Obviously the rest of the performance is a marvel, but if Mr Horowitz had recorded only the first fifty seconds of the concerto, it would still be a masterpiece of musicality.
The Horowitz that I grew up hearing, in the late 1970s and 80s was understandably profoundly different from the Horowitz post 1965. But the Horowitz of the 40s was transcendent, imagine being a perpetual 18 year old in the 1930s, and going from concert to concert, hearing Rubinstein, Horowitz, Cortot ,Rachmaninoff, Kapell, then going to the Soviet Union and hearing Gilels, Tamarkina, Richter, Yudina and who knows how many others! Just get any day labor job, work 18 hours a day, save enough money to go to the next city, next concert!
Fascinating that a historic recording like this of a rare live performance yet by Horowitz has only garnered 2500 views. Should be required listening for anyone who wants to understand why Rachmaninoff said he'd thought he'd never live to hear his 3rd Concerto performed the way it should be until he heard Horowitz perform it at the Hollywood Bowl.
It is, I'm moved in so many ways hearing this, it is yet another angle to the piece that makes it still my favourite piece of piano virtuosity and a window into another time; the urgency of it speaks of the global conflicts that both experienced and the timeless romance that he created.
Listen to Rachmaninoff himself play it, and you will know that this is the desired tempo. Rachmaninoff played it great at over 60 years age; imagine what it would have sounded like when he was 40. Probably it would have sounded like this, Horowitz at 36 playing it. This is the way it was meant to be. Try to separate yourself from all the current pianists who slow it down to a funeral dirge and ruin it. Both Rachmaninoff's and Horowitz's versions are unworldly amazing.
Nobody plays it like this anymore because they simply can't. Rachmaninoff plays just as fast but he was much older than Horowitz for his studio recording. Imagine if we had Rachmaninoff in his prime playing this. It seems like every year the coda is played slower and slower by today's artists dragging it out and over sentimental completely the opposite of how Rachmaninoff played it.
This is just so impressive…once it started playing I couldn’t take my attention away
Obviously the rest of the performance is a marvel, but if Mr Horowitz had recorded only the first fifty seconds of the concerto, it would still be a masterpiece of musicality.
The Horowitz that I grew up hearing, in the late 1970s and 80s was understandably profoundly different from the Horowitz post 1965. But the Horowitz of the 40s was transcendent, imagine being a perpetual 18 year old in the 1930s, and going from concert to concert, hearing Rubinstein, Horowitz, Cortot ,Rachmaninoff, Kapell, then going to the Soviet Union and hearing Gilels, Tamarkina, Richter, Yudina and who knows how many others! Just get any day labor job, work 18 hours a day, save enough money to go to the next city, next concert!
What you imagined!!! Give me a Genie in a bottle!!!
As Rodzinski, Barbirolli (quite) able to follow the monster at his tempo .... bravo !
Fascinating that a historic recording like this of a rare live performance yet by Horowitz has only garnered 2500 views. Should be required listening for anyone who wants to understand why Rachmaninoff said he'd thought he'd never live to hear his 3rd Concerto performed the way it should be until he heard Horowitz perform it at the Hollywood Bowl.
It is, I'm moved in so many ways hearing this, it is yet another angle to the piece that makes it still my favourite piece of piano virtuosity and a window into another time; the urgency of it speaks of the global conflicts that both experienced and the timeless romance that he created.
@@stevepote That makes one billion of us.
No my friend, this is not "fascinating" or even a surprise that only 2500 people came here.
Our time is shit.
Didn't you know ?
This record is not from 1940
This is 1941 May 4th Radio broadcast
Unspeakable..
I personally hear this recording as very rushed, but I can understand why some people might like it
Listen to Rachmaninoff himself play it, and you will know that this is the desired tempo. Rachmaninoff played it great at over 60 years age; imagine what it would have sounded like when he was 40. Probably it would have sounded like this, Horowitz at 36 playing it. This is the way it was meant to be. Try to separate yourself from all the current pianists who slow it down to a funeral dirge and ruin it. Both Rachmaninoff's and Horowitz's versions are unworldly amazing.
Listen to HJ Lim's similar interpretation. She even plays the great ossia cadenza in the first movement!
Nobody plays it like this anymore because they simply can't. Rachmaninoff plays just as fast but he was much older than Horowitz for his studio recording. Imagine if we had Rachmaninoff in his prime playing this. It seems like every year the coda is played slower and slower by today's artists dragging it out and over sentimental completely the opposite of how Rachmaninoff played it.
White hot.