SCHUBERT - Impromptu n°3 (Horowitz)

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  • Concert d'horowitz à Vienne (1987)
    L'Impromptu n° 3 en si bémol majeur est surnommé « Rosamunde » car son thème est en effet une variation de sa musique de scène. Schubert avait déjà réutilisé ce thème dans le Quatuor à cordes n° 13 en la mineur, D. 804, également surnommé « Rosamunde »
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  • @jucafii
    @jucafii 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +395

    Horowitz was 84 years old when he performed this beautiful piece in Vienna. It's a lesson for those who, nowadays, think that a person over 50 or 60 can't do anything else.

    • @2Hearts3
      @2Hearts3 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      When i was little, i took piano and dance lessons. When i was 8 or 9, my Mom told me i had to choose one or the other, piano or dance, that she couldn't keep up all those lessons. "I like it all though, Mom, which one?" She advised, "You won't be able to dance much at 85, but you can still play the piano then." I followed her advice.l, and have always been glad i did. Thanks, Mom♥️

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Martha Agerich is about that old and still performing undiminished.

    • @djgrab1
      @djgrab1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      What an inspiration

    • @bryanlentz7160
      @bryanlentz7160 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      AGREED!

    • @eneto7785
      @eneto7785 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Amazing how those old and tired hands softly touches the keyboard on both strong and kindly parts.

  • @charlesfoster141
    @charlesfoster141 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Nobody plays today as Horowitz played. His sense of touch and expression are unequaled. Horowitz made every piece his own. Just magnificent. Enough said.

    • @Ernesto7608
      @Ernesto7608 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Your statement is false unless you have listened to ALL the pianists in the world who play this music.

    • @charlesfoster141
      @charlesfoster141 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@Ernesto7608 ridiculous. Cream rises to the top.

    • @billdouglas2936
      @billdouglas2936 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      My all-time favorite interpretative pianist. He could play “Jingle Bells” and my eyes would begin tearing up. Such beautiful and emotional musical interpretations.

  • @johnnyaddams4728
    @johnnyaddams4728 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I personally love how curious Horowitz looks while playing the piano. He observes and seems pleased with the delicate sound that is produced when his finger touches a note. It is so precise and so intentionally on every note and every pause. No one plays the piano like Horowitz. An icon of classical music.

  • @djgrab1
    @djgrab1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    If this recording isn’t played at my funeral I’m not going

    • @Verdeazulgris
      @Verdeazulgris 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😂😂😂😂

    • @Ernesto7608
      @Ernesto7608 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I prefer to have MY performance of this music played at my funeral. My beloved have nothing to do with Horowitz.

    • @colinlaney3400
      @colinlaney3400 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Good choice, i go with John Cage‘s ‚In a landscape‘

    • @sarahturner5065
      @sarahturner5065 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I’m totally stealing this comment and using it. Hilarious.

    • @Verdeazulgris
      @Verdeazulgris 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@sarahturner5065 Por fin alguien que lo entiende🤭😂

  • @MathieuPrevot
    @MathieuPrevot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1478

    He was 85 years old at that time.

    • @pavelskipaganini
      @pavelskipaganini 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      @Christelle Rheeder It is cool that he plays so well while being so old?

    • @melb6557
      @melb6557 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      And he died a year later. ;(

    • @superhacker35
      @superhacker35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@pavelskipaganini you tell me when you reach 85 and still able to move your fingers...or if you reach 85 and are even able to speak...or goddamn reach 85 in the first place. this is litterally more impressive then an 11 year old playing with this phrasing and technique. Brain function already starts to deteriorate incredibly fast at age 25!

    • @ViolinDeNoche
      @ViolinDeNoche 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    • @thomasjuniardi3559
      @thomasjuniardi3559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wait what ?!?...his fingers not even shaking/tremors !, I guess he's playing with his heart rather than his brain at that moment 😬

  • @dale731
    @dale731 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1760

    Somewhere, Schubert is smiling.

    • @tatjanasolosjenko6864
      @tatjanasolosjenko6864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Certainly, this is personal story of live.

    • @Ivor49
      @Ivor49 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      more than we will ever know

    • @Schumanna1
      @Schumanna1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      :')

    • @lina1893
      @lina1893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So relax!

    • @brachio8695
      @brachio8695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love your comment indeed.

  • @metteholm4833
    @metteholm4833 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    My mother played this - very beautiful - and close to this. She was very musical and very sensitive. It sounded like this - more or less. She´d be flattered, if she knew, I was saying this.
    She said her goodbye on January 6th in 2006.

    • @Ernesto7608
      @Ernesto7608 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Your mother was blessed indeed. Schubert didn't write this composition to be performed only by Horowitz. Wherever he is, Schubert must be smiling wherever any of us plays his music with some competence. The BEAUTY is primarily in the COMPOSITION.

  • @Evaggelia74
    @Evaggelia74 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My grandfather died today. This is my favorite piece and I am listening to it to say goodbye to my favourite person.

    • @johndillon6859
      @johndillon6859 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Bless your heart ❤❤

  • @aIkaIi
    @aIkaIi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3510

    I find it _so_ ironic that the most calm and emotionless looking pianist is actually playing with the _most_ emotion and love put into the piece...Like...how??

    • @LL-zf3pj
      @LL-zf3pj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +329

      Samuel Cho Yes I agree. Unlike the other pianists that show a bunch of unnecessary theatrics/drama. It’s kind a disgusting. Once they start doing that crap I exit out.

    • @aIkaIi
      @aIkaIi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      @@LL-zf3pj I was also taught to curve my fingers when playing but his fingers look flat

    • @gabrielm9606
      @gabrielm9606 4 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Samuel Cho It’s because it’s a slow piece on mostly black keys and makes it easier to control the volume with flatter fingers

    • @aIkaIi
      @aIkaIi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@gabrielm9606 I guess that makes sense

    • @travelingxavier
      @travelingxavier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      @Samuel actually, you are supposed to play with curved fingers. Horowitz is one of the few pianist who plays with flat fingers regardless of what song he’s playing. His pink is always curled up like a “cobra” only releasing that curl to play a note. The way his fingers fly around the key is define you unorthodox for sure .

  • @stefankortenbusch7385
    @stefankortenbusch7385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2203

    After his death, his famous Steinway toured alone to be shown and played in Steinway shops. I had the privilege to get a 20 min slot when the piano was in Frankfurt, Germany, and was very uncomfortable with the extremely soft keys which had been custom made for the artist. Almost impossible for me to play it being used to the standard weight of Steinway keyboards. This however explains why he could play so delicately with this extravant technique: his long fingers resting almost flat on the keys. Very special.

    • @poloplop71
      @poloplop71 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      I was wondering how an entire audience could have heard him whilst playing like that, barely even moving a finger lol

    • @flouz2
      @flouz2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      The one who prepared his piano for concerts must have had a hell of pressure on there shoulders .....

    • @lj1175
      @lj1175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@flouz2 😁

    • @NoferTrunions
      @NoferTrunions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      I was thinking about how various adjustments like key gram weight should be tuned to the performer - even a basic adjustment according to their actual arm weight. Finger length would be another factor. And then finally the performers preference. Professional athletes have very specific choices in their gear - consider golf clubs. Unfortunately, most concert pianists have to deal with the piano that is provided.

    • @alexandergonzalezevans49
      @alexandergonzalezevans49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh wow! Was the Steinway room back then at the same place it is now on Bockenheimer?

  • @craigadam
    @craigadam 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +258

    He never made mistakes. The piano just didn’t understand him. We are so lucky to have these recordings. Thank you Mr Horowitz for improving the world for as long as these recordings survive.❤

    • @VivaRenata
      @VivaRenata 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Well, he had his own piano in the Steinway showroom on 57th ave. in NYC that was kept in place for him and maintained and transported to wherever he wanted to play. In my book he's not close to Rubinstein or Arrau, but that's my opinion

    • @ml-zj4oh
      @ml-zj4oh 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      rotfl @@VivaRenata 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @gerhardprochazka2984
      @gerhardprochazka2984 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@VivaRenataare you that perfect?

    • @VivaRenata
      @VivaRenata 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@gerhardprochazka2984 Can you even read? I expressed an opinion and that does not mean that I make any claim to perfection. It's a good thing people have different likes and dislikes, otherwise it would be a very boring life.

    • @Verdeazulgris
      @Verdeazulgris 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​​@@VivaRenataPues tienes razón. Yo personalmente adoro a Horowitz pero es inadmisible que se permitan comentarios tan estúpidos diciendo a alguien que da su opinión "eres tú más perfecto?"😳😰
      Luego dicen de Tiktok que allí vale todo... Al menos allí cada vez se censura más a estos tipejos, denuncias un comentario igual o más suave, y lo eliminan en pocas horas 😎

  • @myartofbeinghere
    @myartofbeinghere ปีที่แล้ว +581

    This performance is just breathtaking. His pianissimos are absolutely exquisite. It feels incredibly personal, almost as if from a lifetime dedicated to music, it has become such a part of him that he's offering us himself through this piece. One of the most touchingly beautiful things I've ever heard.

    • @PhilMatous
      @PhilMatous 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Well said, Sojourner.

    • @user-we6yd3tq8e
      @user-we6yd3tq8e 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Спасибо!

    • @maryjohnston9329
      @maryjohnston9329 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Simply exquisite

    • @estelleneethling12
      @estelleneethling12 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I remain astounded at how he 'carries' the haunting theme with his right hand whilst playing the incredibly difficult rallentandos with the same hand.

    • @RalphDratman
      @RalphDratman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I found my breath catching, even though at first I was not paying close attention to this almost overwhelming performance,

  • @ruthchipperfield3061
    @ruthchipperfield3061 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1051

    Horowitz's hands are extraordinary. When so many modern performers' fingers leap and dance over the keys, he seems to be picking up the music that's already there. What a still place he is in.

    • @mjutteau
      @mjutteau 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      He's got very long fingers so that helps

    • @ava_alami
      @ava_alami 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Man your comment gave me chills

    • @janeshulman4304
      @janeshulman4304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      That is because he is a pianist. The moderns are performers acting the part of pianist.

    • @TheMusicalKnokcers
      @TheMusicalKnokcers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Listz also played with flat fingers (heard this in a documentary on liszt produced by ARTE "Liszt un visionnaire virtuose").

    • @carlofischetti306
      @carlofischetti306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      beautiful comment

  • @pppp-zp2vo
    @pppp-zp2vo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1439

    He doesn’t seem like playing the piano, seems like he’s just petting it and the piano speaks by itself as if a cat purrs when it is petted. Only if my first language were English, i would be able to describe this better😢
    (And thanks to twoset&sophie for introducing this wonderful piece!)

    • @atlasi5872
      @atlasi5872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      You described it perfectly

    • @pppp-zp2vo
      @pppp-zp2vo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Xaria S thank you!

    • @melindamills6995
      @melindamills6995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      You have done exceedingly well already describing it.

    • @pppp-zp2vo
      @pppp-zp2vo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Melinda Mills thank you :)

    • @davidskeeterskeeter1835
      @davidskeeterskeeter1835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Perfecto,! respect,,😀👏👏👏🇬🇧

  • @bumba5897
    @bumba5897 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    The best performance of this piece ever, and one of the greatest piano performances of all time

  • @BangkokVoiceCoach
    @BangkokVoiceCoach 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +386

    I love how he appears to be doing almost nothing, like a bank manager behind a desk checking an application for a mortgage. And yet the sounds coming out of the piano are utterly astonishing.

    • @robbdavies7749
      @robbdavies7749 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Great comment

    • @lindalukens4381
      @lindalukens4381 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      He played beautifully without adding the theatrics some pianists use today.

    • @ingridlot
      @ingridlot 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😂❤

    • @Discoboogy
      @Discoboogy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's just perfect.

    • @annakavan1869
      @annakavan1869 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I am sorry to hear that u own a debt.

  • @thalivenom4972
    @thalivenom4972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2024

    thank you sophie oui oui for showing me this! like snowflakes dancing on the wind

    • @jasonrich4940
      @jasonrich4940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Couldn't have said so better myself. His hands just gently coax the music out of the piano, like the song wayans always there but just needed to be lifted up

    • @rufflesmusic8724
      @rufflesmusic8724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      sophie oui oui~

    • @lawrencelaurente8930
      @lawrencelaurente8930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      So we are here because of Sophie oui oui :))

    • @TheBeethovenFanPage
      @TheBeethovenFanPage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I know the piece, but THANK YOU SO MUCH SOPHIE OUI OUI for leading us to this beautiful, sincere performance! Vladimir Horowitz is one of the greatest pianists. May his soul rest in piece. I wish I discovered his performances earlier than that. TH-cam should fix its algorithm and stop recommending "how to make condensed milk in 5 min" while I spend all my time searching for music.

    • @user-se5my2px9o
      @user-se5my2px9o 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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  • @ajbrewer1777
    @ajbrewer1777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1581

    PLEASE READ IF YOU ARE LEARNING THIS PIECE: I posted another comment asking about what he does on 0:24, since he strays from the sheet music and adds his personal bit of “dissonance” very nicely. I spoke with my teacher and we came to the conclusion that it is F natural and D natural in the left hand and B flat, D natural, A flat, and the top B flat on the right hand. Enjoy! (Please like so that people learning this piece will see this comment)

    • @Seiyariu
      @Seiyariu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      This is exactly right. I noticed too when learning from the sheet that it didn't sound the same. I personally prefer it as it adds something different the second time the phrase is played. Interestingly, other pianists have played this version including Kissin, Lipatti, Richter and Buchbinder

    • @Tulanir1
      @Tulanir1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It's a B-flat 7 going to E-flat minor, so just a classic dominant cadence to the relative minor. F is in the bass instead of B-flat because it's a leading tone from G-flat to E-flat.

    • @jamien.5528
      @jamien.5528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks!

    • @olespankiv5016
      @olespankiv5016 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thank you very much! Also can you advise on how Horowitz is playing the third B flat little bit softer or quieter? It's like he's pulling the note, I can't really describe how it sounds

    • @remitoubia7252
      @remitoubia7252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's just the right version, simply

  • @FlexingClassicalMusic
    @FlexingClassicalMusic 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    Classical music never goes out of style. It's an important part of our cultural heritage, always appreciated and celebrated.

  • @peterchattelin6721
    @peterchattelin6721 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +119

    I am in tears hearing him play so heavenly
    and intens beautiful. Never heard shubert like this. Wish I had seen Horowitz live! Love his playing!

    • @user-ne7qq2rq6x
      @user-ne7qq2rq6x 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😅❤❤❤❤❤😮さ😮😮😅😂🎉

    • @filipsakowski4492
      @filipsakowski4492 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      What's crazy is that the people who have seen him live say the recordings, beautiful as they are, don't give him justice at all

    • @user-dc2lq2bz8e
      @user-dc2lq2bz8e 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Волшебное pianissimo...Как уход в другую реальность...Столько оказывается в ней света...покоя...тишины для души...😊

  • @user-uz4ng7hp1f
    @user-uz4ng7hp1f 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1159

    Came from TwoSet's video. What a masterpiece. The melody is like an endless river, full of emotion.

    • @Zanarkand102
      @Zanarkand102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      That B-Flat tho...

    • @hnywening6080
      @hnywening6080 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Haha! Same! I had been listening to Khatia Buniatshvili's recording before. I'm amazed how different the sound quality of the pianos they play sound, let alone their interpretation. I found the piano Khatia played is much more mellow and warm. Both of the recordings become extremely more interesting if you compare the two. : )
      th-cam.com/video/LUp2u9wI1fY/w-d-xo.html

    • @hom2fu
      @hom2fu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      #4 also good too

    • @joaopedrolessa2242
      @joaopedrolessa2242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      There is no one better than “The Old Horowitz” . He might not have the perfect technique anymore, but surely had the best interpretation

    • @linglingpractice40yearsada96
      @linglingpractice40yearsada96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      me too, and yes it is

  • @georgesclermont1911
    @georgesclermont1911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +468

    Had the privilege and immense satisfaction of hearing this genius live twice. Once in Severance Hall (Cleveland) for a return after many years of silence. The recital lasted almost 4 hours: encores, encores, encores. The public was wild, people were crying with joy when he appeared and with sadness when he signalled 'enough'. One of the most memorable moment of my life.

    • @tongcai6857
      @tongcai6857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Sadly, Those times are gone. The world has moved on to a different era of music, but we can all enjoy what we have. You are very lucky to have heard this Master play.

    • @NoferTrunions
      @NoferTrunions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      1976, right?

    • @georgesclermont1911
      @georgesclermont1911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@NoferTrunions I would have said '74 but it might have been '76. No later

    • @vladimirgurevich3656
      @vladimirgurevich3656 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NoferTrunions 1986 or 1987

    • @NN-vn3bs
      @NN-vn3bs 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vienna 1987

  • @matthewjacobson8925
    @matthewjacobson8925 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    Little did the audience realize they were about to witness the finest performance of controlled emotion on the piano realized by any artist or composer ever. A lucky bunch to have the opportunity to have a first row seat to what has to be the most touching piece and performance I’ve ever heard. Bravo Mr. Horowitz. Bravo

    • @galept
      @galept หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Funny enough, I read that he had crippling stage fright. Almost wouldn't walk out on stage sometimes, but always did. I remember watching a longer clip of this performance and, at the beginning, when he sits down to play he looks out and stares at the audience. My mother and grandmother were pianists and said that was a huge "no-no". Apparently it's a clear sign he's thinking about others.
      Once he gets going, I'm sure it all goes away, and he becomes who we know he is.

  • @josefpuhringer7173
    @josefpuhringer7173 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ..den Alltag hinter sich lassen, sich Entspannung gönnen und einfach schweben mit der Melodie von F.Schubert 🫠👏

  • @TheAvenstar
    @TheAvenstar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +577

    Three people I have met, whom I will never forget: Vladimir Horowitz after a concert at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, c. mid 70's. I forgot the other two.

    • @matthewchansavage3699
      @matthewchansavage3699 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      wait what... "three people I have met, whom I will never forget" and then "I forgot the other two" lol

    • @malcolmdale
      @malcolmdale 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Reminds me of Victor Borge - " two things I can never remember............three things."

    • @ava_alami
      @ava_alami 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You a lucky one.

    • @authenticmusic4815
      @authenticmusic4815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@matthewchansavage3699 get a brain

    • @e.hutchence-composer8203
      @e.hutchence-composer8203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Matthew Chansavage the point is that the other two aren’t worth remembering compared to Horowitz

  • @anorangewithacapybaraunder2370
    @anorangewithacapybaraunder2370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +352

    It’s like he and the piano are reminiscing of times long past. He merely rests his hands on an old friend and they talk, like a final farewell. Peaceful, beautiful.

    • @ronaldbarnett2025
      @ronaldbarnett2025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Beautifully said.

    • @catherinecessna
      @catherinecessna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Wonderful comment.

    • @fourstrings48
      @fourstrings48 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What a beautiful and moving comment! I thank you for having made it....

    • @jamesa8705
      @jamesa8705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Your simple and beautiful comment makes one enjoy the performance even more. Thank you!

    • @taniacummings9207
      @taniacummings9207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's a beautiful description, thank you. I watch this so often and it never fails to thrill. I am in awe.

  • @roselynebigi
    @roselynebigi หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    il caresse les touches avec tant de tendresse! Un maître inégalé.

  • @user-hk8ti8po4b
    @user-hk8ti8po4b ปีที่แล้ว +543

    This is my favorite performance of Horowitz. Whenever I listen to his performance of Schubert, I feel very comforted. A ray of light in a painful life. Thanks to his performance, I continue to live my life.

    • @mikolajochocki2810
      @mikolajochocki2810 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thank you for this

    • @ohmygodtheywereroommates1272
      @ohmygodtheywereroommates1272 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      this is my favorite performance of my favorite piece of music ever, I understand my friend

    • @peterarthur3380
      @peterarthur3380 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      "......A ray of light in a painful life....".... All of your words move me so much - they are so personal, yet they could be about every human being in the world. No one gets through this life without pain (however fleeting)..... and some people have to endure harrowing pain for a long time. How good it is then that one can listen to classical music masterpieces such as Schubert's Impromptu No. 3, beautifully interpreted and performed by the inimitable Mr. Horowitz. So much has changed in the world since COVID-19 came to cause us grief, but great music and great musicmaking endures.... May this always be the case! Many more blessings, Peter

    • @kathleencook3060
      @kathleencook3060 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Beautiful comments.
      I am speechless.
      But you have found the words I can feel when I hear the Maestro play.
      Thank you.

    • @akb2756
      @akb2756 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes... I think it's sweetly melancholic - which is how I feel so often. I'm a pianist but haven't played this...I don't know whether I could manage his sweet serenity.

  • @danahblanc
    @danahblanc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +446

    whenever i listen to this play, i feel like i'm at the last chapter of my life, silently remembering past days with a slight sense of nostalgia, but without longing for going back. it's lonely but not sad. peaceful, meditative, and simply beautiful.

    • @BrianaAugustine
      @BrianaAugustine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      D Kay I totally hear that in this music too

    • @NessaFlower3592
      @NessaFlower3592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Beautifully put.

    • @jeffphillips7267
      @jeffphillips7267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's called reconciliation ... we should all be so lucky at the end.

    • @user-rk1pb6kg9r
      @user-rk1pb6kg9r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Schubert composed this piece not quite far away from his death while sick, so I also play it assuming he would have looked back at his life while composing it.

    • @4Topwood
      @4Topwood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@user-rk1pb6kg9r Actually, Schubert composed this before his final illness. He was making plans for his future right up until he became ill.

  • @789armstrong
    @789armstrong 3 ปีที่แล้ว +478

    This is why people would camp out overnight, in the rain, to buy a ticket to a Horowitz concert.

    • @philliphamilton3591
      @philliphamilton3591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes, I’d be first in the queue. Pure magic!

    • @Powerslider
      @Powerslider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That is so epic. His music is pure gold.

    • @bigchungus9740
      @bigchungus9740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wish I could hear him I only got into classical music when I was around 7 because I started learning piano at 6 and now that I’m 12 I’ve missed the chance but at least I have these videos

    • @TheYoshi463
      @TheYoshi463 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bigchungus9740 What are you talking about? Horowitz has been dead for a long time now...

    • @Elitistt
      @Elitistt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheYoshi463 He's obviously saying he wishes he was able to have heard him when he was alive.

  • @2Hearts3
    @2Hearts3 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Exquisite 🕊️ In an interview once, Mike Wallace asked him, "Maestro, what is it that makes your playing so special?" Horowitz replied, "I love every single note."

  • @charlesfoster141
    @charlesfoster141 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Just listened again and clearly discern that no one else captures Schubert's piece nearly as well as Horowitz. This performance is brilliant and perfection beyond words. We are very fortunate that we have this to enjoy forever now that Horowitz is gone. Guy in Columbia Mississippi

    • @Ernesto7608
      @Ernesto7608 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "No one else" is an exaggeration in a population of 8 billion! You cannot possibly have heard everyone who plays or played this music.

  • @GreenredProductions
    @GreenredProductions 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2933

    To me this is the best interpretation of this piece. Much slower but with perfect sound control.

    • @Star_Sn1per
      @Star_Sn1per 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I think Alfred Brendel does it best tbh

    • @user-vl8gn1kf8e
      @user-vl8gn1kf8e 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Absolutely!!!!

    • @stephanvandermerwe
      @stephanvandermerwe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      I agree; everyone these days think that speed is a artistic virtue -it is not! A magnificent performance -from one of the 20th century's greatest pianists.

    • @Binnebrook
      @Binnebrook 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Such a generous, gracious tempo. Heartbreaking....

    • @Binnebrook
      @Binnebrook 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      My goodness, he barely moves his hands...

  • @iradaaxmedova4928
    @iradaaxmedova4928 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Это чудо.Такое проникновенное исполнение гениальной музыки.Вечная память Шуберту и Великому Пианисту.

    • @gregciach1920
      @gregciach1920 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Правда! А всё таки вы напали на Укрину...

    • @larisatarabaeva5461
      @larisatarabaeva5461 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@gregciach1920 , правда и истина не всегда одно и тоже... примите это в расчет, когда начнете пороть очередную чушь. Лучше музыку слушайте.

    • @markdenemark7298
      @markdenemark7298 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@larisatarabaeva5461 А пример, когда истина отличается от правды, привести можно, мадам?

    • @gregciach1920
      @gregciach1920 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@markdenemark7298 - ;)

    • @olivianorton215
      @olivianorton215 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gregciach1920 напали нелюди, а не русский народ.

  • @ElenaVDL
    @ElenaVDL ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Oh, God, what a soulful performance of Schubert, as if music is born from nothingness and
    takes possession of the soul, filling it with bright joy and the dream of bliss.

    • @ordinaryguy815
      @ordinaryguy815 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Perfectly worded

    • @PhilMatous
      @PhilMatous ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Elena, that is the most beautiful definition of music I've ever heard, although I would substitute God for nothingness

    • @vickiehorowitz1934
      @vickiehorowitz1934 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is a performance that always gives me chills. There are no words for this feeling. Thank you, maestro.

  • @freem4nn129
    @freem4nn129 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    brings me back to when my grandfather used to play this in his study. Brings up such powerful emotions.

    • @joserolz8831
      @joserolz8831 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Brings ME back to my Dad who played this piece beautifully. He was a great admirer of Mr. Horowitz.

  • @l.h.9194
    @l.h.9194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    This is absolutely ethereal.

  • @bailahie4235
    @bailahie4235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    One of the most beautiful pieces of Schubert which brings me to tears sometimes. A feeling of total surrender, deep peace and no movement, everything is forgiven, you may be exactly who you are, and where you are. A total release of all need to struggle on the level of the soul.

  • @user-bk9ix7wk3p
    @user-bk9ix7wk3p 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    魂の声を、そのまま鍵盤に映しとったような音の数々。どんなに時代が変わろうとも、人の心を動かす稀代の名演奏だと思う。

  • @FranzFischerSDG
    @FranzFischerSDG หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am in tears thinking of poor Schubert putting his heart and soul into this music, knowing well his life was nearing the end because of disease. It's much like listening "Im Abendrot" sung by Hans Hotter. All lives have their own end in different ways.

  • @serafin1719
    @serafin1719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I Imagine Schubert ringing the church bell to cherish this outstanding performance of this humble man ...

  • @tomokoTBACHBWV971
    @tomokoTBACHBWV971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    この演奏で私はいつも胸がいっぱいになる どんな言葉よりも私の心を揺さぶり慰めてくれる
    ホロヴィッツとピアノに深く感謝します

  • @danasumova6581
    @danasumova6581 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Jak citlivě a něžně podáno - jako pohlazení od dítěte... Neuvěřitelné s ohledem na jeho věk.... Díky za nahrávku a pozdravuji všechny z Rakovnicka v České republice.

  • @coloredcloud9717
    @coloredcloud9717 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    This piece means a lot to me
    Can't stop weeping tears every time hearing it and thinking about how short Schubert's life is :"(

    • @user-jc7xn1xf2h
      @user-jc7xn1xf2h 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      How true and deeply moving!

    • @demiankim3200
      @demiankim3200 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me to

    • @demiankim3200
      @demiankim3200 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sorry
      Its me too

  • @Largo64
    @Largo64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    I only had the good fortune to hear Horowitz in concert twice. The first time was his last appearance in the Los Angeles area at the Hollywood Bowl before his first retirement. The second time was his first appearance in the Los Angeles area at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena after coming out of retirement about twenty years later. So I actually attended two of his concerts back to back, but twenty years apart. He was wonderful!

    • @charliecasson1643
      @charliecasson1643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Larry Gott you are a very lucky man

    • @lespaullespaul
      @lespaullespaul 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you are so lucky..

    • @yalyn8840
      @yalyn8840 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very lucky...

    • @usgamewolf6979
      @usgamewolf6979 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats amazing

    • @darkjakson
      @darkjakson 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool you are very lucky Shuberts musique can help body to be healty

  • @BoringWhisper
    @BoringWhisper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    This is pure magic...brings tears every time I hear it...

  • @user-wn9dv1xf5l
    @user-wn9dv1xf5l 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Это мой любимый пианист!!! Его руки творят просто чудо ❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @mjleger4555
    @mjleger4555 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I was a member of the National Fraternity of Student Musicians as a child, and auditioned under the great Horowitz, (probably about age 8 or 9, (I don't remember the date without looking it up) but I was too young to understand what a great privilege it was until much later in my life. I still have the scorecard signed by him in my collection of various treasures. My parents took us to various concerts by the great performers of the time. Young, I'd often get a bit antsy but was rapt during the ballets! Later, as a young adult, I performed with orchestras both with the flute and guest artist on the piano.
    Later I performed as a singer and entertainer in nightclubs playing the usual standards, which I learned by ear. Now, I'm back to enjoying these great famous classical numbers again.

  • @francescotenderini1489
    @francescotenderini1489 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    In my opinion, this is just the best interpretation of this masterpiece. I've seen them all, but Horowitz... I dunno if it's only the "sound" or the fact that he doesn't need to swing around to produce such an effect. I did try to listen to other interpretation eyes closed, but in reality this one for my tastes is just gold rain coming from heaven, and i cry every time I listen it. Rest in peace.

  • @GuillaumeGerbet-md6in
    @GuillaumeGerbet-md6in ปีที่แล้ว +195

    What I love about Horowitz is that he gently, charms music out of the piano as if it is Aladdins lamp, without contorting like a snake charmer or pulling faces like clown. He is concentrating on the music and is not trying to convince his audience, with weird mannerisms, of his genius.

    • @leoross4918
      @leoross4918 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I agree with you, but I feel the mannerisms are often not voulentary and performers such as Lang Lang should not be ridiculed because of their way of connectiong with music.

    • @ullakorpi-anttila88
      @ullakorpi-anttila88 ปีที่แล้ว

      .

    • @ullakorpi-anttila88
      @ullakorpi-anttila88 ปีที่แล้ว

      .

    • @ullakorpi-anttila88
      @ullakorpi-anttila88 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What a fine comment - exactly !!!!!

    • @davidmintzer3743
      @davidmintzer3743 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He seems to wave his hands over the keys and conjure up beautiful sounds. Amazing artist.

  • @darknightfawkes1028
    @darknightfawkes1028 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I imagined I was watching from the audience as I listened to this and it brought tears to my eyes. Still crying now after it has finished, mourning the beauty that had passed.

  • @halloooo1duuuuu
    @halloooo1duuuuu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    Horowitz just understands this piece best. It has such a calm and sad melody, it sounds like a profound story someone tells.

    • @tzinasok1
      @tzinasok1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      exactly!

    • @junelucchesi5434
      @junelucchesi5434 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He had a most unique gift that nobody can come close

    • @alexlee1398
      @alexlee1398 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thinks that you wrong is and but that you are is not good and were the soups are is a result of the Economist intelligence agency for international development of the fact of 2

    • @alexlee1398
      @alexlee1398 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree

    • @erhardgeiger6199
      @erhardgeiger6199 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      nothing is sad in this melody
      its a glory for a lot of, up to your imagination

  • @suegha
    @suegha 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    This is an amazing performance. I've listened to it 1000 times, it never ceases to amaze me!

  • @estelleneethling12
    @estelleneethling12 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Words fail me to express the beauty of this performance!!!!

  • @junevandermark952
    @junevandermark952 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    From my perspective, this is the best rendition ever of this beautiful piece of music ... tender ... and heartfelt.

    • @Ernesto7608
      @Ernesto7608 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You must hear other renditions too. There are excellent performances of this music that may be different, but equally good.

    • @junevandermark952
      @junevandermark952 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Ernesto7608 All the other renditions I heard were more aggressive, as though the performers were trying to prove a point, rather than allowing the music itself to prove the point.

  • @ElenaVDL
    @ElenaVDL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    O, Боже, какое одухотворенное исполнение Шуберта, словно музыка рождается из небытия и
    овладевает душой, наполняя ее светлой радостью и мечтой блаженства.

    • @gregciach1920
      @gregciach1920 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Правда! А всё таки вы напали на Укрину...

  • @skdsenator
    @skdsenator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Раньше думал, что играть Шуберта должны такие же молодые, как и автор. Для трогательного романтического подхода. Горовиц же смог не только передать романтический настрой, но и показать ту мудрую глубину, которая заложена в произведениях юного гения! Спасибо!

  • @20dty
    @20dty ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Nach Jahren wieder zufällig drauf gestoßen. Mir kommen die Tränen 😢❤

  • @lufangahlkus1313
    @lufangahlkus1313 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    every single time I hear this recording I feel the first tears in my eyes after 8 seconds. from another world.

  • @efucosiche
    @efucosiche 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I Heard every version of this impromptu and this is my favorite at all!! No rush, calm and deep and meditational feeling! I’m sure schubert should be agree with me. All the interpreting over the world make of this piece a running champion of who is more fast but no! This is the right tempo for this impromptu! Noting more, nothing less! Thanks Horowitz 🙏 so deeper! So intense! What a beautiful soul!

  • @tims2697
    @tims2697 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is my first, maybe also my last comment on youtube.
    Normally I feel like comments dont make sense. However, I just wanna say: Life is beautiful.
    Happiness is only real when shared. This old man knew that.
    Thank You

  • @andreasmolau9859
    @andreasmolau9859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Es ist so, als könne es kaum eine andere Möglichkeit der Interpretation geben. Fantastisch.

  • @carmenl9280
    @carmenl9280 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This rendition of this beautiful Schubert impromptu is so full of emotion and so powerful and calm at the same time. I find it difficult to put into words. Simply the best recording of this piece I have ever heard. I absolutely love his tempo.

  • @liedersanger1
    @liedersanger1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    He seems to be playing this in heaven, and somehow communicating it to our earthly ears.

    • @interviewsfortheworld3076
      @interviewsfortheworld3076 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly right! Just as Schubert wanted to!

    • @bobosally
      @bobosally 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      YES David, indeed! I had been listening to several other exquisite performances of this piece, then moments into this one, I said to myself outloud "The difference is,... this guy is already in heaven." Takes my breath away.

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    This song gives me comfort and solace ,and heals my tired mind and sorrow , and melts away my suffering and grief .

    • @shin-i-chikozima
      @shin-i-chikozima 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @oegaziz43 ありがとう❗お便り感謝しています‼️さようならです‼️
      Thank-you very much to your reply .
      Take care of yourself
      Good luck !

    • @shin-i-chikozima
      @shin-i-chikozima 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @oegaziz43 Thank-you very much to your reply . 🍎

    • @guavajellyjam
      @guavajellyjam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      True , so so true . It's pure solace .

    • @randiarikstad4752
      @randiarikstad4752 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And answer how it is possible to go on living.``?

    • @hushedmusic
      @hushedmusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      « To love Schubert is to see the beauty hidden in the shades of everyday life and to understand the art of patience. »
      Khatia Buniatishvili

  • @delaruemichel1796
    @delaruemichel1796 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    sublime interprétation de M. Horowitz qui nous transporte dans un si bel univers musical -merci beaucoup ❣

  • @alessiofagioli9235
    @alessiofagioli9235 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Sublime Horowitz ancora una volta ai massimi livelli.

  • @Caocao8888
    @Caocao8888 7 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    Total control over the dynamics, phrasing, rubato, technique, pedaling, everything that makes great music. It's breathtaking!

    • @hanswdecker2287
      @hanswdecker2287 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Caocao8888 over the rainbow
      Over the rainbow

    • @AnnieKlein34
      @AnnieKlein34 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I suggest you listen also to Frank Braley. You'll also find that same «Total control over the dynamics, phrasing, rubato, technique, pedaling, everything that makes great music.»

    • @Ivor49
      @Ivor49 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      that technique is heart warming, it's like a arrow to the heart,
      he still some hesitation in notes

  • @reallynotpc
    @reallynotpc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    There is a microscopic delay before the third beat of the second bar that wraps the performance firmly around my attention and doesn't let go until the piece is at an end. Beyond mastery!

    • @kikinc32
      @kikinc32 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      YES! Exactly this! 👆🏼

  • @arjanitbalca1783
    @arjanitbalca1783 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Minimum. That's how I would characterize that performance. He does not scream, he does, in fact, through the language of depth. He is not silent either. No mimics, no shaking of the head with hair sufficiently long for shallow drama, no desire to be necessarily liked. That happens when passion survives ego. And again, that happens to only a few. Horowitz's play is not an interpretation, he is, at that point, beyond the highest level of interpretation. His play is his own ode to what Schubert felt when he wrote the piece.

    • @OziCastle
      @OziCastle 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Whilst I agree with some of your points I don’t believe “mimic” or any sort of passionate physical movements are a show of ego over passion. Different people express there feelings in different ways and just because one prefers a certain way of expression does not mean it’s ok to class the latter anything less

    • @Watankatanka
      @Watankatanka 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are so right!@@OziCastle

  • @Eric-yo4qk
    @Eric-yo4qk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Sublime. Nothing more need be said

  • @thomasgibson4577
    @thomasgibson4577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Softly played at times, gentle, and emotionally strong at other times: Horowitz is very sensitive in his heart.

  • @lucasg8960
    @lucasg8960 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    When Horowitz plays, time, space and matter is inexistent and everything is neutralized by so much sincerity and simplicity. God bless his soul.

  • @edwardedward7974
    @edwardedward7974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I asked my beautiful daughter to play this piece at my funeral .

  • @jjlwaardenburg
    @jjlwaardenburg ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I've been listening to this amazing performance so many times, that I'm actually missing the 'church bells' (around 2.20) when I listen to a different one 😅. For me this video is one of TH-cam's gems...

    • @Me-uv6kc
      @Me-uv6kc ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love the church bells lol, that's how I remember it was Horowitz and Schubert

  • @foxfiresidechats5227
    @foxfiresidechats5227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    The most amazing part of this recording are the bells that begin to play outside at 2:20. Simply sublime. They could not help but play with him. This is why Horowitz is the master. He inspires the music that is inside of everyone to come alive with his playing. Bravo, forever Maestro.

    • @SynchroScore
      @SynchroScore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And I thought that was just me hearing them. Wonderful how things sometimes work in concerts.

    • @josephmashburn4451
      @josephmashburn4451 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes a beautiful accompaniment to his playing.

  • @Strakos0
    @Strakos0 7 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    Without hesitation the best interpretation.

    • @michaelsegelman3796
      @michaelsegelman3796 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The pure musician always hesitates... Of course Vladimir Samoylovich is great...but such a firm statement without listening to the Great Russians (or even Great Soviets) like Boshniakovich, Sofronitsky is a bit exaggeration:)

    • @pietrospano78
      @pietrospano78 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Capriccio" th-cam.com/video/W4VngotB6XE/w-d-xo.html

    • @richardbautista503
      @richardbautista503 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Until khatia buniatishvilli came along

    • @patrickheurley2686
      @patrickheurley2686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@richardbautista503 NON ...

    • @patrickheurley2686
      @patrickheurley2686 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Et pourtant j'adore K. Buniatishvili ..

  • @Menarecuteaaa
    @Menarecuteaaa 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    I feel like without all the expressions and dramatic faces other pianists pull, this performance is showing us pure, raw emotion through a lifetime of dedication to music, no showbiz, no clown faces, just him and his piano making beautiful music together

    • @ullakorpi-anttila88
      @ullakorpi-anttila88 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Honesty and earnesty in this performance brings out the true beauty of the music - and it touches the deepest recesses of my soul...

    • @nikitaedell
      @nikitaedell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      if the looks influences you, than you are not listening properly

    • @Menarecuteaaa
      @Menarecuteaaa 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@nikitaedell my point is that if this man stays completely still and produces music more beautiful than most other pianists who are very theatrical and dramatic with their movements, then there is no point in making all the excessive movements

    • @nikitaedell
      @nikitaedell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Menarecuteaaa ok? they dont do the movements to Express more or looke more expressive its literally just natural

    • @ratpoison1000
      @ratpoison1000 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@nikitaedell don't act dumb, you know what they talkin about

  • @lindamuller2801
    @lindamuller2801 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is joy happiness peace serenity
    Thank you Thank you
    Every note resonates in my innermost being.

  • @professordodo1
    @professordodo1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Schubert is sublime in many pianists hands but here Horowitz is unique with his very own unsophistcated interpretative skill which nobody can criticise. The fingering, the beauty of sound in the most pianissimo parts sends a shiver down the spine, Rubinstein was my idol for years, but the more I hear Horowitz the less I listen to Rubinstein, I love both but..........

    • @turalf.9039
      @turalf.9039 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      .

    • @cosmofox
      @cosmofox 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      professordodo1 That you say "unsophisticated" is interesting. I don't know the difference between pianists but this word suggests a rare quality that transcends technical skill, in any art. "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Da Vinci

    • @raceputin2738
      @raceputin2738 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ,

  • @sheer_coolness
    @sheer_coolness 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Came from nikocado avocados video, all I want to say is thank you nik for this wonderful piece of music, it’s a nice break from the noise of popular music now a days.

  • @user-km8fg5ob7i
    @user-km8fg5ob7i 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Можно ли словами выразить наслаждение от услышанного!!! Такого пианиста природа повторить не в состоянии. Услышав, поверишь в божественность миросоздания.

    • @gregciach1920
      @gregciach1920 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Правда! А всё таки вы напали на Укрину...

    • @user-rv5gi7hv6c
      @user-rv5gi7hv6c 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gregciach1920 бери шинель и лезь в окоп .

    • @user-rv5gi7hv6c
      @user-rv5gi7hv6c 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      послушайте в исполнении Дениса Паскаля .

    • @caelislilia
      @caelislilia 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@gregciach1920Arts means Peaceful men...

  • @HeliNoir
    @HeliNoir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The first 10 seconds listening to this my teardrops are just flowing.
    This was so beautiful. Horowitz has no equal.

  • @joyli8007
    @joyli8007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    I like how he plays music. It's like the music is just playing out of the piano. I don't actually know how to put it, but he plays so smoothly. And the fact that he can play without much movement makes it even better because it's like we could only focus on the piece.

    • @rafalolz1
      @rafalolz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He asks the piano to sing for him, and it does. His fingers sculpt the piece like a potter with clay, gently molding and coaxing the melody to perfection. This might be a little out there but it's like he never plays a single note, only entire phrases. The notes meld into the background to let the phrase and emotion take center stage

    • @ElliotIddon18
      @ElliotIddon18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rafael Hoek Gay

  • @brianmcdonagh4499
    @brianmcdonagh4499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    A student admirer said to Horowitz, ' I'd give my life to play like you'. Horowitz replied 'I did'.

  • @patriciacromphaut9563
    @patriciacromphaut9563 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Merci Franz Schubert merci Monsieur Horowitz pour cette interpretation pleine de sensibilite et de sobriete.J'adore

  • @MrThrond
    @MrThrond 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Le contrôle absolu de son Art: une précision millimétrique derrière une apparente simplicité, la beauté et l'émotion délivrées en cadeau.

  • @miralazic9621
    @miralazic9621 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    SCHUBERT...veličanstven i nenadmašan u svemu!!!🌏🕊️🌞✨🦜🌻

  • @kathleencook3060
    @kathleencook3060 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Makes my spirit soar every time I hear the Maestro perform this divine Serenade!
    Sincere thanks.
    Again!

  • @oliviacasino8888
    @oliviacasino8888 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Any life is lived better for having heard this…

  • @orangesporanges9949
    @orangesporanges9949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Nik sent me to you. I will love him forever for that. So beautiful! 🧡🧡🧡

  • @drummerschild6487
    @drummerschild6487 7 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    this man has an amazing amount of love in his heart

    • @waltercelsogomes7836
      @waltercelsogomes7836 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      drummerschild

    • @waltercelsogomes7836
      @waltercelsogomes7836 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very touching and an amaxing sendibility

    • @sasodcfred
      @sasodcfred 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So true. Very, very true... Greetings from a music lover from Macedonia

    • @norahdealmeida5847
      @norahdealmeida5847 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So beautiful what you wrote about him!!! This is the greatest quality someone may have!!!

    • @MrDuboce
      @MrDuboce 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In the words of my friend Dorothy, "He grabs your soul and never lets go."

  • @johnirvingbenson
    @johnirvingbenson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    There is some magic that Horowitz has, where he is IN the moment, and one is pulled in continuously because there is nothing "abstracted" or rote-predictable in the unfolding of note and phrase. After decades and decades, I am usually still sitting on the edge of my seat for this fresh unfolding of the musical moment. There are a few, older European, I think, vinyl recordings where I do not sense this "in the moment quality." My first Horowitz album was Chopin Sonata in B flat minor, at age 12. Years later, after a tour in the Army, and living as a civilian in Germany for 3 years, I got to hear him in Dallas, Texas; I was finishing undergrad and Pre-Med. I had no idea what he would be playing that day, but my heart lept with the opening bars of that Sonata. It was utterly fresh!!! That lucidity and endless variety of tone rang and pulsated in the concert hall. Reading the Wikipedia article on Vladimir H. recently (I had not ever looked it up before), it cited his "direct emotional connection with his hearers." Limbic system and heart intelligence of the artist resonating and creating sympathetic resonance in the limbic systems and heart-minds of many hearers over place and time. A wonder, I ween.

  • @AlanMarcy
    @AlanMarcy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Listening to Horowitz in bed in our apartment at the Geezer Storage Facility near the Atlantic Ocean my eyes wspring eternal. Humans are wonderful creatures, at times. I love Earth, too. So some people don't/ Such is life.

  • @Torgueuere
    @Torgueuere 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Two years before dying...it's like a miracle.

  • @RonnieD1970
    @RonnieD1970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    A masterpiece playing a masterpiece on a masterpiece. As GOOD as it gets..

  • @rudyjakma3664
    @rudyjakma3664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Horowitz literally plays as if he were in love with the piano. Maybe he was, it is absolutely perfect. The new generation, like Anastasia Huppmann and Lang Lang, are brilliant. Their technique is astonishing. Yet, they still cannot best pianists like Rubinstein and Horowitz. Not yet. They are virtuoso players and a joy to listen to. Good, even brilliant as they are, they still have to learn the quiet reflection that so enriched the performances of the old masters.

    • @danielmoser8814
      @danielmoser8814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I agree. I realy love those young artists they are just awsome. But Rubinstein, Horowitz and for me Michelangeli are still immortal.

    • @labienus9968
      @labienus9968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@danielmoser8814 Argerich commented that Horowitz is the the pianos greatest lover

    • @danielmoser8814
      @danielmoser8814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@labienus9968 The pianos were all in love with him. Just listen.

    • @labienus9968
      @labienus9968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@danielmoser8814 I don't understand your point? listen to Agerich's comment on the recent doct. on celebrating the Russia return-it's very touching, and if anybody knows what she's talking about, she would be the one
      th-cam.com/video/tXPkSeY_zVg/w-d-xo.html

    • @joeperson448
      @joeperson448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is no such thing as one pianist "besting" another. This is not an athletic competition in one of the sports with hard data, like weight-lifting. This is music, and it is all subjective.

  • @carlosm.lopez-fe3211
    @carlosm.lopez-fe3211 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Horowitz acaricia las teclas, no las pulsa. Sublime.

  • @MrMusiclove59
    @MrMusiclove59 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Schubert accomplished the impossible mission of proving the existence of God and Horowitz is his angel to speak about Him.

  • @evangalyen6402
    @evangalyen6402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I love how his hands lay at the keys and such beautiful music emerges so effortlessly

    • @sneddley
      @sneddley 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, with his hands calm and flat on the keys, he looks and sounds to me like one conjuring up spirits on a quija board.