Vladimir Horowitz plays Chopin Polonaise in A flat major op.53

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  • @pier-oliviermarquis3006
    @pier-oliviermarquis3006 6 ปีที่แล้ว +534

    3:15 sewing this damn hole again...

    • @danielcohn6884
      @danielcohn6884 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      This should get more likes

    • @BillPark-ey6ih
      @BillPark-ey6ih 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      lmao

    • @xawi117
      @xawi117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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    • @hanyasvagytediszno
      @hanyasvagytediszno 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LOL

    • @kickintheshamrok
      @kickintheshamrok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOOOL

  • @jamesfeldman4234
    @jamesfeldman4234 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I have seen Vladimir Horowitz perform many times during my lifetime. I can tell you that Mr. Horowitz was exceptionally pleased with his own performance of Chopin's Opus No. 53 here. Whenever Mr. Horowitz has a solemn expression during a performance but, after the close, exhales his breath, in almost an exaggerated manner, and then smiles, that's a classic "tell" that he was satisfied that he gave his best possible performance.

  • @JoanJennings
    @JoanJennings ปีที่แล้ว +186

    I’m a retired professional photographer and Steinway was a client. I photographed the unveiling of Horowitz’s portrait in Steinway Hall by Wanda Toscanini Horowitz. After the program ended, I was allowed to play a few chords on one of Horowitz’s pianos. A chilling experience.

  • @alarikwood3330
    @alarikwood3330 5 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    No one has ever played with such strong authority, yet as graceful and perfect as Horowitz. He is dearly missed.

    • @RaineriHakkarainen
      @RaineriHakkarainen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Come on Alarik!! NOT TRUE!! The Truth is Horowitz not The Greatest!! Better More Colorful Beautiful piano sound than Horowitz=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy!! MORE POWERFUL Louder than Horowitz=Mikhail Pletnev The Loudest Ever! Pletnev the Supernova Explosion Power! The Second Loudest Hardest Hitter of the Keyboard was Lazar Berman!! More Genius=Sviastoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky!!!!

    • @matthew3072
      @matthew3072 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@RaineriHakkarainenHorowitz stands above all! Glory to Horowitz!

    • @Ncp2666
      @Ncp2666 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@RaineriHakkarainen I disagree but I respect your passion. Glory to Horowitz!

    • @scottmendelson2315
      @scottmendelson2315 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RaineriHakkarainen Oh, piss off.

    • @henryseidel5469
      @henryseidel5469 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@RaineriHakkarainen Why can't we simply accept that those experts are simply neither better or worse than the others ? But just different. I appreciate them all...Horovitz is one of the greatest.

  • @bwsmyhero
    @bwsmyhero 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    Horowitz let his gorgeous playing speak for him rather than grandiose, dramatic and emotional outward flourishes with their arms and body that many pianists use in order to keep the viewers’ interest. He could keep them captivated without all that.

    • @Bennythecoredriver
      @Bennythecoredriver หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He definitely is a showman with his facial and upper body energy tho too. I agree with you! This guy is CLEAN.

    • @swangonzalez4797
      @swangonzalez4797 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes I got the same vibes from this guy, he got one heck of a hammer, just mellower than Vladi...Nobody hammers like the last Romantic

  • @albertarens8101
    @albertarens8101 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    How lucky we are to be capable of witnessing this great artist

  • @garylawrence7547
    @garylawrence7547 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    His fingering is absolutely perfect. How his finger strikes the key determines the tone of the string. Tonal quality varies with touch. Vladimir sets the gold standard for all pianists. Hearing this Chopin’s jaw would drop.

    • @raymondst.pierre4372
      @raymondst.pierre4372 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's exactly what Eddie Van Halen used to say.

    • @Frederic_Francois_Chopin
      @Frederic_Francois_Chopin 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Too bold to assume that my jew would drop over this when you don't know a lot about me...

  • @omarcarrasco8759
    @omarcarrasco8759 7 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    84 years... always the best of the best, only one name, only Horowitz, forever the great Maestro!!!

  • @leus
    @leus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    At this age Horowitz could miss a key or two, grant that. But he got more expression in his little pinky than all the rest combined.

    • @magicmulder
      @magicmulder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yes, he was getting better and better with old age, with regard to his emotion and expression. Who needs cold technical perfection, any MIDI file can do that.

    • @cappystrano1
      @cappystrano1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Speak for yourself, he was good but gave into the trend in music at the time. He had the skills but the marketing of his career hamstrung him bad!

    • @davidpowell3347
      @davidpowell3347 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      In the 1950s he hardly ever missed a key.

  • @NanciWeisman
    @NanciWeisman ปีที่แล้ว +163

    He was my father's first cousin. He was so dedicated to his art. I was told stories of his dedication. I am so proud to be a relative of such an amazing man.

    • @pablobear4241
      @pablobear4241 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Can you share some stories?

    • @xdanielyj2557
      @xdanielyj2557 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes. I would love to hear some stories as well.

    • @cookie-gy3ed
      @cookie-gy3ed ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me as well, if it wouldn't be too much trouble

    • @salsalvio821
      @salsalvio821 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@pablobear4241I wouldn’t go believing people in the comments

    • @annadavis2547
      @annadavis2547 ปีที่แล้ว

      That makes you his first cousin once removed. Your children and his children are second cousins

  • @СветланаБескина-ф4з
    @СветланаБескина-ф4з ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Какой звук,техника,эмоции! Исполнение на высшем уровне! Браво!Светлая память Вам Маэстро!🙏🙏🙏👍❤💋🌷🌺🌹

  • @nicolaskruger4412
    @nicolaskruger4412 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    People in 100 years will still Look up to this guy

  • @becotan-nm1nl
    @becotan-nm1nl ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Wow! What a beautiful rendition.Chopin is one of my favorite composer and this piano piece is one of my favorite.Never get tired of listening to this beautiful music.

  • @michaelschabow2911
    @michaelschabow2911 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Wow. Between the genius of Chopin, and the ageless talent of Maestro Horowitz, the world is a better place. This melody gives me strength. Thank you.

  • @guymandudely324
    @guymandudely324 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    84 years old here and showing complete mastery of dynamics from the sublime to the heroic. Inspiring to see and hear Horowitz.

  • @onion6foot
    @onion6foot 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    On this LEAP Day...I thought of my late father in his long underwear....leaping into the living room as I danced to this music. My mother had a red vinyl 45 and I played it and danced all the time in the 60s. How the music brings it back.

  • @juneracey8272
    @juneracey8272 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Always in tears after seeing this.. Oh my god, bless him, absolutely breathtakingly beautiful to see and hear.

  • @zuzannawisniewska4464
    @zuzannawisniewska4464 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    " To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable "-- Beethoven...

    • @Gemini530
      @Gemini530 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You say that because you heard a lot of wrong notes here 😂

    • @roselarcena
      @roselarcena ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's live performance.. different from a recording studio. With passion, you lead to perfection. Landing keys on slips is sometimes that we address during practices, transitions, & fingers crossing keys wide apart.. May not be avoided. As it is I salute pianist performer H for this performance.

    • @hara3435
      @hara3435 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      like the chinese technical masters with no passion .

    • @Northbound2006
      @Northbound2006 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Not making faces and breathing heavily doesn’t mean he is not having passion. Horowitz is one of the greatest of all times, and will continue to be.

    • @easygoing2479
      @easygoing2479 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm very passionate about my wrong notes.

  • @josac7602
    @josac7602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    It's 2021 and this is still one of the best interpretations

    • @dajlala1
      @dajlala1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Applies also for 2022!

    • @awshade176
      @awshade176 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      listening 11/23/2022 . . . this is my theme music

    • @draxon8222
      @draxon8222 ปีที่แล้ว

      11/05/23

    • @aceous99
      @aceous99 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      stardate alpha 1009.486g, reporting in from the Charlie Quadrant, this is still my jam!

    • @lilyoungstpark
      @lilyoungstpark ปีที่แล้ว

      truely indeed

  • @jokeyman2943
    @jokeyman2943 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    The master. when I want to hear what a piano is supposed to sound like-it always come back to Vladimir Horowitz. gives me goosebumps hearing him play. Or to tears of joy...magnificent.

  • @VivianaHuwald
    @VivianaHuwald ปีที่แล้ว +12

    How DIVINE is this music and Vladimir Horowitz fingers make the MAGIC become reality!

  • @kevinh5349
    @kevinh5349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    At the end, by his expression you could tell how much a piece like that took out of even a virtuoso like him

    • @2204JCM
      @2204JCM ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He’s old.

    • @nomorebushz
      @nomorebushz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@2204JCMWill you be a talented old person, too?

  • @colintyler1405
    @colintyler1405 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Wonderful. I am no classical expert but Horowitz handling of dynamics is so amazing.

  • @SY5841414
    @SY5841414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I'm 22 and haven't played piano seriously in several years but Horowitz's performance here is astounding. The color, intention, and his pure agility belies his age. This interpretation here is seriously making me want to rediscover the instrument...

    • @VivianaHuwald
      @VivianaHuwald ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chopin died too young.
      There were no antibiotics in his days.

  • @bootman26
    @bootman26 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    So, incredible, and difficult. You can see Horowitz going "phew" when he finished up. Pianism doesn't get better than this.

    • @juvenalhahne7750
      @juvenalhahne7750 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fico perdido frente ao comentário de tantos amantes dos grandes pianistas. Não é o meu caso é sinceramente os invejo por isso. Bem que gostaria de saber distingui-los.

  • @talyahthomas5056
    @talyahthomas5056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I can’t help but to focus on his right hand pinky. There is so much control, especially how he has it tucked away until it’s time to play its next note. It’s so smooth. I truly admire his playing.

    • @2204JCM
      @2204JCM ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s a bad habit. It shows that he is tense when he plays.

  • @theUroshman
    @theUroshman ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The segment between 4:43 and 6:00 is out of this world! A magnificent demonstration of how music can take you to a another realm, with the great Horowitz holding the keys to that dimension.

  • @annjeanmillikan
    @annjeanmillikan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What a rare experience and adventure to watch this excellent, outstanding video of Horowitz performing at 84 years old! The photography and filming of his hands in detail is marvelous. Of course he performs the Chopin Polonaise in A flat M gorgeous and this is a special moment for me to view Horowitz's playing and his hands too.

  • @dive917
    @dive917 6 ปีที่แล้ว +304

    Vladimir Horowitz was sent to play CHOPIN by direct order from God. Simply a privilege for the ears. RIP maestro.

    • @reidx512
      @reidx512 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh I think so too... wow, feeling so very blessed. I have never ever played this like this... ever ..

    • @rudepeoplestink
      @rudepeoplestink ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was hard work, not fantasy religion.

    • @soniamartins9472
      @soniamartins9472 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rudepeoplestink, concordo com o trabalho árduo. As peças de Chopin e Liszt exigem muito trabalho e são magníficas, mas talento, meu amigo, é essencialmente importante e isso não é fantasia não, é dom divino sim. Estudei piano durante 15 anos, fui insistente, mas não tenho esse talento e tive muito dificuldade de interpretar as peças desses magníficos compositores e outros também. Sou limitada, não por falta de vontade, mas por falta de talento. E este Deus deu a poucos.
      Lamento sua colocação.

    • @easygoing2479
      @easygoing2479 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@soniamartins9472 I feel the same as you. I too studied piano for years - coinciding with my piano tuning business - and _worked_ very diligently on my performance, especially the Chopin repertoire. My piano friends felt I had a gift for interpreting his pieces. But my abilities went only so far. I wanted so badly to perform some of Chopin's more difficult music according to my heart's 'ear', but those pieces were simply beyond my abilities or stamina. Horowitz and the other piano greats were, and are, so gifted.

    • @mikeappignani4383
      @mikeappignani4383 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My GOD YOU ARE SO RITE THANK YOU GOD I AM CERTAIN HE IS PERFORMING IN HEAVEN. ❤

  • @buffnerdtv
    @buffnerdtv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I loved listening to Horowitz's recordings growing up. Such effortless POWER and unparalleled clarity.

  • @mdg140
    @mdg140 6 ปีที่แล้ว +716

    It is interesting how Vladimir Horowitz always seems to play with his fingers slightly flat, whereas arched fingers are usually recommended when playing the piano.

    • @josephs.7960
      @josephs.7960 5 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Ikr back when I had a piano teacher he would have smacked me for imitating this technique

    • @viggos.n.5864
      @viggos.n.5864 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@josephs.7960 my teacher Gold me if i can play as well as him
      I can play how i want to

    • @hugothebear
      @hugothebear 5 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      It’s a feature of Russian technique, the key is struck with the fleshier part of the finger away from the tip and the wrist carries the movement through to full depression of the key, seems to work for Mr H, even in old age he could produce clarity, complexity and weight of tone which was nothing short of magnificent, and all achieved with apparent economy of movement and gesture.

    • @yves7778
      @yves7778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Just play what feels comfortable to you. Teachers have to say something, so you keep paying for classes.

    • @ddmm114
      @ddmm114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      His hands were mainly better to play this way.

  • @ruthhellkamp926
    @ruthhellkamp926 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    this piece stirs the blood......one of my all time favorites. It passes the 'goosebump' test..for sure. AMAZING.

    • @Dee010s
      @Dee010s 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I get chills around 3:20...its so exciting

  • @johnrapp8873
    @johnrapp8873 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    although there are many beautiful recordings of this piece, this is the absolute perfection! Thank You so much!..John Rapp

  • @doGreatartistsgrowontrees
    @doGreatartistsgrowontrees 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Perfection. Love the mountains of sounds Horowitz could create along with his spontaneity and bold manner. This is playing cultivated in an era when music and artistic individuality truly mattered. Note his subtle and artful use of legato. If you haven’t yet noticed, this is a long lost art. Barely anyone can do that any longer and when they try the results are so obvious and in your face that they are jarring and unmusical. In other words, if you can’t do it and do it very well, please don’t.

    • @philip.stigaard
      @philip.stigaard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I understand what you mean but chill out man

  • @jarbeslima
    @jarbeslima 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ahhh eu me emociono profundamente em ouvir as polonesas de Chopin, pelas mãos abençoadas de Horowitz. É uma interpretação magistral, com nuances, expressões, que ouvi poucas vezes, ❤❤❤❤❤ . Horowitz é único, um Deus do piano. Não me canso de ouvi-lo.

  • @ajg617
    @ajg617 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Stunning dexterity for an 84 year old. Beautiful. I think his recording from the '70s was technically superior but this recording has a character that his earlier one did not.

  • @mariocuber51
    @mariocuber51 11 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    At the beginning, I thought my speakers were broken so I turned the volume all the way up. That was a mistake. XD

    • @tinnamchoi
      @tinnamchoi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Andrew Kritzler ur lucky ur usong speakers... I was using earphones

    • @User_Fafa2015
      @User_Fafa2015 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Timothy Choi i’m so sorry 😂

    • @CatLover69420
      @CatLover69420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beethoven speedrun world record

    • @FockeWulfFW200
      @FockeWulfFW200 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      One simply does not that when listening to classical music

  • @vripiatbuzoi9188
    @vripiatbuzoi9188 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Like how he starts soft while still voicing certain notes so well. Not seen anyone do it like this.

  • @massimobelibani9983
    @massimobelibani9983 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Grandissimo Maestro, Magistrale Esecuzione ed Immortale Autore🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️Dedicata a te Narica, amore mio. 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸💝💝💝💖💖💖❤️❤️❤️💘💘💘💕💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💘💘💘🎄Massimo.

  • @wblairosborniii3385
    @wblairosborniii3385 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He is the very best pianist so far in our lives. I get much pleasure in listening to this dear man.

  • @HawthorneHillNaturePreserve
    @HawthorneHillNaturePreserve ปีที่แล้ว +8

    There will never be another, Vladimir Horowitz! I love his interpretations of so many pieces. He makes it look effortless like he’s barely moving his fingers his wrists down his fingers flat. And even at this age he doesn’t miss a note or phrase. His technique and his sound, the play of soft and loud like a painting. Chiaroscuro (the play on light and dark). Nobody does it better than Horowitz.

  • @choffeez
    @choffeez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Replika showed me this vid!

  • @markklein437
    @markklein437 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Playing that piece that well is impressive. But I’m blown away by Chopin. He WROTE that!

  • @cynthiagonzalez658
    @cynthiagonzalez658 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    80+ year old man playing with such intensity. Hallelujah ‼️
    I encountered an excellent piano teacher, unfortunately, too late. He gave me this piano piece. I was in my junior year of veterinary medicine by then. I worked on it despite the killer academic load.
    I was able to play it in its entirety a couple of times but boy, did it absolutely kill my hands, arms, neck and upper back.
    This is a man's piece. I have never heard a woman really play this optimally, with the requisite intensity.
    I had to give it up during my senior year. Not enough time for both activities, not enough energy.
    My next door neighbor, who was a guitar instructor, told my mother that he got goosebumps everytime he heard me practising it .
    I would have persisted a bit more if my Mom told me that SOONER. Instead of more than a decade later.😑

  • @joshthompiano
    @joshthompiano 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The best, the legend, thank you Maestro Horowitz.

  • @sofiarrose
    @sofiarrose 7 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    Did anyone else's replika bring them here?

    • @Grila03
      @Grila03 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Oh, well, I have found another Replika ARMY user

    • @lpskitfit
      @lpskitfit 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, must be sponsored.

    • @sv3849
      @sv3849 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha the elephant in the room

    • @himmel4318
      @himmel4318 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mee!

    • @MinaMcKay
      @MinaMcKay 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fifi Rose yes

  • @seeyouinhell353
    @seeyouinhell353 7 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Why did a talking egg bring me here

    • @cychlone
      @cychlone 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      See you in hell Lmao, Replica?

    • @TinderoNgBalot
      @TinderoNgBalot 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ME TOOKOOOOO

    • @kashndeekathus3467
      @kashndeekathus3467 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Dee010s
      @Dee010s 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It has. Great. Taste. (Whatever 🥚 is)

  • @grey5920
    @grey5920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm doing a project about him and I am so glad that my teacher assigned me to him. I wish I could have attended one of his performances at least once. I'm so fascinated by him.

    • @magicmulder
      @magicmulder 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had just turned 19 when he passed away, I had so hoped to be able to attend one of his concerts.

  • @barbarasiwczak7059
    @barbarasiwczak7059 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Swobodne,lekkie - wykonane- dziękuję - Pani Barbara.🧓👏🌹

  • @lioneldemello9707
    @lioneldemello9707 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Por Dios!!! Que viejo bárbaro!!! Volví a escucharlo y TODO LO QUE HACE ES DE MAESTRIA ABSOLUTA!!! Los ritmos, la digitación impecable para que cada nota conserve su individualidad, los matices de suavidad, media y forte!!! ÚNICO, ESTRATOSFERICO!!

  • @zuzannawisniewska4464
    @zuzannawisniewska4464 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Chopin is one of my favorite composer. It's 2023 and this is still one of the best interpretations. Beautiful version after so many decades...

    • @juancruz571
      @juancruz571 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I suggest that you try and llisten to Liberace play this masterpiece.

  • @blubbfisch98
    @blubbfisch98 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    After I told an AI I like the theme of Pirates of the Caribbean, it shared this video with me. Nice one.

    • @orionmielnik6611
      @orionmielnik6611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I told the thing i liked playing the Good Omens theme on piano and it shared this with me😅

    • @mememanfresh
      @mememanfresh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      what Ai

  • @tonysproule3408
    @tonysproule3408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Still one of the greatest renditions in history..

  • @hannastaszak1684
    @hannastaszak1684 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Cudowna muzyka genialnego Chopina, boskie wykonanie ❤️

  • @Cobalt565
    @Cobalt565 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    still the most powerful, triumphant and beautiful version after so many decades

    • @henryseidel5469
      @henryseidel5469 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right ! It is not just a performance but the result of a life !

  • @reygood1
    @reygood1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I'm musically illiterate... but I love this performance...

  • @davidtatevosyan2909
    @davidtatevosyan2909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Genius. Magical performance!

  • @axelrodriguez734
    @axelrodriguez734 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a talent! My Father played vinyls of him playing Chopin, but watching how calm and collected he is in this video leaves me in a state of awe !

  • @dafnimbus
    @dafnimbus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I saw him perform in Worcester Massachusetts and it left a lasting impression on me.

  • @jacquelinemajor1297
    @jacquelinemajor1297 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Simply genial! The great Vladimir Horowitz

  • @bmwrules28
    @bmwrules28 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant 🎹 masterfully played and executed. 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

  • @kirishima-kun8987
    @kirishima-kun8987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a wonderful piece, so intense yet so beautifully graceful. Reminds me of ball dancing! Great work!

  • @zuzannawisniewska4464
    @zuzannawisniewska4464 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Legendary pianist. Considered one of the greatest classical pianist of all time, he was known for his virtuoso technique, timbre and the audience's excitement caused by his playing....

  • @adolescenterevoltado9008
    @adolescenterevoltado9008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Damn I need to practice

  • @TomAngPhoto
    @TomAngPhoto 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    LOVE that 'Phew!!' at the end. So human, such genius musicality, let alone god-given fingers.

  • @inessalgado543
    @inessalgado543 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fantastic Pianist. "Bravo". Ines.

  • @YashaYakhnisPiano
    @YashaYakhnisPiano 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Bravo! I never heard it played with such intensity.

  • @joshs4594
    @joshs4594 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the greatest musicians ever to walk the planet. 🎹

  • @raymondhummel5211
    @raymondhummel5211 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful performance!

  • @bnezabela1635
    @bnezabela1635 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    he's barely touching the piano!!!!!! it's like he's playing piano with the air!!! I can't even see him touching the piano!! this guy is the best pianist I have ever seen! how is it that this video has so little views!

    • @alancassman9581
      @alancassman9581 ปีที่แล้ว

      BC Pop Culture Has So Over shadowed The Greatness of Past Artists..Age of Amnesia..When Musical Historians Judge The Past- Who Will Stand Out? " My Girl Does The Hanky Panky" or " Chopin?"

  • @tulazaz
    @tulazaz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! Amazing how fluently he can still play it at his age. I love Chopins Polonaise. I remember when I was 3 sitting in a big leather chair listening to my much older brother play this. And hundreds of times since. Sadly he passed away at age 86 recently. I noticed at his home, Chopins Polonaise was the music on his baby grand.

    • @Dee010s
      @Dee010s 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yessss...My mom got me hooked when i was a little kid and at 40 he became my favorite composer. Amazing talent and a joy to gear in person!

  • @karrotkake
    @karrotkake ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i love how all the other great concert pianists are always closing their eyes, moving around and making faces and things like that when playing a song, and he just sits there emotionless, just barely moving his head when he needs to

    • @kevinh5349
      @kevinh5349 ปีที่แล้ว

      But the concentraton and intensity is amazing.

    • @karrotkake
      @karrotkake ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kevinh5349 yeah

  • @davidseay8892
    @davidseay8892 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This takes heroic talent to play, and play well.

  • @TheMountainMongrel
    @TheMountainMongrel 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Horowitz I can listen to any day of my life and just bow down.

  • @georgehahn2979
    @georgehahn2979 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Unlimited technique, combined with daring attacks on the music, total confidence in his capabilites allowed Horowitz to soar above all other pianists. Truly the GOAT.

  • @ninec9198
    @ninec9198 6 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    When my Replika has better taste in classical music than me...

  • @emrahkorkmaz87
    @emrahkorkmaz87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It is an outstanding performance!

  • @FraserScarlett
    @FraserScarlett ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's a privilege to hear and watch him play

  • @matina6878
    @matina6878 11 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I also love how piano can still be played when one is old and grey. :)

    • @Linkin7130
      @Linkin7130 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      only if time is kind to you

    • @drflamerjoe
      @drflamerjoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Linkin7130 The idea of losing most of my abilities as I age, seems tolerable to me barring losing ability to play the instrument you are proficient on.

    • @tryinganna9883
      @tryinganna9883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Piano ability is rarely lost in age especially when one plays to become a virtuoso like Horowitz. Since piano technique is based on relaxation during the pianissimo he lets the curve on his fingers half collapse which takes incredible finger independence and strength since a half collapsed finger which is good technique as it limits the amount of finger strength placed upon the note adding dynamics which gives the pianissimo its beautiful sombre quietness he’s a piano genius

  • @haydegantus5933
    @haydegantus5933 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Que maravilha !! 👏 E viva Chopin !!

  • @ЛюбовьСергиенко-э2ы
    @ЛюбовьСергиенко-э2ы 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Бесподобно. Чисто физически ощущаешь, как тебя обволакивает поток чистого воздуха и в прямом смысле становится легче дышать. Удивительно. Браво! 👏🌹

  • @scotch_onrocks1876
    @scotch_onrocks1876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I just feel like he's better than everyone, such control over the key

  • @BillPark-ey6ih
    @BillPark-ey6ih ปีที่แล้ว +6

    only Horowitz can bring out different stories from this piece

  • @octobergrace81
    @octobergrace81 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    매번들어도 감동입니다.
    좋은연주.또 동영상 감사합니다.

  • @macrvy
    @macrvy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful music sounds. Great Horowits. Poetic fascination.

  • @nicollasvinicius5045
    @nicollasvinicius5045 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Melhor pianista do século 20!!!!!

  • @tonysproule6687
    @tonysproule6687 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No one else even comes close! Would love to see him do a Dvorak interpretation.

  • @choffeez
    @choffeez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Those 20 people who disliked this video has no taste in music!

  • @lioneldemello9707
    @lioneldemello9707 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Conmovedor! Arte puro de Horowitz! La interpretacion más límpida y nítida de esta obra de arte!

  • @massimobelibani9983
    @massimobelibani9983 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Grazie Maestro. R.I.P.❤️

  • @janebishop5885
    @janebishop5885 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was unreal and no sheet music. Talent on steroids. And at 84 !!!!! I'm so impressed!

  • @masatoshinohara5142
    @masatoshinohara5142 ปีที่แล้ว

    Once I heared this, I cannot hear other one. The touching on black key is so soft while it is so powerful for the turning point code. Gosh, it is sctually Gid's play!!

  • @w1ndache
    @w1ndache 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So this is what bass boosted chopin sounds like. Love it

  • @lilibethquevedo
    @lilibethquevedo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Sin ninguna duda,uno de los mejores pianistas de todos los tiempos,con una ejecución impecable y una técnica muy depurada.

  • @virginiafry9854
    @virginiafry9854 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    My late mother, who was an incredibly talented musician (until she suddenly developed stage fright) could play this piece beautifully!

  • @massimobelibani9983
    @massimobelibani9983 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you, Master. R.I.P. Master Vladimir Horowitz ❤️🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸🇮🇹

  • @peterproud5393
    @peterproud5393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A masterful rendition of a classical masterpiece.

    • @Imnotjoshcat
      @Imnotjoshcat ปีที่แล้ว

      Amazing rendition and not forgetting Chopin who wrote so many timeless clsssics

  • @SuzetteGrist
    @SuzetteGrist 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a simply wonderful performance. Thank you. Suzette SA

  • @kathleencook3060
    @kathleencook3060 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am swooning!
    Exquisite!.
    Thank you Maestro.

  • @estelleneethling12
    @estelleneethling12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ❤❤❤ It's almost as if each hand had a life of its own. Magnificent!