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Expanded Edition - Vladimir Horowitz - Favorite Encores


Release Date: 02/24/2004 
Label:  Sony Classical Masterworks Catalog #: 93075   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Frédéric Chopin,  Claude Debussy,  Vladimir Horowitz,  Moritz Moszkowski,   ... 
Performer:  Vladimir Horowitz
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 18 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1.
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 
Venue:  CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City 
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs. 
2.
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 
Venue:  CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City 
Length: 6 Minutes 23 Secs. 
3.
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 
Length: 6 Minutes 1 Secs. 
4.
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:  CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC 
Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs. 
5.
Variations on a Theme from Bizet's "Carmen" by Vladimir Horowitz
Performer:  Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
 Date of Recording: 1968 
Venue:  Carnegie Hall, New York City 
Length: 3 Minutes 58 Secs. 
6.
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: 1971 
Venue:  Live  Carnegie Hall, New York City 
Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs. 
7.
Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i): 3rd movement, Rondo alla turca by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1781-1783; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 04/17/1966 
Venue:  Carnegie Hall, New York City 
Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs. 
8.
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:  Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 
Length: 2 Minutes 26 Secs. 
9.
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 
Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs. 
10.
Sonata for Harpsichord in A major, K 322/L 483 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:  Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 18th Century 
 Date of Recording: 1962 
Venue:  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC 
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs. 
11.
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 
Venue:  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC 
Length: 5 Minutes 44 Secs. 
12.
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 
Length: 7 Minutes 7 Secs. 
13.
Toccata for Piano in C major, Op. 7 by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1829-1832; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 1962 
Venue:  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC 
Length: 6 Minutes 18 Secs. 
14.
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: no 7, Träumerei by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 02/01/1968 
Venue:  Carnegie Hall, New York City 
Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs. 
15.
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 
Venue:  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC 
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs. 
16.
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: 05/09/1965 
Venue:  Carnegie Hall, New York City 
Length: 2 Minutes 13 Secs. 
17.
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 
Venue:  CBS 30th Street Studio, NYC 
Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs. 
18.
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 
Venue:  CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City 
Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs. 
19.
Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 531/L 430 by Domenico Scarlatti
Performer:  Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 18th Century 
 Date of Recording: 1962 
Venue:  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC 
Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs. 
20.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25: no 1 in A flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1836; Paris, France 
 Date of Recording: 1989 
Venue:  New York City 
Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs. 
21.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25: no 5 in E minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1832-1834; Paris, France 
 Date of Recording: 1989 
Venue:  New York City 
Length: 3 Minutes 16 Secs. 

Sound Samples

Toccata in C Major, Op. 7
Étude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3
Étude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12; Patetico
Étude in A-flat Major, Op. 72, No. 11
Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18; Leicht und zart
Étude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5 "Black Key"
Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 90. No. 3 (D 899)
Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L 430)
Sonata in A Major, K 322 (L 483)
III. (Rondo) alla Turca. Allegretto from Sonata No. 11 in A Major for Piano, K. 331 (300i)
Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12 (Live)
Étude in C minor, Op. 10, No. 12 "Revolutionary"
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53 "Heroic"
Serenade for the Doll from Children's Corner
Étude-Tableau in C Major, Op. 33, No. 2
L'Isle joyeuse
Träumerei (No. 7 from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)
Variations on a Theme from Bizet's Opera Carmen
Étude in A-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"
Étude in E minor, Op. 25, No. 5

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