Vladimir Horowitz - Der letzte Romantiker (1985) - 1

[@steeltrap3800]

"I can play still". Wins title for greatest understatement in human history.

[@jnmusic9969]

I love listening to the people at Steinway talk about horowitz

[@monikacaputo5973]

i love Horowitz !!!! thank you so much ! and he says " i can play still " !!! the understatement of the Century !!!!!

[@leonmaliniak]

At this stage of his life HOROWITZ could barely walk and had trouble even breathing....until he sits down at the piano where he becomes SUPER-MAN...it is incredible just as a physical accomplishment, let alone a musical one. Look at the looks of AWE on the face of the observers, and justifiably so because HOROWTIZ was absolutely the greatest pianist of the last century and maybe of all time which we will never be able to prove because we do not have any recordings of the very old masters, but it would be hard to imagine anyone, ever being any better. HOROWITZ was obviously an extra-terrestrial because no mere mortal from this planet could have had his total package of power, musicality, virtuosity, unlimited memory and such equal and great accuracy and independence with both hands that at times when he performed, it sounded like there were TWO pianists playing.

[@johnschlesinger2009]

Toscannini is reported to have said “Horowitz is the best, because what he can do is superhuman.” That was in the early days of his career, when he stunned the audience in Carnegie Hall in Tchiakowsky’s first concerto; Thomas Beecham, as conductor, was making his New York debut, and took a slower tempo for the finale than Horowitz wanted. Horowtiz sensed that he would “lose” the audience, and so took a much faster tempo. One critic said that the orchestra never caught up! Horowitz himself said “I played a lot of extra notes - and there are a lot of notes in that concerto; I made so much noise the walls were trembling!” I was lucky enough to hear him in three concerts; he played badly in one of them, but I can to this day vividly recall that extraordinary sound - no other pianist has such a range of sonority and colour. His wife said that when she heard other pianists she was bored to death; when she heard him she was electrified. I am sure most listeners would agree.

[@andream.464]

Actually it was the other way around. Beecham took a faster tempo than planned (some say he did it to challenge Horowitz who was outshining him) but little did he know that a faster tempo would have been instead a great present for Horowitz!

[@rrrrrr-kb9sb]

Watching the decline of Horowitz (after the 1950s) was heartbreaking

[@andream.464]

According to those who heard him live, no recording could give justice to his incredibly unique sound and the expression on these people’s faces can only confirm this!

[@kaleidoscopio5]

You have to remember that Horowitz was starting to playing in public again after the failure of 1983 tour. Even Wanda called it "the funeral tour". But in 1985 Horowitz did perhaps the best recordings in years....that is why he and everybody are so happy 😀

[@russellaustin8453]

He even made mistakes sound great (!)

[@Plattensammler88]

Once a Mother visits an Music Professor and said: "You have to hear my Son! He's a great Pianist! He plays like Horowitz!" She had a record with herself and played it. The Professor said: "You're right, it's great. And this is your Son playing?". She answered: "No it's Horowitz, but my Son plays excatlly like him!" ;-)

[@leonmaliniak]

It is amazing to see that such a frail sickly looking old man can still sit down at the piano and become a superman...it is hard to fathom how this is possible. HOROWITZ must have been an ALIEN because no mere mortal human could provide such an incomprehensible demonstration of such contrasting qualities. The greatest pianist ever...I have listened to them all...nobody else is even close

[@asdfasdf-gm5uk]

Have you listened to Richter.

[@liedersanger1]

“Ever” is a long time. And there are many “greatests.” Liszt. Anton Rubenstein. Josef Hofmann. Rachmaninoff.

[@とうろう-y3i]

0:37 Chopin Scherzo No.1 coda 0:48 Horowitz Carmen variation 1:01 unknown 1:10 Chopin Polonaise No.6

[@pbhuygen]

I had the privilige to hear him twice, in Amsterdam. He started pianissimo, Scarlatti, to recalibrate our ears. Coughing almost sank to non-coughing at all. His fingers moved up and down in the range of half an inch... I learnt a lot that evening

[@slavast1]

Young forever.

[@juanpablogutierrezblanco3811]

He is.

[@borjaescobarr]

I had a bad a day today and see Horowitz with his good personallity and playing this Chopin- Heroic Polonaise Op. 53 in A Flat Major definitly save my hair of greys, put me in a good mood and more when they both in minute 1:33 turn their heads for the beautiful sound he gived us. Thanks for this

[@jorgemontes6496]

Great musician... Great performance... Thanks a lot Mr Horowitz... Thanks... Really...from México city...

[@robertflynn6686]

No one else could break the piano on his Carnegie debut.. with Rachmaninov looking on . No one like him to be able to easily play the Scriabine etudes. I grew up listening to him. I remember it all.

[@olyv1]

Thank you for this upload, wonderful quality !

[@ml-zj4oh]

"I remember everything!" :D

[@Fragrant777]

What a moment ? 0:47-0:57

[@ioanburic862]

What is the name of the piece at 1:00??

[@everyday734]

Polonaise was brilliant

[@EricLeePiano]

Is that Zdes Khorosho at 1:00 - 1:09? If it is, it sounds absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. I didn't know Horowitz had his own transcription, or part of it. I really wish I could hear more of it.

[@everyday734]

Eric Lee Piano Are you russian?

[@EricLeePiano]

piano man nope

[@everyday734]

Eric Lee Piano OK, what did you mean by the" zdes khorosho"?

[@EricLeePiano]

piano man It's a song by Rachmaninoff, specifically his Romances Op. 21 No. 7, the song is called "zdes khorosho". It's written for voice and piano, but there are some fantastic transcriptions online for it. I recommend Arcadi Volodos and Earl Wild's arrangements.

[@everyday734]

Eric Lee Piano OK, thanks for inforamation

[@josephcold]

WOW

[@thomas1980tom]

Ja pierniczę robi wrażenie nie !!!!? Trzeba nie mieć słuchu żeby tego nie stwierdzić że to geniusz napisał...! Polonez Heroiczny Op.53 Chopina Horowitz też robi wrażenie uwielbiam patrzeć na jego dłonie jak gra ma nie powtarzalną technikę. Jak głosi legenda na przesłuchaniu do konserwatorium Jurorzy po prostu wstali...!🤷🤣 I że był gejem a ta żono córka wielkiego dyrygenta Toscani była jego przykrywką no i jego stroiciel gdzie wszędzie z nim jeździł Franz Mohr Polecam jego książkę opisuje w niej wspólne przeżycia. Na barbituranah jechał na sen i uspokojenie horowitz ale mówił że przez to ręce go nie słuchają i odstawił.

[@kasyapa]

The speed/pitch is way too high/fast ... at least a tone!

[@Pogouldangeliwitz]

a half-tone, actually

[@clydejennings7049]

Have you ever heard a piano before? According to the Wavepad app, that sound is perfectly pitched.

[@gtimny]

@@clydejennings7049 Well Clyde, that's the second stupid comment you've made in the same month. The pitch IS a half step high in this video (the A-flat Polonaise is coming out in A, for instance), and Wanda Horowitz WAS a bitch on wheels and anyone who knew them would tell you the same thing.

[@kasyapa]

@@clydejennings7049 - Actually, Clyde, I heard him play in 1985. So, yes.

[@Viktorvelat95]

It’s high by a half-step, I have perfect pitch so I agree with Moe Zart and gtimny

[@majerzoltan]

What is the first piece?

[@tomcarterpianist]

The ending of Chopin's first scherzo (in B minor, Op. 20).

[@nicolasramirez3456]

Ah, the old Carmen soy the beggining

[@emmatremblay5602]

What's the name of the song he plays, I can't remember and it's driving me crazy

[@umsindoblog]

+Emma Tremblay at which point? in the end of the video is the heroic polonaise of chopin...

[@pichmanil3009]

Chopin polonaise heroic

[@emmatremblay5602]

thank you :)

[@jotge.3444]

Konnte der nicht ohne seine Frau?

[@andreaguarino8207]

Nein. Seine Frau war Wanda Toscanini