Vladimir Horowitz and his Favorite Pianists!

[@leestamm3187]

A lifetime of enjoying recorded music has gifted my ears with a legion of wonderful pianists. Incredible artists from past and present. But if I must choose only one, it's Rachmaninoff. His unique blend of power and subtlety is like no other.

[@pianomaly9]

Yes - SVR's playing is a unique amalgam of freedom and discipline not really equaled, IMO.

[@sappallow]

Thank you for this fascinating post. The performances are amazing. I still marvel how Cortot, despite a limited technique could produce some of the most expressive & profound recordings of Schumann & Chopin ever made. His rubato is subtle, organic, & truly musical. Likewise, Schnabel with his huge technical limitations produced Beethoven recordings that still leave us in awe for their direct purity of conception.

[@magbag70]

Cortot had not a limited technique in my view... this is a misconception derived from the fact most recordings are from his later years. There are some early recordings which display a great technique. And yes, he was one of the greatest .. his Chopin , Schumann ... yes .. and also his Franck and Debussy... among the best

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Thanks, I wish I hadn't missed it :(

[@davidcotuit]

Indeed! Remember what Rubinstein said....he could play an entire recital consisting only of all the wrong notes he had played during his career.

[@donaldallen1771]

@@magbag70 I agree with you completely. Anyone who makes the statement that Cortot did not have a virtuoso technique hasn't heard the early recordings, most importantly the Chopin Etudes. Even the recording of the Chopin b-minor Sonata, where some of the wrong-note tendency appears, is stupendous playing, technically and musically. For me, it's the greatest performance of that masterpiece, with his student, Dinu Lipatti, not far behind.

[@guigui9344]

Cortot, limite technique ? 🤣🤣 Most people don't even understand what technique is. Playing the compositions he was playing and intetpreting them with that expressiveness(without entrering in all details) requires huuuge technique.

[@christophersurnname9967]

Great video! Currently on a Horowitz binge so this is perfect timing.

[@arpeggiomikey]

I'm on a LIFETIME Volodya binge! 😁👍

[@johnrock2173]

Fantastic collection as always. That Gieseking Debussy is amazing. I remember reading Evenings With Horowitz way back and actually just saw it at a bookstore. Thank you for your talent in compiling these.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

You're welcome, thanks for your comment!

[@berlinzerberus]

Wonderful! Horowitz was not only interested in his own playing but also in statements about prominent colleaques, according to what he said in this fabulous compilation. He didn't grudge them their success and appreciated what he liked.

[@bvbwv3]

An indescribable treasure of a posting. Thank you. Thank you, Ozan Fabien Guvener.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

You're welcome, It’s my pleasure.

[@BryanHalo123]

This is a special collection. Thank you for putting it together.

[@dariodangelo8938]

Agree with Horowitz: Fiorentino was one of my Teachers (the most important, by the way). He impressed me too, very much 😂👍🤩

[@dipierro4]

I never had heard of Florentino. THANK YOU for introducing me to his playing.

[@Dancingjulien]

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[@sukangeong]

Michelangeli always referred to Fiorentino as "the other pianist."

[@stefanufer608]

Very interesting - the Schumann played by Cortot is wonderful - glorious singing tone. There weren’t many pianists Horowitz openly admired!

[@Whaticansayaboutit]

He never liked Rubinstein. Too much rivalry I suspect.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

Wonderful testimonies. There is lot comments possible on Horowitz's comments ........ Thank you very much.

[@martinmysteres1384]

I hear so much Cortot when I listen to Horowitz. If I don't mistake, Horowitz did study for a while with Cortot when he came to Paris. I think they both have the same bel canto tone. This ability to make the piano sing. Horowitz preciseness, dynamics, his ability to produce a big sound, his use of pedals, overall showmanship and so on, are even greater but it's just my opinion. I go back to the video and listen to the other pianists. Thank you very much for the upload.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

You're welcome, it's my pleasure. Horowitz wanted to take lessons from Cortot (especially after hearing Cortot's 1919 Saint-Seans Etude Recording), but Cortot refused. Maybe he thought it wasn't necessary, maybe he wanted to keep some things to himself :). Cortot was probably his biggest role model after Rachmaninoff. I agree, Bel Canto plays are very similar in my opinion. Possibly Horowitz's role models in Bel Canto were Cortot and Friedman. And of course Caruso and Mattia Battistini :). Horowitz is better than Cortot in some aspects, of course. For example, Horowitz has almost no rival when it comes to playing the piano like an orchestra and in terms of dynamic richness, yes Horowitz is superior. Or, Cortot's tone and style are not for every composer. But Horowitz's touch and character are appropriate, from Scarlatti and Mozart to Prokofiev and Barber. But on the other hand, I like the timbre that Cortot achieves on the piano more than Horowitz. Cortot's tone and timbre are very beautiful. I think they use the pedal differently, they are both masters at it, but different ways. Cortot appeals to me a little more about the depth of interpretation and creativity. But if we reduce it to just piano technique (Technique is very extensive here), Horowitz is a better "pianist". But even though the two of them are close as "musicians", Cortot appeals to me a little more. This is also a purely relative point though :) How can I say here, I can't say one is better than the other. For example, I prefer Cortot in Chopin Ballads. But in Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies, Horowitz would be my preference. I think the recordings of the Liszt piano sonata or the Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses are of equivalent quality. I think Schumann and Debussy are very close, but there is little difference, I would say Cortot. Composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms have an obvious Horowitz superiority. Horowitz is more versatile as I said. His repertoire is broader. Horowitz's style can fit anything: Modern composers, romantics, classics and baroques... Few pianists can come close to this.

[@martinmysteres1384]

​@@OzanFabienGuvener It's very interesting, thank you. A big difference also would be that Cortot's abilities deteriorated with time whereas Horowitz gained maturity and richness as he grew older... I have in mind Horowitz's concerts and recordings between 1985 till the end which are pure mastery. Especially his Scarlatti, Mozart (becoming his number one) and Clementi. Personally, I don't like Prokofiev's percussive music, nor I like Barber's oddities. In terms of modern music I would prefer Scriabine... I get your point comparing the two of them. I agree, Cortot's Chopin Ballads are exquisite. If I may suggest and idea : I think that Cortot being French, he had a very charming way of expressing romantic music created in western Europe. On the other hand, Horowitz being mostly Russian, not only did he master romantic music but he had a natural closeness to slavic composers such as Liszt or Rachmaninoff. I agree, Horowitz is more versatile. Even the few Bach he played are extraordinary ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIHdeJljlN9-q68 ). Talking about Mendelssohn Variations Sérieuses, I heard a very special interpretation that left me breathless. Zimerman playing it live with an outstanding finale ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoazmayZmslohLc ). If you please, let me know your impressions. Thank you again for this pleasant discussion. :) (I'm French so I tried my best to express myself in English) See you

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

​@@martinmysteres1384 I don't listen to Barber and Prokofiev much, I mean there, Horowitz can even play them very well. I meant he could play almost anything on the piano. Of course, Horowitz is great with names like Scriabine. One of his specialties. Yes, you are right about the age factor. Horowitz's latest recording is one of my favourites. I don't always like Zimmerman, but he plays really well here. The finale is really good! And thank you too for this pleasant discussion :).

[@martinmysteres1384]

@@OzanFabienGuvener I don't always like Zimerman too. Since Horowitz only recorded the third Rachmaninoff Concerto (wich I don't forgive), I turn to Zimerman for the first one (with Seiji Ozawa as conductor) and Rachmaninoff himself for the second and the fourth. Horowitz's last recording is such a last will and testament ! The last sparkle containing all his magic and achievement... especially Chopin Etude Op. 25 N. 1 and 5 and the Fantaisie-Impromptu. My favorite recording is not a studio session but is the second sonata of Rachmaninoff he played in London in 1982. This moment is always almost a mystical experience. Yet, he was not at his best during this period and the whole concert is unequal... but this second sonata is something special.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

@@martinmysteres1384 Glad to hear what you said about Horowitz's London concert recording. I totally agree and I love that recording very much!

[@ler_47]

You know you got it good when you understand Scriabin's music💯

[@lucasramos253]

That was the best op 55 no 2 i had ever heard. Ignaz Friedman was a really good pianist

[@albertomartin4812]

That recording is in the top 3 of my favourites of all time. It was pure magic.

[@ganjamozart1435]

Cortot's is on par. Absolutely magical as well.

[@robertocornacchionialegre]

He is the best ever! My favorite pianist at the moment are Frederic Lamond and Ignaz Friedman. Two different styles of playing, both amazing and I don’t know any modern pianist that can match them.

[@davidcotuit]

Really good? GREAT!

[@TheLifeisgood72]

Part of the reason why it's so good is the historical pitch used - 436hz, closer to Chopin's (most likely) 434hz.

[@AndStar100]

I also read Horowitz was a big fan of Emil Gilels. There’s a postcard from VH to Gilels where he writes to ‘a dear friend and colleague’.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

He was respected as a pianist but not a fan, Giels didn't suit his taste:, Horowitz said: "Of the Russian pianists I like only one, Richter. Gilels did some things well, but I did not like his mannerisms, the way he moved around while he was playing."

[@AndStar100]

@@OzanFabienGuvener thanks for the info, I didn’t know that!

[@AndStar100]

@@OzanFabienGuvener which, on second thought, is somewhat funny given Richter was not a fan of Horowitz at all

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

​@@AndStar100 Yes haha! Richter actually says that Horowitz has great talent as a pianist, but he doesn't like his musician side, or rather his interpretations. I also read somewhere that Richter really liked Horowitz's last set of recordings, which he did a few days before he died, but I can't find where I read that later. Maybe I'm misremembering, but I read something like this somewhere years ago, although I can't find it again!

[@sergio6357]

50:55 Fiorentino is my favorite!!! I love all his music..

[@barney6888]

I found this priceless! Fascinating.

[@NOSEhow2LIV]

Fascinating video, thank you! I'm surprose nevertheless by the absence of Rudolf Firkusny who VH refers to very specifically and enthusiastically (for his Schubert Drei Klavierstücke)in his postwar New York period. They were linked not only by admiration and friendship but also thru Samuel Barber, both early interpreters of his Sonata and Excursions. I'm plose to learn that VH appreciote Fiorentino.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Unfortunately, he did not mention Rudolf Firkusny in the books, but of course you are right, it was mentioned in other interviews, but I missed it.

[@joe_fizz]

Wonderful video, thank you for sharing

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Mi Consolación. Favorita. 🌹🤗

[@msotil]

Sergio Fiorentino: He is the only other pianist, said the legendary Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli of Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998). Fiorentino dedicated himself mostly to teaching and not to concertizing. His career was cut prematurely short in 1954 by an air crash.

[@davidwhite2949]

Wonderful, and I agree, Rachmaninoff is amazing. It happens, but not often, that a composer can perform so well

[@muthafutha]

Liszt would be on your short Liszt . .. . .

[@davidcotuit]

Indeed! Beethoven and Liszt weren't too shabby at the keyboard. LOL

[@DihelsonMendonca]

Really ? What happens is that it's rare for a performer get to perform a composer how should it be. Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Scriabin and many others who say ... 😅😅😅

[@lunchmind]

Thank you for this wonderful and revealing compilation. compilation. Yet I sense that Horowitz damns von Sauer with faint praise. He was more than a mere salon pianist.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

I agree, for some reason there is such a perception, Arrau says the same thing. It is clear that Sauer is not a typical salon pianist.

[@johnschlesinger2009]

So much amazing playing here. Lhevinne's 25/6 is incredible.

[@anonymusum]

They all are great, great pianists, but when I heard Busoni playing a simple scale in C-major I must confess that I never heard such an unbelievable evenness. It was just a simple scale but it told me that this man was very, very special. No wonder that great pianists like Clara Haskil were eager to take lessons from him. - And by the way: I would have added Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.

[@leestamm3187]

Busoni was a great pianist to be sure. Also a splendid composer, conductor and teacher.

[@marksmith3947]

I believe it was Dohnanyi who said that hearing Bartok play a C major scale was a revelation because it wasn't even

[@Jannick636]

i would have expected to see a nod to Art Tatum in the list. Although not being a classical pianist, he was still greatly respected by, among others Rubinstein and Horowitz. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed the video. Thank you

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Actually, there was, but I couldn't put it because it was copyrighted (the video was blocked) and Horowitz didn't say anything directly to Tatum (but we know he liked him).

[@Ace-dv5ce]

@@OzanFabienGuvener I believe he said something. Like art Tatum would do great in classical music aswell if he dedicated his life to it

[@vova47]

@@Ace-dv5ce Please state your source for this "quote".

[@Ace-dv5ce]

@@vova47 I’m not sure where it originated from but a lot of sources claim he said that I don’t know though

[@FJCrociata]

Most significant omission: Rudolf Serkin who VH several times said he admired highest among all his contemporaries. Other having positive VH quotes: Garrick Ohlsson, Ashkenazy (but early Ashkenazy) and VH's student Ronald Turini.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

You're right, I should have added Serkin specifically. What did he say to Ohlsson? I don't remember that.

[@peterlever2534]

"Serkin...I loved him like a brother" said VH.

[@cmclean6475]

Art Tatum too! And thought I read somewhere Peter Nero as well?

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

I have written a more detailed version of this video on my site, there are some pianists that I didn't include in the video because of its length, but that he considers good (Art Tatum, Arthur Rubinstein etc.) and lots of extra information.: www.chopinzee.com/2022/06/vladimir-horowitz-and-his-favorite.html Here are a few facts about this list of Horowitz's favourites: * I didn't get some pianists. For example, according to Horowitz, Josef Hofmann was the first pianist to be influenced. He considered him "a great pianist" and "a first class pianist", but he did not like Hofmann's interpretations, describing him as a "second class musician" (Perhaps there was a rivalry from Rachmaninoff. ). He referred to pianists like Prokofiev and Arthur Rubinstein as "Not Bad" or "I like", but this list is a bit more of a "favorites". That's why I didn't add some names. Maybe there were names that I forgot or overlooked. * For Rachmaninoff, I actually chose the second movment of the First Piano Concerto, which Horowitz also mentioned. However, RCA and Naxos have (automatically) banned viewing of the Video. I couldn't even record any Rachmaninoff recordings, so I put in a vinyl record, even if the audio was a bit distorted. * I included Art Tatum's 1933 recording of Tea for Two, but copyrights did not allow the video to be viewed. In any case, Horowitz doesn't talk about him directly in the books, since it's a bit of a myth, I wanted to remove it when copyrights got in the way. But different sources say that both pianists love each other.

[@beatlessteve1010]

Horowitz said Heinrich Neuhaus was a major influence on him during one of his 1965 interviews.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

México🇲🇽. 🎶🎶🎹 👏👏👏👏👏👏❣️

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Mejor No Traducir. 😢

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Pongan Traductor. 😢

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

No ponían a Ozen. (. solo Horowits ) cuestión de Política de grabación 🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@nunosantos-tenor9099]

Thank you! That is really interesting! :)

[@derisleybrittain]

Excellent 👍👍👍👍👍

[@stephengallucci1592]

I ALWAYS Thought Friedman played this Nocturen the best ! GOOD to have Horowitz on my side! The interpretation is delicate, in love, sensitive and has a 3D effect. It's divine.

[@michaelreich2306]

sehr interessant!

[@davidcotuit]

H and Freidman!! Fab photo!!

[@SehrLukas]

great compilation, just missing one very important favorite of Horowitz' ART TATUM thank you nonetheless, it's cool to have so many good recordings and quotes in one video 🙂

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Thank you. Actually I included Art Tatum's 1933 recording of Tea for Two, but copyrights did not allow the video to be viewed. In any case, Horowitz doesn't talk about him directly in the books, since it's a bit of a myth, I wanted to remove it when copyrights got in the way. But different sources say that both pianists love each other.

[@SehrLukas]

ah, i see @@OzanFabienGuvener, didn't know it was a myth... i read somewhere that Horowitz allegedly said sth to the accord of "if he (Tatum) ever decided to play classical piano seriously i'd retire instantly"? 😅 Tatum's Dvorak-recordings are remarkable, not just his own music... do you happen to know if Horowitz was interested in any other stride/jazz-pianists?

[@pianomaly9]

What's the Scriabin piece that Neuhaus plays? Would have liked to hear his opinions on his Russian contemporaries Ginzburg, Feinberg, Sofronitsky, Stanislav Neuhaus, Yudina, Grinberg, Nikolayeva, etc.

[@1947laurence]

Thank you ❤

[@yannlombard3587]

Hello, thanks for this post, dont you forget his dear Friend Rudolf Serkin ?

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Did he say anything about Serkin in the books? Maybe I missed it :(

[@dieterreichenbacher9660]

In the Horowitz biography from Glenn Plaskin it is also mentioned that Horowitz highly esteemed Dinu Lipatti and William Kapel..

[@davidcotuit]

Kapell....America'es greatest native pianist.

[@beatlessteve1010]

I've been on a Horowitz binge since I first heard him play Chopin Nocturne op 55 in f... Way back 10 years ago . Only the Beatles beats him in how long I have binged on music

[@seanmortazyt]

fantastic

[@pianomaniac14]

Do you know if Horowitz knew Leon Fleisher? I know they both lived in NY while Fleisher was there (I know he was from San Francisco). Being a recent Peabody Conservatory graduate, I'm very curious.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Fleisher talks about Horowitz's pianism a lot, but I don't remember Horowitz talking about him. I'll take a look, if there's a direct relationship between them, I'll write again.

[@MrInterestingthings]

I can't believe Rachmaninoff in Beethoven ! His Chopin playing is ofcourse famous and too little Chopin style but his Beet is out of this world :imaginative and powerful

[@zlatan503]

26:33 Nice picture! By the way do you know if Horwitz said something about Maestro Claudio Arrau?

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Horowitz complained that Arrau was playing too slow: "I heard his Emperor and it was terrible. He plays so slow, ugh. Also the Waldstein. So slow." Perhaps Horowitz's thoughts on Arrau's prime period are different because he wasn't playing slow at the time. Horowitz generally disliked pianists influenced by the German tradition. He specifically stated this, said "I love Backhaus", and said there "Backhaus was not actually from the German school", like that. Arrau was influenced by German pianists.We see the German influence in him. On the other hand, one of Arrau's favorite pianists is Horowitz. Arrau was very impressed by Horowitz's volcanic piano playing

[@zlatan503]

@@OzanFabienGuvener That's really interesting... I feel like I am somehow on the Arrau's side because Arrau and Horowitz are my two favorite pianists of all time. Thanks a lot!

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

​@@zlatan503 You're welcome! Soon I can do a similar concept for Arrau: "Arrau's favourites"

[@gastonruizoyarce4818]

@@OzanFabienGuvener Hello! I don't think Horowitz was one of Arrau's favorite pianists, as far as I can remember, in "Conversations with Arrau", Joseph Horowitz asks him what names (from western Europe, if I'm not mistaken) he considered great pianists, and he answers that Rachmaninoff had a tremendous technique but the sound wasn't good, also that Godowsky didn't play anything beyond mezzo forte, I think he also referred to Paderewski not being a great pianist. The only name he said he'd mention is Horowitz, he heard him in Berlin in the 20s and as you said he was impressed, in fact his mother said "you better go practice, because he plays better than you", hahahahaha. But, I don't think Arrau appreciated Horowitz too much, at least in his mature years, nor choosing him as a "favorite", for instance, later in that same book, they mention Chopin's Scherzo N°1 and he said how every pianist was jealous of Horowitz doing the final scale passage in octaves, to what he claims that it's 10 times easier to play that passage in that way than playing it as is written with the accents and tension needed. Another example, in his Desert Island choices he didn't mention Horowitz, he picked recordings by De Larrocha and Gilels but none by Horowitz, so whether Arrau recognized Horowitz as a great pianist I don't think he would choose him as a "favorite". Greetings :)

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

​@@gastonruizoyarce4818 Hello:) Firstly, thank you, you made a good point! I have read the sources you mentioned before. I also read what Arrau said in his book "Great contemporary pianists speak for themselves".Arrau's favorite pianists are clear: Busoni, Cortot, Schnabel, Edwin Fischer, Carreno. A phrase by Arrau: "Who are the -great pianists of the past most remembered? For me they are Busoni, Schnabel, Fischer, Cortot... All thinkers and great interpreters, as well as great pianists." Maybe you're right, he says in the book that he was actually very impressed with Horowitz, but that could be for the Berlin years. But on the other hand, he highly praises Horowitz, In the book you mentioned, I quote what Arrau said about Horowitz: "Horowitz, he's a special case. Tremendous electricity. Him I would call a great pianist." "I remember he played the four Chopin ballades, and the Liszt sonata, and the Funeral March Sonata of Chopin. He also played, very well, the Beethoven Thirty-two Variations. Oh, I was tremendously impressed by him. It was some of the most volcanic playing I've ever heard." What we understand by the word "favorite" is, of course, variable. But one of the pianists he most praised and influenced in his youth seems to be Horowitz. Not as much as Cortot, Fischer, Schnabel or Busoni, but may be mentioned after them. "Desert Island Discs" is a bit more like a piece selection rather than a pianist, but I could be wrong. For example, I don't remember Arrau saying anything special to Giels in the books. But the BBC Radio selection does not have Cortot, Busoni, Fishcer, who are among Arrau's favourites. Arrau would say of Cortot: "Cortot was absolutely marvelous, I adored him." I mean, that selection is more of a selection of works than a selection of pianists. It seems to me that Horowitz is among the pianists he was influenced by and loved. If you have any objections to this, I'd love to hear it :)

[@palmerplantagenet]

As great as Horowitz was, I don't believe he could have demonstrated Friedman's joie de vivre as shown by the latter in "Viennese Dances of Gaertner arr. Friedman. Or perhaps the easy elegance of Jozef Lhevinne as expressed in his Fruhlingsnacht by Schumann-Liszt. Horowitz had the most extensive use of color and dynamics - though almost always a little 'hard-edged'. The tone was certainly "pressed", yet not necessarily "caressed".

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Saludos. 🙋🌹México

[@robertocornacchionialegre]

He had a good taste :)

[@wodzimierzwosimieta2758]

Paderewski plays mazurka op. 59 no 2 not no 3

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Oh you're right, I changed the mazurka records because I had a copyright problem at first, I forgot it there. thank you i fix it!

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Cortot. Homenaje. !!!!!!!!!!!! 😘🙏🎼🎶🎶🎶🙋

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Me conmueve la. bondad de Ozein 🎶🎶⏰🎶🤩

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Richter. 🌹🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🙋México.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Gran técnica. México.

[@luargambino]

Horowitz does not talk about Hoffman, which is strange because his influence is remarkable.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

He actually talks about him, he's a great pianist but says I don't like his interpretations. Maybe Horowitz was a jealousy caused by Rachmaninoff. Because Rachmaninoff said: Hofmann the biggest, followed by Horowitz.

[@pianobern69]

@@OzanFabienGuvener Wasn't Rachmaninoff also a huge admirer of Gilels?

[@berlinzerberus]

@@OzanFabienGuvener He sometimes was 'bitchy' and as almost every artist a little narcissistic! ;) Ich bin der Meinung, das Hoffman viel mehr Rachmaninoffs pianistischem Ideal entsprach als Horowitz, der freilich sein 3. Konzert fantastisch spielte. Aber an die Fantasie und das Raffinement eines Jozef Hoffman kam Horowitz bei weitem nicht heran und konnte ihn nicht übertreffen. Das wußte solch eine Persönlichkeit wie Rachmaninoff natürlich!

[@DihelsonMendonca]

Most people judge the pianist by the quality of the recording. Flirentino has a wonderful recording, you hear even the harmonics. If the recording was so bad as some from 1020, I doubt many people would like. 😅😅😅

[@Johannes_Brahms65]

What I like most about Horowitz is that he said that Beethoven couldn't have written one note that's written by Schubert. Not one note! (Of course this has to be understood in a certain context).

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

note that he didn't comment on Gilels (to whom Rachmaninoff gave his medal)...

[@gatesurfer]

Playlist please.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Exelente Estudio 💌🎶🎶 Chopin. 😂

[@cmclean6475]

How about the jazz pianists he admired? Wasn't it Art Tatum, andf even perhaps Peter Nero?

[@dorfmanjones]

Keep in mind Horowitz never actually heard Busoni play. He might be referring to some acoustic gramophone records.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

You are right, I had to specifically state this in the video.

[@jeremyd1021]

No mention of ABM? It is well known that Horowitz was a great admirer, whilst at the same time without wanting to admit as much, even going as far as attending one of his Carneige Hall recitals and listening from behind a curtain so that no one could see him.

[@pieroalessandrocassano8287]

È vero legga l intervista su piano time del 1986 credo che ho riportato nelle mie note

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Horowitz says of him: "Interesting pianist, but I think he is just a little bit meshuga."

[@mkeysou812]

Horowitz, the Queen B that he is, dishes out backhanded compliments like he dishes out octaves

[@jedrzejsteszewski6694]

Fiorentino ❤

[@francodegrandis7531]

Manca Emil Gilels uno dei piu' amati pianisti di Horowitz, basta leggere la sua biografia

[@dkant4511]

Left out Art Tatum!

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

nice

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Para mí Horowkts para Lizst. 💐

[@Piflaser]

Nicholas Angelich and Radu Lupu R.I.P.

[@RB-bj9ms]

Amazing that he had no comment about Arthur Rubenstein.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Actually he did. Horowitz liked Rubinstein's Spanish repertoire. But he said Rubinstein didn't have good technique: "He never had a great technique, but certain things he played well. I heard him play some of the Chopin etudes, the easier ones, with great panache." Actually, there is some sarcasm here. What Horowitz is implying is that Rubinstein plays simple works too flamboyantly. But he didn't say Rubinstein was a bad pianist. He did not consider Rubinstein among his favourites, but referred to him as a "good pianist".

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Y Jorje Bolet 🎼🎶💞💞

[@PianoJFAudioSheet]

Let's not forget Horowitz stating: "I want to be Cziffra!"

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Whoops, I hadn't seen that! Thanks for the addition.

[@srothbardt]

@@OzanFabienGuvenerDid Horowitz teach Byron Janis? Whatever happened to him?

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

@@srothbardt For some reason Horowitz doesn't mention him in the books. But the reason for this is probably personal. I read that there was something going on between Janis and Horowitz's wife, but I don't remember the details.

[@pianomaly9]

@@OzanFabienGuvener Any info on whatever happened to Alexander Fiorillo and Coleman Blumfeld, two pupils mentioned in Glenn Plaskin's biography?

[@gerardkuntzmann21]

And where is Art Tatum ?

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Various untrue myths arose between Art Tatum and Horowitz, even linking Horowitz's quitting the piano for a period to Tatum. These were unrealistic, but Horowitz seems to have liked Tatum's pianist. According one source, Horowitz enjoyed Tatum's wonderful arpeggios. But there is no exaggerated praise, even when Horowitz is asked about his favorite pianists, he does not mention Tatum. According another source, Henry Pleasants, who had covered the jazz beat and written with perspicacity about jazz singers, told the story about Horowitz sneaking in to listen to the jazz pianist Art Tatum. He was terribly impressed with Tatum's technique and his easy, natural way of playing, and on one occasion couldn't understand how Tatum did what he did in 'Tea for Two.' So he introduced himself Tatum admitted that yeah, he had heard of Vladimir Horowitz. The two men had a pleasant talk, and then Horowitz asked Tatum how long it had taken him to learn 'Tea for Two.' Tatum looked at him as though he were crazy. 'I just made it up,' he said. Horowitz went home and worked up his own arrangement of 'Tea for Two,' which he played as a party piece.

[@leonardodelyrarodrigues3752]

Jan Paderewski, good Chopin.

[@pianomaly9]

O.K. saw the dropdown. My bad.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

.Bolet. Y mas.

[@pieroalessandrocassano8287]

When he came to play in La Scala theatre in Milan they asked him in an interview"Do you have any favourite Italian pianists","I like and admire very much Michelangeli".."And Pollini ?"asked the communist Italian interviewer"I don't know him"..he was a great "Sir"..Infact how could a colourist like him love a "white and black" materialist pianist metronomical playing like Pollini?

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Ya pasa bien el sonido. .NO. ANUNCiOS. 😮

[@ronwilsontringue6574]

Liberace could play very fast - especially the Jones Organ Etude in H sharp (minor) without foot pedals

[@funklover24]

Rachmaninov's Beethoven is too high (c sharp minor) and therefore probably faster, than he played.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

I did not use the direct recording due to copyrights, the video was blocked.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

No Robar Musica.🎹🎶🎶🎶🫶

[@aotgun]

Türkçe çevirisi olsaydı da okusaydık Horowitz'in yorumlarını.

[@OzanFabienGuvener]

Biraz fazla özet halinde olsa da temel fikri çevireyim sizin için. Rahmaninov'u en büyük piyanist ve idolü gördüğünü ve en iyi çaldığı şeylerden birinin Beethoven olduğunu; Cortot'yu en iyi Chopin ve Schumann yorumcusu olarak gördüğünü ve çok entelektüel biri olduğunu; Friedman için kimse Op. 55 no. 2'yi ondan iyi çalamayacağını ve bazen bazı fikirleri tuhaf bulsa da onun çalışından çok etkilendiğini; Barere için muazzam tekniği olduğunu ve Blumenfeld'in sol el etüdünü mucizevi biçimde çaldığını; yeni nesil Slav piyanistler arasında bir tek Richter'den etkilendiğini; sürekli öyle çaldığı için bir noktadan sonra sıkılsa da Gieseking'in hafif tuşesinin onu çok büyülediğini ve etkilediğini; Lhevinne'nin teknik Chopin etütler konusunda bir numara olduğunu; Bachkaus'un Alman ekolünde olmadığını ve çok etkileyici çaldığını, Liszt öğrencilerini pek sevmediğini ama Sauer'in istisna olup salon müziğinde -Chopin valsleri gibi- çok iyi bulduğunu ve salon müziği harici yapıtları da -Beethoven sonatları gibi- çok iyi icra edebildiğini, Paderewski'nin tekniğinin eleştirilse de aslında zamanla bozulduğunu ve mazurkaları çok güzel çaldığını; Busoni'nin benzersiz bir deha olduğunu; Almanya günlerinde Fischer'dan pek etkilenmediğini belirtse de Mozart'ını çok beğendiğini; Neuhaus teknik olarak zayıf olsa da tekniğin değil yorum derinliğinin onu etkilediğini ve birçok piyanist/besteciyi Neuhaus'un ona tanıttığını; İspanyol repertuvarında Larrocha'nın en iyisi olduğunu; Schnabel'ın Brahms yorumundan bir hayli etkilendiğini; İtalya'da kalırken radyoda sürekli duyduğu Fiorentino'yu çok beğendiğini söylüyor. Bunun dışında beğenmediği piyanistlere de değiniyor, onları videoda yer vermedim ama size bahsedeyim. Gould'un Wagner çalışını aptalca bulduğunu, Arturo Bendetti Michelengeli'nin enteresan bir piyanist olduğunu ama biraz delirmiş olduğunu, Arrau'nun yavaş çalışının sıktığını, André Watts gibi salt teknik piyanistlerden nefret etttiğini, Rosenthal'ın çalışından nefret ettiğini ve cümlemelerini sevmediğini, Hofmann'ın müthiş bir piyanist ama ikinci sınıf müzisyen olduğunu belirtir.

[@aotgun]

@@OzanFabienGuvener 🙏 harikasınız. Çok teşekkür ederim

[@329376676]

Horowitz on Rubinstein: He's as good as me. I made that up

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

PersonalisalizAdas

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

El sonido del piano ,no pasa bien ,casi siempre. un Stanwey. 😂

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Por que Maninov? No es de lo MEJOR.

[@thomgeo8073]

Rachmaninoff is GOD'S Flame

[@ianhall3822]

Maybe. But it was Liberace who laughed all the way to the bank...

[@ChopinIsMyBestFriend]

he just like me doe

[@ppiiaannoo]

Yuja Wang?

[@gatesurfer]

Born after died.

[@ppiiaannoo]

@@gatesurfer :D

[@arpeggiomikey]

Yuja, born in 1987, was two years old when Volodya passed; however, I'm certain he would be floored ("flabbergasted" was an adjective he used a lot) by the incredible feat she achieved in performing all four Rachmaninoff concerti -- plus the Paganini Rhapsody! -- in one marathon evening, even wearing a different dress for each work (let's see Volodya pull THAT off!)! 😉🤣🍾🥂😋👍💝

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

No es mi favorito Rachmaninov. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Cziffra Noooooooooooo

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

No suena bien el piano.

[@ingeniero00007]

Cziffra was better than horowitz by far, this one could not differentiate every note, he was actually deaf about it

[@barrygordon5323]

Cziffra was with Simon barere had ,the greatest technique I have heard among the older guys,and were great,but cziffra never had Horowitz huge sound ,and electrically he never had that either, Horowitz in fact makes them all seem tame. . musically give me Claudio arrau,,,