano easier to play. could u explain?

[@vincentws03]

I'm quite sure it's marked "Maestoso" not "Vivace"

[@leot7]

About how hard is this polonaise?

[@TheDublord21]

+Leo T 8/10

[@leot7]

***** How hard on a scale of 1-10 is something like the revolutionary etude then?

[@TheDublord21]

7.5 but i think if you have a weak left hand its 9/10 (im not an expert)

[@OctoPlaysPiano]

Very difficult, one of Chopin's most difficult polanaises

[@ImmortalSpecies]

@Squeaky1423 Lived :p

[@TheNLCrane]

You listened to this, which I thought was beautiful. Please explain your criticisms.

[@B61zz13]

Just epic! :D