💿 💿 Buy our latest commercial release of recordings never-before available on CD: tinyurl.com/wjsewyg Track List Brailowsky: Liszt Concerto No 1 (live 1945, Mitropoulos) Arrau: Liszt Concerto No 2 (live 1935, Rosbaud) Cziffra: Liszt Totentanz (live 1962, Benzi, from superior source) Magaloff: Liszt Hungarian Fantasy (new to the discography - live 1965, Ansermet)
@@ClassicalPianoRaritiesWas this the American premiere of that piece? I think it was a very interesting and fresh performance. Seeing that he did not add Sonata No. 8 to his repertoire after playing it, I think he liked Sonata No. 7 more than that piece.
A wonderful document showing the one-man orchestra Horowitz in his technical prime: crazy, hauntingly beautiful, astounding and in every way ne plus ultra.
To date I had only heard the performance from the disc "Horowitz on Television" - which was thrilling. But here, he not only plays faster, but adds a pile more notes! And his cantabile in the second piece is glorious.
The 38 year old Horowitz d u s t s everybody else that tries to play this piece now. Nobody today can play the Carmen transcription with such transcendental virtuosity!!. I'm sorry Yuja and Volodos!
Yes, of the 6th, 7th and 8th sonatas. A recording of the 8th Sonata from the 1945 premiere existed until Horowitz broke the only copies of the discs. The concert below unfortunately does not survive although it was recorded in its entirety: April 23, 1945: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York Prokofiev: Sonata No.8 in B-flat major, Op.84 [New York Première] Scarlatti: Two Sonatas [unspecified] Czerny: Variations on Rode's La Ricordanza, Op.33 Tchaikovsky: Dumka - Russian Rustic Scene, Op.59 Chopin: Etude in F major, Op.10 No.8 Chopin: Etude in C-sharp minor, Op.25 No.7 Chopin: Etude in G-flat major, Op.10 No.5 (Black-Key) Chopin: Grande Valse Brillante in A minor, Op.34 No.2 Liszt: Valse Oubliée No.1 Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 in D-flat major Encores: Chopin: Mazurka [unspecified] Brahms: Waltz in A-flat major, Op.39 No.15 Sousa/Horowitz: The Stars and Stripes Forever
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Track List
Brailowsky: Liszt Concerto No 1 (live 1945, Mitropoulos)
Arrau: Liszt Concerto No 2 (live 1935, Rosbaud)
Cziffra: Liszt Totentanz (live 1962, Benzi, from superior source)
Magaloff: Liszt Hungarian Fantasy (new to the discography - live 1965, Ansermet)
Horowitz’s Prokofiev Sixth not being recorded is such a tragedy, as wonderful as these are
There is also talk that the recording of the 8th Sonata performed in 1945 has been lost. It is a shame.
Yes. The 8th sonata was recorded (the entire recital in fact) but Horowitz dropped those acetates
@@ClassicalPianoRaritiesWas this the American premiere of that piece? I think it was a very interesting and fresh performance. Seeing that he did not add Sonata No. 8 to his repertoire after playing it, I think he liked Sonata No. 7 more than that piece.
Horowitz and Cziffra seemed never stop surprising me, even they already left for quite a long time !!
Is the whole concert available? - I'd love to hear Horowitz play Prokofiev's 6th piano sonata!
What a unique experience to hear Horowitz from this period of his life. Astounding.
A wonderful document showing the one-man orchestra Horowitz in his technical prime: crazy, hauntingly beautiful, astounding and in every way ne plus ultra.
Interestingly, Horowitz did not broadcast on the radio very often....
@@ClassicalPianoRarities And to think he was just 38 years old when this was performed!
To date I had only heard the performance from the disc "Horowitz on Television" - which was thrilling. But here, he not only plays faster, but adds a pile more notes! And his cantabile in the second piece is glorious.
Wild wild wild! So much fun to hear.
I have never heard any other pianist able to generate this sort of electric intensity!
Holy moly!!
The 38 year old Horowitz d u s t s everybody else that tries to play this piece now. Nobody today can play the Carmen transcription with such transcendental virtuosity!!. I'm sorry Yuja and Volodos!
Может, Султанов играл
man that scale at the end is so delicious!
The Bizet.....at his most maniacal 😊 insane
I didn't realize he did the NY premiere of the Prokofiev. Interesting. Thanks for all the uploads.
Yes, of the 6th, 7th and 8th sonatas.
A recording of the 8th Sonata from the 1945 premiere existed until Horowitz broke the only copies of the discs.
The concert below unfortunately does not survive although it was recorded in its entirety:
April 23, 1945: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York
Prokofiev: Sonata No.8 in B-flat major, Op.84 [New York Première]
Scarlatti: Two Sonatas [unspecified]
Czerny: Variations on Rode's La Ricordanza, Op.33
Tchaikovsky: Dumka - Russian Rustic Scene, Op.59
Chopin: Etude in F major, Op.10 No.8
Chopin: Etude in C-sharp minor, Op.25 No.7
Chopin: Etude in G-flat major, Op.10 No.5 (Black-Key)
Chopin: Grande Valse Brillante in A minor, Op.34 No.2
Liszt: Valse Oubliée No.1
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 in D-flat major
Encores:
Chopin: Mazurka [unspecified]
Brahms: Waltz in A-flat major, Op.39 No.15
Sousa/Horowitz: The Stars and Stripes Forever
I would have loved to hear his interpretation of the 6th sonata by prokofiev. Same goes for the octave etude when he was in a better state of mind
Would have been fascinating.
Broke the only disc of that amazing program?? I hate it when that happens. Naughty naughty!
It is very possible that he listened and did not like it. Or he dropped the set of discs.
Did you notice the tie 😮
A very perfumed Brahms....
Is this the same performance of the Marche Millitaire that was regrettably cut off at its highest point?
Yes