My grandfather died today. This is my favorite piece and I am listening to it to say goodbye to my favourite person.
@johndillon68597 ай бұрын
Bless your heart ❤❤
@iomproirbais6 ай бұрын
Today, and probably tomorrow, you will be my favourite person. I hope this realigns the universe from the weight of your loss somewhat. All the best to you, and may you and your family be blessed. Lots of love from Scotland.
@JoahnNorghe6 ай бұрын
>. Saint Agostino of Ippona
@2Hearts36 ай бұрын
May God rest his soul 👑✝️🕊️and console your heart♥️🎶
@alanbash29215 ай бұрын
Your Grandfather Is Forever Watching You Over Your Shoulder
@jucafii Жыл бұрын
Horowitz was 84 years old when he performed this beautiful piece in Vienna. It's a lesson for those who, nowadays, think that a person over 50 or 60 can't do anything else.
@2Hearts39 ай бұрын
When i was little, i took piano and dance lessons. When i was 8 or 9, my Mom told me i had to choose one or the other, piano or dance, that she couldn't keep up all those lessons. "I like it all though, Mom, which one?" She advised, "You won't be able to dance much at 85, but you can still play the piano then." I followed her advice.l, and have always been glad i did. Thanks, Mom♥️
@poetcomic19 ай бұрын
Martha Agerich is about that old and still performing undiminished.
@djgrab19 ай бұрын
What an inspiration
@bryanlentz71608 ай бұрын
AGREED!
@eneto77857 ай бұрын
Amazing how those old and tired hands softly touches the keyboard on both strong and kindly parts.
@MathieuPrevot4 жыл бұрын
He was 85 years old at that time.
@pavelskipaganini4 жыл бұрын
@Christelle Rheeder It is cool that he plays so well while being so old?
@melb65574 жыл бұрын
And he died a year later. ;(
@superhacker354 жыл бұрын
@@pavelskipaganini you tell me when you reach 85 and still able to move your fingers...or if you reach 85 and are even able to speak...or goddamn reach 85 in the first place. this is litterally more impressive then an 11 year old playing with this phrasing and technique. Brain function already starts to deteriorate incredibly fast at age 25!
@ViolinDeNoche4 жыл бұрын
❤
@thomasjuniardi35594 жыл бұрын
Wait what ?!?...his fingers not even shaking/tremors !, I guess he's playing with his heart rather than his brain at that moment 😬
@2Hearts37 ай бұрын
Exquisite 🕊️ In an interview once, Mike Wallace asked him, "Maestro, what is it that makes your playing so special?" Horowitz replied, "I love every single note."
@giovanna7225 ай бұрын
Good answer. The man is incomparable.
@NoferTrunionsАй бұрын
The beginning of the Rach 2 is a demonstration of that.
@kathleencook3060Ай бұрын
"I love every single note" How profound!
@josephmashburn4451Ай бұрын
Absolutely. His ability to play his repertoire with such accuracy and nuance plus artistry, all from memory, is truly incomparable. I know it is a cliche, but must be a gift from God.
@NoferTrunionsАй бұрын
@@josephmashburn4451 If you don't have the memory, you don't have a chance. Did you see the vid of Pires doing a live performance of a Mozart concerto, and when the orchestra starts, she realizes it is not the concerto she prepared for. I believe she performed it a year ago and was able to recall it all. It was said Yuja Wang has either 10 or 20 concertos fully memorized at a time. Memory is the single thing that amazes me about these masters. You have to have memory for starters to remember the 50 things your teacher showed you at your last lesson. Not only the notes but you remember the "choreography" of the emotion and touch of the piece.
@ruthchipperfield30617 жыл бұрын
Horowitz's hands are extraordinary. When so many modern performers' fingers leap and dance over the keys, he seems to be picking up the music that's already there. What a still place he is in.
@mjutteau5 жыл бұрын
He's got very long fingers so that helps
@ava_alami5 жыл бұрын
Man your comment gave me chills
@janebethshimon4 жыл бұрын
That is because he is a pianist. The moderns are performers acting the part of pianist.
@TheMusicalKnokcers4 жыл бұрын
Listz also played with flat fingers (heard this in a documentary on liszt produced by ARTE "Liszt un visionnaire virtuose").
@carlofischetti3064 жыл бұрын
beautiful comment
@stefankortenbusch73854 жыл бұрын
After his death, his famous Steinway toured alone to be shown and played in Steinway shops. I had the privilege to get a 20 min slot when the piano was in Frankfurt, Germany, and was very uncomfortable with the extremely soft keys which had been custom made for the artist. Almost impossible for me to play it being used to the standard weight of Steinway keyboards. This however explains why he could play so delicately with this extravant technique: his long fingers resting almost flat on the keys. Very special.
@poloplop714 жыл бұрын
I was wondering how an entire audience could have heard him whilst playing like that, barely even moving a finger lol
@flouz24 жыл бұрын
The one who prepared his piano for concerts must have had a hell of pressure on there shoulders .....
@lj11754 жыл бұрын
@@flouz2 😁
@NoferTrunions4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking about how various adjustments like key gram weight should be tuned to the performer - even a basic adjustment according to their actual arm weight. Finger length would be another factor. And then finally the performers preference. Professional athletes have very specific choices in their gear - consider golf clubs. Unfortunately, most concert pianists have to deal with the piano that is provided.
@alexandergonzalezevans494 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! Was the Steinway room back then at the same place it is now on Bockenheimer?
@aIkaIi4 жыл бұрын
I find it _so_ ironic that the most calm and emotionless looking pianist is actually playing with the _most_ emotion and love put into the piece...Like...how??
@LL-zf3pj4 жыл бұрын
Samuel Cho Yes I agree. Unlike the other pianists that show a bunch of unnecessary theatrics/drama. It’s kind a disgusting. Once they start doing that crap I exit out.
@aIkaIi4 жыл бұрын
@@LL-zf3pj I was also taught to curve my fingers when playing but his fingers look flat
@gabrielm96064 жыл бұрын
Samuel Cho It’s because it’s a slow piece on mostly black keys and makes it easier to control the volume with flatter fingers
@aIkaIi4 жыл бұрын
@@gabrielm9606 I guess that makes sense
@xman_hall4 жыл бұрын
@Samuel actually, you are supposed to play with curved fingers. Horowitz is one of the few pianist who plays with flat fingers regardless of what song he’s playing. His pink is always curled up like a “cobra” only releasing that curl to play a note. The way his fingers fly around the key is define you unorthodox for sure .
@charlesfoster1419 ай бұрын
Nobody plays today as Horowitz played. His sense of touch and expression are unequaled. Horowitz made every piece his own. Just magnificent. Enough said.
@Ernesto76087 ай бұрын
Your statement is false unless you have listened to ALL the pianists in the world who play this music.
@charlesfoster1417 ай бұрын
@@Ernesto7608 ridiculous. Cream rises to the top.
@billdouglas29367 ай бұрын
My all-time favorite interpretative pianist. He could play “Jingle Bells” and my eyes would begin tearing up. Such beautiful and emotional musical interpretations.
@charlesfoster1416 ай бұрын
@@Ernesto7608 baloney
@jeanettebressler41436 ай бұрын
He moves my soul .
@ajbrewer17774 жыл бұрын
PLEASE READ IF YOU ARE LEARNING THIS PIECE: I posted another comment asking about what he does on 0:24, since he strays from the sheet music and adds his personal bit of “dissonance” very nicely. I spoke with my teacher and we came to the conclusion that it is F natural and D natural in the left hand and B flat, D natural, A flat, and the top B flat on the right hand. Enjoy! (Please like so that people learning this piece will see this comment)
@Seiyariu4 жыл бұрын
This is exactly right. I noticed too when learning from the sheet that it didn't sound the same. I personally prefer it as it adds something different the second time the phrase is played. Interestingly, other pianists have played this version including Kissin, Lipatti, Richter and Buchbinder
@Tulanir14 жыл бұрын
It's a B-flat 7 going to E-flat minor, so just a classic dominant cadence to the relative minor. F is in the bass instead of B-flat because it's a leading tone from G-flat to E-flat.
@jamien.55284 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@olespankiv50164 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Also can you advise on how Horowitz is playing the third B flat little bit softer or quieter? It's like he's pulling the note, I can't really describe how it sounds
@remitoubia72524 жыл бұрын
It's just the right version, simply
@pppp-zp2vo4 жыл бұрын
He doesn’t seem like playing the piano, seems like he’s just petting it and the piano speaks by itself as if a cat purrs when it is petted. Only if my first language were English, i would be able to describe this better😢 (And thanks to twoset&sophie for introducing this wonderful piece!)
@atlasi58724 жыл бұрын
You described it perfectly
@pppp-zp2vo4 жыл бұрын
Xaria S thank you!
@melindamills69954 жыл бұрын
You have done exceedingly well already describing it.
@pppp-zp2vo4 жыл бұрын
Melinda Mills thank you :)
@davidskeeterskeeter18354 жыл бұрын
Perfecto,! respect,,😀👏👏👏🇬🇧
@myartofbeinghere2 жыл бұрын
This performance is just breathtaking. His pianissimos are absolutely exquisite. It feels incredibly personal, almost as if from a lifetime dedicated to music, it has become such a part of him that he's offering us himself through this piece. One of the most touchingly beautiful things I've ever heard.
@PhilMatous Жыл бұрын
Well said, Sojourner.
@ЛюбовьРоманцова-ж6ц Жыл бұрын
Спасибо!
@maryjohnston9329 Жыл бұрын
Simply exquisite
@estelleneethling12 Жыл бұрын
I remain astounded at how he 'carries' the haunting theme with his right hand whilst playing the incredibly difficult rallentandos with the same hand.
@RalphDratman Жыл бұрын
I found my breath catching, even though at first I was not paying close attention to this almost overwhelming performance,
@BangkokVoiceCoach Жыл бұрын
I love how he appears to be doing almost nothing, like a bank manager behind a desk checking an application for a mortgage. And yet the sounds coming out of the piano are utterly astonishing.
@robbdavies7749 Жыл бұрын
Great comment
@lindalukens4381 Жыл бұрын
He played beautifully without adding the theatrics some pianists use today.
@ingridlot Жыл бұрын
😂❤
@Discoboogy Жыл бұрын
It's just perfect.
@annakavan186911 ай бұрын
I am sorry to hear that u own a debt.
@craigadam Жыл бұрын
He never made mistakes. The piano just didn’t understand him. We are so lucky to have these recordings. Thank you Mr Horowitz for improving the world for as long as these recordings survive.❤
@VivaRenata Жыл бұрын
Well, he had his own piano in the Steinway showroom on 57th ave. in NYC that was kept in place for him and maintained and transported to wherever he wanted to play. In my book he's not close to Rubinstein or Arrau, but that's my opinion
@ml-zj4oh Жыл бұрын
rotfl @@VivaRenata 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@DallasToo123 Жыл бұрын
@@VivaRenataare you that perfect?
@VivaRenata Жыл бұрын
@@DallasToo123 Can you even read? I expressed an opinion and that does not mean that I make any claim to perfection. It's a good thing people have different likes and dislikes, otherwise it would be a very boring life.
@Verdeazulgris9 ай бұрын
@@VivaRenataPues tienes razón. Yo personalmente adoro a Horowitz pero es inadmisible que se permitan comentarios tan estúpidos diciendo a alguien que da su opinión "eres tú más perfecto?"😳😰 Luego dicen de Tiktok que allí vale todo... Al menos allí cada vez se censura más a estos tipejos, denuncias un comentario igual o más suave, y lo eliminan en pocas horas 😎
@dale7315 жыл бұрын
Somewhere, Schubert is smiling.
@tatjanasolosjenko68645 жыл бұрын
Certainly, this is personal story of live.
@Ivor494 жыл бұрын
more than we will ever know
@Schumanna14 жыл бұрын
:')
@lina18934 жыл бұрын
So relax!
@brachio86954 жыл бұрын
I love your comment indeed.
@georgesclermont19116 жыл бұрын
Had the privilege and immense satisfaction of hearing this genius live twice. Once in Severance Hall (Cleveland) for a return after many years of silence. The recital lasted almost 4 hours: encores, encores, encores. The public was wild, people were crying with joy when he appeared and with sadness when he signalled 'enough'. One of the most memorable moment of my life.
@tongcai68575 жыл бұрын
Sadly, Those times are gone. The world has moved on to a different era of music, but we can all enjoy what we have. You are very lucky to have heard this Master play.
@NoferTrunions4 жыл бұрын
1976, right?
@georgesclermont19114 жыл бұрын
@@NoferTrunions I would have said '74 but it might have been '76. No later
@vladimirgurevich36564 жыл бұрын
@@NoferTrunions 1986 or 1987
@NN-vn3bs4 жыл бұрын
Vienna 1987
@쇼팽쇼팽2 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite performance of Horowitz. Whenever I listen to his performance of Schubert, I feel very comforted. A ray of light in a painful life. Thanks to his performance, I continue to live my life.
@mikolajochocki28102 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this
@ohmygodtheywereroommates12722 жыл бұрын
this is my favorite performance of my favorite piece of music ever, I understand my friend
@peterarthur33802 жыл бұрын
"......A ray of light in a painful life....".... All of your words move me so much - they are so personal, yet they could be about every human being in the world. No one gets through this life without pain (however fleeting)..... and some people have to endure harrowing pain for a long time. How good it is then that one can listen to classical music masterpieces such as Schubert's Impromptu No. 3, beautifully interpreted and performed by the inimitable Mr. Horowitz. So much has changed in the world since COVID-19 came to cause us grief, but great music and great musicmaking endures.... May this always be the case! Many more blessings, Peter
@kathleencook3060 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful comments. I am speechless. But you have found the words I can feel when I hear the Maestro play. Thank you.
@akb2756 Жыл бұрын
Yes... I think it's sweetly melancholic - which is how I feel so often. I'm a pianist but haven't played this...I don't know whether I could manage his sweet serenity.
@サイショウイ4 жыл бұрын
Came from TwoSet's video. What a masterpiece. The melody is like an endless river, full of emotion.
@Zanarkand1024 жыл бұрын
That B-Flat tho...
@hnywening60804 жыл бұрын
Haha! Same! I had been listening to Khatia Buniatshvili's recording before. I'm amazed how different the sound quality of the pianos they play sound, let alone their interpretation. I found the piano Khatia played is much more mellow and warm. Both of the recordings become extremely more interesting if you compare the two. : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gobTY6hvrK5knLs
@hom2fu4 жыл бұрын
#4 also good too
@joaopedrolessa22424 жыл бұрын
There is no one better than “The Old Horowitz” . He might not have the perfect technique anymore, but surely had the best interpretation
@linglingpractice40yearsada964 жыл бұрын
me too, and yes it is
@Converseblanc4 жыл бұрын
whenever i listen to this play, i feel like i'm at the last chapter of my life, silently remembering past days with a slight sense of nostalgia, but without longing for going back. it's lonely but not sad. peaceful, meditative, and simply beautiful.
@NessaFlower35924 жыл бұрын
Beautifully put.
@jeffphillips72674 жыл бұрын
It's called reconciliation ... we should all be so lucky at the end.
@부부젤라-t3w4 жыл бұрын
Schubert composed this piece not quite far away from his death while sick, so I also play it assuming he would have looked back at his life while composing it.
@4Topwood4 жыл бұрын
@@부부젤라-t3w Actually, Schubert composed this before his final illness. He was making plans for his future right up until he became ill.
@judithcarr-cave54124 жыл бұрын
Beautifully expressed
@bumba58979 ай бұрын
The best performance of this piece ever, and one of the greatest piano performances of all time
@danasumova65818 ай бұрын
Jak citlivě a něžně podáno - jako pohlazení od dítěte... Neuvěřitelné s ohledem na jeho věk.... Díky za nahrávku a pozdravuji všechny z Rakovnicka v České republice.
@hamapatabrambora58944 сағат бұрын
Pusťte si nahrávky imprompt od brendela
@anorangewithacapybaraunder23704 жыл бұрын
It’s like he and the piano are reminiscing of times long past. He merely rests his hands on an old friend and they talk, like a final farewell. Peaceful, beautiful.
@ronaldbarnett20254 жыл бұрын
Beautifully said.
@catherinecessna4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful comment.
@fourstrings484 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful and moving comment! I thank you for having made it....
@jamesa87053 жыл бұрын
Your simple and beautiful comment makes one enjoy the performance even more. Thank you!
@taniacummings92073 жыл бұрын
That's a beautiful description, thank you. I watch this so often and it never fails to thrill. I am in awe.
@TheAvenstar5 жыл бұрын
Three people I have met, whom I will never forget: Vladimir Horowitz after a concert at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, c. mid 70's. I forgot the other two.
@matthewchansavage36995 жыл бұрын
wait what... "three people I have met, whom I will never forget" and then "I forgot the other two" lol
@malcolmdale5 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Victor Borge - " two things I can never remember............three things."
@ava_alami5 жыл бұрын
You a lucky one.
@authenticmusic48154 жыл бұрын
@@matthewchansavage3699 get a brain
@e.hutchence-composer82034 жыл бұрын
Matthew Chansavage the point is that the other two aren’t worth remembering compared to Horowitz
@aldo270817 күн бұрын
This version of Horowitz cant be more perfect and will be unbeaten. The pace the pianissimo the fortissimo everything fits like a glove. Schubert would be more than pleased. What a legend !
@山本茂樹-v2i5 ай бұрын
85歳の演奏。シューベルトの本質 を表出するには、これほどまでに時間が必要だと、 感慨深い。
@OlivierPoulain-x1d2 ай бұрын
Vous pouvez l'écouter 100 fois, vous aurez toujours le même choc!!! J'ai fait écouter à l'aveugle 10 versions des plus grands pianistes, et invariablement c'est Horowitz qui se dégage. Pourquoi ? Sans doute le plus poétique, plus de piano, plus d'instrument. Que de la musique, plus de démonstration, que de l'expression artistique pure. Le plus grand!!!!
@johnnyaddams47287 ай бұрын
I personally love how curious Horowitz looks while playing the piano. He observes and seems pleased with the delicate sound that is produced when his finger touches a note. It is so precise and so intentionally on every note and every pause. No one plays the piano like Horowitz. An icon of classical music.
@ZalexMusic6 ай бұрын
He is playing, but he is also listening.
@giovanna7225 ай бұрын
@@ZalexMusicI see him as also watching. It's as if the notes are his children, and he's looking out for each one.😊
@anjasalentijn1453 ай бұрын
Hallo, I agree with you! So Beautiful Horowitz is really the Master. Greetings from the Netherlands.
@charlesfoster1418 ай бұрын
Just listened again and clearly discern that no one else captures Schubert's piece nearly as well as Horowitz. This performance is brilliant and perfection beyond words. We are very fortunate that we have this to enjoy forever now that Horowitz is gone. Guy in Columbia Mississippi
@Ernesto76087 ай бұрын
"No one else" is an exaggeration in a population of 8 billion! You cannot possibly have heard everyone who plays or played this music.
@charlesfoster1416 ай бұрын
@@Ernesto7608 idiot
@kllabboo6 ай бұрын
Horowitz portrayed such a depth of emotions in this piece; he contrasted tenderness with his quiet, peaceful touch, with the strength of deep, powerful notes. I love that he did not rush; at times he very quietly almost seems to hold back a little, then breaks into the crescendo of deep, strong feeling. He “tells” a story of love to me, by playing this beautiful piece so exquisitely on his piano. I find myself holding my breath every time as I listen. And I never tire of listening to this exquisite interpretation by Horowitz. It’s my favorite. Timelessly beautiful!
@kathleencook3060Ай бұрын
@@kllabboo Beautiful comment. I share your sentiments.
@GreenredProductions7 жыл бұрын
To me this is the best interpretation of this piece. Much slower but with perfect sound control.
@Star_Sn1per6 жыл бұрын
I think Alfred Brendel does it best tbh
@νικοςνικολαου-τ9φ6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!!!!
@stephanvandermerwe6 жыл бұрын
I agree; everyone these days think that speed is a artistic virtue -it is not! A magnificent performance -from one of the 20th century's greatest pianists.
@Binnebrook6 жыл бұрын
Such a generous, gracious tempo. Heartbreaking....
@Binnebrook6 жыл бұрын
My goodness, he barely moves his hands...
@peterchattelin6721 Жыл бұрын
I am in tears hearing him play so heavenly and intens beautiful. Never heard shubert like this. Wish I had seen Horowitz live! Love his playing!
@杉原英敏 Жыл бұрын
😅❤❤❤❤❤😮さ😮😮😅😂🎉
@filipsakowski4492 Жыл бұрын
What's crazy is that the people who have seen him live say the recordings, beautiful as they are, don't give him justice at all
@ГалинаОрлова-ж8ь Жыл бұрын
Волшебное pianissimo...Как уход в другую реальность...Столько оказывается в ней света...покоя...тишины для души...😊
@matthewjacobson8925 Жыл бұрын
Little did the audience realize they were about to witness the finest performance of controlled emotion on the piano realized by any artist or composer ever. A lucky bunch to have the opportunity to have a first row seat to what has to be the most touching piece and performance I’ve ever heard. Bravo Mr. Horowitz. Bravo
@galept8 ай бұрын
Funny enough, I read that he had crippling stage fright. Almost wouldn't walk out on stage sometimes, but always did. I remember watching a longer clip of this performance and, at the beginning, when he sits down to play he looks out and stares at the audience. My mother and grandmother were pianists and said that was a huge "no-no". Apparently it's a clear sign he's thinking about others. Once he gets going, I'm sure it all goes away, and he becomes who we know he is.
@FlexingClassicalMusic Жыл бұрын
Classical music never goes out of style. It's an important part of our cultural heritage, always appreciated and celebrated.
@janeinglese1345Ай бұрын
Beautiful music is beautiful music, whether it's 200 years old or brand new. Whether it's classical, rock, or another genre.
@halloooo1duuuuu7 жыл бұрын
Horowitz just understands this piece best. It has such a calm and sad melody, it sounds like a profound story someone tells.
@tzinasok15 жыл бұрын
exactly!
@junelucchesi54345 жыл бұрын
He had a most unique gift that nobody can come close
@alexlee13985 жыл бұрын
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@alexlee13985 жыл бұрын
I agree
@erhardgeiger61994 жыл бұрын
nothing is sad in this melody its a glory for a lot of, up to your imagination
@Scrungge4 ай бұрын
No rendition will ever beat this. Beauty in its purest form. Hard to describe with words.
@djgrab19 ай бұрын
If this recording isn’t played at my funeral I’m not going
@Verdeazulgris7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@Ernesto76087 ай бұрын
I prefer to have MY performance of this music played at my funeral. My beloved have nothing to do with Horowitz.
@colinlaney-s9x7 ай бұрын
Good choice, i go with John Cage‘s ‚In a landscape‘
@sarahturner50657 ай бұрын
I’m totally stealing this comment and using it. Hilarious.
@Verdeazulgris7 ай бұрын
@@sarahturner5065 Por fin alguien que lo entiende🤭😂
Oh, God, what a soulful performance of Schubert, as if music is born from nothingness and takes possession of the soul, filling it with bright joy and the dream of bliss.
@ordinaryguy815 Жыл бұрын
Perfectly worded
@PhilMatous Жыл бұрын
Elena, that is the most beautiful definition of music I've ever heard, although I would substitute God for nothingness
@vickiehorowitz19348 ай бұрын
This is a performance that always gives me chills. There are no words for this feeling. Thank you, maestro.
@bailahie42354 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful pieces of Schubert which brings me to tears sometimes. A feeling of total surrender, deep peace and no movement, everything is forgiven, you may be exactly who you are, and where you are. A total release of all need to struggle on the level of the soul.
@valueape8884 жыл бұрын
Well said
@interviewsfortheworld30764 жыл бұрын
Very beautifully said!
@basilrana86574 жыл бұрын
&
@beunaventura662 жыл бұрын
I love your interpretation
@roselynebigi8 ай бұрын
il caresse les touches avec tant de tendresse! Un maître inégalé.
@andrearothman5656Күн бұрын
La version de Brendel est ravissante aussi. Mais - je pose cette question pas seulement à vous mais à tout le monde - est ce qu’il est utile de dire que quelqun est le ‘meilleur’ quand il y a tant de pianistes formidables.
I only had the good fortune to hear Horowitz in concert twice. The first time was his last appearance in the Los Angeles area at the Hollywood Bowl before his first retirement. The second time was his first appearance in the Los Angeles area at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena after coming out of retirement about twenty years later. So I actually attended two of his concerts back to back, but twenty years apart. He was wonderful!
@charliecasson16434 жыл бұрын
Larry Gott you are a very lucky man
@lespaullespaul4 жыл бұрын
you are so lucky..
@yalyn88404 жыл бұрын
Very lucky...
@usgamewolf69794 жыл бұрын
Thats amazing
@darkjakson4 жыл бұрын
Cool you are very lucky Shuberts musique can help body to be healty
@GuillaumeGerbet-md6in Жыл бұрын
What I love about Horowitz is that he gently, charms music out of the piano as if it is Aladdins lamp, without contorting like a snake charmer or pulling faces like clown. He is concentrating on the music and is not trying to convince his audience, with weird mannerisms, of his genius.
@leoross4918 Жыл бұрын
I agree with you, but I feel the mannerisms are often not voulentary and performers such as Lang Lang should not be ridiculed because of their way of connectiong with music.
@ullakorpi-anttila88 Жыл бұрын
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@ullakorpi-anttila88 Жыл бұрын
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@ullakorpi-anttila88 Жыл бұрын
What a fine comment - exactly !!!!!
@davidmintzer3743 Жыл бұрын
He seems to wave his hands over the keys and conjure up beautiful sounds. Amazing artist.
@ГалинаЗ-х9в6 ай бұрын
Это исполнение -мудрость возроста ,без внешних проявлений эмоций,все в музыке.Мастер!
"Art is a light that reaches the deepest parts of people's hearts." That holds good for me.
@あみだ-w6t23 күн бұрын
It's Robert Schumann's word. thank you :)
@NatashaVinogradova-rc8jc3 ай бұрын
Божественно! Какой звук! Пиано просто волшебное!
@iradaaxmedova4928 Жыл бұрын
Это чудо.Такое проникновенное исполнение гениальной музыки.Вечная память Шуберту и Великому Пианисту.
@gregciach1920 Жыл бұрын
Правда! А всё таки вы напали на Укрину...
@larisatarabaeva5461 Жыл бұрын
@@gregciach1920 , правда и истина не всегда одно и тоже... примите это в расчет, когда начнете пороть очередную чушь. Лучше музыку слушайте.
@markdenemark7298 Жыл бұрын
@@larisatarabaeva5461 А пример, когда истина отличается от правды, привести можно, мадам?
@gregciach1920 Жыл бұрын
@@markdenemark7298 - ;)
@olivianorton215 Жыл бұрын
@@gregciach1920 напали нелюди, а не русский народ.
@francescotenderini14893 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, this is just the best interpretation of this masterpiece. I've seen them all, but Horowitz... I dunno if it's only the "sound" or the fact that he doesn't need to swing around to produce such an effect. I did try to listen to other interpretation eyes closed, but in reality this one for my tastes is just gold rain coming from heaven, and i cry every time I listen it. Rest in peace.
@mjleger45552 жыл бұрын
I was a member of the National Fraternity of Student Musicians as a child, and auditioned under the great Horowitz, (probably about age 8 or 9, (I don't remember the date without looking it up) but I was too young to understand what a great privilege it was until much later in my life. I still have the scorecard signed by him in my collection of various treasures. My parents took us to various concerts by the great performers of the time. Young, I'd often get a bit antsy but was rapt during the ballets! Later, as a young adult, I performed with orchestras both with the flute and guest artist on the piano. Later I performed as a singer and entertainer in nightclubs playing the usual standards, which I learned by ear. Now, I'm back to enjoying these great famous classical numbers again.
@beno0351Ай бұрын
if you just look at his fingers picking at the keyboard, you can see how gently, with feeling, he elicits sounds from the piano in all possible shades... loud, powerful, gentle, quiet, and you can also feel the extraordinary emotional cooperation of his soul, fingers, piano. ...
@Caocao88887 жыл бұрын
Total control over the dynamics, phrasing, rubato, technique, pedaling, everything that makes great music. It's breathtaking!
@hanswdecker22876 жыл бұрын
Caocao8888 over the rainbow Over the rainbow
@AnnieKlein345 жыл бұрын
I suggest you listen also to Frank Braley. You'll also find that same «Total control over the dynamics, phrasing, rubato, technique, pedaling, everything that makes great music.»
@Ivor494 жыл бұрын
that technique is heart warming, it's like a arrow to the heart, he still some hesitation in notes
@foxfiresidechats52274 жыл бұрын
The most amazing part of this recording are the bells that begin to play outside at 2:20. Simply sublime. They could not help but play with him. This is why Horowitz is the master. He inspires the music that is inside of everyone to come alive with his playing. Bravo, forever Maestro.
@SynchroScore3 жыл бұрын
And I thought that was just me hearing them. Wonderful how things sometimes work in concerts.
@josephmashburn44513 жыл бұрын
Yes a beautiful accompaniment to his playing.
@freem4nn129 Жыл бұрын
brings me back to when my grandfather used to play this in his study. Brings up such powerful emotions.
@joserolz8831 Жыл бұрын
Brings ME back to my Dad who played this piece beautifully. He was a great admirer of Mr. Horowitz.
@galingale54403 ай бұрын
Cannot put into words. Utterly beautiful.
@rudyjakma36644 жыл бұрын
Horowitz literally plays as if he were in love with the piano. Maybe he was, it is absolutely perfect. The new generation, like Anastasia Huppmann and Lang Lang, are brilliant. Their technique is astonishing. Yet, they still cannot best pianists like Rubinstein and Horowitz. Not yet. They are virtuoso players and a joy to listen to. Good, even brilliant as they are, they still have to learn the quiet reflection that so enriched the performances of the old masters.
@danielmoser88143 жыл бұрын
I agree. I realy love those young artists they are just awsome. But Rubinstein, Horowitz and for me Michelangeli are still immortal.
@labienus99683 жыл бұрын
@@danielmoser8814 Argerich commented that Horowitz is the the pianos greatest lover
@danielmoser88143 жыл бұрын
@@labienus9968 The pianos were all in love with him. Just listen.
@labienus99683 жыл бұрын
@@danielmoser8814 I don't understand your point? listen to Agerich's comment on the recent doct. on celebrating the Russia return-it's very touching, and if anybody knows what she's talking about, she would be the one kzbin.info/www/bejne/qomznIabjsStjMk
@joeperson4483 жыл бұрын
There is no such thing as one pianist "besting" another. This is not an athletic competition in one of the sports with hard data, like weight-lifting. This is music, and it is all subjective.
@serafin17194 жыл бұрын
I Imagine Schubert ringing the church bell to cherish this outstanding performance of this humble man ...
@reallynotpc3 жыл бұрын
There is a microscopic delay before the third beat of the second bar that wraps the performance firmly around my attention and doesn't let go until the piece is at an end. Beyond mastery!
@kikinc329 ай бұрын
YES! Exactly this! 👆🏼
@coloredcloud9717 Жыл бұрын
This piece means a lot to me Can't stop weeping tears every time hearing it and thinking about how short Schubert's life is :"(
@מריםמנסטר Жыл бұрын
How true and deeply moving!
@demiankim320011 ай бұрын
Me to
@demiankim320011 ай бұрын
Sorry Its me too
@l.h.91945 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely ethereal.
@vitiachao97655 жыл бұрын
Celestial.
@ElenaVDL5 жыл бұрын
O, Боже, какое одухотворенное исполнение Шуберта, словно музыка рождается из небытия и овладевает душой, наполняя ее светлой радостью и мечтой блаженства.
@gregciach1920 Жыл бұрын
Правда! А всё таки вы напали на Укрину...
@joyli80074 жыл бұрын
I like how he plays music. It's like the music is just playing out of the piano. I don't actually know how to put it, but he plays so smoothly. And the fact that he can play without much movement makes it even better because it's like we could only focus on the piece.
@rafalolz14 жыл бұрын
He asks the piano to sing for him, and it does. His fingers sculpt the piece like a potter with clay, gently molding and coaxing the melody to perfection. This might be a little out there but it's like he never plays a single note, only entire phrases. The notes meld into the background to let the phrase and emotion take center stage
@ElliotIddon184 жыл бұрын
Rafael Hoek Gay
@bangcon84272 жыл бұрын
I'm a non-musician person and don't have enough knowledge about it but I came here because I watched twosets' video and I don't understand why this struck me the most.. it sure is interesting how his hands are just resting on the keys cause some people I saw, express it through their faces, body, and their hands by moving but everything in this piece is so good and this makes me cry.. everything about it.. it touched every part of my soul.
@ullakorpi-anttila88 Жыл бұрын
You must then be wrong about being non-musical - you seem to understand the language of music...
@severinacappelletti8364 Жыл бұрын
Il miracolo della musica...
@ullakorpi-anttila88 Жыл бұрын
@@severinacappelletti8364 thank you for your comment. Yes, Vladimir Horowitz plays incredible beautifully - there is such tranquility.
@severinacappelletti8364 Жыл бұрын
@@ullakorpi-anttila88 Grazie Ulla per la tua gentile risposta. Io sono una nonna di 80 anni e scrivo da Brescia (Italia) e tu di che Paese sei? Scusa la curiosità ma io studio tedesco e spagnolo all'università della terza età però conosco anche il francese e l'inglese. Un caro saluto e buona domenica 🙏💕🖐
@ullakorpi-anttila88 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your reply. Sorry, I don't much understand your language. But as much: we both love this music - Vladimir Horowitz is, in my opinion, one of the greatest pianists, and he plays this music with such sensitivity and tranquility I'm 79 years, and I live in Finland, Turku city. My warmest regards to you!
@ЯковФрейдин-щ3р2 жыл бұрын
Можно ли словами выразить наслаждение от услышанного!!! Такого пианиста природа повторить не в состоянии. Услышав, поверишь в божественность миросоздания.
@gregciach1920 Жыл бұрын
Правда! А всё таки вы напали на Укрину...
@Наталья-ж7ъ9й Жыл бұрын
@@gregciach1920 бери шинель и лезь в окоп .
@Наталья-ж7ъ9й Жыл бұрын
послушайте в исполнении Дениса Паскаля .
@caelislilia10 ай бұрын
@@gregciach1920Arts means Peaceful men...
@crepesuzette288 жыл бұрын
Un immense merci à Schubert comme à Horowitz de nous faire entendre une musique si magnifiquement douce et raffinée! Notre monde en a tellement besoin...
@방준식-r8g6 жыл бұрын
닥피라 개새끼야
@norahdealmeida58475 жыл бұрын
Vous avez raison! Tout à fait! C’ est une musique magnifiquement douce et raffinée! Comme Schubert , lui-même !
@eduardocarper5 жыл бұрын
C'est vre
@andrepinori3545 жыл бұрын
Horowitz avait une technique et une puissance d'emotion rarissimes.gendre de toscanini il a aborde l'ensemble du repertoire avec bonheur .artiste rare! A.Pinori
@johnirvingbenson5 жыл бұрын
Oui. un grand besoin en effet.
@skdsenator5 жыл бұрын
Раньше думал, что играть Шуберта должны такие же молодые, как и автор. Для трогательного романтического подхода. Горовиц же смог не только передать романтический настрой, но и показать ту мудрую глубину, которая заложена в произведениях юного гения! Спасибо!
@jamesneels46836 ай бұрын
Undoubtedly the most beautiful interpretation of this piece I’ve ever heard.
@efucosiche4 жыл бұрын
I Heard every version of this impromptu and this is my favorite at all!! No rush, calm and deep and meditational feeling! I’m sure schubert should be agree with me. All the interpreting over the world make of this piece a running champion of who is more fast but no! This is the right tempo for this impromptu! Noting more, nothing less! Thanks Horowitz 🙏 so deeper! So intense! What a beautiful soul!
@ferazrael Жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@irinahutanu78 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful comment.
@carmenl9280 Жыл бұрын
This rendition of this beautiful Schubert impromptu is so full of emotion and so powerful and calm at the same time. I find it difficult to put into words. Simply the best recording of this piece I have ever heard. I absolutely love his tempo.
@suegha Жыл бұрын
This is an amazing performance. I've listened to it 1000 times, it never ceases to amaze me!
@dadsmiscellanyАй бұрын
The best interpretation I have ever heard. The way Horowitz goes from pp to ppp in the second bar maintaining that b flat. Kills me every time! Master musician. True romantic!
@delaruemichel1796 Жыл бұрын
sublime interprétation de M. Horowitz qui nous transporte dans un si bel univers musical -merci beaucoup ❣
@lucasg89606 жыл бұрын
When Horowitz plays, time, space and matter is inexistent and everything is neutralized by so much sincerity and simplicity. God bless his soul.
@arjanitbalca1783 Жыл бұрын
Minimum. That's how I would characterize that performance. He does not scream, he does, in fact, through the language of depth. He is not silent either. No mimics, no shaking of the head with hair sufficiently long for shallow drama, no desire to be necessarily liked. That happens when passion survives ego. And again, that happens to only a few. Horowitz's play is not an interpretation, he is, at that point, beyond the highest level of interpretation. His play is his own ode to what Schubert felt when he wrote the piece.
@OziCastle Жыл бұрын
Whilst I agree with some of your points I don’t believe “mimic” or any sort of passionate physical movements are a show of ego over passion. Different people express there feelings in different ways and just because one prefers a certain way of expression does not mean it’s ok to class the latter anything less
@Watankatanka Жыл бұрын
You are so right!@@OziCastle
@FranzFischerSDG8 ай бұрын
I am in tears thinking of poor Schubert putting his heart and soul into this music, knowing well his life was nearing the end because of disease. It's much like listening "Im Abendrot" sung by Hans Hotter. All lives have their own end in different ways.
@johnirvingbenson5 жыл бұрын
There is some magic that Horowitz has, where he is IN the moment, and one is pulled in continuously because there is nothing "abstracted" or rote-predictable in the unfolding of note and phrase. After decades and decades, I am usually still sitting on the edge of my seat for this fresh unfolding of the musical moment. There are a few, older European, I think, vinyl recordings where I do not sense this "in the moment quality." My first Horowitz album was Chopin Sonata in B flat minor, at age 12. Years later, after a tour in the Army, and living as a civilian in Germany for 3 years, I got to hear him in Dallas, Texas; I was finishing undergrad and Pre-Med. I had no idea what he would be playing that day, but my heart lept with the opening bars of that Sonata. It was utterly fresh!!! That lucidity and endless variety of tone rang and pulsated in the concert hall. Reading the Wikipedia article on Vladimir H. recently (I had not ever looked it up before), it cited his "direct emotional connection with his hearers." Limbic system and heart intelligence of the artist resonating and creating sympathetic resonance in the limbic systems and heart-minds of many hearers over place and time. A wonder, I ween.
@shin-i-chikozima6 жыл бұрын
This song gives me comfort and solace ,and heals my tired mind and sorrow , and melts away my suffering and grief .
@shin-i-chikozima5 жыл бұрын
@oegaziz43 ありがとう❗お便り感謝しています‼️さようならです‼️ Thank-you very much to your reply . Take care of yourself Good luck !
@shin-i-chikozima5 жыл бұрын
@oegaziz43 Thank-you very much to your reply . 🍎
@guavajellyjam5 жыл бұрын
True , so so true . It's pure solace .
@randiarikstad47525 жыл бұрын
And answer how it is possible to go on living.``?
@hushedmusic4 жыл бұрын
« To love Schubert is to see the beauty hidden in the shades of everyday life and to understand the art of patience. » Khatia Buniatishvili
@andrewhoellering5 ай бұрын
❤I keep coming back to it. Utterly superb!
@Menarecuteaaa Жыл бұрын
I feel like without all the expressions and dramatic faces other pianists pull, this performance is showing us pure, raw emotion through a lifetime of dedication to music, no showbiz, no clown faces, just him and his piano making beautiful music together
@ullakorpi-anttila88 Жыл бұрын
Honesty and earnesty in this performance brings out the true beauty of the music - and it touches the deepest recesses of my soul...
@nikitaedell Жыл бұрын
if the looks influences you, than you are not listening properly
@Menarecuteaaa Жыл бұрын
@@nikitaedell my point is that if this man stays completely still and produces music more beautiful than most other pianists who are very theatrical and dramatic with their movements, then there is no point in making all the excessive movements
@nikitaedell Жыл бұрын
@@Menarecuteaaa ok? they dont do the movements to Express more or looke more expressive its literally just natural
@ratpoison1000 Жыл бұрын
@@nikitaedell don't act dumb, you know what they talkin about
@tims26975 жыл бұрын
This is my first, maybe also my last comment on youtube. Normally I feel like comments dont make sense. However, I just wanna say: Life is beautiful. Happiness is only real when shared. This old man knew that. Thank You
@liedersanger14 жыл бұрын
He seems to be playing this in heaven, and somehow communicating it to our earthly ears.
@interviewsfortheworld30764 жыл бұрын
Exactly right! Just as Schubert wanted to!
@bobosally4 жыл бұрын
YES David, indeed! I had been listening to several other exquisite performances of this piece, then moments into this one, I said to myself outloud "The difference is,... this guy is already in heaven." Takes my breath away.
@meredith2184616 жыл бұрын
I have never heard a piano sound so incredibly beautiful as this!
@Лана-з5и3и4 ай бұрын
Это божественное произведение и исполнение! БРАВО.
@jujitsuorbassano86875 жыл бұрын
Credo che Horowitz sia stato uno dei più grandi pianisti mai esistiti, ineguagliabile, irraggiungibile, unico e raro, le sue interpretazioni a volte fuori spartito, intendo non accademico, sono essenziali per comprendere che la musica è sempre in evoluzione anche quella classica.......... ciò che egli ha espresso attraverso la sua visione, rimarrà per sempre.
@louisalexandre95714 жыл бұрын
Quel maître! Je suis toujours impressionné par le positionnement de ses mains et forcément la force développée par ses doigts pour obtenir un rendu aussi sublime.
@estherszalay59218 жыл бұрын
Fabulous. Horowitz was the best, we miss him. Thank you.
@MegaCirse7 жыл бұрын
You probably want to say ....... We miss it is'nt it ?! :-)
@kathleencook30602 жыл бұрын
Makes my spirit soar every time I hear the Maestro perform this divine Serenade! Sincere thanks. Again!
This is why people would camp out overnight, in the rain, to buy a ticket to a Horowitz concert.
@philliphamilton35914 жыл бұрын
Yes, I’d be first in the queue. Pure magic!
@Powerslider4 жыл бұрын
That is so epic. His music is pure gold.
@bigchungus97403 жыл бұрын
I wish I could hear him I only got into classical music when I was around 7 because I started learning piano at 6 and now that I’m 12 I’ve missed the chance but at least I have these videos
@TheYoshi4633 жыл бұрын
@@bigchungus9740 What are you talking about? Horowitz has been dead for a long time now...
@Elitistt3 жыл бұрын
@@TheYoshi463 He's obviously saying he wishes he was able to have heard him when he was alive.
@britishidiots38424 жыл бұрын
Man he makes playing piano look so easy. He puts so much colour, phrasing, emotion and voicing into his playing yet his hands barely move over the keyboard. Incredible.
@sawsaw72 ай бұрын
I love this man so much. It's as if his spirit abandons his body to reside only in his fingertips, caressing the music.
@Strakos08 жыл бұрын
Without hesitation the best interpretation.
@michaelsegelman37966 жыл бұрын
The pure musician always hesitates... Of course Vladimir Samoylovich is great...but such a firm statement without listening to the Great Russians (or even Great Soviets) like Boshniakovich, Sofronitsky is a bit exaggeration:)
@pietrospano785 жыл бұрын
"Capriccio" kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWW5n5qlqadpjqc
@richardbautista5035 жыл бұрын
Until khatia buniatishvilli came along
@patrickheurley26865 жыл бұрын
@@richardbautista503 NON ...
@patrickheurley26865 жыл бұрын
Et pourtant j'adore K. Buniatishvili ..
@jjlwaardenburg2 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to this amazing performance so many times, that I'm actually missing the 'church bells' (around 2.20) when I listen to a different one 😅. For me this video is one of KZbin's gems...
@Me-uv6kc2 жыл бұрын
I love the church bells lol, that's how I remember it was Horowitz and Schubert
@brianbaumgarn57957 жыл бұрын
musicians like Horowitz play so purely and reach so deeply within themselves that they touch the soul of the composer and this is what you hear. Pure music, pure emotion.