Vladimir Horowitz: A Reminiscence (Documentary)

[@meredith218461]

Horowitz was always engagingly modest about his extraordinary talent and amazing pianistic abilities. His formidable yet adoring wife was his anchor during the various difficult and stressful periods of his life. In many ways he was a highly sensitive and emotionally complex individual, BUT what unbridled joy and excitement this unique artist brought to his public!.

[@vladdegs]

Exactly.

[@renzo6490]

With all due respect, in this documentary at least, he doesn’t appear very modest.

[@MaScalo4508]

@@renzo6490 I don't think anyone would be modest if they've been told that they play better than Rachmaninov or if the entire conservatory jury stands up at the end of the recital, praising their playing.

[@renzo6490]

@@MaScalo4508 My comment was a response to Meredith Foster who wrote: ''Horowitz was always engagingly modest about his extraordinary talent and amazing pianistic abilities.''

[@MaScalo4508]

@@renzo6490 Yes, i see

[@100thesunking]

words cannot describe

[@russellaycock3703]

The Scriabin pieces are my favorites. Horowitz was extraordinary.

[@johnb3289]

Have you seen the documentary "Horowitz at Home?" He describes is boyhood visit to Scriabin and that maestro's wise advice to Horowitz' mother. Many other marvelous moments in the documentary.

[@esteban-jordanIII]

Beautifully done.✨🙏🏽✨❤

[@dusa5918]

Vladimir Horowitz remains the most colorful pianist till today..: his talent had no boundaries …love very much listening to his recordings… 💜💜💜

[@nerilcatte0931]

I cried at the end. Unparalleled. There was something so pure about him.

[@danvitco771]

His ability to bring out a melody….the dynamics…..the crystal clear flurry of notes like jewels. Incredible.

[@Ashley-qc2sc]

I had to stop and have a break after watching his incandescent performance of Vers La Flamme, to play like that at any age s incredible,but in his late 70s or 80s it’s miraculous.

[@louise_rose]

Priceless film and very well produced, thank you for sharing this! :)

[@natalyaadamyan6220]

Simply genius with extraordinary charisma and personality!

[@MusicHavenSG]

Horowitz always had the kiddish / young at heart personality in his advanced years. Wanting nothing more than just jamming and having fun on the piano.

[@doreesky]

Thank you very much for sharing this video!! 💗💓💞💕

[@user-tt4ye9pk4l]

"i liked him as a person" i respect her for her honesty

[@Fildoggy]

why would she not be honest about that lol

[@JSB2500]

​@@FildoggyThere's more to it.

[@raymondhummel5211]

Wonderful interview. Thank you for sharing it with all of us.

[@michaelsin1968]

so brilliant. what absolute command he had over the piano! such a range of emotion he can convey. such respect for each line and note. love the mazurka in this video...almost jazz like.

[@Slkeeyoo]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful treasure.

[@МилаЩербатенко]

ЕГО распластанные кисти с точным попаданием в ноту Композитора -это всегда ИЗУМЛЕНИЕ!!!

[@aldente1967]

Ah, unforgettable Vladimir. Came out of nowhere to astonish the whole world. R. I. P....

[@ruslanatokarieva5497]

Why out of nowhere ?) From Kyiv, Ukraine :)

[@JSB2500]

​@@ruslanatokarieva5497Too literal! He arrived in our lives unexpectedly.

[@VigorousVendetta]

I think this is maybe my first comment on a video ever, but this was very inspiring. thanks for making this

[@lorenzley1324]

The greatest giant is no more but he remains a wonderful and unforgettable legend. He was the greatest among all.

[@laurentbvs8182]

thanks, Max, thanks yu very much...

[@ДарьяКарпова-т6э]

Спасибо большое! Очень люблю Горовица!

[@djtomt]

Wonderful!

[@Unknown-oz7dr]

2:31 the face he makes😂 What a amazing man he was.

[@annamariamanfredi6624]

Grazie per aver condiviso questo affascinante e commovente documentario. Meraviglioso.

[@lloydbotway5930]

Greatest pianist of the 20th century. Rachmaninoff was a close second, but Horowitz's interpretations were somehow more emotional, more powerful.

[@valpurves45]

Marvellous musician modest gifted. Excellent documentary

[@berlinzerberus]

Horowitz' Mazurkas by Chopin were always awesome. He was the best interpreter of this music indeed. 🤍

[@johnmckenzie5297]

Thank you This is a delightful documentary . I enjoyed every moment.

[@Davidfooterman]

That must have been a wonderful experience for Horowitz, returning to the country of his birth to be admired by a crowd of people, among whose equivalent, 50 years earlier, he would not infrequently have been in mortal danger!

[@matthewferguson7084]

6:06 that bell sound😮

[@jamesmiller4184]

Gosh, I felt so bad for Wanda, being left alone what with the demise of Volodya. She may have been nails-tough and severe but, she had a soft heart deep-down. No question is there about that to myself. I cannot imagine what would have become of him if not for her care.

[@kaleidoscopio5]

35:08 Levels of pianists: Amateur Average Pro Asian Horowitz with no jacket

[@wip1664]

"Let's do it"

[@craigmetcalfe1749]

Horowitz saved his best performance for Mother Russia after practicing for 61 years. Vale Vladimir!

[@timlynch5710]

Nah.....you just like to think that.

[@eddiebeato5546]

You are absolutely correct!

[@ruslanatokarieva5497]

His motherland was Ukraine, not russia

[@lriper4702]

@@ruslanatokarieva5497Ukraine is Russia. You are brothers.

[@claudewallet3287]

He was not Russian.

[@GregoryPLoomis]

15:04 Listen to that first note Horowitz hit on the piano. Pure Thunder! Tchaikovsky piano concerto #1

[@SpontaneityJD]

5:53 legendary moment.

[@bernaldelcastillo1768]

one of the greatest classical pianists of all time

[@MichaelAlexander1967]

Thanks for posting this! Great documentary.

[@wip1664]

I don't think he was in "depression". I think he thought he should perhaps retire. Procrastinating long can make one depressed. Times were changing. The crowd was changing. He is a playful person. Calm, but never boring. "Depression" was a popular word, especially in America. Still is. 35:08 That is so sublime that it is real. Being intimate... it is very good, very wonderful. 46:18 what a lovely lady. I'm glad her dream of hearing him play came to be.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Es un sueño escuarlo ,no solo en grabaciones.

[@petrusasemicorma9290]

Bellissimo!!!!!

[@fabriziocarboni4975]

caro RON WALKER che cosa triste che hai detto dopo aver visto questo video stupendo !

[@ljdobles8104]

Gracias por compartirlo

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Esprecioso este documental en su casa y con su esposa ya lo he visto ....

[@Rob_Mike_Litterst]

not enough time myself to descrive what is beautiful about V. Horowitz but the simplest thingsspeak loud in various ways when his wife speaks at 7:35

[@tropicjam7343]

his life followed this precept and indication: "con spiritoso".

[@amyfriedlander7850]

What an amazing movie! What an amazing man! What an amazing couple! Preterhuman.

[@Jose-zx7ul]

A lecture should be like a concert, you should also go for enjoyment! 3:43

[@Johannes_Brahms65]

"Americans like bed news."

[@nonickname5012]

astonishing how his fingers work. each of those ten is an organism in itself. dared i try something like that i know i would ruin my fingers pretty fast.

[@zhizhi9138]

Just amazing. Great people.

[@seanwilliams5953]

Legendary!

[@antonionuzzoli]

Mi ha fatto stare qui incollato al video fino ad oktre l'una del mattino

[@esteil7706]

Love it. The way he plays. Not sure that his piano loved to be treated roughly as it was! 😂

[@clickingbuttons4980]

At exactly 44:44 he shapeshifts😮. Only for the eyes that can see

[@aldoringo439]

Whats he's playing at 0:00 to 56:00?

[@mooncake28]

Chopin Polonaise op 53 "Heroic"

[@nabzwee1337]

Yes, it's a very long piece????

[@cjay2]

Music. Real music.

[@maestoso9165]

Does anyone know what he is playing at 12:04? His smile after playing that is priceless

[@MrCaryGrant59]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYmsnoaDaKpjhs0 "Tea For Two"

[@lolsup9817]

Yes, that's "Tea for Two"

[@saverioman]

@@lolsup9817 Legend has it that he like to play that for Art Tatum, the legendary jazz pianist. Horowitz admired Tatum's brilliant playing, and vice versa.

[@lolsup9817]

@@saverioman I’m sure they all admired each other in their time. That’s usually the case with many artists over man centuries

[@valpurves45]

Consummate genius

[@marianoschaller9066]

5:40. The beauty of marrying an italian woman....

[@timlynch5710]

She was a horror.

[@pan3511]

@@timlynch5710 nah

[@BM-is5ei]

Toscanini's daughter non the less

[@usernameatusernameperiodsh2168]

​@@timlynch5710she was a horroriwitz

[@majerzoltan]

Which piece is at 2:35 please?

[@kaleidoscopio5]

An improvisation, probably

[@Davidfooterman]

What did Rubinstein and Horowitz think of each other’s playing?

[@maritacovarrubias8358]

What does he play from 00:00 to 55:18? Something familiar, how do I call it... Ah yes - perfection

[@AmyAmy-er8bp]

He is certainly marching.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼❤😍

[@gabrielepetrucciperc]

05:51 12:00 15:52 41:27 42:49 43:56 44:40

[@lorenzor.o.6851]

52:10 what’s the name of this piece??

[@druther28]

It’s the Consolation #3 in D-flat major by Liszt.

[@lorenzor.o.6851]

@@druther28 thank you very much. How could I forget this one

[@Ace-dv5ce]

@@lorenzor.o.6851 It’s very similar to a Chopin piece Nocturnr 2 op 27 I believe the consolation was an homage to chopins, he died the same year it was composed, maybe Liszt liked that particular Chopin piece very highly or he took a sheet of music by Chopin he had at home and begin to compose his own based of it. Who knows but it’s beautiful for sure

[@majerzoltan]

Which is the piece at 2:35?

[@nunomellomusic]

What is the Clementi's piece he plays at 33:21?

[@irenaoparov5784]

sonata in g minor

[@irenaoparov5784]

op.7 no.3 🙂

[@nunomellomusic]

@@irenaoparov5784 Thanks very much, I'm very very grateful for your answer. Have a beautiful week!

[@mauricepitman]

beautiful piece

[@francodegrandis7531]

Avete dimenticato Gilels! Pianista ammirato da Horowitz : parlando in un libro Horovitz dice che anche Gilels alcune cose le suonava bene e Gilels era gia' morto ed e' per questo che poi dice che dei pianisti russi mi piace solo Richter,perche' era ancora vivo mentre Gilels era morto anni prima e nonostante tutto Horovitz disse anche Gilels alcune cose le suonava bene!e poi non e' citato il suo amico Serkin cui Horowitz aveva progettato di fare un concerto insieme! E tra gli altri stimava anche firkusny

[@carmen6169]

Gracias. 💕😔🇮🇷

[@giampierobugliarello]

❤

[@alicjakijewski3]

NEXT DZIEKUJEMY RANO!

[@AugustDH]

Please help me, what is he playing for 1 second at 12:34 - 12:35, that opening sounds fantastic?

[@baptisteleray5461]

The etude 10 op 4 revolutionnary by chopin

[@AugustDH]

@@baptisteleray5461 Awesome, thanks!

[@davisatdavis1]

​@@baptisteleray5461 op 10 no 12*

[@karolak93]

15:13 What piece is that? It sounds familiar...

[@benharmonics]

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1

[@solti]

What’s he playing at 1:50?

[@stepantseytlin7726]

Maybe it's a fragment from des abend by Schuman..

[@kaleidoscopio5]

An improv he add to his words 😄

[@joetursi9573]

Traumeri, priceless!

[@JoergPelzer]

which piano he played at home?

[@winfriedg.hallerbach6249]

His own Steinway, a present from the company when he married Wanda.

[@davemiller7633]

The man was touched by God himself. That simple.

[@alexarroyopianist]

5:42 lolol

[@ruslanatokarieva5497]

Many commentators are mistaken, saying that he is a Russian pianist. Horowitz was born in Ukraine, in Kyiv, and graduated from the Conservatory in Kyiv. He was forced to emigrate precisely because of Russia - his father was imprisoned in the Gulag (soviet concentration camp). It is sad how many people do not know the truth about his origin and tragic fate

[@WieldingHavoc]

The was no Ukraine back then dumbass, sell your pc and buy an education.

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@WieldingHavoc Volodya stated apparently fondly that he was to not "forget your Mother Russia and come back." which much later he did to grand acclaim of there. Pretty explicit that.

[@emkei113]

When he was born kyiv was part of the Russian empire, making him technically Russian by birth.

[@ruslanatokarieva5497]

@@emkei113 Liszt is considered a Hungarian composer, despite the fact that he lived in the Austro-Hungarian Empire

[@ОлегОлег-б1ф3ш]

Что он играет в самом начале?

[@opulence5260]

Polonaise op53 in a flat major “heroic”

[@alanwerner8563]

“You see, the American Press likes Bad News. They don’t like to print good news. Bad News sells papers.” -to Mike Wallace during 1977 interview. Nowadays if someone would say that in an interview, they’d edit that bit out.

[@mboyanicholsonjazz]

Was he being a jokester with the interviewer at the beginning? He said "I'm 57", but that clip was from 1974 so wouldn't he have been 71?

[@alicjakijewski3]

TERAZ RANEK. MAM APOITMENT SKONCZYC PROGRAMY LUDIOM ! MOZE TAK!

[@Melchezidicque]

[@pechoja]

Ivan Bessonov Russian extrodinairre.

[@adelphe1414]

Non, ce n’était pas un diable, c’était un ange !

[@charleswinokoor6023]

Quite a couple.

[@pendleburyable]

Jee I’m looking at this magnificent human being,wondering which part of the dark ,cold and nasty galaxy trump comes from.

[@wip1664]

The human galaxy

[@carmen6169]

💕🙏🇮🇷

[@andreaguarino8207]

30.56 but you didn't pay the ticket

[@ricardomoncayo7345]

Nunca subtitulos en español!!!, nunca la puta madre!!!, que cruz señor, que cruz!!!

[@catherinemalian9558]

Pludffcdrteie

[@alicjakijewski3]

WRUCIMY.

[@timlynch5710]

What a pain in the neck Wanda was.

[@kaleidoscopio5]

She was witchy sometimes, but was the perfect contrast for such crazy genius Horowitz was. And you can see she really loved him and was proud of him....

[@timlynch5710]

@@kaleidoscopio5 She loved his money.

[@kaleidoscopio5]

@@timlynch5710 she had her own money from his father heritage 🤨

[@timlynch5710]

@@kaleidoscopio5 She was a parasite nonetheless.

[@labienus9968]

M All a much more complicated relationship than your brain can conceive of

[@michaelwisse9284]

To Putin

[@ronwalker4849]

HOROWITZ WAS A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME. BUT TODAY´S PIANISTS FROM RUSSSIA, USA, CHINA, JAPAN, KOREA, ETC. ARE INFINATELY BETTER THAN THE LEVEL OF MUSIC IN HIS TIME. TODAY HE WOULD NEVER COMPETE WITH THE BRILLIANCE OF OUR YOUNGEST MUSICIANS.

[@MaxLima1]

I couldn't disagree more.

[@franzliszt8681]

@@MaxLima1 same

[@valentinmosterj.junior5884]

Bollocks, if anything is the exact opposite. Although competitions and art don’t really belong in the same sentence in my opinion.

[@davidchez513]

Using caps don't make your point more valid, in fact it makes it seem like you are trying too hard to validate your flawed point.

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

You know nothing about Classic music or piano.

[@tekraynak]

Most overrated pianist ever

[@edoardodicicco3582]

Greatest pianist of all time. Shut up, show some respect and most of all study!

[@eltiogottlieb.4911]

What a strange statement!

[@benkershaw5063]

I can get what you're coming from if you think it's all about playing technically correctly but in terms of musicianship he was incredible and rare

[@varunsathya-composer1404]

Yeah, Lang Lang is

[@spirossaris308]

Since Rachmaninoff loved his playing I guess your opinion doesnt even matter

[@alicjakijewski3]

SŁYSZAŁ MUZYKE I GRAŁ NA OKNIE TRZY LATA OLD! MATECZKA W SZEŚCIU POMOGŁA TRENOWAĆ!

[@alicjakijewski3]

DZIŚ OLEWANE! MORALNIOSCIA ŚWIATA!