George Li plays Horowitz: Variations on a Theme from Bizet’s “Carmen” 

try and search for Nicolai Saratovsky to play it

Wow I think you are extremely critical, and unless you're someone who can deliver exactly what you say the pianist lacks I think you're being a real ass. Technically this is a very clean delivery. It's not Horowitz's demonic energy but there is enough intensity to say this was enjoyable and proficient. You're living in cuckoo land if you expect each pianist to step up and play like Horowitz who composed the variation himself. Very hard to match.

I undertand there were lots of adaptations over time. It's possible George played a genuine version without the part you cited.

@@joseki6644 Hi. Apparently you misunderstood my statement. It was YUJA, not George, who omitted the 30-second segment I cited. George played the 1968 TV concert version in its entirety -- and quite brilliantly, I might add.

@@arpeggiomikey oh right. Yuja's interpretation is impressive but to rift at the speed she does means it won't be clean, same for Horowitz himself on occasion. Haven't studied Yuja's enough actually but yeah doesn't sound exactly the same in notes .

It is a pretty badass piece...

endlessly butchered at that

Let's hear you play it.

better to never play it than to play it poorly

not necessarily......there are many, many, many shades of gray between the ideal performance of it and the worst possible one. You're just a ball of sunshine, aren't you?

Horowitz was the opposite of like that, actually

Wow -- you really ARE disabled, you sanctimonious schmuck!! 😵