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Includes work(s) for piano by various composers. Soloist: Vladimir Horowitz.
Includes work(s) for piano by various composers. Soloist: Vladimir Horowitz. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 1708-1717; ?Weimar, Germany
Date of Recording: 05/09/1965
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
Notes: Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.
2.
Phantasie for Piano in C major, Op. 17 by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1836-1838; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/09/1965
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
3.
Sonata for Piano no 9 in F major, Op. 68 "Black Mass" by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1912-1913; Russia
Date of Recording: 05/09/1965
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
4.
Sonata for Piano no 10, Op. 70 by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913; Russia
Date of Recording: 04/17/1966
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
5.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 105/Op. 30: no 4 in C sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1836-1837; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 05/09/1965
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
6.
Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831-1835
Date of Recording: 1968
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
7.
Children's Corner: no 3, Serenade for the Doll by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906-1908; France
Date of Recording: 05/09/1965
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
8.
L'isle joyeuse by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1904; France
Date of Recording: 11/27/1966
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
9.
Etudes (15) de virtuosité, Op. 72 "Per aspera ad astra": no 11 in Ab major by Moritz Moszkowski
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1903; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/09/1965
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
10.
Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1781-1783; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 04/17/1966
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
11.
Sonata for Keyboard no 38 in F major, H 16 no 23 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1773; Eszterhazá, Hungary
Date of Recording: 11/27/1966
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
12.
Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse": no 6, Vallée d'Obermann by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1848-1854; Weimar, Germany
Date of Recording: 11/27/1966
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
13.
Nocturnes (2) for Piano, B 152/Op. 55: no 1 in F minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 1968
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
14.
Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, B 128/Op. 35 "Funeral March" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837-1839; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 1962
15.
Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 33: no 2 in C major by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911; Russia
Date of Recording: 12/10/1967
Venue: Live Constitution Hall, Washington, DC
16.
Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 39: no 5 in E flat minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1916-1917; Russia
Date of Recording: 1962
17.
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838; Germany
Date of Recording: 1962
18.
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244: no 19 in D minor by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Budapest, Hungary
Date of Recording: 1962
Notes: Arranger: Vladimir Horowitz.
19.
Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1797-1798; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 11/04/1963
20.
Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 899/Op. 90: no 3 in G flat major by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1962
21.
Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 2: no 1, Etude in C sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1887-1889; Russia
Date of Recording: 1962
Notes: This work is also heard in a live recording from 1965 in this set.
22.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 8: no 12 in D sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1894; Russia
Date of Recording: 1968
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
23.
Polonaise for Piano in F sharp minor, B 135/Op. 44 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840-1841; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 1968
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
24.
Arabeske for Piano in C major, Op. 18 by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838; Germany
Date of Recording: 1968
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
25.
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: no 7, Träumerei by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838; Germany
Date of Recording: 1968
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
26.
Variations on a Theme from Bizet's "Carmen" by Vladimir Horowitz
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 1968
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
27.
Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 380/L 23 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1968
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
28.
Sonata for Harpsichord in G major, K 55/L 335 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1968
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
29.
Sonatas (4) for Keyboard, Op. 12: no 2 in E flat major - 3rd movement, Rondo by Muzio Clementi
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: by 1784; Italy
Date of Recording: 1963
30.
Sonatas (6) for Piano, Op. 25: no 3 in B flat major - 2nd movement, Rondo by Muzio Clementi
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1963
31.
Sonatas (3) for Piano, Op. 50: no 1 in A major - 2nd movement, Adagio by Muzio Clementi
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: by 1821; London, England
Date of Recording: 1963
32.
Sonata for Harpsichord in F sharp major, K 319/L 35 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 11/12/1967
Venue: Live Whitman Auditorium, Brooklyn, New York
33.
Sonata for Keyboard no 58 in C major, H 16 no 48 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1789
Date of Recording: 12/01/1968
Venue: Live Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA
34.
Sonata for Piano no 28 in A major, Op. 101 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1816; Vienna, Austria
Notes: Colden Center, Queens College, New York (10/22/1967); Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA (11/26/1967)
35.
Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 no 2 "Moonlight" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1801; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 04/1972
36.
Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1803-1804; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/20/1972
37.
Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1804-1805; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 10/1972
38.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 3 in E major, B 74 "Tristesse" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1836-1839; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 07/06/1972
39.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 4 in C sharp minor, B 74 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Poland
Date of Recording: 02/1973
40.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 5 in G flat major "Black Keys" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; Poland
Date of Recording: 04/14/1971
41.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 6 in E flat minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; Poland
Date of Recording: 11/04/1963
42.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 12 in C minor, B 67 "Revolutionary" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; Poland
Date of Recording: 07/06/1972
43.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28: no 6 in B minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1836-1839; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 07/06/1972
44.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28: no 15 in D flat major "Raindrop" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838-1839; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 1971
45.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 77/Op. 17: no 4 in A minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832-1833; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 04/14/1971
46.
Waltzes (3) for Piano, Op. 34: no 2 in A minor, B 64 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; Poland
Date of Recording: 05/04/1971
47.
Polonaise for Piano in A flat major, B 147/Op. 53 "Heroic" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 05/04/1971
48.
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/01/1969
49.
Sonata for Piano no 3 in F minor, Op. 14 "Concert sans orchestre": 4th movement, Quasi variazioni by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835-1836; Germany
Date of Recording: 02/1969
50.
Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 899/Op. 90: no 2 in E flat major by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 01/1973
51.
Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 899/Op. 90: no 4 in A flat major by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 01/1973
52.
Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 935/Op. 142: no 1 in F minor by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 01/1973
53.
Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 935/Op. 142: no 2 in A flat major by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 01/1973
54.
Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172: no 2 in E major, Un poco più mosso by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849-1850; Weimar, Germany
Date of Recording: 05/09/1962
55.
Préludes, Book 2: no 7, La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1912-1913; France
Date of Recording: 12/10/1966
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
56.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Book 2: no 11, Pour les arpèges composées by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1915; France
Date of Recording: 01/07/1965
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
57.
Orgelbüchlein: Ich ruf'zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1713-1717; Weimar, Germany
Date of Recording: 06/12/1969
Notes: Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.
58.
Etudes (3) for Piano, Op. 104b: no 3 in A minor by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1838; Germany
Date of Recording: 11/26/1967
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
59.
Scherzo and March for Piano, S 177 by Franz Liszt
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
Date of Recording: 10/22/1967
Venue: Live Colden Center, Queens College, New York
60.
Etudes (3) for Piano, Op. 65: no 3, Molto Vivace by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1912; Russia
Date of Recording: 1972
61.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 8: no 2 in F sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1894; Russia
Date of Recording: 1972
62.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 8: no 8 in A flat major by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1894; Russia
Date of Recording: 1972
63.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 8: no 10 in D flat major by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1894; Russia
Date of Recording: 04/27/1972
64.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 8: no 11 in B flat minor by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1894; Russia
Date of Recording: 1972
65.
Etudes (8) for Piano, Op. 42: no 3 in F sharp minor "La moustique" by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903; Russia
Date of Recording: 04/27/1972
66.
Etudes (8) for Piano, Op. 42: no 4 in F sharp major by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903; Russia
Date of Recording: 04/27/1972
67.
Etudes (8) for Piano, Op. 42: no 5 in C sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903; Russia
Date of Recording: 05/31/1972
68.
Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 45: no 1, Feuillet d'album by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1904-1905; Russia
Date of Recording: 05/31/1972
69.
Feuillet d'album, Op. 58 by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1910; Russia
Date of Recording: 1972
70.
Poèmes (2) for Piano, Op. 69 by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913; Russia
Date of Recording: 04/27/1972
71.
Vers la flamme, Op. 72 by Alexander Scriabin
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914; Russia
Date of Recording: 05/31/1972
72.
Fairy Tales (6) for Piano, Op. 51: no 3 in A major by Nikolai Medtner
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: ?1928; France
Date of Recording: 06/12/1969
73.
Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Russia
Date of Recording: 12/15/1968
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
Notes: Composition written: Russia (1913).
Composition revised: Russia (1931).
74.
Preludes (13) for Piano, Op. 32: no 12 in G sharp minor, Allegro by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1910; Russia
Date of Recording: 12/15/1968
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
75.
Moments musicaux (6), Op. 16: no 3, Andante cantabile in B minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Russia
Date of Recording: 12/15/1968
Venue: Live Carnegie Hall, New York City
76.
Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 33: no 5 in D minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911; Russia
Date of Recording: 12/10/1967
Venue: Live Constitution Hall, Washington, DC
77.
Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 39: no 9 in D major by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1916-1917; Russia
Date of Recording: 12/10/1967
Venue: Live Constitution Hall, Washington, DC
78.
Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 33/L 424 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
79.
Sonata for Harpsichord in A minor, K 54/L 241 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
80.
Sonata for Harpsichord in C minor, K 303/L 9 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
81.
Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 96/L 465 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
82.
Sonata for Harpsichord in G major, K 146/L 349 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
83.
Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 162/L 21 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
84.
Sonata for Harpsichord in E minor, K 198/L 22 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
85.
Sonata for Harpsichord in G major, K 201/L 129 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
86.
Sonata for Harpsichord in B minor, K 197/L 147 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
87.
Sonata for Harpsichord in F sharp minor, K 25/L 481 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1738
Date of Recording: 1964
88.
Sonata for Harpsichord in F minor, K 466/L 118 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
89.
Sonata for Harpsichord in E flat major, K 474/L 203 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
90.
Sonata for Harpsichord in F minor, K 481/L 187 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
91.
Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 491/L 164 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
92.
Sonata for Harpsichord in F major, K 525/L 188 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
93.
Sonata for Harpsichord in G major, K 547/L S28 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century
Date of Recording: 1964
94.
Sonata for Harpsichord in A major, K 39/L 391 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1739
Date of Recording: 1964
Sound Samples
I. Grave - Doppio movimento
III. Marche funebre. Lento
Allegro from Étude-Tableau in C Major, Op. 33, No. 2
Appassionato from Étude-Tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5
Leicht und zart from Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18
1. Von fremden Landern und Menschen
9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd
12. Kind im Einschlummern
Allegro from Toccata in C Major, Op. 7
Lento patetico - Vivace from Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19 in D minor
Allegro from Sonata in E Major, K. 531 (L. 430)
Allegro from Sonata in A Major, K. 322 (L. 483)
Allegro from Sonata in G Major, K. 455 (L. 209)
I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
Andante from Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 90. No. 3 (D. 899)
Allegro con fuoco from Étude in C minor, Op. 10. No. 12
Lento from Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 7
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
IV. ...Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses. Rapide et leger
VI. ...General Lavine - eccentric. Dans le style et le Mouvement d'un Cake-Walk
Andante cantabile from Poème in F-sharp Major, Op. 32, No. 1
Andante from Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Patetico from Étude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12
Customer Reviews
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A must for piano fans December 23, 2011
By T. Drake (South Euclid, OH) See All My Reviews
"The recordings, made between 1962-1973, show Vladimir Horowitz at the absolute top of his form. The set includes a total of 13CDs divided into nine volumes.
The first two volumes chronicle Horowitz's return to the studios after signing an exclusive recording contract with Columbia Masterworks. Highlights include the legendary Scarlatti album (which has been expanded with six more Sonatas from those sessions), Horowitz's finest recorded performance of Chopin's Sonata, Op. 35, and an astonishing performance of Horowitz's own arrangement of Liszt's relatively unknown Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19.
Volumes 3 & 4 document Horowitz's Carnegie Hall recitals from 1965-1968, a time when he was making no studio recordings. His "Historic Return to Carnegie Hall" album has never been out of the catalogue since 1965, and it is most welcome to hear it in this improved remastering - an unedited version of this recital has been issued separately. The only regret here is that the 1968 Television Recital has not been made available on video. Sony should put this on DVD immediately.
The remaining volumes, 5 - 9, are assembled from Horowitz's 1969 - 1973 studio recordings and various recitals from 1966 - 1968. The highlights here are Horowitz's Scriabin recordings, Rachmaninoff's Second Sonata, and Schumann's Kreisleriana - perhaps Horowitz's finest solo recording ever.
The sequencing of works within the individual volumes is in keeping with Horowitz's concepts (the pianist was very particular about how his recordings were programmed). Each volume contains a blurb by Wanda Toscanini Horowitz, a perceptive essay by Byron Janis, and photographs - some of which I'd never seen before. The liner notes from the original recordings are also included, but are unfortunately truncated.
The sound, remastered from the original session tapes, is far improved from the late 1980s CBS CD issues which were painfully tinny sounding. One caveat: Some of these issues had to be reconstructed "by ear", as documentation of which "take" was used has mostly been lost. As has been documented elsewhere, Kreisleriana is here issued using several alternate takes - which have since been duplicated in most CD issues. There are also small portions of other works that use alternate takes, but these are less consequential. Alternate takes or not (and I've spoken to people who prefer the alternates) this set is indispensable. "
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