Vladimir Horowitz having fun with his piano at home (1985).

[@thezealouscellist1966]

This video should be titled: "How many times Wanda Toscanini Horowitz rolls her eyes in 5 minutes"

[@bevaconme]

no doubt about it: she's her father's daughter.

[@danielkonicki1219]

😂

[@ScaramouchedaVinci]

Wanda Toscanini Horowitz is said to have been a very strict woman. Horowitz's nervous breakdown in 1953 is also said to be connected to this.

[@davidecarlassara8525]

After saying "I know everything" he proceeds to confuse the ending of 1st scherzo with the one from 1st ballade. What a boss

[@jackkenefick2696]

Meta-Boss

[@richardaltieri8528]

Proving that even the kings of the world are not immune to the nonsense that we all go through with women.

[@davidecarlassara8525]

@@richardaltieri8528 why do you write this sexist bs?

[@anotherdepressedmusician]

i think he knew which piece he was playing. he was just giving stream-of-consciousness commentary jumping to different musical examples, it was the interviewer who assumed he was talking about the first scherzo and mistook it with the ending of the ballade

[@vova47]

He didn't confuse anything, he was giving us delicious bits of various dishes and being playful.

[@ghernandez6457]

"I am ready for everything , I know everything" Imagine having such confidence as a pianist when you are 70 plus years old.

[@Seaman1010]

80 plus actually

[@maikolmaru1902]

Because that was actually right and accurate

[@Seaman1010]

@@maikolmaru1902 that's not the point. Just makes it more impressive imho

[@beatlessteve1010]

Even at 80 plus...he was a phenomenon

[@Breakbeat90s]

A lot of them do, but most of them probably Dunning Krugering. Horowitz was fr.

[@iTasteTheTim]

What a delightful human being

[@ArtOfPlaying]

Check my latest video on Horowitz VS Lang Lang! :D

[@jackandblaze5956]

Sad that his wife was such an insufferable crab

[@Beyondabsence]

For sure

[@dewittk9404]

His wife? No

[@elenitapianohoy3114]

So emotive close and humble

[@Paul-lm5gv]

I didn't realize he had quit a sense of humor! I will always appreciate that human side of him now whenever i hear him play.

[@AlbertAlbertB.]

Just listen to his recordings! Full of humour, all of them.

[@pantoleonantonio9653]

I hope that that when im at the end of my life I'll be able to sit at the piano and play with such magical child-like enthusiasm as Mr. Horowitz.

[@CatLover69420]

Unfortunately for us, life is hard and cruel

[@matsu820]

@@CatLover69420 Life, on a fundamental level, isn't any different for you or me than it was for yesterday's people.

[@CatLover69420]

@@matsu820 yeah we might have a chance

[@spaghettiking7312]

This footage in many ways feels like the end of an era.

[@eddiebeato5546]

Horowitz' true charm was his personality, unique pianism, and of course, he was an incredible pianist and poet, as influenced by his love for the opera!

[@JSBach-pd4yg]

Also overrated

[@ronan1686]

@@JSBach-pd4yg so is Bach

[@arctica3037]

@@JSBach-pd4yg Nah def not tell me who is the best then in your opinion

[@silvio2869]

@@JSBach-pd4yg i think con fari, yout opinion Is truly posterdati with two Also a Little antani. But vicesindaco tells Trinita confraternita pulitina

[@shandfan]

@@arctica3037 Maybe his wife Wanda.She has played an important role in the life of Horowitz.She was,like her father Arturo Toscanini a hard task master/mistress.

[@APotatoWT]

I wish there were full recording of Rachmaninoff piano concerto no2. The passage he played only lasted for around 10 seconds, but that was the most magnificent thing I’ve heard.

[@horst29]

I wish as well, but there is a recording for Richter that is magnificent

[@nabzwee1337]

I completely agree, before I swore to Kissins recording but this is unbelievably beautiful

[@juliberk]

I was thinking the same thing. It was so pretty. He made everything sound like gold.

[@maddannafizz]

He is such a lovely.man...seems quite loved by all around him .i wouod have liked to have had one lesson with 😢 it would be 6 hours wrong xx

[@henrytherat1416]

@@nabzwee1337i swore the kissins then i heard yunchan lim’s.

[@zalobo]

I attended his Concert many years ago. Shook his hand and had him sign the program. I still have it. Breathtaking performance !!! ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING !!!!!

[@musiclove8851]

You re really lucky man 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@jackkenefick2696]

"Improvisation. I am still a musician too!" Best line!

[@aldoringo439]

Horowitz reminds me of my grandad tbh. Very old fashioned, belonging to a dying generation, he too has that same way of being able to put on a show, to take control of a situation, but still be relaxed and modest through it.

[@magnusaiko8422]

Rachmaninoff is my favourite composer, happy to know one of my favourite pianist of all time had great relations with him.

[@maikolmaru1902]

Horowitz saying that Rachmaninoff was a composer, pianist and conductor and was great in all three. And his wife saying he was a gentleman.

[@robertjason6885]

Bernstein and Previn were the American versions of triple threats. Both immensely talented. Rachmaninov said after hear Horowitz play the 3rd Piano concerto, he said “he couldn’t match it Paraphrasing).”

[@SiEmG]

@@robertjason6885 rachmaninoff said that he cant match horowitz 3d piano concerto?

[@robertjason6885]

@@SiEmGYes. Rachmaninov said Horowitz plays it better. I don’t agree.

[@leonmaliniak]

Besides his unique and amazing technical virtuosity, which is still unparalleled, and his musicality and interpretation, you have to marvel at HOROWITZ's virtually unlimited repertoire of the most difficult compositions in piano history all of which he can play from memory...AMAZING

[@Rob_Mike_Litterst]

He seems delighted and happy to chat and demonstrate small bits of his vast talent. Wow.

[@kickintheshamrok]

my piano teacher would help me practice for competitions by playing horowitz CDs for schubert and chopin pieces as i played along listening to the way he expressed each piece. he was her favorite pianist. she recently passed and ill never forget it was around that time that i discovered this video. i see her soul and love for music in him. ill miss her forever

[@Ari-gv3bc]

Horowitz didn’t agree with competitions

[@kickintheshamrok]

@@Ari-gv3bc i think you fail to see the point 🤣 but duly noted

[@Ari-gv3bc]

@@kickintheshamrok lol I think so

[@kickintheshamrok]

@johnthreesixteen 14 thank you john ☺️

[@ArtOfPlaying]

Check my latest video on Horowitz VS Lang Lang! :D

[@evifnoskcaj]

His magical smile for the Tea for Two improv is one of my favorite things on all of KZbin.

[@sillagana]

"can i play march now?" "no its time for you to go to bed" let the man play

[@SiEmG]

hahaahh exactly

[@rosiemackenzie5976]

He literally plays to his own tune, aswell as the tunes he does play, what a wonderful man!

[@musical_lolu4811]

2:26 such brilliant tone!

[@Deeznutsmynamejeff21]

That’s from Rachmaninov’s piano concerto no 2 if I’m correct

[@musical_lolu4811]

@@Deeznutsmynamejeff21 Yeah that's correct. I was referring to the tone quality he gets outta the piano. I've never heard Rach 2 sound so crystal-ey. Wish he had recorded it.

[@Deeznutsmynamejeff21]

@@musical_lolu4811 my mistake. He makes Rachmaninov absolutely magical, do you know if there exists a full recording of Horowitz playing this concerto?

[@pryx8532]

@@Deeznutsmynamejeff21 pretty sure he never recorded it

[@Notna-e5s]

He wasn't even looking

[@meckell886]

I listen to 0:58 and think...what a composer Horowitz would have been if he tried.

[@wannabecat369]

Also, if the listing in the description is correct, the excerpt at 0:41 is his improvisation on "Tea for Two". If that's actually improvised, I'm really sad Horowitz wasn't a composer haha.

[@kunfupapa8162]

@@wannabecat369 He was a composer ! At least, he did write a lot of composition that never got published because he thought the pieces were not good enough. You can hear his recordings of his own Danse Excentrique and his own Waltz here on KZbin.

[@tomasjosefpiano8902]

The way he lights up after playing something silly... How can anyone dislike this man.

[@nerilcatte0931]

I didn’t know he was this adorable and charming no wonder his music is so fascinating

[@epiclauren4757]

if there was somebody dead you could meet. this wonderful person is definitely one of the candidates!

[@beatlessteve1010]

I thought the exact same thing..that is just crazy!!

[@Misteribel]

Seeing toys, how can you not totally fall in love with this legendary, kind man. Very refreshing to see him so relaxed and playful!

[@megabugginout]

The joy in his face when he plays. I need that back. 😢😢😢

[@johnschlesinger2009]

"The greatest pianist alive or dead" - Neville Cardus, an eminent music critic. He revised his opinion later, saying that he had not included the pianists as yet unborn. A colleague, on hearing a very early recording of Horowitz, immediately recognised it as the work of Horowitz. Most pianists sound fairly alike, but Horowitz's sound and manner were unique. His musical imagination made almost all others sound much of a muchness. He knew this - he said "I am not assemblyline pianist".

[@GURUGOLDBERG]

He actually said it about Claudio ARRAU.

[@muhammadsadiq8659]

Even at this age he was still a child 😂 What a great person he was, I miss him even that I was born 12 years after he died

[@MichaelLenz1]

All people turn to childs with age

[@johannsebastianbach3411]

“And now in 15 years nothing comes out” same now buddy same now 😭

[@chickenflavor9880]

Really. Music is so stagnant nowadays. Nothing that great is being made nowadays.

[@chickenflavor9880]

Really. Music is so stagnant nowadays. Nothing that great is being made nowadays.

[@WoolcampmariAno18b]

I love how free he feels playing everything he knows and loves

[@yetanotherpianist4449]

omgawd i didnt know there was also a KZbin of these 'series' woo soo hapyyy that horowitz tone man. you can say what you want but horowitz remains horowitz and there will never be another one like him.

[@Beyondabsence]

An exuberant, defiant little child! I love his playing and personality.

[@jefolson6989]

He was kept a child in many ways. Protected from the outside world from Wanda who peeled his bananas.

[@cjg8763]

Great pianist, filmed the year I was born! I hope I can still sit at the piano and play when I'm as old as he was then!

[@aus822]

I just hope one day i can play as eloquently as Horowitz

[@chris93703]

I can always hope but I can never play the piano the way he plays it.

[@aus822]

@@chris93703 no one can

[@Punkledunk]

“Can I play a march now?” “No no, no march.”

[@TimothyAsbridge_TENOR]

Plays it anyway

[@FranciannCapman]

Plays march. Hahaha

[@Punkledunk]

Hahaha exactly. So cheeky 😂

[@G6JPG]

@@TimothyAsbridge_TENOR And with such vigour in the bass. I'm sure Souza would have approved!

[@jacob9540]

Why is she being so annoying lmao. Telling him not to play

[@polymath6475]

I will never forget seeing his live performance

[@KizmetSirajli]

This is amazing. Thank you for posting.

[@jaysymon5943]

Horowitz lived to annoy his wife

[@timothy4664]

She was a piece of work

[@jacob9540]

Why is she even annoyed in the first place? Seems like a miserable woman

[@olivierlattion]

No wonder he was gay...

[@cambridgeport90]

I have played on this piano, it was on display at one of the halls here in Boston, and it was like nothing I have ever played on, and probably never will play on again. It almost felt like I wasn't supposed to be there, in a way, because I will never sound like him...not even close. Wherever that piano is now...I have touched the instrument belonging to a god...or at least a son of Bragi.

[@oskarr5676]

Yooo improvisation was soooo beautiful

[@WorldofWonder-he9vg]

This is perfectly wonderful! I love it! Hope all the best to him, and God bless you!

[@tomschoenke5519]

He goes through pieces like I go through magazines at the doctors office.

[@kwankeihung932]

I love u Horowitz !!!Horowitz forever

[@beatlessteve1010]

Me too I am right with you

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 Fortunately still a playful young inner boy/child in this great old man!

[@r0mmm]

His smile is amazing and more worth than millions of $

[@icebabyellen5495]

It's funny how his fingers move when he plays the Turkish March

[@meilstone]

The more you remember, the easier it becomes to remember even more...

[@TheRealGnolti]

I once played VH's Steinway when it was touring in the early 90s. The lower keys were rigged to magnify, as has been reported; you could make left hand fireworks with very little effort. The point is, fireworks were something Horowitz felt obliged to provide after so many years in the U.S. I would have been fascinated to hear him record a few things on another piano, just out of curiosity.

[@stefanbernhard2710]

His wife's reactions 😂😂😂

[@ayanoi9149]

How strange to see all of a sudden his fingers get such strong enough to play in the big volume.

[@jano3289]

Endless enthusiasm and love for the music.

[@ronaldreagan5205]

He's the master maestro

[@throxing8865]

I had never noticed that part about the appassionata!!

[@LudwigvanBeethoven2]

Wow he had such great memory

[@User_39sankyu]

Same with my grandpa who used to play saxophone. He forget almost everything, in some occasion his son and grandchild to 😁 However he still can play the saxophone clearly at 85s, playing many Stan Getz and Frank Sinatra songs.

[@jackkenefick2696]

@@User_39sankyu It's a different kind of memory.

[@TheUntam3d]

Incredible skill and facility. A second nature

[@paulbaldadig4071]

The way Mr. Horowitz plays the piano effortlessly must have been exactly the same as Chopin/Liszt etc. played. They are simply 'one' with the piano. I love how he talks about Sergei Rachmanninov. He also played the most difficult pieces effortlessly. Without paper, just by feeling because they can and know exactly what is under each key. RIP mr Horowitz🙏.

[@saltybananas7]

I love this guy

[@도디도디-c9t]

I miss him and his play.

[@PBXVIILY]

Wonderful pianist and person.

[@dr.brianjudedelimaphd743]

Wow.. that was a great "Tea for Two"

[@codaalive5076]

Wanda Horowitz rolling eyes for Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, probably during other warm up songs too. It must have been very stressing for him having wife who wasn't pianist, but was telling what to play. No wonder he had breakdowns and was drinking and taking pills to calm. No one knows what was be better for him; having male partner or live under wife's dictate. Daughter also had psychological problems, as her father. Despite all of this Horowitz was one of the best, certainly last great romantic pianist. We love his playing.

[@Heopful]

it must have been for her father he stayed with her

[@galenschultz3239]

Supposedly she was one of the few people he allowed to critique him. As for the breakdowns, he was a deeply closeted homosexual, which is much more likely the source of his depression. Though, to be fair, Wanda does come off as an absolute shrew in this...

[@ndisdero5520]

​@@galenschultz3239agreed, they seemed to have a fairly loving relationship, if not romantic sense.

[@jacob9540]

I don’t get why she is so mean and short with him in this video. He is clearly enjoying himself and she stands over there like a bitch telling him to stop. Like what?

[@DaGhost141]

2:27 just gets me everytime. I wish he would've recorded it.

[@sk8terkyd326]

The way he play the coda of ballade 1 was amazing 😮

[@stefanwaelti5451]

I love him very much: absolutely talented probably the best at the moment❤❤❤❤ I would assume that you take your piano with you to the angels. They probably never heard such passion for playing. You are a real Maestro ❤❤❤

[@jizzmonster3669]

His smile makes me smile

[@tracingtheoldworld365]

Just amazing.

[@nipundeshpandecomposer]

The child in him is clearly visible. Master pianist ❤️🙏🏽🎶

[@jamesraymond1158]

Wonderful. A different perspective of a great man.

[@carmen6169]

Me gusta en la intimidad.....🇲🇽 Amaba a Chopin. 🎶🎶🎶 Buen día.

[@juliequivoron3359]

Un géant du piano ! Merci d'avoir existé !

[@Will78137]

Le seul problème c'est que lorsqu'on a entendu et aimé Horowitz, on a du mal à se satisfaire de nos pianistes contemporains. Outre ses qualités d'interprétation il disposait de cette liberté de jeu pianistique qu'on retrouvait chez les anciens et que l'on retrouve aujourd'hui seulement chez les jazzmans ou autres musiciens qui jouent de la musique plus récente. Le pianiste classique d'aujourd'hui est trop habité par la partition et formaté par les écoutes des disques, la liberté du jeu pianistique n'est plus ce qu'elle était ...

[@baptisteleray5461]

@@Will78137 exactement

[@xenopis7862]

That's the most expressive version of the turkish march I have ever heard.

[@G6JPG]

You haven't heard Richard Burnett play it on an authentic "Turkish" piano (the sort of instrument for which it was written). Unfortunately the only clip I know is of when he was about 80 and failing, but his enthusiasm still comes through, despite the many inaccuracies. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJbXg3yBfdpjoaM (I think it's strictly Rondo, rather than March.) [The piano was actually made around Vienna; "Turkish" was named for the style of the itinerant ("gypsy") musicians around there at the time, who weren't necessarily Turkish.]

[@phillipecook3227]

If only his meeting with Art Tatum had been filmed and preserved for posterity ....

[@saltburner2]

Only two pianists have literally taken my breath away - Horowitz and Rubinstein.

[@lucaselias9507]

Nelson Freire

[@GouganeBarra-u4t]

Cziffra was amazing too. And Horowitz was legendary !

[@maninthevoid3326]

rachmaninoff is insane

[@kendramalczyk2613]

Amazing! ♥️

[@MarkMcgruder-x2b]

So much power and tone.

[@SCRIABINIST]

Best pianist ever.

[@danielkristianson208]

A big child having fun showing off ...

[@therainforest4314]

Such incredible keyboard brilliance. :)

[@Hjominbonrun]

damn, He just taught me that the coda of the first ballade chopin sounds so similar to appassionata beethoven finale.

[@MiMo-pb5du]

彼はミスタッチが多いと批判されがちだが、 この大らかなタッチからくるダイナミックな音に魅了された、有名ピアニストは多い。 彼にしか表現できなかった奏法、今では多くのピアニストが引き継いでいると思う。

[@ТатьянаПерминова-ф2ч]

Браво!!!👋👋👋👋👋🌹🕊️🌹🕊️🌹🕊️🌹🕊️🌹🕊️🌹🕊️🌹🕊️🌹🕊️🌹🕊️🌹🕊️

[@drumclef3241]

what a legend

[@chickenflavor9880]

"And now in 15 years nothing comes out". He got that right

[@mousikopaigmonas23]

i was just thinking the same thing, no good music to wait for, not good composers to aspire or to inspire from...I guess we are lucky to be able to hear the old masters and get a glimpse of greatness.

[@chickenflavor9880]

@@mousikopaigmonas23 hopefully not for too long. But there is so much old music to discover that we'll have time to catch up before something amazing is made.

[@btceth4714]

HIs wife definitely wore the pants in the family. LOL

[@r0mmm]

Does anyone knows what he is playing at 0:57

[@user-tj8fe7or7u]

he's improvising

[@PuddintameXYZ]

@@user-tj8fe7or7u A darn good one, too

[@johnchessant3012]

woah Beethoven Appassionata and Chopin Ballade No. 1

[@Ale-qf1pm]

That improv on Tea for Two at 0:41 is just so delightful, how sorely do I miss classical pianists capable of improv!

[@VetleLabergHolthe]

His smile was so happy

[@joeyblogsy]

It sounded like a Mickey Mouse cartoon.

[@louise_rose]

They still exist, check out Denis Matsuev!

[@Ambidextroid]

I believe this is more of an arrangement than an improvisation, as there is a story about Horowitz composing his own arrangement of T42 and showing it to art Tatum, only for Tatum to blow him away with his own version. Horowitz asked Tatum for the sheet music and he told him it was improvised. That being said, I can't say for sure if the playing in this clip is from that arrangement of his as it never surfaced as far as I know.

[@lloydpoliscot]

It’s a real sad reality that we don’t have Horowitz’s Rachmaninoff second concerto record 😢😢

[@attiliomalambri]

Horowitz playing Tea For Two!!!!

[@virtuoso1088]

The greatest pianist ever!

[@momoryu4130]

やっぱりホロヴィッツは素敵だなあー。個性的だけど・・魅力がある❤ 大好き❤

[@SH-sz4cj]

His wife rolling her eyes😅 he is still a boy

[@ArtOfPlaying]

Check my latest video on Horowitz VS Lang Lang! :D

[@jimmythebold589]

or, she's a tyrant

[@sarabenassi1981]

She's not a tyrant, she's probably been a lot of years with him and every time she had to hear this piano play ... Every day... I get it, it's hard sometimes. I get very stressed when in rehearsals everyone arrives and starts to play before the conductor starts, I just need silence to do my thing. I understand her so much. I am reading about him, and as he was a prodigy, he was probably so submerged in his art he didn't realize the tool his constant music had on people around him. Trust me, for normal people it's hard sometimes

[@crimpers5543]

When he was referencing Appassionata, Horowitz was noting the similarities between Beethoven's piece and the presto con fuoco from Chopin's Ballade No 1 .

[@AmyAmy-er8bp]

Aha... Very expressive and even Impressive???? ed for??? You... Impressed! gitenq Michaelin

[@noneofyourbusiness6269]

And now in 15 years nothing comes out...

[@z.a.4801]

A manchild, just like me. Very encouraging, piano is supposed to be fun no matter your level.

[@kwekuhaizel2999]

All Horowitz videos I have seen are from his old age..I wish to see his early performances as well..

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

"can i play march?" no.... "ok im done" 3:10

[@granttherock9121]

This is gold

[@Mike1614YT]

for me he is the best.