This video is beautiful, he gave it his best for the conditions that he was experiencing at the time, and the audience still gave him a standing ovation, which put a priceless smile on his face, and frankly, mine. :)
some of the comments on this video are awful..he was in horrible shape, physically, mentally and emotionally, and yet he still came out on stage and delivered a performance that, despite being full of technical errors and sounding really clumsy and tired, had heart behind it. If I were in the audience for this performance I would have clapped as hard as i fucking could
I don't think anyone understands that this was the biggest slump of his life. He was an alcoholic during the mid 80s. Listen to his concerts in the late 80s or the documentary during the end of his life and he still retains that monster technique.
It's true, he was on medication and was drinking heavily (Martini's) in those times, though he wasn't a drinker at all in earlier and later years. His wife Wanda left this recital in tears saying "mr. Horowitz will never play again." But he recovered and played quite a few glorious recitals after this. I was lucky enough to hear him in Amsterdam in 1986. Unforgettable.
Thank you very much for posting this. I have read about this concert and had long hoped to be able to hear some of it. It's a fascinating document for Horowitz enthusiasts to compare to his better performances. Clearly it's not his best playing, but I'm reminded of what one writer said about this concert: "Even Horowitz's wrong notes are more interesting than many other pianists' right notes." This makes his later performances even more remarkable in comparison.
To be very sick at the time and still perform is true human strength. I am so glad that he was able to overcome his problems and perform like a different person later on! RIP Horowitz.
It must be devastating to have close to perfect technique all your life, and have knife edge reflexes, only to see them dwindle away with age. You are still looking at the greatest pianist. He is allowed to grow old, and suffer human frailties. He certainly used the talent given to him to the utmost. It's amazing in all of this, he still has his sound...even the errors are projected to the back of the hall. My favourite pianist.
He was actually extremely unwell on the Japanese tour in 1983. His medicines for depression etc. were making things impossible for him . After he returned home he came off those medicines and then his real piano ability reterned and he had man good playing ears after this.
I expected a disaster (because of rumours) but actually enjoyed this performance, which the audience did also, as we can see. What he does is surprising and interesting. It feels like music creation in the moment.
oh gosh ... poor maestro ... i never noticed that at 7:44-7:45 he can't help but bump the piano bench. he was really in bad shape - so glad he rose triumphant a few years later!
Mamma mia...... questo è il concerto in cui era verameeeeente messo male... Poverino... non so come abbia fatto poi a riprendersi... Se leggete la sua biografia ha passanto un periodo di buio totale, con problemi legati a medicine che prendeva, non ricordo se antidepressivi che comunque alterano totalmente la percezione dello strumento... Dopo due anni si è ripreso ed ha fatto degli ottimi concerti, veramente un grande pianista e un grande Artista con la A maiuscola!!! Lo adoro!
I read that they had put him on strong medication because of depression.The Japan tour was a disaster;but when they removed the medication he was playing well after this for many years.He was born in 1903 and died in 1989 (still playing). I am an enormous fan of Horowitz.
I don't know if it has already been mentioned, but Horowitz was 80 years old in this video, plus he was suffering from severe depression and was on antidepressants during this performance. His addiction to alcohol during these years certainly didn't help either (reactions of antidepressants + alcohol are supposed to be horrible). I am surprised that a man his age can even attempt to perform such a demading piece of music like this one and still do it under these conditions.
Very interesting to see this side to Horowitz performing the a flat polonaise. It's so sad, especially when you compare this with another performance of his polonaise. The other performance on youtube of the heroic is superhuman. It just goes to show how great a man he was to have survived this and continued performing. RIP Horowitz
Thank heavens the audience were appreciative and understood Horowitz would probably rather have been at home with his feet up relaxing instead of continually trying to give people real pleasure- which he spectacularly DID !!
Music isn't all about hitting the right notes. I don't know the story of Horowitz very well but I do remember hearing that he was very nervous with terrible stage fright and that was a huge factor in his public performances which he occasionally bombed.
I'd rather hear the right notes. I've always found some of his interpretations to be utterly thoughtless - Liszt's B Minor Sonata was a mess especially - and his abrupt left hand sforzandi to be indicated of flaws in his technique.
Its seems he started off quite reserved because of any issue with his 3rd finger right hand, but then gave it all anyhow.. it is admirable to play for the sake of the music and not ego.
this was horowitz´ last status of crisis,as everyone can notice: no control of technique and sound,he seems strangely stiff and powerless,you cannot speak of an 'interpretation' listening to this.only a few years later he got back again his formidable form,god be thanks!
At 4:02 , if it was me i should stopped the music... That kind of error makes out completely the rhythm... But this is HOROWITZ! He fixed everything like anything did happen and nobody noticed it! This is THE MAN :P
magistral interpretacion con una tecnica unica en el mundo , , , y esta hermosisima pieza musical . . ..gracia a todos: chpin, horowitz y a quien tuvo la amabilidad de subir el video
Nearly all great geniuses suffer from self doubt and depression I think it is what makes them so great at what they do and what makes them strive to perfection if there is such a thing.Sviatoslav Richter was the same as well.But it is sad to see him in this state.Any person seeing this video who was told Horowitz was a genius at the piano would say you must be mad. So I urge people to check out some of his earlier output.
Still you are super artist player with shining ,step up on your rizm and your own way with good health in painting , educational area or piano stage with your own pictuers or talking etc... Keep your good life ,happy !
@4785689 si anche io sono un grande conoscitore ed estimatore. ricordo benissimo nel libro di schoemberg, credo si chiamasse cosi, dexcriveva bene le vicende legate a quel concerto...io nn avevo mai visto sto concerto ma sono rimasto sconvolto ,quando ho sentito il carnaval quasi ho pianto. mi ha commosso lo studio op 25 n7 di chopin quello l'ha suonato veramente bene.tu di dove sei?
Good GRIEF, I had no idea Horowitz ever played anything this badly. It sounds as though he was playing with his fists instead of his fingers. As someone earlier pointed out, the "disaster at 4:03" -- amazingly he managed the left-hand rapid-fire descending octaves flawlessly, even changing key "on schedule" (one of the toughest parts of the piece)-- but the right hand wandered off into an incorrect repeat of the earlier theme. It's obvious this was a brilliant mind inhibited by some problems.
Great Horowitz dynamics and phrasing. He was still powerful although was not as what he was. Way better than those mindless standard boring academic Chopin player.
He died just six years later . It is a shame that such a wonderful pianist should have been reduced to this but just listen to the overall interpratation its still a superb performance in that sense and most people will realise he was a very old man at the time of this recording
I doubt that anyone loves Horowitz's artistry more than I, but this is hard to listen to. I think he wanted to convey the Polonaise as a dance on the one hand and it's magisterial transformation on the other. Even in his better performances of it a few years later though it still sounds odd to me.
Back then he was drinking his daughter suicide and he was under deep deprtion. It has nothing to do with age because in his later performers he was just excellent.
@4785689 mi interessa moltissimo certo . come si fa per vedere questo documentario? per il carnaval ho pianto nn perche mi e' piaciuto intendiamoci ,ma perche mi ha fatto pena. dammi delle info sul tuo canale...di dove sei? io vivo a milano e ogni tanto mi prendo la briga, una o due volte al mese,di andare a trovarlo . se hai facebbok ci si puo' trovare anche li
its so weird seeing horrowitz make so many errors technical errors at that but hes only human and unless youve heard this piece many times, it doesn't sound that bad. it almost soudns as if he did have a little too much alcohol before he got on stage
Remember that musicians are humans and humans are not perfect, and not always in good shape or ready to give a great concert ! if you can not accept that, don't go to concert and buy cd or ......... do it yourself :-)
***** Horowitz's performance not acceptable? Insulting to the audience? "the Japanese will accept this, they'll eat up anything" ANYTHING? Exaggerated. This performance is certainly open to criticism, but you're talking about one of the greatest pianists ever. I love Pollini, but the comparison with him does not make sense: they are too different.
***** Evidently you are the one who knows nothing about music is you. I have seen Pollini on stage many times, and he doesn´t always play perfectly. He like any other pianist has good days and bad days. I challenge you to perform this piece and upload it in youtube, of course if you accept I will do the same. I am sure you can´t even read music
Your comment is moronic because he shouldn’t have even been playing at this concert; he was high on meds, drinking, and after the death of his daughter. Your “technical finesse” comment is hilarious because no pianists really compare to Babayan’s and Hamelin’s most perfect stellar technique in live performance; surely Pollini, Arrau, Michelangeli, Pace, Powell, Henck, and Argerich can rank up there in terms of musicality though (all subjective). Best regards, Batz (:
poor maestro - he'd almost destroyed himself with drink, drugs, and sedentary living by this point. this is a valuable document but people must understand it is from his worst concert ever. (and this is some of the better playing - the chopin etudes and the carnaval are horrifying.) the look of self-hatred at the final chord of this piece is heart-breaking. and yet he recovered in a few years and stayed in good shape for the rest of his life!
The whole Japan concert used to be on youtube. But, I guess someone took it away because of all the bad comments it got. I did watch it though. There was also an interview before the concert. Unfortunately, the great maestro was highly medicated and did not practice that much then. Some pieces were really bad, like Chopin's etude No.8 Op.10 ( no control and wrong notes in almost every bar). This piece has many wrong notes (check what happens arounf 4:00). However, no matter what I love Horowitz
Honestly, if he was not in good shape, but got money and other people's efforts to make the show, I would not applaud him. It's a bit too romantic to clap for this kind of performance, because, sincerely, imagine people waiting days or even weeks or months to watch a good performance and here what they got. I bet if this video was the same thing with some asian pianist, the downvote bar would hit 90%/
que ironia no?, mucha gente habla aca de : estaba viejo... , ya se hubiera retirado... , que llego su ocaso..., que estaba cansado... blablablabla... , que ironia en serio... porque el , 4 años despues de esto, hizo la mejor interpretacion que he oido de la polonesa de Chopin, =) , que ironia..., ante la ignorancia es mejor quedarse uno calladito ;) , shhh , grande Horowitz!!!, GRANDE, RIP Maestro
a mi me gusta Horowitz, pero un pianista debe saber cuando tiene que retirarse y, realmente, Horowitz ya no estaba en condiciones al menos de abordar este tipo de obras.
It is natural for a musician to have a bad period of performing...Besides mrH. has proven that he is the best...I read that he was on meds and alcohol.....
cant agree with titi116 - this is still a pleasureable experience...and any kind of enforcement to hear callas is perhaps the worst experience I could ever imagine...i couldnt imagine anything to rival it...not even several mouth ulcers!!!
I can't believe how some of you who probably can't even play this piece bashed this virtuoso on the internet. How many of you can play your OWN version of polonaise when you're drugged at an old age? Try play it better than him, then come back and say how "bad" his playing was again.
Back then he was drinking his daughter suicide and he was under deep deprtion. It has nothing to do with age because in his later performers he was just excellent.
despite the fact i don't like much his chopin intepretations he was great pianist and hard man. and to be honets this interpretation is imo better (despite of course some technical problems) that this from 1987: th-cam.com/video/iFvqvZOtCF0/w-d-xo.html&feature=related
I am in the process of learning this song and watching/listening to horowitz play it is like an inspiration, error-filled or not. The maestro is a legend at this instrument and this performance was incredible. He took to it very well like most professional people should do. If he had started crying or absolutely anything along the lines of that I would've probably hated this video. That's something that people like Kissin would do (he's phenominal, but seems to be the very egotistic type).
After Yours polinaise, in now you have to start to paint on lievs by your own idea ,to be new art field holder . Did you forgot? If you eat goat cheezs with much fruits against cancer ,for good health eyes or born to play with good condition. Good happy life ,in forever.
Why didn’t he cancel? He was very money-hungry his whole life. (Older opera singers give performances the equivalent of this all the time and fans don’t mind in the least.)
I simply hope of approach his age with no problems of health. :) But I know a much better Horowitz. Watch him, for example, playing third Rachmaninoff concert (not so far, cronologically); it's close to perfect, also with some (little) errors (Rachmaninoff's concerts are VERY hard, and the same Rachmaninoff make a lot of errors in his records). I don't know why here Horowitz is so bad, I'm impressed by it (negatively). Other versions of Heroic Polonaise, also played by Horowitz, are much better.
in questo concerto nn stava bene horowitz,pensa che la moglie si rifito' di accompagnarlo. ascolta bene il carnaval e dimmi che ne pensi. piu avanti lui ritono' in giappone per scusarsi con il pubblico di questo disastro.. poi se dico cazzate sono ben lieto di essere smentito.-)
This video is beautiful, he gave it his best for the conditions that he was experiencing at the time, and the audience still gave him a standing ovation, which put a priceless smile on his face, and frankly, mine. :)
some of the comments on this video are awful..he was in horrible shape, physically, mentally and emotionally, and yet he still came out on stage and delivered a performance that, despite being full of technical errors and sounding really clumsy and tired, had heart behind it. If I were in the audience for this performance I would have clapped as hard as i fucking could
I don't think anyone understands that this was the biggest slump of his life. He was an alcoholic during the mid 80s. Listen to his concerts in the late 80s or the documentary during the end of his life and he still retains that monster technique.
And his own daughter suicide
It's true, he was on medication and was drinking heavily (Martini's) in those times, though he wasn't a drinker at all in earlier and later years. His wife Wanda left this recital in tears saying "mr. Horowitz will never play again." But he recovered and played quite a few glorious recitals after this. I was lucky enough to hear him in Amsterdam in 1986. Unforgettable.
I thought she didn’t accompany him on this tour because he was refusing to stop taking the antidepressants
Thank you very much for posting this. I have read about this concert and had long hoped to be able to hear some of it. It's a fascinating document for Horowitz enthusiasts to compare to his better performances. Clearly it's not his best playing, but I'm reminded of what one writer said about this concert: "Even Horowitz's wrong notes are more interesting than many other pianists' right notes." This makes his later performances even more remarkable in comparison.
To be very sick at the time and still perform is true human strength. I am so glad that he was able to overcome his problems and perform like a different person later on! RIP Horowitz.
Real Hero... He showed a enthusiastic performance in spite of his bad condition and old age.
I admire you Horowitz.
wow, even with drugs and alcohol, horowitz still plays it better than me...;_;
お金を払って行ったら複雑な気持ちになると思うけどTH-camで聴くには不思議と価値ある気がする。
It must be devastating to have close to perfect technique all your life, and have knife edge reflexes, only to see them dwindle away with age. You are still looking at the greatest pianist. He is allowed to grow old, and suffer human frailties. He certainly used the talent given to him to the utmost. It's amazing in all of this, he still has his sound...even the errors are projected to the back of the hall.
My favourite pianist.
It is not his age, it is his medication and condition at this point. He gave a slew of AMAZING recitals after this when he recovered (84-87)!
He was actually extremely unwell on the Japanese tour in 1983. His medicines for depression etc. were making things impossible for him . After he returned home he came off those medicines and then his real piano ability reterned and he had man good playing ears after this.
I expected a disaster (because of rumours) but actually enjoyed this performance, which the audience did also, as we can see. What he does is surprising and interesting. It feels like music creation in the moment.
oh gosh ... poor maestro ... i never noticed that at 7:44-7:45 he can't help but bump the piano bench. he was really in bad shape - so glad he rose triumphant a few years later!
It almost brought a tear to my eye that a good portion of the audience still gave him a very long, standing, ovation.
Mamma mia...... questo è il concerto in cui era verameeeeente messo male... Poverino... non so come abbia fatto poi a riprendersi... Se leggete la sua biografia ha passanto un periodo di buio totale, con problemi legati a medicine che prendeva, non ricordo se antidepressivi che comunque alterano totalmente la percezione dello strumento... Dopo due anni si è ripreso ed ha fatto degli ottimi concerti, veramente un grande pianista e un grande Artista con la A maiuscola!!! Lo adoro!
I read that they had put him on strong medication because of depression.The Japan tour was a disaster;but when they removed the medication he was playing well after this for many years.He was born in 1903 and died in 1989 (still playing). I am an enormous fan of Horowitz.
I don't know if it has already been mentioned, but Horowitz was 80 years old in this video, plus he was suffering from severe depression and was on antidepressants during this performance. His addiction to alcohol during these years certainly didn't help either (reactions of antidepressants + alcohol are supposed to be horrible). I am surprised that a man his age can even attempt to perform such a demading piece of music like this one and still do it under these conditions.
By the way, he gave another concert in Tokyo in 1986, at the age of 83, in much better conditions, and he was the real Horowitz.
Mr. Horowitz probably just had a bad day like we all do from time to time. Can you blame him? He was only human.
more like a bad decade
È proprio vero che il nostro modo di essere influenza la musica ,il grande maestro era in un brutto periodo , ricordatelo con altri concerti...
on anti-depressant medication, drinking, and his sleep was off. thank goddess he regained himself!
So much flavor in this performance. He made this piece his.
この後のホロヴィッツは人が入れ替わったみたいにすごかった
悪い意味でスゴい演奏でしたね。
素人のアマチュアの練習のような演奏でした。
still quite Horowitz. so much better than error-free recordings by common players.
Very interesting to see this side to Horowitz performing the a flat polonaise. It's so sad, especially when you compare this with another performance of his polonaise. The other performance on youtube of the heroic is superhuman. It just goes to show how great a man he was to have survived this and continued performing. RIP Horowitz
Makes me cry for the maestro. He must have been ill. But this is still Horowitz playing, nobody else.
Very pai-filled interpretation... Brilliant!!!
Thank heavens the audience were appreciative and understood Horowitz would probably rather have been at home with his feet up relaxing instead of continually trying to give people real pleasure- which he spectacularly DID !!
Music isn't all about hitting the right notes.
I don't know the story of Horowitz very well but I do remember hearing that he was very nervous with terrible stage fright and that was a huge factor in his public performances which he occasionally bombed.
HERE ,HERE !!
I want to hug this horowitz and tell him no matter always you'll be better than langlang jeje
Poor Horowitz, he was medicated at that time. It´s devastating to see a legend like him in this state.
Horowitz playing wrong notes sounds better than a lot of performers playing right notes......
No, this is worst playing imaginable and Horowitz must have been of his mind to play in this condition.
I'd rather hear the right notes. I've always found some of his interpretations to be utterly thoughtless - Liszt's B Minor Sonata was a mess especially - and his abrupt left hand sforzandi to be indicated of flaws in his technique.
Its seems he started off quite reserved because of any issue with his 3rd finger right hand, but then gave it all anyhow.. it is admirable to play for the sake of the music and not ego.
this was horowitz´ last status of crisis,as everyone can notice: no control of technique and sound,he seems strangely stiff and powerless,you cannot speak of an 'interpretation' listening to this.only a few years later he got back again his formidable form,god be thanks!
At 4:02 , if it was me i should stopped the music... That kind of error makes out completely the rhythm... But this is HOROWITZ! He fixed everything like anything did happen and nobody noticed it! This is THE MAN :P
Obviously not his finest hour, but he still played it better than I...
magistral interpretacion con una tecnica unica en el mundo , , , y esta hermosisima pieza musical . . ..gracia a todos: chpin, horowitz y a quien tuvo la amabilidad de subir el video
he plays it like he has a heart in the piano
これがひびの入った骨董品と言われた演奏ですか…？
でもこの後にちゃんともう一度日本に来て演奏して、その時は素晴らしい演奏をしたんですよね？
and as you can see the reaction of the public , they liked that a lot....
Nearly all great geniuses suffer from self doubt and depression I think it is what makes them so great at what they do and what makes them strive to perfection if there is such a thing.Sviatoslav Richter was the same as well.But it is sad to see him in this state.Any person seeing this video who was told Horowitz was a genius at the piano would say you must be mad. So I urge people to check out some of his earlier output.
This video should be banned. I never want to watch another man's nightmare and for Horowitz this was his.
Still you are super artist player with shining ,step up on your rizm and your own way with good health in painting , educational area or piano stage with your own pictuers or talking etc...
Keep your good life ,happy !
この時どうやら体調不良であったもよう…
interesting enough, however, that this video gives to those who are ignorant in music an idea of the flexibility of a performance.
how can you dislike that ? Oh, because of the wrong notes ? they're really the last things i care in music
he was a dinosaur when he played this. give the man a break
@4785689 si anche io sono un grande conoscitore ed estimatore. ricordo benissimo nel libro di schoemberg, credo si chiamasse cosi, dexcriveva bene le vicende legate a quel concerto...io nn avevo mai visto sto concerto ma sono rimasto sconvolto ,quando ho sentito il carnaval quasi ho pianto. mi ha commosso lo studio op 25 n7 di chopin quello l'ha suonato veramente bene.tu di dove sei?
Them octaves though... 😳
Good GRIEF, I had no idea Horowitz ever played anything this badly. It sounds as though he was playing with his fists instead of his fingers. As someone earlier pointed out, the "disaster at 4:03" -- amazingly he managed the left-hand rapid-fire descending octaves flawlessly, even changing key "on schedule" (one of the toughest parts of the piece)-- but the right hand wandered off into an incorrect repeat of the earlier theme. It's obvious this was a brilliant mind inhibited by some problems.
Great Horowitz dynamics and phrasing. He was still powerful although was not as what he was.
Way better than those mindless standard boring academic Chopin player.
He died just six years later . It is a shame that such a wonderful pianist should have been reduced to this but just listen to the overall interpratation its still a superb performance in that sense and most people will realise he was a very old man at the time of this recording
ひびの入った骨董品というのはこれですね。
I doubt that anyone loves Horowitz's artistry more than I, but this is hard to listen to. I think he wanted to convey the Polonaise as a dance on the one hand and it's magisterial transformation on the other. Even in his better performances of it a few years later though it still sounds odd to me.
Back then he was drinking his daughter suicide and he was under deep deprtion.
It has nothing to do with age because in his later performers he was just excellent.
he was also like 100 yrs old
薬の副作用で朦朧としていたにしては、....すごい演奏をしてくれたと思う。。
@4785689 mi interessa moltissimo certo . come si fa per vedere questo documentario?
per il carnaval ho pianto nn perche mi e' piaciuto intendiamoci ,ma perche mi ha fatto pena. dammi delle info sul tuo canale...di dove sei? io vivo a milano e ogni tanto mi prendo la briga, una o due volte al mese,di andare a trovarlo . se hai facebbok ci si puo' trovare anche li
its so weird seeing horrowitz make so many errors
technical errors at that
but hes only human and unless youve heard this piece many times, it doesn't sound that bad. it almost soudns as if he did have a little too much alcohol before he got on stage
He played awfully, but he still manages to put his heart in. HOW
This was after the death of his daughter, when he was depressed and high and drinking. He shouldn’t have been performing at the time.
This was after the death of his daughter, when he was depressed and high and drinking. He shouldn’t have been performing at the time.
Remember that musicians are humans and humans are not perfect, and not always in good shape or ready to give a great concert ! if you can not accept that, don't go to concert and buy cd or ......... do it yourself :-)
I think he wasn't feeling too well during this recital he had in Japan.
jero13595 he had a lot of problem before this concert. He ate too many madicines and that made his condition worst..it was so tragedy...
Yeah there are mistakes, so what? The musical ideas are incrèdible. I love this version. Long afterlife to King Horowitz
***** Horowitz's performance not acceptable? Insulting to the audience? "the Japanese will accept this, they'll eat up anything" ANYTHING?
Exaggerated.
This performance is certainly open to criticism, but you're talking about one of the greatest pianists ever. I love Pollini, but the comparison with him does not make sense: they are too different.
***** Evidently you are the one who knows nothing about music is you. I have seen Pollini on stage many times, and he doesn´t always play perfectly. He like any other pianist has good days and bad days. I challenge you to perform this piece and upload it in youtube, of course if you accept I will do the same. I am sure you can´t even read music
See my link above to a much better rendition of Horowitz playing this same piece, 5 years later :)
Your comment is moronic because he shouldn’t have even been playing at this concert; he was high on meds, drinking, and after the death of his daughter.
Your “technical finesse” comment is hilarious because no pianists really compare to Babayan’s and Hamelin’s most perfect stellar technique in live performance; surely Pollini, Arrau, Michelangeli, Pace, Powell, Henck, and Argerich can rank up there in terms of musicality though (all subjective).
Best regards,
Batz (:
According to Horowitz's biography I've read, Mr. Horowitz ruined his concert in 1983 because he took too much drugs...
lol, oh dear! at least he did himself justice later but that is like failing an exam, bless him.
??????? Please delete your comment immediately, you idiot.
@@polka678 no u
poor maestro - he'd almost destroyed himself with drink, drugs, and sedentary living by this point. this is a valuable document but people must understand it is from his worst concert ever. (and this is some of the better playing - the chopin etudes and the carnaval are horrifying.) the look of self-hatred at the final chord of this piece is heart-breaking. and yet he recovered in a few years and stayed in good shape for the rest of his life!
なんでこの時だけこんなにもひどかったんだろ
ホロヴィッツの他の英雄とは人が変わったみたい
The whole Japan concert used to be on youtube. But, I guess someone took it away because of all the bad comments it got. I did watch it though. There was also an interview before the concert. Unfortunately, the great maestro was highly medicated and did not practice that much then. Some pieces were really bad, like Chopin's etude No.8 Op.10 ( no control and wrong notes in almost every bar). This piece has many wrong notes (check what happens arounf 4:00). However, no matter what I love Horowitz
@codeman2008 Please, read modelstatue's and chisophugis's responses
Honestly, if he was not in good shape, but got money and other people's efforts to make the show, I would not applaud him. It's a bit too romantic to clap for this kind of performance, because, sincerely, imagine people waiting days or even weeks or months to watch a good performance and here what they got. I bet if this video was the same thing with some asian pianist, the downvote bar would hit 90%/
que ironia no?, mucha gente habla aca de : estaba viejo... , ya se hubiera retirado... , que llego su ocaso..., que estaba cansado... blablablabla... , que ironia en serio... porque el , 4 años despues de esto, hizo la mejor interpretacion que he oido de la polonesa de Chopin, =) , que ironia..., ante la ignorancia es mejor quedarse uno calladito ;) , shhh , grande Horowitz!!!, GRANDE, RIP Maestro
Great!!!!! the old man...still have the chops
Totally agree.
a mi me gusta Horowitz, pero un pianista debe saber cuando tiene que retirarse y, realmente, Horowitz ya no estaba en condiciones al menos de abordar este tipo de obras.
It is natural for a musician to have a bad period of performing...Besides mrH. has proven that he is the best...I read that he was on meds and alcohol.....
He didn't practice for three days. That explains it.
The only pianist I liked better with the Heroic Polonaise was Earl Wild.
cant agree with titi116 - this is still a pleasureable experience...and any kind of enforcement to hear callas is perhaps the worst experience I could ever imagine...i couldnt imagine anything to rival it...not even several mouth ulcers!!!
If you turn the sound off, it's a lot better. No, seriously, I love watching pianists' hands without the music. He looks like he's seducing the keys.
well of course he did
There must have been something wrong he is going slow, fast, hands all in the air. Where theres piano he plays forte. Not a Horowitz performance.
I can't believe how some of you who probably can't even play this piece bashed this virtuoso on the internet. How many of you can play your OWN version of polonaise when you're drugged at an old age? Try play it better than him, then come back and say how "bad" his playing was again.
I'm not familiar with this piece and I can barely tell anything happened at 4:03 :)
When he was sick...
Back then he was drinking his daughter suicide and he was under deep deprtion.
It has nothing to do with age because in his later performers he was just excellent.
ohh sry he was 80??
I take everything back... i can be happy if im still alive with 80-.-
despite the fact i don't like much his chopin intepretations he was great pianist and hard man.
and to be honets this interpretation is imo better (despite of course some technical problems) that this from 1987:
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OH - MY - GOD. Horowitz normally is very good at playing but I play the Chopin's Heroic Polonaise much better of THIS Horowitz.
Horowitz at his worst is still better than me at my best
horowitz at his worst is still better than anybody at his best
I am in the process of learning this song and watching/listening to horowitz play it is like an inspiration, error-filled or not. The maestro is a legend at this instrument and this performance was incredible. He took to it very well like most professional people should do. If he had started crying or absolutely anything along the lines of that I would've probably hated this video. That's something that people like Kissin would do (he's phenominal, but seems to be the very egotistic type).
ひびの入った骨董品
裏地見ーるとボロヴィッツ
After Yours polinaise, in now you have to start to paint on lievs by your own idea ,to be new art field holder .
Did you forgot?
If you eat goat cheezs with much fruits against cancer ,for good health eyes or born to play with good condition.
Good happy life ,in forever.
Why didn’t he cancel? He was very money-hungry his whole life. (Older opera singers give performances the equivalent of this all the time and fans don’t mind in the least.)
Honestly, if you listen other (olders) recordings of this polonaise performed by Horowitz, he plays so much better, close to perfectly.
Horowitz ..... MAESTRO (:
He should have cancelled the concert rather than play so poorly. That’s what the great ones do. This is a very sad spectacle indeed.
@4785689 nn ti trovo: aggiungimi tu , davide zirattu
The poor audience paid about $500 for this recital.
I simply hope of approach his age with no problems of health. :)
But I know a much better Horowitz. Watch him, for example, playing third Rachmaninoff concert (not so far, cronologically); it's close to perfect, also with some (little) errors (Rachmaninoff's concerts are VERY hard, and the same Rachmaninoff make a lot of errors in his records).
I don't know why here Horowitz is so bad, I'm impressed by it (negatively). Other versions of Heroic Polonaise, also played by Horowitz, are much better.
in questo concerto nn stava bene horowitz,pensa che la moglie si rifito' di accompagnarlo. ascolta bene il carnaval e dimmi che ne pensi. piu avanti lui ritono' in giappone per scusarsi con il pubblico di questo disastro.. poi se dico cazzate sono ben lieto di essere smentito.-)
初めて聴いたけど確かに酷いね
酷評されるのも仕方ない
Lets see... This was a few years before his death...
That explains the "tired" performing quality...