Chopin Etude Op 25 No 5 E minor Horowitz Rec 1989

[fikpatt]

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I FEEL LIKE CRYING....!!!THIS IS TOO EPIC...THESE DYNAMICS ARE STRAIGHT FROM HEAVEN!

[incriticalcondition]

no one in the world plays this better

[pianiplunker]

The Liszt/Wagner Liebstod is also one of my favorites. Some of Horowitz last recordings rank as his best in my opinion. The Schuber/Liszt Standchen and the Chopin Nocturne in B major Op. 62 also come to mind. I would consider this recording in that group but the trill at the end seems to overpowering. Still, Horowitz sure makes the cantabile section sing in the middle section.

[chentity]

im gonna play this for CM panel :)) if i can pull this off I can probably pass no problem !! i realized that while i was practicing this, my fingers grew longer. quite cool.

[arlongan]

funny face :D

[gerardbedecarter]

Thanks for uploading this. This is one of the most difficult etudes to present successfully. [I didn't like his alteration just near the end.]

[TRIXIE1001]

...and that tril at the end was EPIC!!!!

[TRIXIE1001]

Horowitz is such a master of finding those small details that are only barely indicated in the score that most pianists don't have the perception or intuition to find, let alone give life to. He gives a very original interpretation on this piece. I love how he found (and used) the inner voices and dissonances in the exposition. He almost always gives his Scriabin interpretations similar treatment and insight.

[kettellive]

my favorite picture of him.

[pianiplunker]

I always loved this recording except the way the trill is executed at the end which seems out of proportion with the rest of the performance. Overall these late Chopin performances (especially the B major Nocturne) seem to be some of his greatest recordings.

[fledgehog]

@pianiplunker the "Last Recording" cd is one of my all-time favorites...the Wagner/Liszt Liebestod is heartbreaking

[lovesGenet]

Who r these peeps who think personality "DIED" with Hofmann,Lhevinne,Godowsky&Rach­(Yeah so much personality everything sounds like Rach nevr Bach,Handel, hopin )& . Do u even know what it takes to live the life of traveling disciplined,conscientious artist who lets no dirt into his aesthetic.Try entering a competition. Slick ?Try well trained! Many big personalities r hemmed in .Don't allow "indulgent " interpretations! DEpachmann wouldn't graduate. old farts there are gods living NOW!

[Snezhinka9]

<3 Horowitz :-)

[yyuummiin]

i think tenderness in the mid section, most of all, just shows how superb his musicality is. how he plays every note of this piece is exactly i wish i could have played it. i love this performance.

[istreba]

sublime

[Jyuushirou2]

wow at the trill at the end xD

[Ryanpian0]

At 2:12 it's as if we can hear orchestra strings...That's something interesting in this interpretation.

[thege6]

@Ryanpian0 Yes, not a bad fantasy. I like it!

[thesparkflyer]

@Ryanpian0 well piano is metal strings right? so I guess it could be similar.

[anonymousQ45]

i dont like it the middle section is too fast

[123mortimer456]

I'm not going to argue about your taste. But Horowitz plays the middle section at a very restrained tempo, as you can confirm by comparing it to any number of other interpretations. So whatever else it may be, it certainly is not too fast.

[anonymousQ45]

sokolov thats all i have to say

[demosj]

@anonymousQ45

Horowitz.

[michal1810]

Left hand could be a little quieter but it isn't to fast

[anonymousQ45]

WELL ITS TOO FAST FOR ME!!! SOKOLOV!!!

[michal1810]

WELL IT ISNT FOR ME!!! POLLINI!!!

Sokolov plays the middle part TOO SLOW!

But he is amazing in next etude no 6 g sharp minor

[anonymousQ45]

i hate pollini. worst nocturnes ever. Sokolov is the man

[michal1810]

I'm talking about nocturnes

I'm talking about etudes

ANd I'm right

Sokolov won Tchaikovsky Piano Competition

But

Oviously, you like that record, I prefer different and it doesn't matter

I could like Nirvana, you could like Jonas Brothers and I shouldn't have anything to you

[anonymousQ45]

how do you put Nirvana and Jonas Bros in the same category? lol literally

[michal1810]

Nirvana and Jonas Brothers are in very different category

People call it tolerance

[karyko92]

@anonymousQ45 FXXX Jonas Bros.

youtube didin't let me to type the whole f word. --_--

but serious, Nirvana n the JBs ,,,

they can't even compare

[Gargantupimp]

@karyko92 fuck

[JCruz0587]

its certainly not fast at all. A lot of the greatest pianists played it very similar to horowitz.

[BOBOsungmin]

what a scary ending

[Euclid34]

haaha i love the photo

and yes very quirky

[pondwatcher]

this version is my favourite of the various i have heard - very quirky!

[zhenjiqiaos]

this performance is perfect <3 HOROWITZ WAS THE BEST PIANIST IN THE WORLD...

[soami2u]

Certainly Horowitz was the very last representative of that golden age of romantic piano playing...that tradition that also included, among others, Rachmaninov, Hofmann, Cortot, Friedman. This performance has beauty, but also individuality, a quality that only the greats of a bygone era had...this performance certainly contrasts with those "slick" renditions of our modern piano competition era

[aewanko300]

Individualtiy (that was a word?) in playing is often frowned upon today.

[libetta]

@soami2u

bygone era? then that would define Cherkassky. he was the last representative. then there's richter, finally wild