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Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Horowitz - The Great Comeback
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Horowitz, Vladimir
Release Date:
23 August 2019
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• Disc 1
• Disc 2
• Disc 3
• Disc 4
• Disc 5
• Disc 6
• Disc 7
• Disc 8
• Disc 9
• Disc 10
• Disc 11
• Disc 12
• Disc 13
• Disc 14
• Disc 15
Disc 1
Horowitz Improvising
Horowitz Testing the Piano
Horowitz Improvising II
Conversation: "It sounds very good in here"
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
I. Preludio, quasi improvisando. Tempo moderato
II. Intermezzo. Adagio
III. Fuga. Moderamente scherzando, un poco umoristico
Conversation: "Just a sample, you know"
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61
Conversation: "Okay, we're all rolling"
Claude Debussy: Etudes, L. 136: 11. Pour les arpèges composés
Conversation: "Yeah. Maybe here it'll be late a few notes"
Robert Schumann: Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17: I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
Conversation: "Now the remaining five minutes"
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1
Disc 2
Moritz Moszkowski: Rehearsing Moszkowski Etude, Op. 72, No. 11
Conversation: "Very difficult to play refined"
Conversation: "Mr. Kazdin?"
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1
Conversation: "How it sounds to you?"
Robert Schumann
Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17
I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch
III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
Conversation: "Very good"
Claude Debussy: Horowitz Practicing Etudes, L. 136: 6. Pour les huit doigts
Conversation: "We're ready whenever you are"
Conversation: "Hello?"
Robert Schumann: Mazurka No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 56
Conversation: "I don't want..."
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
Conversation: "I did it for my piano"
Disc 3
Conversation: "...to see how it sounds for you"
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - Soundcheck [bars 1-23]
Conversation:"It sounds very beautiful"
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - Take 1 [bars 1-39]
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - Take 1 [bars 21-87]
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - Take 1 [bars 56-61]
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - Take 1 [bars 60-198]
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - Take 1 [bars 196-288 (end)]
Conversation: "That probably..."
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 - Take 1
Conversation:"Very good take"
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bar 41]
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 41-88]
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 85-93]
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 89-92]
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 89-99 (except ending)]
Conversation: "Okay then. Ballade now"
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Take 1 [bars 1-36]
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Take 1 [Bars 32-179]
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Take 1 [Bars 162-258]
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Take 1 [bars 257-264 (end)]
Conversation: "Well, we have to...to go over"
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 6-9,']
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 6-163]
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 162-177]
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 177-190]
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 188-229]
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 228-250 (with false starts)]
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 242-250]
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 242-256]
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 255-264 (end)]
Conversation:"Bravo! What shall I announce?"
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in E Minor, Op, 41, No. 1 - Take 1
Conversation: "And another one"
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4 [Excerpt] - Take 1
Conversation: "...je vais le faire un peu.."
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 59, No. 3 - Take 1
Conversation: "À peu près. C'est joli aussi"
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - (Take 1, edited)
Disc 4
Horowitz Improvising
Conversation: "You want to hear something now?"
Johann Sebastian Bach: I. Preludio, quasi improvisando. Tempo moderato
Conversation: "Would you like to hear it?"
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata Insert
Conversation: "It...it sounds better now"
Johann Sebastian Bach: II. Intermezzo. Adagio
Conversation: "I will do only the beginning"
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
Johann Sebastian Bach: III. Fuga. Moderamente scherzando, un poco umoristico
Conversation: "I played the whole one"
Robert Schumann: II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch
Conversation: "Very good. You want to play some more?"
Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
Robert Schumann: III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
Conversation: "Very beautiful"
Conversation: "Okay.. I will play just pieces"
Alessandro Scarlatti: Sonata in E Major, K. 380
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prélude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12
Frédéric Chopin: 3 Nouvelles études, B. 130: No. 2 in A-Flat Major
Moritz Moszkowski: Étude in A-Flat Major, Op. 72, No. 11
Franz Liszt: Valse oubliée No. 1 in F-Sharp Major, S. 215/1
Frédéric Chopin: Étude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8
Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major, Op. 68 "Black Mass"
Conversation: "You know that something is buzzing in the piano"
Disc 5
Conversation: "Listen, are we not further today?"
Conversation: "Mr. Frost"
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
I. Preludio, quasi improvisando. Tempo moderato
II. Intermezzo. Adagio
III. Fuga. Moderamente scherzando, un poco umoristico
Conversation: "Okay, we're running"
Robert Schumann
Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17
I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch
III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
Conversation: "Alright"
Disc 6
Conversation: "Yeah, the Vibration today"
Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major, Op. 68 "Black Mass"
Conversation: "Hello, hello, Yeah?"
Alexander Scriabin: Poème in F-Sharp Major, Op. 32, No. 1
Conversation: "Now I play the Étude of Chopin"
Frédéric Chopin: Etude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8
Conversation: "That will go better, later"
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 4
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4
Conversation: "I will not play the Scherzo"
Moritz Moszkowski: Étude in A-Flat Major, Op. 72, No. 11
Conversation: It's like encore"
Alexander Scriabin: Étude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Conversation: "I don't have anything more"
Claude Debussy: Children's Corner, L.113: III. Serenade for the Doll
Conversation: "It's finished"
Disc 7
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
I. Preludio, quasi improvvisando. Tempo moderato
II. Intermezzo - Adagio
III. Fuga - Moderamente scherzando, un poco umoristico - Moderamente scherzando, un poco umoristico
Robert Schumann
Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
II. Mässig - Durchaus energisch
III. Langsam getragen - Durchweg leise zu halten
Disc 8
Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major, Op. 68 "Black Mass"
Alexander Scriabin: Poème in F-Sharp Major, Op. 32, No. 1
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30
Frédéric Chopin: Étude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
Claude Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113: III. Serenade for the Doll
Alexander Scriabin: Étude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Moritz Moszkowski: Étude in A-Flat Major, Op. 72, No. 11
Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 7: Träumerei
Disc 9
Warm-up Improvisations and Conversation: "Not completely.."
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in A Major, K. 101, L. 494
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in F Minor, K. 466, L. 118
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in G Major, K. 455, L. 209
Warm-up Improvisations
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3
I. Presto
II. Largo e mesto
III. Minuet. Allegro
IV. Rondo. Allegro
Warm-up Improvisations
Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, Op. 70
Applause
Conversation
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331: I. Tema. Andante - Var. I-III - Take 1
Conversation: "Next is all right"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331: I. Tema. Andante - Var. V. Adagio - Var. VI. Allegro - Take 1
Conversation: "The rest is good"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i: II. Menuetto - Trio - Rehearsal
Conversation: I want to try a little Adagio more"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i: I. Tema. Var. V. Adagio - Take 2
Conversation: Ah, listen, ah..."
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i: I. Tema. Andante - Take 2
Conversation: "Very good"
Disc 10
Conversation: "Where is Mr. Frost?"
Horowitz Improvising
Conversation: "How it sounds there?"
Horowitz Improvising
Conversation: "Our machines are going"
Domenico Scarlatti: Piano Sonata in F Minor, K. 481
Conversation: "Sonne bien?"
Ludwig van Beethoven: 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80
Conversation: "Ah, Mr. Hupfer..."
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i
I. Tema. Andante grazioso e variazioni
II. Menuetto - Trio
III. (Rondo) alla Turca. Allegretto
Disc 11
Conversation: "The machine is going there?"
Alexander Scriabin: Sonata No. 10 in C Major for Piano, Op. 70
Conversation: "See, I start the whole sonata from the beginning"
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61
Conversation: "Voilà! It's a difficult number"
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E Minor, Op. Posth. 72/1
Conversation: "The Mazzurka, the Scherzo"
Domenico Scarlatti: Piano Sonata in E Major, K. 380
Conversation: "Bis, bis , bis , bis, bis!"
Franz Liszt: Valses oubliée in F-Sharp Major, S. 215, No. 1
Conversation: "Bis, bis , bis , bis, bis, bis!"
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 67: V. Moderato
Conversation:"..not the notes good"
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Étude-tableux in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9
Conversation: "That's all"
Disc 12
Opening Applause to Horowitz Recital
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in F Minor, K. 481, L. 187
Ludwig van Beethoven: 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i
I. Tema Andante grazioso e variazioni
II. Menuetto - Trio
III. Rondo alla Turca. Allegretto
Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 70, No. 10
Disc 13
Opening Applause to Horowitz Recital
Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1
Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 67: V. Moderato
Franz Liszt: Valses oubliée in F-Sharp Major, S. 215, No. 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Étude-tableau in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9
Disc 14
Introducing Horowitz
The Withdrawal
Horowitz on his Childhood
Horowitz's Artistic Expansion
Discovering Clementi
Reading and Studying
Playing Chamber Music in Russia
Success and Satisfaction
Artistic Truth
The Clementi and Scriabin Recordings
Moving to Columbia Records and Changing Recording Venue
On Walking and Practicing
The Return to Public Performance
On Helping Young Artists
Friendships
Disc 15
The Comeback Concert
The Recording
The Program
Future Performances and Repertory Choices
Ravel in Paris
Scarlatti and Horowitz's Favorite Recordings
This Interview in High Fidelity
Playing and Improvising
Performing in the Afternoon
No People on the Stage
Intention and Realization
Conclusion
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Vladimir Horowitz: The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966-1983
Horowitz Plays Scriabin - Remastered
Vladimir Horowitz - The Romantic
Great Moments of Vladimir Horowitz live at Carnegie Hall
Vladimir Horowitz plays Great Sonatas
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16; Wieck-Variations; Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Toccata in C Major, Op. 7
Horowitz: The Celebrated Scarlatti Recordings - Sony Classical Originals
Schumann: Arabeske, Op. 18; Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Toccata, Op. 7; Fantasie, Op. 17; Blumenstück, Op
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