I heard Maestro Horowitz play on March 18, 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It was a stunning performance and he played 4 encores! Then, while on a break in Highlands, North Carolina, USA in April of 1986, I was blessed to have been sitting by accident in front of the television watching CBS when the live performance of his return to Moscow after 60 years came on. It was a much better performance than the Atlanta performance. I later read that he had made several very beneficial changes in his lifestyle and practicing routines that were reflected in the Moscow performance. I'll never forget either experience. I am now an ardent fan his and mourn his absence to this day.
I was at that Atlanta performance! I had 2 tickets, but my companion couldnt come, so for my first experience scalping out front I wasnt too smart --- I drove a pretty tough deal, then got to my seat and suddenly realized, oh, I would be sitting next to the guy who was rather miffed at what I charged. Slightly tense.
He was child like and protected from the world. Except for the time he was arrested in Central Park wearing bra and panties. What a great artist. There will not be another.
@TBlev215 of course. Byron Janis, Fleisher, and several other "students" have many ugly stories . A secret almost as badly kept as James Levine. But it doesnt lesson his artistry or genius.
Please accept my eternal attitude for this uploading. He is my "pianist". Especially inspiring was his Vienna performance. Both Chopin and Schubert made me cry. Eternally grateful.... Emmanuel Matuco
Be sure that you're not the only person who cried listening to his beautiful conversations with all the composers of our past. If it's about Russia, people need to understand the culture of this nature and you need to read the novels of the great writers like Pushkin, Tolstoi, Dostojewski , Tcheov and all of them. Than you understand the sentimental mood wich is required to express the Russian soul. There's always kinda sadness in the air and Russians are so thankful if you approach to their great tradition. They bring out the greatest pianists and violinists of our entire world.
Glorious. I was hoping to find a recording of the telecast itself, with Charles Kuralt narrating. I just happened to catch it when channel surfing back then. May the world never lose the documentation of this great artist's work. May YT protect and curate and still offer for free to the world all the uploads of his artistry, and esp of this historic moment in time. If it doesn't, it'll just be a pile of crappy videos, and we all know it. Very big thanks, paz.
@@jefolson6989 Bravo, then you know of what I speak and admire. If you ever figure out how to convert your VHS tape to digital, and share it here or >Movie< or >Lumber< (to name just two alternate platforms) I among thousands will be very grateful.
happy to share the beauty of this video. i wish i had the original laserdisc from which i could capture and upload a higher quality image, but at least this version has the hour of performance in the second half.
I disagree. Talking about his Mozart, Scarlatti and music composed by his friend Sergey Rachmaninov I agree. If we talk about Chopin, I prefer Arthur Rubinstein. Facing Bach, I prefer Glenn Gould...
And, honestly, the "wrong chord" doesn't detract "HORIBBLY" from the overall value of the performance from start to finish, but merely "stands out" to the informed listener. And, yes, his facial contortion at the hearing of his own mistake is absolutely loveable, and pretty much instantly forgives 99 percent of the flub.
NON, NON ET NON !!! Du gros bluff, qui ne correspond pas à la réalité de l'homme qu'il fut. Etonnant par ailleurs que cette vidéo soit soutenue par Medici...
Question: Horowitz had a daughter but she was never mentioned. Does anybody know why? Researching her she suffered much that her "daddy" did not pay that much attention on her. Is that true?
Not mentioned probably because she died in her 30s. Apparently she was a little bit alienated but not to a huge degree. She died in Italy, I think there was a motor accident and then a year later some complications.
Vers la flamme sizzled but would ignite -- starting from measure -- if played on a piano where the sound was luminous across ALL registers, as on a 90-key Erard concert grand.
No entiendo en Moscu con tantos grandes pianistas que tocan impecablemente oír a Horowitz tocando tantas notas falsas, me parece un cuento fatal, seria homenaje por lo que fue o tocó, la verdad no entiendo de que se trata.
