Vladimir Horowitz - Moszkowski - Etude in F Major

Vladimir Horowitz plays Moszkowski's Etude in F Major at home. Effortless. :)

[@niraj_suresh]

Horowitz: "Want Moszkowski maybe?" Wife: "No." (Begins to play)

Probably he listened a lot to Rage Against The Machine - "F*ck you, I won't do what you tell me"

[@Guillermopianista]

That´s because in Russian "no" is used as a very common expression to indicate "let´s go" "so..." It doesn´t mean "no" as in English. My ukranian piano professor always said the same :D

[@margodorsalis3610]

or in Polish 'no' means 'yes' :D

[@josuthepianist]

no means "but" I speak perfect russian.

[@bakuto.1055]

@@Guillermopianista but he spoke in english?

[@nickdimopoulos3842]

AFTER DINNER MINT? A JOKE?!! HAHA I love Horowitz

[@mustysheep3977]

What does that mean

[@nickdimopoulos3842]

It's a bit of a joke but Horowitz calls the piece 'a joke' and likens playing the piece to an 'after dinner mint'...quick and easy- goes down well... which is absurd considering the masterful level of playing just witnessed here! Horowitz is in a whole other league!

[@pavlosgermanidis2754]

@@mustysheep3977 It is a very light/gentle piece that can take of the tension after you played something intense. Very good as an encore (one of Volodias favorites)

[@federalbureauofnvestigatio6401]

Horowitz: "Want a Moszkowski maybe?" Wife: "No" Producer: "No this is fi-" Horowitz: *plays moszkowski*

[@Resplencemelodi]

I gathered you developed your taste in music after spying on all these accounts? It's good isn't it?

[@Ethan-ib5hk]

@@Resplencemelodi haha

[@Hjominbonrun]

This guy is halfway up and going for tea then decides to play. Single take. Sounds better than all the other interpretations I listened to so far, and it a spontaneous take where the camera man and sound engineer had to do magic cos they were caught unawares.

[@kacemchawqi5787]

It’s all about texture Notice how nuances are masterly used in a way that you even forget about “wrong notes”

[@vova47]

A King of pianists amuses himself and delights us!

[@johnkrammer3673]

Something tells me, what most pianists lack nowadays, is the ability to play like they love the music and being able to enjoy themselves by adding curious and quirky things, like Horowitz does. Many arrangements nowadays look more like a struggle to play rather than a pleasure, look at Horowitz, look at Cziffra's arrangements for examples

[@johnkrammer3673]

I'm based af

[@stommeridder1772]

@@johnkrammer3673 come on you're right

[@pigpag86]

You need to become Horowitz first before you can be whimsical 😑

[@DanielSilva-gc4xz]

@@pigpag86 being whimsical the right way is what makes the horowitz

[@nickb220]

not everyone can be horowitz man

[@scientistpatrick]

I have this recording and never knew until today that it was recorded at home!

[@annulrsolformrkelse4023]

Can you hear the two "no"-responses by Wanda and the recording technician?

[@MaScalo4508]

@@annulrsolformrkelse4023 in the official recording have been removed, so, how are you supposed to know?

[@annulrsolformrkelse4023]

@@MaScalo4508 Oh I don't have the official recording, I was just asking if the "no" was still audible on it. But I assume they took it out. hahah

[@MaScalo4508]

@@annulrsolformrkelse4023 ooh, i understand. Yeah, they removed it.

[@EDPiaNo2021]

Incredible virtuosity!

[@Fatemeh__Zareiyan]

Damn this is so fast and perfecto

[@cattleman6420012000]

Incredible !!!

[@ralphberney7768]

A kind of heaven, perhaps the ultimate in musical accomplishment, something more than technical, that a good few can aspire to and fewer reach, yet so many can relish.

[@granddaddy_funk]

I played one of these etudes i would like your input if you get a chance check out my one and ony video

[@monkgroupie]

An after dinner mint indeed. Some mint!

[@RollinRocker]

I had this on 1.5x speed by coincidence and wow it actually sounds kinda good.

[@sashh9997]

Once the idea comes to a pianist when they're sitting in front of a piano there's not much one can do

[@markhedman1884]

Marvellous. Amazing.

[@kermheat]

awesome playing

[@eduardovf174]

0:15 where did this clear melody on the left hand come from? damn

[@prokastinatore]

He was a master! R.I.P. Vladimir!

[@bethanylawes8833]

Everyone should put this video in half speed and if you listen carefully and you know the piece well and can play it (I can) you can tell that he doesn’t play all the notes due to the fast and vivid tempo but it’s still the best recording of he piece and it must be said.

[@321klick]

😲

[@Brad4Ellis]

Same is true, at least late in life, for his Chopin Bmin scherzo - if you know the piece well, his paraphrasing is shocking. If you don’t know it, it’s just a stunningly impressive bit of playing.

[@hansdekorver7365]

2 Older recordings. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXvIf6ZqiLWtq6s

[@silvinaelijovich5769]

versión absolutamente insuperable!genio total!

[@tophatandtails]

He makes music. So many of the other pianist play more like acrobats.

[@johanssoncisneros1489]

ROFL!! Horowitz: Want some Moszkowski maybe? Wife and camera: No! Horowitz: Yes!

[@sdorr]

Several commentators didn't listen to Vlad's immediate comment after the piece... ....."effortless" is one of the right adjectives.

[@chrislimnios9180]

That comment at the end about the "Meent" had me rolling.

[@guidovernaglione5127]

ma quanto è stupendo??????

[@lockjiang]

can someone tell me what's with the coda scale, you know it's written as octaves played by both hands, right? his rendition is cute, I just want to know is that his arrangement or is it based on something else.

[@prossimamente]

the last bars are different on my score, is this his personal variation? sounds very nice though

[@pavlosgermanidis2754]

Yes its his own transcription. He always played it that way in concert.

[@kacemchawqi5787]

Even this part is different from the original score 0:28

[@asdfhklljfztvvw3686]

@@pavlosgermanidis2754 He used to ask the audience, if they would like some moszkowski. They replied with "No" and we all know, what happened then...

[@pavlosgermanidis2754]

@@asdfhklljfztvvw3686 x')

[@user-eu3tw9me9o]

wow

[@MrInterestingthings]

Here the teenage Nelson Freire in this and see him on t.v. in this old film and you will here what true virtuosi can accomplish in this kind of throw -away fun piano musicK !

[@HermanIngram]

What do you mean true virtuosi? Nelson is a student compared to Horowitz.

[@themightysheepster]

holy shiet.

[@_alexcr]

Horowitz: "Moszkowski maybe?" Wife: "no" Horowitz: (Proceeds to play)

[@santysappia3576]

Comienza a tocar sin ningún preámbulo...como si la lanzara una sonrisa jaja aprendan los pianistas noveles que genial era

[@mcrettable]

what does he have that others so utterly lack?

[@henkbalje6874]

Magic.

[@gilescrawford845]

exactly

[@MalabarTheGreat]

He practiced his ass off.

[@DanielMartinez-nw1pn]

He's just him.

[@HermanIngram]

Charisma

[@aibanezn]

Do anybody know which version is this? I'm playing this etude and the last part is different.

[@MalabarTheGreat]

aibanezn Horowitz was known to make slight alterations to scores. Honestly, he bettered the piece. Listen to the way he makes the phrase roll around 1:00 !

[@ernestoferreri]

tucked pinky is the secret!

[@user-qj9lo3gb1e]

개잘치네ㅡㅡ

[@guilhermeassef8028]

MINT

[@Resplencemelodi]

Still as sharp as a Scimitar. :)

[@alainphinydelemniscate1576]

Les dernières mesures sont d’Horowitz pas de Moszkovski...🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@Guillermopianista]

I have a great respect for the eternal master. But come on... he is very old in this recording and it´s not a serious recording. He is just at home. The right hand is not clean in many parts... and if you can´t hear it in this speed you can hear it at slow motion and you will see the articulation. Of course it DOESN´T matter at all. He is one of the greatest pianist of the history. But let´s be rational in the comments.

[@kaleidoscopio5]

U r absolutely right. But, musically, sounds very charming, an odd quality for a Moszkowski etude.:-)

[@Guillermopianista]

Of course... And I think that shows even better what kind of genius is Horowitz. His musicality and intelligence is so incredible that he manages to create wonderful art even when he was very old and his fingers obviously couldn´t work as in his youth. In my opinion that´s a real artist. Something similar happens with Arrau I think.

[@kaleidoscopio5]

Arrau....or Rubinstein. His playing of Chopin concerto in f minor is a miracle of technique, understanding and love. Horowitz said it: he has a devil and an angel inside him to project what the composer wants and, with time, he looses the devil and became more angelical. Listen to his playing of Scriabin, Schumann or Liszt's third consolation, pure beauty.

[@Guillermopianista]

I will hear Rubinstein´s Chopin concerto... I don´t know his version. Thanks for your suggestion. Wonderful quote by Horowitz also... Yes...I also think the same about Rubinstein as an artist and about his old recordings... I mentioned Arrau because I find very interesting to compare him with Horowitz. They are so different... in some things perhaps even the opposite but both represent what a real artist is... Rubinstein too of course. I like the definition of Arrau as "a philosopher of the piano" and Rubinstein as a poet. I still wonder which adjective would define Horowitz...

[@kaleidoscopio5]

Horowitz was Horowitz.... Besides that, what a wonderful pianistic time. All giants but so different, so unique and without fear to experiment with the music....now, all sound the same....golden times....

[@joratsi4989]

"No" 🤣🤣🤣

[@laowei7279]

He is using speed as color.

[@philippegontier5510]

You have a year for this video, please ?

[@edgelee84]

This excerpt is taken from "The Last Romantic" documentary in 1985 😊

[@theoryjoe1451]

i think it's "mint."

[@iInna3456]

Володя пошутил)).

[@dundoderdumme3044]

It's his own version I guess. Maybe he improvised it.

[@yapianomaster]

Horowitz: "Moszkowski maybe?" Stuff + Wife: "No its fin... (start playing)" Stuff thoughts: "WDF OHH YESSSS!!!!" Wife thoughts: "Arrogant.."

[@tytcannon7195]

Listen to this at X2 speed, its insane.

[@ezra6094]

It doesn't even sound like music anymore

[@rnz2363]

Congrats, you have no ears.

[@laurencelauzon2494]

hahahahahahahaha!!!

[@John19182004]

your hearing needs a check-up. "MINT" not "meal" LOL

[@chelovek382]

What? Moszkowski maybe? - not *plays Moszkowski*

[@kuuderepiano2988]

Is it me or does this piece sound funny? Especially when his wife told him "no" and he still proceeded anyway

[@user-xv7py8jt6z]

狂ってて草

[@Yadeehoo]

so casual

[@MrInterestingthings]

The nervous , sarcastic , non commenting Horowitz with the almost perfect technical wizardry was no more by this time . Horo is way too comfortable here . The discrimination is gone and its a little messy . Jorge Bolet had a greater technique and a better even more thoughtful musicality bt noone had the devilish , scary , neurotic excitement in performance of a Horowitz . How Pogorelich made the most perfect ever sounding disk of Scarlatti I will maybe never know but his engineers and sound design guys might know . Never has a piano and all the remarkable touches and precision on that dg recording - a miracle . Neither Horowitz or that other miraculous technical perfectionist Michelangeli ever sounded like that even on record . How was Pogorelich's Scarlatti recording achieved . I dont believe that kind of performanc is possible and I own the dvd of his Scarlatti live playing - not the same perfection !

[@moriya_kazehouri]

なんか適当に弾いてない？w

[@FernandoMartinez-pr8oi]

Халтура...

[@ulfwernernielsen6708]

Brilliant right hand, poor left hand. Not at same level as in 1968 recital.

[@emanuel_soundtrack]

He lost my respect i little bit. That is still a musical composition...

[@stevensprague7938]

Moszkowski: Am I joke to you? Horowitz: (Begins to play)