Vladimir Horowitz

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VLADIMIR HOROWITZ
Piano


This unique four-CD set presents a selection of performances by a young lion of the keyboard: Vladimir Horowitz. Dating from 1928 to 1947, these classic recordings document the piano virtuoso at his most fiery and fearless. The repertoire ranges from Baroque and Classical scores (Scarlatti, Haydn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn) to the great Romantics (Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninoff), along with 20th-century pieces (Debussy, Poulenc, Prokofiev) and the pianist's own transcription of Mussorgsky's iconic Pictures at an Exhibition. Like no other collection on the market, this album shows Horowitz at his best. Pristine copies of the original HMV/Victor 78s were transferred and digitally remastered by Art & Sons Studio in Paris using the state-of-the-art CAP 440 technique.

 

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FULL TRACK LIST:


CD 1 - 71:50

Ernst von Dohnanyi
1 Capriccio in F minor, Op. 28, No. 6 2:18

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

Camden, New Jersey, Victor Studio No. 1, 4 December 1928
Source: Victor 1455
Matrix: BVE 49156-3

Franz Liszt
2 Valse oubliιe No. 1 in F-sharp major (Forgotten Waltz No. 1, S. 215) 2:20

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Liederkranz Hall, 25 February 1930
Source: Victor 1455
Matrix: BVE 49155-8

Vladimir Horowitz
3 Danse excentrique 2:31

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Liederkranz Hall, 4 March 1930
Source: Victor 1468
Matrix: BVE 58687-1


Franz Liszt
4 Paganini Etudes: No. 2 in E-flat major, "Octave" 3:18
Arranged by Ferruccio Busoni

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Liederkranz Hall, 4 March 1930
Source: Victor 1468
Matrix: BVE 58689-1

Sergei Rachmaninoff
5-7 Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 34:01

5 I Allegro ma non tanto 14:33
6 II Intermezzo: Adagio 8:07
7 III Finale: Alla breve 11:21


Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
Albert Coates (conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra
London, Kingsway Hall, 30 December 1930
Source: His Master's Voice DB 1486/1490
Matrix: CC 20723-2, 20724-3, 20725-3, 20731-2, 20726-2, 20727-2, 20728-2, 20729-1, 20730-2

Sergei Rachmaninoff
8 Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 3:25

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

Berlin, Beethovensaal, 12 June 1931
Source: His Master's Voice DB 1490
Matrix: 2D 473-2

Joseph Haydn
9-11 Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:52 15:00

9 I Allegro 5:53
10 II Adagio 5:00
11 III Finale: Presto 4:07


Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 11 November 1932
Source: Gramophone DB 1837/1838
Matrix: 2B 4487-2, 4488-2, 4486-1, 4485-1

Francis Poulenc
12 From L'Eventail de Jeanne: "Pastourelle" (No. 8) 2:14

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 11 November 1932
Source: Gramophone DB 2247
Matrix: 2B 4484-1

Francis Poulenc
13 From Trois piθces pour piano: Toccata (No. 2) 1:55

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 11 November 1932
Source: Gramophone DB 2247
Matrix: 2B 4484-1

Frιdιric Chopin
14 Mazurka in F minor, Op. 7, No. 3 2:25

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 15 November 1932
Source: Gramophone DA 1305
Matrix: OB 4506-1, 4507-1

Frιdιric Chopin
15 Etude No. 8 in F major, Op. 10, No. 8 2:23

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 15 November 1932
Source: Gramophone DA 1305
Matrix: OB 4506-1, 4507-1

CD 2 - 77:34

Franz Liszt
1-3 Sonata in B minor, S. 178 26:54

1 I Lento assai - Allegro energico - Grandioso - Recitativo 11:15
2 II Andante sostenuto - Quasi Adagio 6:15
3 III Allegro energico - Andante sostenuto - Allegro moderato - Lento assai 9:24


Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 12 November 1932
Source: HMV DB 1855/57: Victor M 380
Matrix: 2B 4490-2, 4491-2, 4492-2, 4493-2, 4494-2, 4495-1

Franz Liszt
4 "Funιrailles" (No. 7 from Harmonies poetiques et religieuses, S. 173) 9:23

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 15 November 1932
Source: Gramophone DB 1848
Matrix: 2B 4504-1, 2 B 4505-1

Frederic Chopin
5 Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41, No. 2 2:05

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 29 May 1933
Source: Gramophone DA 1353
Matrix: OB 6724-1

Ludwig van Beethoven
6 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80 9:44

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 6 May 1934
Source: Gramophone DA 1387/1388
Matrix: OB 6193-2, 6194-2, 6195-2

Johann Sebastian Bach
7 Choral prelude for organ, BWV 734, "Nun freut euch, liebe Christen,": Choral prelude for organ, BWV 734, "Nun freut euch, liebe Christen" 2:08
transcribed for piano by Ferruccio Busoni

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 6 May 1934
Source: Gramophone DA 1388
Matrix: OB 6196-1

Claude Debussy
8 Etude, Book II, No. XI "Pour les arpeges composes" 3:42

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 2 & 4 June 1935
Source: Gramophone DB 2847
Matrix: 2EA 2076-2, 2077-1


Domenico Scarlatti
9 Sonata in B minor, K. 87 (L. 33) 4:24

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 2 & 4 June 1935
Source: Gramophone DB 2847
Matrix: 2EA 2076-2, 2077-1

Domenico Scarlatti
10 Sonata in G major, K. 125 (L. 487) 2:16

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 2 & 4 June 1935
Source: Gramophone DB 2847
Matrix: 2EA 2076-2, 2077-1

Frιdιric Chopin
11 Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 3 4:19

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3 Abbey Road, 2 June 1935
Source: Gramophone DB 2788
Matrix: 2EA 2074-2, 2075-2

Frιdιric Chopin
12 Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10, No. 4 2:04

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3 Abbey Road, 2 June 1935
Source: Gramophone DB 2788
Matrix: 2EA 2074-2, 2075-2

Frιdιric Chopin
13 Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10, No. 5 1:42

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3 Abbey Road, 2 June 1935
Source: Gramophone DB 2788
Matrix: 2EA 2074-2, 2075-2

Frιdιric Chopin
14 Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54: Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10, No. 5 8:53

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

London, EMI Studio No. 3, Abbey Road, 9 March 1936
Source: La voix de son maξtre DB 3205
Matrix: 2EA 3136-1, 3137-1

 

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CD 3 - 69:09


Frιdιric Chopin
1-2 Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise in E-flat major, Op. 22 12:29

1 I Andante spianato 4:03
2 II Polonaise 8:26

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Hunter College Auditorium, 22 September & 6 October 1945
Source: RCA Victor DM 1034
Matrix: D5-RC-1221-3A, 1222-1, 1223-1

Frιdιric Chopin
3 Polonaise No. 6 in A-flat major, Op. 53 6:10

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Hunter College Auditorium, 23 September 1945
Source: RCA Victor DM 1034
Matrix: D5-RC-1224-2, 1225-2

Frιdιric Chopin
4 Valse No. 3 in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2 5:01

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Hunter College Auditorium, 23 September 1945
Source: RCA Victor DM 1034
Matrix: D5-RC-1224-2, 1225-2

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
5 Valse No. 3 in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2: Variations serieuses, Op. 54 11:07

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 25 October & 11 November 1946
Source: RCA Victor DM 1121
Matrix: D6-RC-6412-1, 6413-4A, 6414-4

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
6 "The Shepherd's Complaint" from Songs Without Words (No. 35 in B minor), Book Six, Op. 67, No. 5 2:10

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 29 October 1946
Source: RCA Victor DM 1121
Matrix: D6-RC-6415-1

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
7 "May Breezes" from Songs Without Words (No. 25 in C major), Book Five, Op. 62, No. 1 2:45

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 29 October 1946
Source: RCA Victor DM 1121
Matrix: D6-RC-6415-1

Franz Liszt
8 Wedding March and Variations after Mendelssohn 6:11
Arranged by Vladimir Horowitz

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 22 November 1946
Source: RCA Victor DM 1121
Matrix: D6-RC-6417-1A, 6418-2A

Frιdιric Chopin
9 Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 9:02

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 19 May 1947
Source: RCA Victor DM 1165
Matrix: D7-RC-7534-1C, 7535-3B

Frιdιric Chopin
10 Nocturne No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2 3:40

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 19 May 1947
Source: RCA Victor DM 1165
Matrix: D7-RC-7536-1A

Franz Liszt
11 "Au bord d'une source" from Annees de pelerinage: Premiere annee: Suisse : "Au bord d'une source" from Annιes de pθlerinage: Premiere annee: Suisse 3:33
Arranged by Vladimir Horowitz

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 19 May 1947
Source: RCA Victor DM 1165
Matrix: D7-RC-7537-1C

Franz Liszt
12 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-flat major 7:01
Arranged by Vladimir Horowitz

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 16 & 19 May 1947
Source: RCA Victor DM 1165
Matrix: D7-RC-7530-1B, 7531-2B

CD 4 - 67:00

Modest Mussorgsky
1-15 Pictures at an Exhibition 30:02
Arranged by Vladimir Horowitz

1 Promenade 1:32
2 "Gnomus" 2:32
3 Promenade 0:50
4 "Il vecchio castello" 3:45
5 Promenade 0:33
6 "Tuileries" 1:04
7 "Bydlo" 2:46
8 Promenade 0:43
9 "Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells" 1:12
10 "Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle" 2:16
11 "The Marketplace at Limoges" 1:22
12 "Catacombs: Roman Sepulchre" 1:16
13 "Con mortuis in lingua mortua" 2:23
14 "The Hut on Fowl's Legs" 3:26
15 "The Great Gate at Kiev" 4:22


Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 7 & 21 November 1947
Source: RCA Victor DM 1249
Matrix: D7-RC-7968-1, 7969-1A, 7970-4, 7971-1, 7972-1, 7973-1, 7974-1

Modest Mussorgsky
16 By the Water 4:07
Arranged by Vladimir Horowitz

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 21 November 1947
Source: RCA Victor DM 1249
Matrix: D7-RC-8004-1A

Serge Prokofiev
17-19 Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major , Op. 83 17:39

17 I Allegro inquieto - Andantino 8:21
18 II Andante caloroso - Poco piu animato 5:26
19 III Precipitato 3:52


Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Hunter College, 22 September & 6 October 1945
Source: RCA Victor DM 1042
Matrix: D5-RC-1217, 218, 1219-3A, 1220-1

Serge Prokofiev
20 Toccata, Op. 11 4:10

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 21 November 1947
Source: RCA Victor 12-0428
Matrix: D7-RC-8007-1

Robert Schumann
21 "Trδumerei" from Kinderszenen, Op. 15 2:54

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 21 November 1947
Source: RCA Victor 12-0429
Matrix: D7-RC-8006-2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
22 "Rondo alla Turca" from Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331 (K. 300i) 3:51

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 25 October 1946
Source: RCA Victor 12-0429
Matrix: D6-RC-6409-2

Claude Debussy
23 "Serenade for the Doll" from Children's Corner 2:55

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 16 May 1947
Source: RCA Victor 12-0428
Matrix: D7-RC-7529-3A

Francis Poulenc
24 Presto in B-flat major 1:22

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

New York, Town Hall, 16 May 1947
Source: RCA Victor 12-0428
Matrix: D7-RC-7529-3A

 

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Να και μια βιογραφία του:


(Berdichev, Ουκρανία,1903 - Νέα Υόρκη 1989) Αμερικάνος πιανίστας ρωσικής καταγωγής. Άρχισε να μελετά πιάνο με τη μητέρα του όταν ήταν έξι ετών, και στα 15 μπήκε στο ωδείο της γενέτειράς του, όπου υπήρξε εξέχων μαθητής του Felix Blumenfeld.Έδωσε το πρώτο του ρεσιτάλ στο Jarkov (1922), κάνοντας μεγάλη επιτυχία. Την περίοδο 1924-1925 έδωσε πάνω από 70 κονσέρτα, κάτι ασυνήθιστο για εκείνη την εποχή. Από εκείνη τη χρονιά κι ύστερα, επενδύοντας τα χρήματά του, ξεκίνησε διάφορες περιοδείες σε Γερμανία, Γαλλία και Αγγλία, γινόμενος ένας από τους πιο δεξιοτέχνες πιανίστες της εποχής του. Στο Παρίσι, ο αμερικανός αντιπρόσωπος Arthur Judson του πρόσφερε συμβόλαιο για περιοδεία στις Η.Π.Α. το 1928. Το ντεμπούτο του έγινε στο Carnegie Hall και το κονσέρτο, όπως και η μεταγενέστερη περιοδεία, τον καθιέρωσαν σαν έναν από τους πιο σημαντικούς πιανίστες του 20ού αιώνα. Το 1940 εγκαταστάθηκε στη Νέα Υόρκη και μετά από δύο χρόνια του παραχωρήθηκε η αμερικανική εθνικότητα. Το 1953 αποφάσισε να αποσυρθεί από το προσκήνιο, και μέσα σε 12 χρόνια ασχολήθηκε με τη δημιουργία νέων ταλέντων του πιάνου και να πραγματοποιήσει τις πρώτες ηχογραφήσεις τους. Το 1965 επέστρεψε στα κονσέρτα και συνέχισε ηχογραφώντας τις ερμηνείες του, ανάμεσα στις οποίες ξεχωρίζουν τα έργα του Chopin,Liszt, Skriabin, Debussy y Prokofiev, αν και οι εξαιρετικές μουσικές του αρετές του επέτρεπαν να προσεγγίζει με ακραία δεξιοτεχνία κάθε ρεπερτόριο.
Το 1986 πραγματοποίησε μια ιστορική επίσκεψη στη Ρωσία, που ξεσήκωσε μεγάλες προσδοκίες. Διατήρησε χωρίς σκαμπανεβάσματα την πιανιστική του δραστηριότητα σχεδόν μέχρι το τέλος της ζωής του.