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Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz Chopin Bach Debussy Schumann Alexander Scriabin Sergei Rachmaninoff Tchaikovsky Thomas Beecham Liszt Toscanini Brahms Scarlatti Haydn Clementi Beethoven Samuel Barber Prokofiev Kabalevsky Schonberg Carnegie Hall 1757 1903 1915 1925 1928 1932 1933 1936 1940 1950 1953 1965 1985 1987 1989
LIKE and SUBSCRIBE for more videos ! (http•••) SUBSCRIBE to my PATREON ! → (http•••) Vladimir Horowiz : Carnegie Hall Rehearsal, 7 January 1965 (Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Schumann, Conversations etc...) Performer : Vladimir Horowitz, piano Date : 7 January 1965 Place : Carnegie Hall Program : Rehearsal 00:00 Horowitz improvising 03:24 Conversation and Horowitz testing the piano 05:24 Horowitz improvising II 10:31 Conversation I 11:28 Bach : Toccata Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564, I Preludio 17:57 II Intermezzo Adagio 22:15 III Fuga Moderamente scherzando un poco umoristico 27:19 Conversation II 28:15 Chopin - Polonaise Fantaisie in A Flat Major Op. 61 41:19 Conversation III 41:42 Debussy : Etudes Livre II No. 11 Pour les arpeges composés 45:45 Conversation IV 47:12 Schumann : Fantasie in C Major Op. 17 I Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen fragment 58:08 Conversation V 58:24 Chopin : Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor Op. 55 No. 1 BIOGRAPHY The most famous pianist of the twentieth century, his name known to the proverbial man on the street the world over, Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (1903–1989) was born in 1903 in Kiev. Horowitz showed enough prodigious talent to play for Alexander Scriabin in 1915, just before the Russian composer-pianist’s early death. Horowitz would become a superlative interpreter of Scriabin’s music, which the pianist described as “mystical… expressionistic.” Horowitz also became friends with another great Russian composer-pianist (and Scriabin’s former schoolmate), Sergei Rachmaninoff – who was the acme of Romanticism. He also made a benchmark recording of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Sonata No. 2. Emigrating from Russia in 1925 and eventually settling in New York City, Horowitz made his American debut with Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in 1928 at Carnegie Hall, which would become his home venue, the site of many recordings. Impressed by the pianist’s tonal dynamism, conductor Thomas Beecham, who led that concert, reportedly said: “Really, Mr. Horowitz, you can’t play like that – it shows the orchestra up.” Horowitz made a series of solo recordings for HMV at London’s Abbey Road Studios in 1932, including several Chopin pieces and an electrifying take on Liszt’s B Minor Sonata, helping to establish the piece in the standard repertoire. A review of a 1933 London concert declared Horowitz “the greatest pianist dead or alive.” Horowitz would make hit recordings with Toscanini of the Tchaikovsky concerto and the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1940–41. Over the course of his career, Horowitz’s recorded repertoire stretched far beyond those early specialties of Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin and Rachmaninoff; in long associations for RCA, then Columbia and, finally, Deutsche Grammophon, Horowitz also ranged from Scarlatti, Haydn and Clementi to Beethoven, Schumann and miniatures across the ages with artistic and commercial success; in a period of applying himself to modern music, he premiered Samuel Barber’s Sonata in 1950, along with recording sonatas by Prokofiev and Kabalevsky. Driven to “grow until I die,” he said, the pianist reapplied himself to select Beethoven sonatas in his middle period and then several Mozart works as he grew older. Horowitz also crafted his own transcriptions and arrangements, including such showstoppers as his variations on Carmen and Stars and Stripes Forever. In his book The Great Pianists, critic Harold Schonberg wrote: “As a technician, Horowitz was one of the most honest in the history of modern pianism. Famously high-strung, his art always a mental-physical high-wire act, Horowitz took four sabbaticals from public performance to deal with various issues, his returns much-ballyhooed events. The first layoff was for two years in 1936; the longest was 1953 to 1965, followed by a tremendous homecoming to Carnegie Hall. But even over his later breaks, he recorded regularly at home in his Manhattan townhouse, documenting his art as it subtly evolved even beyond great venues and the recording studio. A 1985 film, The Last Romantic, captured the pianist in his last years, performing at home as well as reminiscing about Scriabin and Rachmaninoff. The next year, Horowitz returned to Russia, 61 years after leaving — a hugely emotional event for both artist and audience, documented in the concert album and film Horowitz in Moscow. In 1987, he played his final recital, in Hamburg; he died two years later. “Piano playing consists of intellect, heart and technique,” Horowitz said. “All should be equally developed. Without intellect, you will be a fiasco; without technique, an amateur; without heart, a machine. The profession has its perils.”
Domenico Scarlatti Rosanne Philippens Stainer Swiss Chamber Soloists 1685 1757 1850
DOMENICO SCARLATTI +••.••(...)) Sonata K.27 00:00 Sonata K.87 04:00 Sonata K.1 11:29 Sonata K.247 18:50 Arranged for string trio by Jürg Dähler SWISS CHAMBER SOLOISTS VIOLIN Rosanne Philippens VIOLA Jürg Dähler CELLO Sebastian Braun Performed on historical instruments by Jacobus Stainer Recorded live on November 27 in Kirche St Peter, Zurich www.swisschamberconcerts.ch
Domenico Scarlatti Clara Haskil Chopin Igor Markevitch 1685 1757 1813 1895 1902 1949 1950 1951 1960 2021
️Please consider membership at our Patreon page: (http•••) Domenico Scarlatti +••.••(...)) The Keyboard Sonatas by Clara Haskil. Qobuz (http•••) Tidal (http•••) Spotify (http•••) Youtube Music (http•••) Apple Music (http•••) Amazon Music (http•••) Deezer (http•••) Soundcloud (http•••) Napster (http•••) Awa日本 (http•••) LineMusic日本 (http•••) QQ音乐 (http•••) *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (00:00-03:00) 00:00 Keyboard Sonata in A Major K. 322 / 1950 02:51 Keyboard Sonata in E flat Major K. 193 / 1950 06:58 Keyboard Sonata in C sharp minor K. 247 / 1950 12:19 Keyboard Sonata in C Major K. 132 / 1950 18:13 Keyboard Sonata in F minor K. 519 / 1950 21:00 Keyboard Sonata in G minor K. 35 / 1950 23:25 Keyboard Sonata in G Mmajor K. 2 / 1950 25:10 Keyboard Sonata in F minor K. 386 / 1950 27:37 Keyboard Sonata in C Major K. 515 / 1950 30:19 Keyboard Sonata in F Major K. 437 / 1950 32:51 Keyboard Sonata in B minor K. 87 / 1950 37:26 Keyboard Sonata in B minor K. 87 / 1951 42:02 Keyboard Sonata in E flat Major K. 193 / 1951 46:01 Keyboard Sonata in F minor K. 386 / 1951 Piano: Clara Haskil Recorded in 1950-51, at Switzerland New mastering in 2021 by AB for CMRR FOLLOW US on SPOTIFY (Profil: CMRR) : (http•••) Download CMRR's recordings in High fidelity audio (QOBUZ) : (http•••) Any member of the guild of great pianists with an ambition to perform Scarlatti must be a master of fine distinctions, for Scarlatti's sonatas are no more limited to "elegance and delicacy of expression". Clara Haskil +••.••(...)), called a "saint of the piano" (by Joachim Kaiser) in the 1950s, was wonderfully successful at this balancing act. Although she began playing in public as early as 1902, she Mas long denied lasting fame. This may partly be attributed to a serious back ailment that required her to stop performing for repeated periods and partly to her markedly individual style. Her artistic breakthrough finally came with a series of concerts in the Netherlands in 1949, which brought the 54-year-old pianist long delayed international recognition. Her recording of Scarlatti sonatas, ravishing masterpieces, is still a prized collector's item among Scarlatti connoisseurs and amateurs. Chopin - Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.21 (reference recording: Clara Haskil, Igor Markevitch): (http•••) Domenico Scarlatti PLAYLIST (reference recordings): (http•••)
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