Thanks for your comment. You are very right to assume I am not classical trained because flamenco players nowadays deviated from the direct advise of my mentor bit.ly/3oMbFFr so you are right that most of my colleagues in flamenco they never get not try to get any formal real musical training, not even my student Tony who won a Grammy Award last year bit.ly/3B6tKAV But before we continue with our conversation, I believe I should clear up some points with all due respect to everyone here:, so help me God! Here we go: I posted this video with the intention to honor a referral inspired on Scriabin and in who is like it or not THE BEST orchestra conductor alive nowadays Maestro Valery Gergiev bit.ly/2H8kwh3 but before I try to answer your interesting question, I like to know if you have anything against this kind bit.ly/3IFyjXF of music?! I mean against the style pioneered by my Mentor Paco de Lucia bit.ly/3lR1jSv ? Yes at present I am a Flamenco musician, and here is what 23 Grammy Award Winner Pianist Chick Corea wrote about me as a composer www.rdiaz.org/#chickcoreasletter as I wrote him this piece bit.ly/3rW35Wo there I played with best flute player of the world Mr. Bill Mc Birnie www.rdiaz.org/rdfoto24.html I know Chick since +30 years ago www.rdiaz.org/rdfoto3.html when he was on town he used to invite me dinner www.rdiaz.org/rdfoto31.html and to ask me to play for him there... Do you think I didn't study classical guitar nor classical music?! Well my father Luis Fernandez is mentioned by Andres Segovia himself in his own auto biography along other 9 people like Christopher Parkening or Oscar Gliglia. As surprising as it may appear I am also a classical musician, and I studied a master degree on Classical guitar in my youth with Maestro Manuel Lopez Ramos. In that line of work I taught in The "U of T " {University of Toronto} and in the RCM as a Professor at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto for about 5 years, here I am with who was back then the Prime Minister Of Canada www.rdiaz.org/rdfoto11.html one does not get 7 years of time watch on a TH-cam music Channel bit.ly/3db5dP0 unless there is some value there for the guitarristic community and of course musicians community included, that's why I don't mind to get $9.60 a month for +2,000 public video lessons on flamenco guitar, if you see the following google search you will see that ironically enough I don't have real competition to deal with bit.ly/31UtdWV So yes, I am also classically trained, but after I studied classical guitar and music I decided instead to go for flamenco, therefore I am afraid that your assumption (that I was not classical musician) was wrong as I have even given instruction to classical Orchestras as you can see here www.rdiaz.org/rdmagazine125.html#pic-1 yes, that regarding how Paco de Lucia www.rdiaz.org/rdfoto4.html included the orchestra realm into modern flamenco and , on how it could be used today as well for our Andalusian music. So to be equal now I need to ask what About you? Are you also classical musician ? or of which style you play or compose yourself in music?! Thanks for your participation. Best Regards Ruben
@@rubendiazguitar I am not in a position to either agree or disagree about Horowitz being the greatest of all, being myself only an adult beginner at piano. I only know that every time I see him playing, my mouth keeps open all the way and sometimes I get tears in my eyes. So, well done and thank you for sharing this video. You do not lack any classical preparation, that's for sure.😉
@@sebdrag2836 Yes, I listened that from Chick Corea, and here I share you other thing he said: "In music and life I try to apply my version of the golden rule. I try to regard and treat audiences and other musicians and all people as I would like to be regarded and treated. "I like to be treated with respect and granted the right to have my own opinion about art and life. And so it gives me great pleasure to treat others in that same way. "It's my 'rule number one' of making music and living life. We respect each other's right to think for ourselves and have our own opinions about what we like and what we don't like -- each with his own independent attitude toward existence." www.rdiaz.org/#chickcoreasletter
Hearing his speech and remarks , he seemed of only AVERAGE intelligence. He bashed the notes rather than played them with feeling. Another spoilt brat doted over from infancy. The standards have gone up since them ! You should listen to some of the young pianists if today.
Grigory Sokolov his Chopin piano concerto no 2! Brahms piano concerto no 2! Mozart 24! And after That Sokolov versus Horowitz 100-0!!! Sokolov The supernova! Horowitz The Moon!!!
This man deserves a special comment in remembrance of his grandiose and unrivaled work. I had taken piano lessons for seven years prior to the time I was very privileged to have attended one of Horowitz's performances in Boston, MA in the mid 70s. I remember distinctly sitting in the first balcony above the stage overlooking his piano keyboard and watching the magnificent movement of his hands. The performance was so magical that I will never forget this experience during my life, though it must have been over 40 years ago. This man has been a world treasure and an unsurpassed performer as well as a wonderful person. Thank you Vladimir.
HOROWITZ's wife has waited for so long time ( 12 years from 1953 TO 1965) until he was recovered from depression. and I have waited more than 55 years to discover this genius pianist!
the musical instrument inspires musician to compose good music. practice makes perfect! thank you for posting this wonderful and instructive documentary
I believe that I saw this audience in 1986 it was very impressive, he lives in the U.S.A. but he came back to the country were he was born, very nice presentation and amaible man !!
The Great Master departed from the scene of this world and took with him his geniality, his extraordinary art of playing the piano, but left an unsurpassable legacy that made him a legend forever.
Beautifully put together thanks Ruben. Horowitzes 5 senses supported each other extraordinary well on the basis of a great memory. At 34.32 he quotes Scriabin in 1912 as saying, “One day the heat will destroy the world” and then plays his dramatic composition Towards the Flame. It seems they both knew something about todays situation.
Thanks to you dear Allan, here I can share you some of the flamenco that I actually composed bit.ly/3fVxv4a I hope you like it as it is n.1 of my Homage pieces for my mentor Paco de Lucia www.rdiaz.org/rdfoto88.html thanks again! Ruben
When he says..not bad for an old man, too right, Boy, could he play. Any young people who would like to aspire to be concert pianists, look at his videos. A great inspiration to be one from the greatest of them all.
At 55:18 the shot of the Moscow audience with tears streaming down their faces when he played the Schubert piece. The Russian soul laid bare in a concert hall.... Beautiful.
Horowitz visited Art Tatum (Supreme blind..Jazz improviser and they discussed each other's playing. Horowitz played his astounding Stars and Stripes as Tatum listened and in turn Tatum played a pretty standard (for him!) version of Tea for Two. It went through almost every style of music imaginable but remained within jazz. Horowitz did not disguise his admiration and said.. ( I paraphrase) "That must have taken a massive amount of time to assemble and how long did it take to learn it?" Tatum "I did it here and now. Would you like another one? I forget the first!"
Horowitz is always my favourite classical pianist.by far ive often wondered where Horowitz got his astonishing technic then i heard Rachmaninoff play on you tube and then i knew But still there will never be another Horowitz even Rachmaninoff was impressed and so am I.
For me the greatest, I totally agree! Of course there are other greats but if I had to choose one inimitable pianist or attend one concert performed by any pianist, Horowitz would be the man!
The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein Grigory Sokolov Emil Gilels Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev Maurizio Pollini Sviatoslav Richter Vladimir Ashkenazy Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky( better than Lipatti) Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Rosa Tamarkina Ekaterina Novitskaya Dimitri Bashkirov Andrei Gavrilov Victor Eresko
Horowitz and Rubinstein were consensus masters of their instrument in the opinions of experts of the genre. Beauty is in the eye, (ear), of the beholder, (listener). It is enough to enjoy their sublime interpretations and their virtuosity in performance.
Horowitz was astonished after listening to Art Tatum playing 'Tea for Two' and stopped Tatum in full flight to ask him 'when did you compose that' and Tatum replied 'now'.
When Horowitz played a piece, his interpretation was embraced by his acolytes. Perhaps not by other pianists. I wish he had recorded Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. I love his sense of humor, which affected his choice of works he played in his recitals.
The correct title could be: Vladimir Horowitz, one of the greatest Pianists of all times. Because, for me nothing less in a quality of Piano play were Arthur Rubinstein and Svjatoslav Richter, Martha Argerich, particularly young Pianist from France Alexandre Kantorow and so on. Kind regards from Sydney
Well said, Rubinstein when asked if he considered himself the best got very agitated and said 'There is no best, just different'. When you look at how high the bar is these days and take for example Yuja Wang. Alexander Malofeev, Khatya Biniatishvili and Lang Lang, you simply can't say one is better than the other, we all have our preferences - a piano performance is'nt an Olympic Event.
Very much agreed. Svjatoslav Richter was - in my opinion - the most all covering pianist, Rubinstein unsurpassed in Brahms and great in all else. Horowitz with a very particular virtuosity and somewhat eccentric excitement
There are many pianists that sound as good as Richter, or Argerich. There is no one who can imitate Horowitz sounds and imagination, yes he can claim to be the greatest. Perhaps his best friend Rachmaninoff would say the same
It's crazy to see comments comparing Horowitz to amateur pianists,my friends, music is not is not table tennis or golf there something spiritual and extraordinary on it ,and apparently nowadays, only few people can see it. I'm sure Liszt played in a quite similar way then Horowitz with a search for meaning and expression in every note not faking, but being the music.
It's hard to say who is the greatest. But honestly when think of Richter's astounding technique combined with his incredible musicality.... I certainly can't think of any pianist who has impressed me more.
These Are The best Grigori Sokolov(The Titan of The piano) Artur Rubinstein (The God) Emil Gilels(The King!!) Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev(The most powerful)
I guess when they made this documentary the web didn’t exist yet, so it wasn’t an act of trolling to dub him Greatest Pianist of All Times. You may think he was sloppy, overrated, shallow, or just one of many great artists……but who else unleashed such thunderbolts of electric energy into a concert hall? Who else had as much musical charisma? Who else sold millions of records in a career that spanned the entire recording era from 78 rpms to CDs? Who else was so beloved by such a large public of non-musicians and great musicians alike? Watch how the audience in Moscow is moved to tears by his playing. These things count far, far, far more towards any reckoning of greatness than smudged passages or wrong notes.
Thanks for your wise and free-from-envy sober opinion. Ole tu! If you wish please check this other fantastic video bit.ly/2H8kwh3 from best orchestra conductor today The great Valery Gergyev teaching how to conduct Scriabin in a Master Class. As I am not grandiose but a humble learner to me what I thank from Horowitz is what he gave me to continue learning music and I am thankful people like yourself still exist so thanks for that. {by the way out of admiration for your marvelous way to ask the questions you asked, well I pinned herein your comment , because by reading it I cant tell you really know about music and, you really know how to speak properly and with respect for senior musicians like maestro Horowitz is. So as I believe you are very valuable musician I also believe you are most qualified to answer back any reply if you will, or if you do learn something about music through it as I did and still do myself www.rdiaz.org/#chickcoreasletter Thanks!
@@rubendiazguitar . I just watched Georgyev master class and it was very impressive. Thanks for sharing . It’s well done video. You should post it. People would love it.
Probably Hofmann and Rachmaninov were the two greatest of the last century. Gould hated Horowitz and Horowitz was the only pianist he mocked at the piano.
@@ciararespect4296 He/ She is certainly not a Piano player so just ignore garbage posts like that. Makes no sense and your better off to watch paint dry then to even bother with it.
The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein Grigory Sokolov Emil Gilels Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Sviatoslav Richter Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky ( Better than Lipatti) Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Rosa Tamarkina Ekaterina Novitskaya Dimitri Bashkirov Andrei Gavrilov Victor Eresko Lubov Timofeeva
Listening to the Chopin, and thinking through Dinu Lipatti’s playing of it, I can’t get myself to like Horowitz’s pyrotechnical display, Lipatti’s being just as pyrotechnical but with the lyricism there in full measure. And then the Schumann: it’s nice, but to hear its beauty, listen to Richter playing it; you’ll never go back to this version!
Vladimir Horowitz was certainly great, one of the greatest, but not the greatest. He had MANY peers - Artur Rubinstein, Van Cliburn, Joseph Hoffman, Witold Malcuzynski, and others.
Yes- his admiration of Art Tatum is known in some quarters- I am curious to know what he thought of Van Cliburn- ( they both had a connection with Russia, though in different ways )
The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein Grigory Sokolov Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Sviatoslav Richter Wilhelm Kempff Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky ( better than Lipatti) Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Rosa Tamarkina Ekaterina Novitskaya Dimitri Bashkirov Andrei Gavrilov Victor Eresko
Horowitz certainly has a case as the greatest of the 20th century, but for my money it's Sviatoslav Richter. I think I'd also put Rachmaninov, Argerich and Gilels ahead of him. But that's just my opinion!
- At that time, it was said no one in Europe played at your level. -Well, that's an exaggeration, there were great painists around. Rachmaninoff was an extraordinary pianist ... - He used to say you played his second sonata better than him. - Well, and the third concerto. Yes, that''s true. hahahahaha!!!
He had very atypical technique, with those straight fingers and low hanging wrists. He had to bring his own grand everywhere with him on the tour with specially adjusted keyboard action. I wouldn't dare call him the greatest of all time. He had relatively small repertoire. But he was one of the last grand virtuosos of the old school, who also managed to become a recording industry superstar and sell millions of gramophone records at the height of his career 1930s -1950s. Many other great masters weren't either properly recorded, because they lived and peaked too early or not properly promoted, because they lived behind the iron curtain. So hard to compare.
On a demandé à Jasha Heifetz ce qu'il pensait de J. Thibeaud et il répondit que celui-ci était le deuxième violoniste du monde. Et quel était le premier? "Le premier? Il y en a tant!"
The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein ( The God) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev Maurizio Pollini Sviatoslav Richter Vladimir Ashkenazy Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky ( better than Lipatti) Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Rosa Tamarkina Ekaterina Novitskaya Dimitri Bashkirov Andrei Gavrilov Victor Eresko
I think that if Richter had emigrated to America in the way Horowitz did, he would have been every bit as idolized! The gentle lyricism with which Richter played the Waldszenen, and the ferocity with which he played the Revolutionary study, put Horowitz in the shade. Then compare Lipatti’s Barcarolle with Horowitz’s. Nothing more need be said, except to challenge the use of the word ‘greatest’. Not hardly!
@@christopherfleming7505 I wouldn't put asian anywhere.bound to have A few good ones out of millions practicing but even then they don't have much feeling or sensibility
Horowitz had a majic and energy that was not rivaled by any other pianist.every time i hear was suppose could be an artist as equal to horowtz i immediately listen to Horowitz b. I realise how great horowtitz actually was. I know how huge gould was and Zimmerman are. There are great artist but they just cant reach to where horowtiz was.
man these comments are hilarious. you wont believe how many pianists will come here and be bothered by the title of the video because deep down inside they believe themselves to be the best pianist that ever live LOL. such is the attitude of musicians, always competitive and almost NEVER humble.. always finding something to criticize and slow to praise anything of greatness.
Horowitz the greatest? He would have told you that he was not even close. Forced to a choice that is virtually impossible, I would still probably choose a Dinu Lipatti because, no matter what type of composer he was playing, he seemed to produce a sound that made you feel the composer really was speaking to you. You never worried about the possibility of a note or phrase or anything being less than fantastic. The one thing I have never much liked is the way he bangs certain phrases so hard to the point where they don’t sound musical any more. I think of people like Richter who could play with enormous power, but with the piano still sounding like a human voice speaking to you.
There was a rock guitarist saying "it's better than sex" (forgot the name...). Wanda was so lucky that his music was better than sex! (And such a wonderful relationship they had. Probably.)
I love Horrowitz, however, in my opnion he doesnt have the sharpest technique. (He even sounds sloppy sometimes). this is great for impressionistic and slow pieces in my opnion but bad for technical pieces. That being said, he still is in my top 3 favourite pianist. I am wondering if people agree 👍
Horowitz had his ups and downs over the many years of his long career, but make no mistake his technique was formidable. His aim was never merely to play cleanly or without wrong notes; any conservatory graduate can achieve that. Technique for him was inseparable from from the emotion at the heart of his playing. Technique was the means to get that emotion across. It was never the end in itself.
I agree, he’s sloppy in this documentary. This is not him at his best; he was already in decline. Listen to his recordings in the 40’s and 50’s. His Tchaikovsky concerto with Toscanini (wife’s father) is by far the best. The tempos and timing are impeccable, totally thrilling. No one has octaves that fast and powerful. He’s one of the few pianists that can drown out an orchestra; usually the other way around. Scriabin, he has no peers. Full stop. th-cam.com/video/hcY0kJ5j6pg/w-d-xo.html
Yes, he always played a lot of wrong notes. But his musical precision was astounding, often most notably in slow, soft pieces. And in certain highly technical pieces, especially those demanding great rhythmic control, he achieved technical brilliance that no one else has been able to equal.
He was in a different class to Richter, better than Rachmaninov by Rachmaninov's admission. Liszt we don't know but we do know that Horowitz has not been surpassed since.
@@ocaranzam Martha acknowledged him as "the best". But as always, words don't always mean what they meant to mean, AND comparisons are usually only made by non-music lovers.. one shall enjoy many flavors and not glorify one and only.
@@harrynking777 what an absurd and ridiculous comment. Not surpassed is insulting not only to all of the great and greater pianists that have come since him, but also to those before him. Gross generalization and the comment of a simpleton
Horowitz was great. But arguing musical "greatness" in artistic terms is like picking the greatest cloud. But there are many modern concert pianists who are far better technically. Sokolov and Hamelin for example. And it would difficult to argue that in some specialized areas, some pianists were greater, such as Gould playing Bach.
Horowitz may have been the greatest CLASSICAL pianist of all time but he still couldn't hold a candle to Art Tatum and I think you will find that Horowitz himself would agree with that assessment, epscially after he had heard Tatum in the flesh. The story about Tatum's various versions of Tiger Rag will convince you if you don't believe it. I am as much an admirer of Horowitz as a pianist as I am of Tatum but as an improvisor, Tatum was streets ahead.
Absolutely right. Tatum as an improvisor remains unmatched to this day. Probably forever. On the other hand, Tatum, can't hold a candle to Horowitz (or other great classical players such as Richter) when it comes to playing long melodies, dynamic layering, orchestral sound, fortissimo effects, polyphony, or creating large-scale architectures.
Horowitz was not the greatest! More colorful beautiful piano sound than Horowitz=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy Grigory Sokolov! More genius than Horowitz=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini! More powerful louder than Horowitz=Mikhail Pletnev( Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman! The 3rd Loudest was Erwin Nyiregyhazi!
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Someone who puts up that video title isn't a classical musician.
Thanks for your comment. You are very right to assume I am not classical trained because flamenco players nowadays deviated from the direct advise of my mentor bit.ly/3oMbFFr so you are right that most of my colleagues in flamenco they never get not try to get any formal real musical training, not even my student Tony who won a Grammy Award last year bit.ly/3B6tKAV
But before we continue with our conversation, I believe I should clear up some points with all due respect to everyone here:, so help me God!
Here we go:
I posted this video with the intention to honor a referral inspired on Scriabin and in who is like it or not THE BEST orchestra conductor alive nowadays Maestro Valery Gergiev bit.ly/2H8kwh3 but before I try to answer your interesting question, I like to know if you have anything against this kind bit.ly/3IFyjXF of music?! I mean against the style pioneered by my Mentor Paco de Lucia bit.ly/3lR1jSv ?
Yes at present I am a Flamenco musician, and here is what 23 Grammy Award Winner Pianist Chick Corea wrote about me as a composer www.rdiaz.org/#chickcoreasletter
as I wrote him this piece bit.ly/3rW35Wo there I played with best flute player of the world
Mr. Bill Mc Birnie www.rdiaz.org/rdfoto24.html
I know Chick since +30 years ago www.rdiaz.org/rdfoto3.html
when he was on town he used to invite me dinner www.rdiaz.org/rdfoto31.html and to ask me to play for him there...
Do you think I didn't study classical guitar nor classical music?!
Well my father Luis Fernandez is mentioned by Andres Segovia himself in his own auto biography along other 9 people like Christopher Parkening or Oscar Gliglia.
As surprising as it may appear I am also a classical musician, and I studied a master degree on Classical guitar in my youth with Maestro Manuel Lopez Ramos.
In that line of work I taught in The "U of T " {University of Toronto}
and in the RCM as a Professor at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto for about 5 years, here I am with who was back then the Prime Minister Of Canada www.rdiaz.org/rdfoto11.html
one does not get 7 years of time watch on a TH-cam music Channel bit.ly/3db5dP0
unless there is some value there for the guitarristic community and of course musicians community included, that's why I don't mind to get $9.60 a month for +2,000 public video lessons on flamenco guitar, if you see the following google search you will see that ironically enough I don't have real competition to deal with bit.ly/31UtdWV
So yes, I am also classically trained, but after I studied classical guitar and music I decided instead to go for flamenco, therefore I am afraid that your assumption (that I was not classical musician) was wrong as I have even given instruction to classical Orchestras as you can see here www.rdiaz.org/rdmagazine125.html#pic-1 yes, that regarding how Paco de Lucia www.rdiaz.org/rdfoto4.html included the orchestra realm into modern flamenco and , on how it could be used today as well for our Andalusian music.
So to be equal now I need to ask what About you?
Are you also classical musician ?
or of which style you play or compose yourself in music?!
Thanks for your participation.
Best Regards
Ruben
@@rubendiazguitar I am not in a position to either agree or disagree about Horowitz being the greatest of all, being myself only an adult beginner at piano. I only know that every time I see him playing, my mouth keeps open all the way and sometimes I get tears in my eyes. So, well done and thank you for sharing this video. You do not lack any classical preparation, that's for sure.😉
@@sebdrag2836 Yes, I listened that from Chick Corea, and here I share you other thing he said: "In music and life I try to apply my version of the golden rule. I try to regard and treat audiences and other musicians and all people as I would like to be regarded and treated.
"I like to be treated with respect and granted the right to have my own opinion about art and life. And so it gives me great pleasure to treat others in that same way.
"It's my 'rule number one' of making music and living life. We respect each other's right to think for ourselves and have our own opinions about what we like and what we don't like -- each with his own independent attitude toward existence."
www.rdiaz.org/#chickcoreasletter
@@rubendiazguitar wow u just grilled him
gracias por este video!
I remember recording this lovely programe back in the day on VHS and yes ! I still have the tape ❤️
A great documentary/interview. Thanks for posting !✴✴✴
What a musical treasure...! His special touch elicits a wonderfully varied palette of tonal colors from the piano.
the champion of Carnegie , j agree
Hearing his speech and remarks , he seemed of only AVERAGE intelligence.
He bashed the notes rather than played them with feeling. Another spoilt brat
doted over from infancy. The standards have gone up since them ! You should listen to some of the young pianists if today.
@@valerieobrien5521 what a distasteful and stupid comment. Clearly you aren’t a musician of any merit whatsoever or you would see his magnificence.
Grigory Sokolov his Chopin piano concerto no 2! Brahms piano concerto no 2! Mozart 24! And after That Sokolov versus Horowitz 100-0!!! Sokolov The supernova! Horowitz The Moon!!!
@@RaineriHakkarainen are you ok?
This man deserves a special comment in remembrance of his grandiose and unrivaled work. I had taken piano lessons for seven years prior to the time I was very privileged to have attended one of Horowitz's performances in Boston, MA in the mid 70s. I remember distinctly sitting in the first balcony above the stage overlooking his piano keyboard and watching the magnificent movement of his hands. The performance was so magical that I will never forget this experience during my life, though it must have been over 40 years ago. This man has been a world treasure and an unsurpassed performer as well as a wonderful person. Thank you Vladimir.
My favorite pianist forever! Love you Vladimir!
It’s the heart in his performing that pierces through my own heart
I just loved this. My piano teacher used to talk to me about Horowitz and tell me about his technique. X
Master Vladimir, his expression in every passages is remarkable..
Great Documentary! Ruben Diaz, this is one of the best documentaries on Vladimir Horowitz!
HOROWITZ's wife has waited for so long time ( 12 years from 1953 TO 1965) until he was recovered from depression. and I have waited more than 55 years to discover this genius pianist!
the musical instrument inspires musician to compose good music. practice makes perfect! thank you for posting this wonderful and instructive documentary
Huge talent, we are so lucky to have had him in our lives
I believe that I saw this audience in 1986 it was very impressive, he lives in the U.S.A. but he came back to the country were he was born, very nice presentation and amaible man !!
The Great Master departed from the scene of this world and took with him his geniality, his extraordinary art of playing the piano, but left an unsurpassable legacy that made him a legend forever.
Thanks, you really know
@@rubendiazguitar... I'm convinced.
Always, a joy to behold.
An absolute genius and he plays my favourite composers music brilliantly Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky thank you maestro
From another planet I'd say the best piano performer in history.
Me too
Yes but who's the best from Earth?
That's Mozart 😸
So you personally heard Mozart and Beethoven playing the piano. You've got an incredible life span.
Oh please.
splendido documentario , una vita incredibile!
Great documentary on a great unique artist and person.
Thank you for posting this. Fantastic.
Glad you enjoyed it
Wow! Gift from God. Thank you.
Thanks for listening
Beautifully put together thanks Ruben. Horowitzes 5 senses supported each other extraordinary well on the basis of a great memory. At 34.32 he quotes Scriabin in 1912 as saying, “One day the heat will destroy the world” and then plays his dramatic composition Towards the Flame. It seems they both knew something about todays situation.
Thanks to you dear Allan, here I can share you some of the flamenco that I actually composed bit.ly/3fVxv4a I hope you like it as it is n.1 of my Homage pieces for my mentor Paco de Lucia www.rdiaz.org/rdfoto88.html thanks again!
Ruben
Unbelievable hands....
When he says..not bad for an old man, too right, Boy, could he play. Any young people who would like to aspire to be concert pianists, look at his videos. A great inspiration to be one from the greatest of them all.
At 55:18 the shot of the Moscow audience with tears streaming down their faces when he played the Schubert piece. The Russian soul laid bare in a concert hall.... Beautiful.
What a legend ❤️🙏🏻
15:01 November 13, 1926 he played the Bach-Stradal D minor concerto and the Rhapsodie Espagnole!! Who knew!!?
Horowitz visited Art Tatum (Supreme blind..Jazz improviser and they discussed each other's playing.
Horowitz played his astounding Stars and Stripes as Tatum listened and in turn Tatum played a pretty standard (for him!) version of Tea for Two. It went through almost every style of music imaginable but remained within jazz.
Horowitz did not disguise his admiration and said.. ( I paraphrase) "That must have taken a massive amount of time to assemble and how long did it take to learn it?"
Tatum "I did it here and now. Would you like another one?
I forget the first!"
We heard you a few comments above about your Art Tatum hard on .
Horowitz is always my favourite classical pianist.by far ive often wondered where Horowitz got his astonishing technic then i heard Rachmaninoff play on you tube and then i knew But still there will never be another Horowitz even Rachmaninoff was impressed and so am I.
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For me the greatest, I totally agree! Of course there are other greats but if I had to choose one inimitable pianist or attend one concert performed by any pianist, Horowitz would be the man!
The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein Grigory Sokolov Emil Gilels Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev Maurizio Pollini Sviatoslav Richter Vladimir Ashkenazy Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky( better than Lipatti) Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Rosa Tamarkina Ekaterina Novitskaya Dimitri Bashkirov Andrei Gavrilov Victor Eresko
Horowitz and Rubinstein were consensus masters of their instrument in the opinions of experts of the genre. Beauty is in the eye, (ear), of the beholder, (listener). It is enough to enjoy their sublime interpretations and their virtuosity in performance.
Arturo Toscanini's daughter fell in love with Horowitz, first his music, then his persona.
Wanda Toscanini Horowitz, his partner.
Horowitz was astonished after listening to Art Tatum playing 'Tea for Two' and stopped Tatum in full flight to ask him 'when did you compose that' and Tatum replied 'now'.
2 of a kind
Mr. Lewis do you like Jesus Molina as well?! th-cam.com/video/8XSbC_J016Y/w-d-xo.html
Grandisimo Horowitz 🌺🌹👌
Perfection looked Horowitz straight in the face. Perfection blinked.
Superb
Thank you for this! I enjoyed it so much
Glad you enjoyed it!
Спасибо за публикацию!!! Великолепно!!!!👏👏👏🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️❤️
A moving documentary!
When Horowitz played a piece, his interpretation was embraced by his acolytes. Perhaps not by other pianists. I wish he had recorded Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. I love his sense of humor, which affected his choice of works he played in his recitals.
Владимир Горовиц
The master of the masters.
Greetings from Antwerp, Belgium.
53:53 I love it.
I love the critique about the performances faces is not about the faces is what comes. your finges and inside of you that matters… 100% agreed
Este un film foarte impresionant !!! Asa cum a fost si personalitatea acestui genial pianit !!!🙏💖
Pianist*
The correct title could be: Vladimir Horowitz, one of the greatest Pianists of all times. Because, for me nothing less in a quality of Piano play were Arthur Rubinstein and Svjatoslav Richter, Martha Argerich, particularly young Pianist from France Alexandre Kantorow and so on. Kind regards from Sydney
Thank you for the pleasure of listening Horowitz. One of the greatest pianists of all times
Well said, Rubinstein when asked if he considered himself the best got very agitated and said 'There is no best, just different'. When you look at how high the bar is these days and take for example Yuja Wang. Alexander Malofeev, Khatya Biniatishvili and Lang Lang, you simply can't say one is better than the other, we all have our preferences - a piano performance is'nt an Olympic Event.
Very much agreed. Svjatoslav Richter was - in my opinion - the most all covering pianist, Rubinstein unsurpassed in Brahms and great in all else. Horowitz with a very particular virtuosity and somewhat eccentric excitement
There are many pianists that sound as good as Richter, or Argerich. There is no one who can imitate Horowitz sounds and imagination, yes he can claim to be the greatest. Perhaps his best friend Rachmaninoff would say the same
All good but Marc Andre Hamelin the best. He at least played more challenging pieces than just the same old warhorses .
It's crazy to see comments comparing Horowitz to amateur pianists,my friends, music is not is not table tennis or golf there something spiritual and extraordinary on it ,and apparently nowadays, only few people can see it. I'm sure Liszt played in a quite similar way then Horowitz with a search for meaning and expression in every note not faking, but being the music.
IMMENSA BRAVURA E MUSICALITÀ INARRIVABILE!!!
Гениальный музыкант, художник.
Sviatoslav Richter -great pianist by far.
It's hard to say who is the greatest. But honestly when think of Richter's astounding technique combined with his incredible musicality.... I certainly can't think of any pianist who has impressed me more.
By far is a stretch, the competition nowadays is insane
@@oldbird4601 It is but only a handful are to that level
Richter was excellent better than Horowitz but same old warhorses .Marc Andre Hamelin has far greater repertoire and technique really
These Are The best Grigori Sokolov(The Titan of The piano) Artur Rubinstein (The God) Emil Gilels(The King!!) Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev(The most powerful)
I guess when they made this documentary the web didn’t exist yet, so it wasn’t an act of trolling to dub him Greatest Pianist of All Times. You may think he was sloppy, overrated, shallow, or just one of many great artists……but who else unleashed such thunderbolts of electric energy into a concert hall? Who else had as much musical charisma? Who else sold millions of records in a career that spanned the entire recording era from 78 rpms to CDs? Who else was so beloved by such a large public of non-musicians and great musicians alike? Watch how the audience in Moscow is moved to tears by his playing. These things count far, far, far more towards any reckoning of greatness than smudged passages or wrong notes.
Thanks for your wise and free-from-envy sober opinion. Ole tu! If you wish please check this other fantastic video bit.ly/2H8kwh3 from best orchestra conductor today The great Valery Gergyev teaching how to conduct Scriabin in a Master Class.
As I am not grandiose but a humble learner to me what I thank from Horowitz is what he gave me to continue learning music and I am thankful people like yourself still exist so thanks for that.
{by the way out of admiration for your marvelous way to ask the questions you asked, well I pinned herein your comment , because by reading it I cant tell you really know about music and, you really know how to speak properly and with respect for senior musicians like maestro Horowitz is.
So as I believe you are very valuable musician I also believe you are most qualified to answer back any reply if you will, or if you do learn something about music through it as I did and still do myself www.rdiaz.org/#chickcoreasletter
Thanks!
@@rubendiazguitar . I just watched Georgyev master class and it was very impressive. Thanks for sharing . It’s well done video. You should post it. People would love it.
@@alexsimpson79 Thanks Alex!
and who else said u play it your way
Lars Vogel
Who else? Art Tatum utterly staggered Horowitz at a personal meeting!
È un'altra dimensione
There is no such thing as the greatest pianist of all time. It's a matter of opinion and taste. All are great in their own right.
Totaly agree Larry
Probably Hofmann and Rachmaninov were the two greatest of the last century. Gould hated Horowitz and Horowitz was the only pianist he mocked at the piano.
Agreed. I prefer to appreciate each master for their particular style and approach.
More than that, each interpret has his preferred authors and music genres. Never heard about Horowitz playing Bach, for example..
I think Liszt would have something to say about that statement !
who cares about Liszt's whatever ?
@@felipepipi1780 obviously you have cloth ears and no pianist
Beethoven and also Mozart as well.
@@ciararespect4296 He/ She is certainly not a Piano player so just ignore garbage posts like that. Makes no sense and your better off to watch paint dry then to even bother with it.
horovitz= genio
Dinu Lippatti y Guiomar Novaes, de los mas grandes de la historia musical!!!
me alegra que hayas mencionado esos dos nombres
The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein Grigory Sokolov Emil Gilels Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Sviatoslav Richter Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky ( Better than Lipatti) Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Rosa Tamarkina Ekaterina Novitskaya Dimitri Bashkirov Andrei Gavrilov Victor Eresko Lubov Timofeeva
@@RaineriHakkarainen Yes!!! And William Kapell, Claudio Arrau, Michelangeli, etc etc among others...
Can someone please tell me what piece he is playing at 2:33? It sounds russian to me but I can't put a composer to it.
Listening to the Chopin, and thinking through Dinu Lipatti’s playing of it, I can’t get myself to like Horowitz’s pyrotechnical display, Lipatti’s being just as pyrotechnical but with the lyricism there in full measure. And then the Schumann: it’s nice, but to hear its beauty, listen to Richter playing it; you’ll never go back to this version!
Vladimir Horowitz was certainly great, one of the greatest, but not the greatest. He had MANY peers - Artur Rubinstein, Van Cliburn, Joseph Hoffman, Witold Malcuzynski, and others.
@Peter Macander
To oczywiste masz rację (PL)
It is obvious you are right ...
In my opinion...the greatest!
@@martinpuma7301 maravilha gravação de Horowitz 8
@@martinpuma7301é c Horowitz e ponto final.
If a "Leader BBC Symphony Orchestra" says V.H. is the greatest, so he is... end of conversation
vraiment Sriabine un artiste hors du commun.... ovni..... j aime
wielki był
This title for once is no hyperbole. Horowitz WAS the greatest pianist dead or alive. There's no argument from any knowledgable pianist.
Horovitz once said: If Art Tatum played classical music there would be no place for me :)
Yes- his admiration of Art Tatum is known in some quarters- I am curious to know what he thought of Van Cliburn- ( they both had a connection with Russia, though in different ways )
And Arnold Schwarzenegger once said : If Art Tatum took up body building he and not I would be Mr. Univers and Mr.Olympia.......(:))
@@vova47 Chuck Norris once said, If Art Tatum took up Martial Arts then he would be crowned Chuck Norris and not I
素晴らしいです。啓夫チャンネル指揮者体験を やってます。
A very great pianist, yes! The greatest?
The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein Grigory Sokolov Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Sviatoslav Richter Wilhelm Kempff Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky ( better than Lipatti) Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Rosa Tamarkina Ekaterina Novitskaya Dimitri Bashkirov Andrei Gavrilov Victor Eresko
Grigory Sokolov his Chopin piano concerto no 2! Brahms piano concerto no! Mozart piano concerto no 24! And then Sokolov vs Horowitz 100-0!!!!
How very beautiful...
Thank you! Cheers!
Horowitz certainly has a case as the greatest of the 20th century, but for my money it's Sviatoslav Richter. I think I'd also put Rachmaninov, Argerich and Gilels ahead of him. But that's just my opinion!
Of all the Great elememts his are the most human. Watch him play Chopin's Mazurka Opus 17 No. 4 to his wife!
He was one of the greats but his hand and body posture while playing must have given him grief over the years.
My 5 favourite (dont mind if they are the best not): Grosvenor, Kissin, Askenazy, Baremboin, Rubinstein.
Most comments here are more concerned about the title and not about the content of the documentary.
Rather we most say are actually concerned with envy...
I'd be curious to know his thoughts about another great artist, namely Van Cliburn-since they both had a connection to Russia ( in different ways )
- At that time, it was said no one in Europe played at your level.
-Well, that's an exaggeration, there were great painists around. Rachmaninoff was an extraordinary pianist ...
- He used to say you played his second sonata better than him.
- Well, and the third concerto. Yes, that''s true.
hahahahaha!!!
He had very atypical technique, with those straight fingers and low hanging wrists. He had to bring his own grand everywhere with him on the tour with specially adjusted keyboard action. I wouldn't dare call him the greatest of all time. He had relatively small repertoire. But he was one of the last grand virtuosos of the old school, who also managed to become a recording industry superstar and sell millions of gramophone records at the height of his career 1930s -1950s. Many other great masters weren't either properly recorded, because they lived and peaked too early or not properly promoted, because they lived behind the iron curtain. So hard to compare.
Yes very strange technique !
On a demandé à Jasha Heifetz ce qu'il pensait de J. Thibeaud et il répondit que celui-ci était le deuxième violoniste du monde. Et quel était le premier? "Le premier? Il y en a tant!"
Man, i think this is the greatest pianist to ever live. Me who thought that i could play the piano... Huh funny right.
The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein ( The God) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev Maurizio Pollini Sviatoslav Richter Vladimir Ashkenazy Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky ( better than Lipatti) Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Rosa Tamarkina Ekaterina Novitskaya Dimitri Bashkirov Andrei Gavrilov Victor Eresko
@@RaineriHakkarainen Cziffra
Le plus grand en efet .
I think that if Richter had emigrated to America in the way Horowitz did, he would have been every bit as idolized! The gentle lyricism with which Richter played the Waldszenen, and the ferocity with which he played the Revolutionary study, put Horowitz in the shade. Then compare Lipatti’s Barcarolle with Horowitz’s. Nothing more need be said, except to challenge the use of the word ‘greatest’. Not hardly!
The title is a little overestimate; but he was certainly unique and marvelous.
11:35
Towards The Flame by Scriabin might foretell Global Warming as well as nuclear incineration.
All the time Ferencz Liszt
Level of pianists:
Amateur
Medium
Virtuoso
Asian
Horowitz with no jacket
Good one! Although I would put Russian higher up the list than Asian.
@@christopherfleming7505 I wouldn't put asian anywhere.bound to have A few good ones out of millions practicing but even then they don't have much feeling or sensibility
I know so many Asian mediocre pianists. Speaking of Asian pianists, I would easily put Yuja Wang over your "Horowitz without a jacket."
Horowitz had a majic and energy that was not rivaled by any other pianist.every time i hear was suppose could be an artist as equal to horowtz i immediately listen to Horowitz b. I realise how great horowtitz actually was. I know how huge gould was and Zimmerman are. There are great artist but they just cant reach to where horowtiz was.
man these comments are hilarious. you wont believe how many pianists will come here and be bothered by the title of the video because deep down inside they believe themselves to be the best pianist that ever live LOL. such is the attitude of musicians, always competitive and almost NEVER humble.. always finding something to criticize and slow to praise anything of greatness.
You are 120% right naturally this is the best commentary so far. So many thanks for that.
what's the second piece? a scarlatti?
Clementi - Sonata in F sharp minor
@@howard5992 From Op. 25?
Hmmm.. Horowitz was good... Rachmaninov (his friend) was also very good...
I would say ONE OF THE GREATEST, each of the “greats” had a sort of specialty in their own playing!
Shallow facility? What about Arrau
Horowitz the greatest? He would have told you that he was not even close. Forced to a choice that is virtually impossible, I would still probably choose a Dinu Lipatti because, no matter what type of composer he was playing, he seemed to produce a sound that made you feel the composer really was speaking to you. You never worried about the possibility of a note or phrase or anything being less than fantastic. The one thing I have never much liked is the way he bangs certain phrases so hard to the point where they don’t sound musical any more. I think of people like Richter who could play with enormous power, but with the piano still sounding like a human voice speaking to you.
There was a rock guitarist saying "it's better than sex" (forgot the name...). Wanda was so lucky that his music was better than sex! (And such a wonderful relationship they had. Probably.)
What is the name of the last piece…is Chopin???
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I love Horrowitz, however, in my opnion he doesnt have the sharpest technique. (He even sounds sloppy sometimes). this is great for impressionistic and slow pieces in my opnion but bad for technical pieces.
That being said, he still is in my top 3 favourite pianist.
I am wondering if people agree 👍
His technique in the eighties was nothing compared to his technique in the forties, in my opinion.
Horowitz had his ups and downs over the many years of his long career, but make no mistake his technique was formidable. His aim was never merely to play cleanly or without wrong notes; any conservatory graduate can achieve that. Technique for him was inseparable from from the emotion at the heart of his playing. Technique was the means to get that emotion across. It was never the end in itself.
I agree, he’s sloppy in this documentary. This is not him at his best; he was already in decline. Listen to his recordings in the 40’s and 50’s. His Tchaikovsky concerto with Toscanini (wife’s father) is by far the best. The tempos and timing are impeccable, totally thrilling. No one has octaves that fast and powerful. He’s one of the few pianists that can drown out an orchestra; usually the other way around. Scriabin, he has no peers. Full stop.
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Yes, he always played a lot of wrong notes. But his musical precision was astounding, often most notably in slow, soft pieces. And in certain highly technical pieces, especially those demanding great rhythmic control, he achieved technical brilliance that no one else has been able to equal.
What is the name of the piece at 12:34 ?
Revolutionary etude
@@diogoalves7264 🙏
Who said that he is the greatest pianist of all time, what about Rachmaninov, Liszt or Richter?
He was in a different class to Richter, better than Rachmaninov by Rachmaninov's admission. Liszt we don't know but we do know that Horowitz has not been surpassed since.
@@harrynking777 is Martha a joke to you?
@@ocaranzam Martha acknowledged him as "the best". But as always, words don't always mean what they meant to mean, AND comparisons are usually only made by non-music lovers.. one shall enjoy many flavors and not glorify one and only.
Rachmaninov said that nobody played his 3rd piano concert better than Horowitz, not even Rachmaninov himself.
@@harrynking777 what an absurd and ridiculous comment. Not surpassed is insulting not only to all of the great and greater pianists that have come since him, but also to those before him. Gross generalization and the comment of a simpleton
what song is at 12:00?
01:49 😂😂😂
Alfred Cortot - Wilhem Kempff - Arthur Rubinstein .
Jean Marie Darre, Jimmy Swaggert
Horowitz was great. But arguing musical "greatness" in artistic terms is like picking the greatest cloud. But there are many modern concert pianists who are far better technically. Sokolov and Hamelin for example. And it would difficult to argue that in some specialized areas, some pianists were greater, such as Gould playing Bach.
What about this other Pianist th-cam.com/video/8XSbC_J016Y/w-d-xo.html {Jesus Molina} Mr.PointT?!
Horowitz may have been the greatest CLASSICAL pianist of all time but he still couldn't hold a candle to Art Tatum and I think you will find that Horowitz himself would agree with that assessment, epscially after he had heard Tatum in the flesh. The story about Tatum's various versions of Tiger Rag will convince you if you don't believe it. I am as much an admirer of Horowitz as a pianist as I am of Tatum but as an improvisor, Tatum was streets ahead.
Well, Horowitz he was only a classical player indeed, he never portrayed himself as an improviser or jazz player
Absolutely right. Tatum as an improvisor remains unmatched to this day. Probably forever. On the other hand, Tatum, can't hold a candle to Horowitz (or other great classical players such as Richter) when it comes to playing long melodies, dynamic layering, orchestral sound, fortissimo effects, polyphony, or creating large-scale architectures.
Horowitz was not the greatest! More colorful beautiful piano sound than Horowitz=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy Grigory Sokolov! More genius than Horowitz=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini! More powerful louder than Horowitz=Mikhail Pletnev( Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman! The 3rd Loudest was Erwin Nyiregyhazi!
Someone goofed! Why all these links to Flamenco and Paco de Lucia in a documentary on Vladimir Horowitz?