Kept me on the edge of my chair. What a brilliant artiste he was. Personally I don't care a fig for all that nonsense about rigging this and that of filing hammers or believe any of it - who cares anyway. Sour grapes from less accomplished players ? It's the music that counts, it's the sound that is made, it's the performance. Horrowitz provided performances like this over such a long period, getting better as he got older. A truly great performer leaving such a wonderful legacy of recordings.
Horowitz conoce esta música a la perfección, conoce a los compositores y por eso es capaz de transmitir lo que transmite. También tiene una técnica impecable igual que otros compañeros suyos.....
Marvelous, reading the comments about rigged pianos, cut down hammers, missing music from the losers below is laughable. This is an excellent pianist playing a wonderful piece of music.
@wwwlogionorg Horowitz is much much more than excellent - he is one of the greatest ever. It is Rachmaninoff, Horowitz and Gilels at the top :-)
I was told a while back that most of the bad comments about Horowitz are from "current" pianists, some very famous. I think that reflects mostly envy. And then you always have the less-than civil commenters who do not make sense, except to themselves, maybe.
A simplified version of Liszt's classic played on a rigged piano.
Scam 1 The hammers were filed down, so he could play faster and louder while exerting less force.
Scam 2 The arrangement has a simplified ending with only half of the unplayable octaves Liszt wrote. He conned the public by lying to the press about the level of difficulty of this version. Lang Lang copies this scam.
@6347285 You have to be joking... if it were "rigged", ALL pianos would be like that. Secondly, this version is more difficult. No one else can play it like this at all.
@llllShArPllll When a baseball bat is "corked" it sounds different. It's the same with rigged pianos. Secondly, the ending octave passage, that all the recording artists from his era were faking, was cut in half by Horowitz. That's a fact. This is easier.
Wow... Check this out: "He was known for his transcriptions of several of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies. The Second Rhapsody was recorded in 1953, during Horowitz's 25th anniversary concert at Carnegie Hall, and he stated that it was the most difficult of his transcriptions." - I guess this is his best work! Or at least most technically demanding.
Did anyone read Anthony Tommasini's article on the front page of the NY Times Arts section on Sunday?
He compares the development of piano technique with runners breaking the 4 minute mile. Take Liszt's alternating octaves at the end of this piece, where the pianist has to fire out custom made signals to adjust for any missed note, an feat that has proven to be almost impossible. To compare that with a runner, who simply puts one foot in front of the other is, quite frankly, retarded!
@6347285 I did go over that article...I agree its not good. He compares young technical wizards with Alfred Cortot, who at least in his later recordings had basketfuls of wrong notes. But lots of the old masters had fiendish techniques. Where would I start naming them? Besides, Cortot was famous not for his technique, but for his brilliant, otherworldly interpretations; indeed, his character.
I love this piece! I've just started working on it and man it is difficult! I guess the only way to learn it is to just dive in.... I have a feeling I am going to regret saying this however.
@xionidas Yes, this is the transcription by Horowitz of the Liszt HR2, hence the Liszt-Horowitz Hungarian Rhapsody No.2. I prefer the original Liszt HR2 also. I believe there is YT vid of Horowitz playing the original HR2 :-) IMO Horowitz is one of the greatest pianists ever - of course we can not hear Liszt's performances.
@xionidas I love everything Horowitz ever performed, and I also love Cziffra's Liszt, surreal pianist :-) On the original Liszt HR2, I prefer Jung Lin's performance, she is the ultimate musician now.
Make no mistake- not only does Horowitz take this beloved piece to transcendental heights of polyphonic writing-but does so without out the slightest strain- and there is/was no pianist dead or alive that played so well-
I LOVE. This. Piece. I've been in love with it ever since I was little and FINALLY after my exam in August, I get to learn it :) Once I perform it I get to have one of my grandma's grand pianos. I love the way Horowitz plays it! Jung Lin plays it very well too :)
I don't think people should be arguing over who is better than who. Each pianist I've seen play this piece has brought something new to the table, whether it be Jung-lin, Hamelin, or Horowitz. They're all to hard to compare and definitely shouldn't be insulted
Took over a year to play this-listened to most famous pianists play with their versions. Gotta say it-Hamlin is my favorite rendition. No modern person has impressed me more-hats off to hamlin
@vipervnm74 You like Hamelin better than Horowitz, you must love jazz-classical piano, besides that Hamelin plays an entirely different piece, the HR2 by Liszt, not this piece. As far as the Liszt HR2, the only great versions are by Cziffra the master and Jung Lin, those are the pianists that impress me.
Horowitz is truly epic! He always brings something new to the table. I believe he has transcended beyond the normal interpretation of this piece (which is always about being loud and fast). He his showing us that there is much more to this piece than just showing off. I like this interpretation. It was playful, sophisticated, and fiery (at the end)
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Current pianists who have recorded Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody #2 for a record label:
Marc Andre Hamelin
Richard Kastle
Denis Matsuev
There is a new vid on YouTube of an interview Richard Kastle did with Isaac Cruz from the television show, Extra. It's about the history of recordings of HR2, and it should not be missed.
@Kustiks Richter would have been great playing the Liszt HR2, too bad there's no recording or clip on YT. For me it's that pantheon of Rachmaninoff, Gilels, Horowitz, Richter and Moiseiwitsch. Imho the only current pianist who plays the HR2 the way it should be is Jung Lin, she is extraordinary :-)
I just saw this Taiwanese pianist play hungarian rhapsody and Marc Andre Hamlin play hungarian rhapsody and honestly I think Horowitz plays this with far more passion than them in other words Horowitz is bettter
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The moments just before and just after the 2:00 mark reminded me of a certain moment from Rachmaninov Concerto 3. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT, OR AM I STUDYING TOO LATE TONIGHT???
His rendition is Ok but, I think Maksim Mrvica playing Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 is much better. There a mention of speed. Maksim Mrvica starts this rendition very slow and it reaches a crescendo towards the end. Just my opinion
@queballed LOL you say Maksim is better than Horowitz, that's a giant joke! Maksim just doesn't have the skill to be compared to Horowitz, his playing is maybe so-so LOL
Horowitz is overrated. Good god man, there are other piano virtuosos that equal to or better. After hearing Horowitz playing this and Maksims renditions of it yeah I prefer his any day. And speaking of great pianists, ever hear of Ignacy Jan Paderewski? Probably not, your stuck in more modern era pianists. Horowitz could never compare to that man. He was one of the if not the greatest pianist of ALL time.
@queballed Paderewski was incredible by all accounts, too bad his recordings are few and are not the best quality, some of his clips here are amazing :) But to say Horowitz is overrated that's another thing!
Have you heard the original Liszt HR2 versions by Rach, Cziffra, Jung Lin and Horowitz (you may like that more) All are brilliant performances :)
I agree, it is a real shame that there aren't any clips or audio that would showcase that mans brilliance. Even in the scratchy sounding audio there is no doubt about his ability. The man was absolutely incredible. Jung Lin and Rach are the only others Ive heard. I will check the others.
I will just leave it at this. This particular piece of music that Horowitz played is NOT one of his better efforts. If you listen to it you can hear the flaws. Minor as they may be. There are others that have preformed this piece as good as him or better.
With almost 35 years of playing music behind me, I understand "interpretation I didn't say "mistakes" you did. I said flaws. His interpretation is his own, so be it. The speed. (too fast for my own taste). When the original music was produced for this piece, it had notations as to how it was to be played and to preserve its continuity,written by the artist himself. Some artists will ad their own embellishments to a piece which bastardizes the original work.
@queballed : I disagree with much of what you said *BUT* I won't argue for respect of the comments section on an amazing performance. Just be reminded of the key words in my last reply, music is about interpretation.
@EricTheRed03 I understand what you mean. This is HIS (Horowitz) "interpretation". Fine, no argument. But, what I said about notation and continuity is a long held fact of how music was transcribed. A symphony conductor will tell you the same thing. Its the way the MASTER wanted it done for generations onward. Which pays tribute to the creator. His interpretation is his own work, along with his own improvisations. So? What I'm saying its not not true to the original score. Your missing my point.
@queballed: You're quite a hard ass. Music is about creativity. I can respect Liszt for his creation and horowitz for his interpretation. Enjoy life and stop being so pessimistic about everything. Enough said.
@EricTheRed03 Wow,just because I express my opinion and some hard facts I am labeled a hard ass, pessimist and I don't enjoy life. Or is it the fact you just want to have the last word. If your a married man I suspect you and your wife have a great time in the discussion arena. You most always win and have the last word dont ya. LOL. Ok I concede, I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.........
@queballed : I'm always up for discussions, I'm a very open minded guy. There's a reason why there shouldn't be a discussion. Many people find it annoying to come to a nice video and find these stupid comments going on instead of just appreciating it for what it is. This point was made in one of me replies where I wrote, "I won't argue for respect of the comments section on an amazing performance", so If you don't like it go comment with your pessimism somewhere else.
@EricTheRed03 With some aforethought, I totally agree with you about what is deemed, the artists "Interpretation". Music is the composers art and shouldn't be judged by the way it sounds but by the way composer had conceived it on paper, but then (as you said) comes the particular "Interpretation".That fact invariably will differ from person to person. That being said, I don't look at myself as being so much pessimistic but maybe a little exacting. My apologies.
@queballed Having read all the comments, I think some dislike Horowitz transcription of the HR2, he does change Liszt's composition :) But I think many people including me will say Horowitz's performance here is supreme and he is one of the best pianists ever lived, if not the best.
The Liszt HR2 "unchanged" has many great interpretations on YT, may wish to try Cziffra, Rach, Jung Lin, Moiseiwitsch (yes BM's video is on YT)
@queballed Your opinion is a joke. These are totally different classes of talent. Horowitz was the greatest pianist of his century, a supervirtuoso. Maksim is someone who has to resort to carnival clothes to manage to draw an audience, and is at the most just a professional.
Just because Maksim's technique isn't good enough to play the whole thing up to tempo doesn't mean he's better.
In short, GTFO. One of the most dilettante comments I've ever seen on Youtube, congrats.
@demosj Got nothing better to do than troll and lame flames huh?. You idiot, didn't you see how old that post is. Get fucking over it. I have. Right or wrong I could give a rats ass.
best interpretation. Lang lang plays this version too, but when he 7:08 it sounds like he's making mistakes . While when I hear horowitz, I hear a real master piece and understanding of what he's playing!
What makes me wonder is, when time travel is invented will there be people who would come and at least see people like him or Mozart and talk or go see some of the other great minds of our history? I would love to had met this guy.
At times when you hear the name Horowitz, you just think of it as a name of just another pianist. And at such times all you have to do to be proven wrong is to listen to him. There's something grande, something cosmic about his playing.
Thank you for clarifying! I am studying this piece and I could not figure out why it is so different than the one played by horowitz and also Lang lang.
Am I the only one who remembers the Tom and Jerry episode where Tom plays this song and Jerry does everything in his power to mess it up? XD man this song will forever make me smile because of that.
@pipeorganloverNJP - I hope to come even a bit close to Horowitz's level. I don't know about excatly his level. But i'm determined to learn pieces like he could play.
@MusicIsMyLife6991 That's good. Despite what I said, I won't be one to say "Pshaw! How could you think you could come anywhere CLOSE to Horowitz?" The world runs on ambition. Between you and me, I hope to come close to his level, too. :)
Kept me on the edge of my chair. What a brilliant artiste he was. Personally I don't care a fig for all that nonsense about rigging this and that of filing hammers or believe any of it - who cares anyway. Sour grapes from less accomplished players ? It's the music that counts, it's the sound that is made, it's the performance. Horrowitz provided performances like this over such a long period, getting better as he got older. A truly great performer leaving such a wonderful legacy of recordings.
noteworthy99 3 days ago
Horowitz conoce esta música a la perfección, conoce a los compositores y por eso es capaz de transmitir lo que transmite. También tiene una técnica impecable igual que otros compañeros suyos.....
TheAlmadelhi 1 week ago
Marvelous, reading the comments about rigged pianos, cut down hammers, missing music from the losers below is laughable. This is an excellent pianist playing a wonderful piece of music.
wwwlogionorg 2 weeks ago 2
@wwwlogionorg I agree, our generation has a fetish with knocking the best pianists in history.
TheCrazyHairPianist 2 weeks ago 2
@wwwlogionorg Horowitz is much much more than excellent - he is one of the greatest ever. It is Rachmaninoff, Horowitz and Gilels at the top :-)
I was told a while back that most of the bad comments about Horowitz are from "current" pianists, some very famous. I think that reflects mostly envy. And then you always have the less-than civil commenters who do not make sense, except to themselves, maybe.
Bret6464 1 week ago
Lol did anyone realize he imp'd half this song
Threshroge 2 weeks ago
this is Horowitz at his best...so forget about the other pianists. there's not even a run. Did you hear the octaves of the finale? BYE BYE...
xcomposerpianistx 3 weeks ago
i so bet you Lang Lang disliked this at least once xD
TheDerrickoh 4 weeks ago 3
I met Horowitz before. He had 20 fingers.
Kicsss 1 month ago
I am a outlaw country music lover... but this tune is simply amazing.... especially when im drunk.. it has all the ups and downs that make is great.
jclark300 1 month ago
A simplified version of Liszt's classic played on a rigged piano.
Scam 1 The hammers were filed down, so he could play faster and louder while exerting less force.
Scam 2 The arrangement has a simplified ending with only half of the unplayable octaves Liszt wrote. He conned the public by lying to the press about the level of difficulty of this version. Lang Lang copies this scam.
6347285 1 month ago
@6347285 You have to be joking... if it were "rigged", ALL pianos would be like that. Secondly, this version is more difficult. No one else can play it like this at all.
llllShArPllll 3 weeks ago
@llllShArPllll When a baseball bat is "corked" it sounds different. It's the same with rigged pianos. Secondly, the ending octave passage, that all the recording artists from his era were faking, was cut in half by Horowitz. That's a fact. This is easier.
6347285 2 weeks ago
@6347285 no, seen the piano, not true, at least 4 horowitz...a rumor, btw regular version
audreyhsux5727 4 days ago
@audreyhsux5727 sorry, actually a more difficult version...couldnt tell, beginning was the same ^^
audreyhsux5727 4 days ago
I started to get the erection at around 4:20
slayerkid0196 1 month ago 2
one of the best pieces written. Very powerful
dmares92 2 months ago
i remember this from Tom and Jerry
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Wow... Check this out: "He was known for his transcriptions of several of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies. The Second Rhapsody was recorded in 1953, during Horowitz's 25th anniversary concert at Carnegie Hall, and he stated that it was the most difficult of his transcriptions." - I guess this is his best work! Or at least most technically demanding.
craymiranda 2 months ago
@craymiranda where's the quote from?
MrHellowassup 1 month ago
@MrHellowassup Wikipedia, which got it from somewhere else but I didn't bother to check.
craymiranda 1 month ago
8:38 WIN!
Laudan08 3 months ago 4
A great piece...and Vladimir Horowitz is one of the best players ever!!!
Armyanka7100 3 months ago
52 people dont have ears... or maybe Lang Lang has 52 accounts.
kzelmer 3 months ago 18
4:09 to 6:05 sounds like a REALLY happy kitten playing with a ball of yarn :D
paulturtle92 3 months ago 5
Tom and Jerry sent me here.
hitlerpotamus 3 months ago 6
Justin Bieber Baby: 500,000,000 views
This: 450,000 views
WTF!!!!!!!
SahssYahss 3 months ago 5
@SahssYahss I know its ridiculous
Elipito5 3 months ago 5
@Elipito5 What's worse is that the real Bieber's voice is to high for the human ear to pick up the frequency.
*Bieber walks in room*
Bieber: HAY GIYZ!
People: WHAT?
Dog: IT BURNS!!!!!
SahssYahss 3 months ago
dear lang lang... this is how you play HR 2
wamadeus 4 months ago 3
@wamadeus I could not agree more! Horowitz and Cziffra should have been listen more often :)
aiUBGncPP6xF 3 months ago
BRAVO!!!
MrMrMikayel 4 months ago
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Yuck!! Horowitz's modification of the piece is rubbish!!!
What horrid taste is this?
What the F*k! This performance just made me f*king VOMIT!!! WTF IS THIS!!
YUCK!!!!!!! Its like there's a mouldy yoghurt in my mouth I'm dying to spit out!!
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ergh!!
123mazeppa 4 months ago
@123mazeppa You make an obnoxious comment and you happen to win the award for the most obnoxious commenter on YT! Congratulations!
Bret6464 4 months ago
@123mazeppa i lol'd
EyMeng 4 months ago
Sorry, it's a rhapsody, not a walzer.
gunyor111 4 months ago
my favorite part starts at 8:05.......
dayzero2 5 months ago
Did anyone read Anthony Tommasini's article on the front page of the NY Times Arts section on Sunday?
He compares the development of piano technique with runners breaking the 4 minute mile. Take Liszt's alternating octaves at the end of this piece, where the pianist has to fire out custom made signals to adjust for any missed note, an feat that has proven to be almost impossible. To compare that with a runner, who simply puts one foot in front of the other is, quite frankly, retarded!
6347285 5 months ago 3
@6347285 I did go over that article...I agree its not good. He compares young technical wizards with Alfred Cortot, who at least in his later recordings had basketfuls of wrong notes. But lots of the old masters had fiendish techniques. Where would I start naming them? Besides, Cortot was famous not for his technique, but for his brilliant, otherworldly interpretations; indeed, his character.
Fensterrud 5 months ago
I love this piece! I've just started working on it and man it is difficult! I guess the only way to learn it is to just dive in.... I have a feeling I am going to regret saying this however.
videogamerxx 5 months ago
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avalokiteshivara 5 months ago
Is this a transcription??
Just because he play different notes than the others does...
Especially from 4:40.
I like the original better.
xionidas 6 months ago
@xionidas Yes, this is the transcription by Horowitz of the Liszt HR2, hence the Liszt-Horowitz Hungarian Rhapsody No.2. I prefer the original Liszt HR2 also. I believe there is YT vid of Horowitz playing the original HR2 :-) IMO Horowitz is one of the greatest pianists ever - of course we can not hear Liszt's performances.
Bret6464 6 months ago
@Bret6464 I prefer Cziffra György (Georges) performance. :)
xionidas 5 months ago 2
@xionidas I love everything Horowitz ever performed, and I also love Cziffra's Liszt, surreal pianist :-) On the original Liszt HR2, I prefer Jung Lin's performance, she is the ultimate musician now.
Bret6464 5 months ago
This recording was made RIGHT BEFORE the Master RETIRED for TWELVE YEARS!!!
50shina 6 months ago
Make no mistake- not only does Horowitz take this beloved piece to transcendental heights of polyphonic writing-but does so without out the slightest strain- and there is/was no pianist dead or alive that played so well-
Bruce88keys 6 months ago 13
@Bruce88keys What, not even Liszt himself?
Icetor01 6 months ago
I LOVE. This. Piece. I've been in love with it ever since I was little and FINALLY after my exam in August, I get to learn it :) Once I perform it I get to have one of my grandma's grand pianos. I love the way Horowitz plays it! Jung Lin plays it very well too :)
DancerAndMe123 6 months ago 59
What a colorful intepretation!
I don't think people should be arguing over who is better than who. Each pianist I've seen play this piece has brought something new to the table, whether it be Jung-lin, Hamelin, or Horowitz. They're all to hard to compare and definitely shouldn't be insulted
CharmsJr94 6 months ago 16
@CharmsJr94 What a great comment! Horowitz and Jung Lin have my vote :D
ldhmage 6 months ago 16
Amazing! Gives me chills.
Lynnespock 1 year ago 26
what a clarity at 4:29 !! your first name should be vladimir and second name horowitz to do that!!
satyu131089 1 year ago 7
haha
joorgeee22 1 year ago
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jackofhearts161 1 year ago
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i still remember listing to this song on tom and jerry :)
RulerOfTheNeck2345 1 year ago
where is the loop button?
southofcheese672 1 year ago 4
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what the F.. did he do to this piece?
SoMaRiOn7 1 year ago
Took over a year to play this-listened to most famous pianists play with their versions. Gotta say it-Hamlin is my favorite rendition. No modern person has impressed me more-hats off to hamlin
vipervnm74 1 year ago
@vipervnm74 You like Hamelin better than Horowitz, you must love jazz-classical piano, besides that Hamelin plays an entirely different piece, the HR2 by Liszt, not this piece. As far as the Liszt HR2, the only great versions are by Cziffra the master and Jung Lin, those are the pianists that impress me.
DimitarRM 1 year ago 12
Extraodinario........Bravo. M. Orovitg
maluelilla 1 year ago
its the first time i heard this composition, so i cannot compare it with other performances yet
but the composition is brilliant, franz liszt is a genius
music nowadays is nothing compared to the old classical music
hopefully,there will someday be good componists like liszt or beethoven
MrGoodB0y 1 year ago
Sergei Rachmaninoff's version is my favorite.....
fokkfeis 1 year ago
4:10 reminds me of snow.
mikeasteele 1 year ago
his phrasing from 4:41 - 4:55 makes me so happy!
yschwartz1983 1 year ago 5
Horowitz is truly epic! He always brings something new to the table. I believe he has transcended beyond the normal interpretation of this piece (which is always about being loud and fast). He his showing us that there is much more to this piece than just showing off. I like this interpretation. It was playful, sophisticated, and fiery (at the end)
=)
youwel 1 year ago 2
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Current pianists who have recorded Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody #2 for a record label:
Marc Andre Hamelin
Richard Kastle
Denis Matsuev
There is a new vid on YouTube of an interview Richard Kastle did with Isaac Cruz from the television show, Extra. It's about the history of recordings of HR2, and it should not be missed.
jackofhearts161 1 year ago
this is the best version ive heard
atypicalcalifornian 1 year ago
Richter
Kustiks 1 year ago
@Kustiks Richter would have been great playing the Liszt HR2, too bad there's no recording or clip on YT. For me it's that pantheon of Rachmaninoff, Gilels, Horowitz, Richter and Moiseiwitsch. Imho the only current pianist who plays the HR2 the way it should be is Jung Lin, she is extraordinary :-)
Bret6464 1 year ago 3
Horowitz is not the best in playing Hungarian Rhapsody, but thanks for the upload.
abacusTMe 1 year ago
@abacusTMe I agree, I'm not sure I liked his version... the one by Marc Andre Hamelin is the best I've heard on youtube so far I think.
Xsilord 1 year ago
@Xsilord but to be honest, I was a little bit scared in the last few minutes... ;)
abacusTMe 1 year ago
@abacusTMe I agree, I'm not sure I liked his version... the one by Marc Andre Hamelin is the best I've heard on youtube so far I think.
Xsilord 1 year ago
@Xsilord jah, really great play. creative.
abacusTMe 1 year ago
to me this version is hands down better than anyone one I've heard...and I've listened to quite a few
qatcat 1 year ago
I just saw this Taiwanese pianist play hungarian rhapsody and Marc Andre Hamlin play hungarian rhapsody and honestly I think Horowitz plays this with far more passion than them in other words Horowitz is bettter
Seniarth 1 year ago
KOOLEST THING ABOUT YOUTUBE IS THAT ALL THE PERFORMANCES OF A SINGLE PIECE MAY BE LISTENED TO AT ONE SITTING AND ENJOYED - OR NOT - ACCORDING TO THE TASTE OF THE LISTENER. BRAVO YOUTUBE: GREATEST MEDIUM SINCE GUTENBERG!
radiootoo 1 year ago 5
The moments just before and just after the 2:00 mark reminded me of a certain moment from Rachmaninov Concerto 3. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT, OR AM I STUDYING TOO LATE TONIGHT???
Thanks
GrandPatzer 1 year ago
@GrandPatzer Yes. You're not studying too late. It sounds similar to a part in the Rach 3 second movement.
IVlr3vil 1 year ago
@GrandPatzer This is Horowitz own arrangement, that moment you hear here is also in Rach's cadenza at 8:00 of Rach's Liszt rhapsody 2 :D
kendrg 1 year ago
He puts his soul in all he plays.......
white8noise 1 year ago
He is trying to break the piano?
grab1piece 1 year ago
I don't care how this piece is marked, this is the best interpretation out there.
EricTheRed03 1 year ago
43 people need to visit Hungary and learn to dance!
Croogix 1 year ago 2
Pure magic! He's a magical pianist :D
36beachbum 1 year ago 2
OMG this is out of control amazing.
meatballcoco 1 year ago 23
perfect
Bananomon 1 year ago 3
woodpecker ;D
thiagoozma 1 year ago
Tom and Jerry?
baggedyman 1 year ago
@baggedyman yep, they use it.
HyperAX5 1 year ago
@baggedyman i like toms interpertation of this song. tom plays it much smoother horowitz has to many mistakes
tom being tom and jerry =P
specter290 1 year ago
@specter290 Personally i prefer Bugs Bunny's :)
jnwilson01 1 year ago
my speakers counldn't take the awesomeness...
darkmice1 1 year ago
why he is fighting with the piano ?
maksim did a better job .. !
baaboy83 1 year ago
@baaboy83 He's not fighting with the piano LOL he's great!!
Jung Lin's version is also awesome!! Maksim doesn't "play" it, he acts it out LOL
kendrg 1 year ago 5
@kendrg lol
ok man i was jocking lo0o0o0ol
but the begining is very forte
he can do it pf
baaboy83 1 year ago
Tom and Jerry.
Unluck9000 1 year ago
Horowitz was truly incredible in this live performance in 1953. No words can come close to describing this unbelievably great performance.
cattleman6420012000 1 year ago
Nobody comes close to playing this as well as Horowitz. He is perfection.
la888coconut 1 year ago
41 ppl are fuc***g retards
Nosor1989 1 year ago 4
His rendition is Ok but, I think Maksim Mrvica playing Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 is much better. There a mention of speed. Maksim Mrvica starts this rendition very slow and it reaches a crescendo towards the end. Just my opinion
queballed 1 year ago
@queballed LOL you say Maksim is better than Horowitz, that's a giant joke! Maksim just doesn't have the skill to be compared to Horowitz, his playing is maybe so-so LOL
vanthony72 1 year ago 2
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Horowitz is overrated. Good god man, there are other piano virtuosos that equal to or better. After hearing Horowitz playing this and Maksims renditions of it yeah I prefer his any day. And speaking of great pianists, ever hear of Ignacy Jan Paderewski? Probably not, your stuck in more modern era pianists. Horowitz could never compare to that man. He was one of the if not the greatest pianist of ALL time.
queballed 1 year ago
@queballed Paderewski was incredible by all accounts, too bad his recordings are few and are not the best quality, some of his clips here are amazing :) But to say Horowitz is overrated that's another thing!
Have you heard the original Liszt HR2 versions by Rach, Cziffra, Jung Lin and Horowitz (you may like that more) All are brilliant performances :)
vanthony72 1 year ago 74
@vanthony72
I agree, it is a real shame that there aren't any clips or audio that would showcase that mans brilliance. Even in the scratchy sounding audio there is no doubt about his ability. The man was absolutely incredible. Jung Lin and Rach are the only others Ive heard. I will check the others.
queballed 1 year ago
@vanthony72 how does jung lin fit in that line?
Ianthe22 1 year ago
@Ianthe22 You serious? Of course Jung Lin's version fits, it's great :)
vanthony72 1 year ago
@Ianthe22
Exactly!
The55555SSSSS 1 year ago
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arnihl 1 year ago
@queballed
Although Ignacy Jan Padervewski was an incredible virtuouso, Horowitz is by no means overrated
AsturiasGuitar 1 year ago
@AsturiasGuitar
I will just leave it at this. This particular piece of music that Horowitz played is NOT one of his better efforts. If you listen to it you can hear the flaws. Minor as they may be. There are others that have preformed this piece as good as him or better.
queballed 1 year ago
@queballed : Its about interpretation not mistakes. Listen carefully and you may understand one day.
EricTheRed03 1 year ago
@EricTheRed03
Thank you
AsturiasGuitar 1 year ago
@EricTheRed03
With almost 35 years of playing music behind me, I understand "interpretation I didn't say "mistakes" you did. I said flaws. His interpretation is his own, so be it. The speed. (too fast for my own taste). When the original music was produced for this piece, it had notations as to how it was to be played and to preserve its continuity,written by the artist himself. Some artists will ad their own embellishments to a piece which bastardizes the original work.
queballed 1 year ago
@queballed : I disagree with much of what you said *BUT* I won't argue for respect of the comments section on an amazing performance. Just be reminded of the key words in my last reply, music is about interpretation.
EricTheRed03 1 year ago
@EricTheRed03 I understand what you mean. This is HIS (Horowitz) "interpretation". Fine, no argument. But, what I said about notation and continuity is a long held fact of how music was transcribed. A symphony conductor will tell you the same thing. Its the way the MASTER wanted it done for generations onward. Which pays tribute to the creator. His interpretation is his own work, along with his own improvisations. So? What I'm saying its not not true to the original score. Your missing my point.
queballed 1 year ago
@queballed: You're quite a hard ass. Music is about creativity. I can respect Liszt for his creation and horowitz for his interpretation. Enjoy life and stop being so pessimistic about everything. Enough said.
EricTheRed03 1 year ago
@EricTheRed03 Wow,just because I express my opinion and some hard facts I am labeled a hard ass, pessimist and I don't enjoy life. Or is it the fact you just want to have the last word. If your a married man I suspect you and your wife have a great time in the discussion arena. You most always win and have the last word dont ya. LOL. Ok I concede, I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.........
queballed 1 year ago
@queballed : I'm always up for discussions, I'm a very open minded guy. There's a reason why there shouldn't be a discussion. Many people find it annoying to come to a nice video and find these stupid comments going on instead of just appreciating it for what it is. This point was made in one of me replies where I wrote, "I won't argue for respect of the comments section on an amazing performance", so If you don't like it go comment with your pessimism somewhere else.
EricTheRed03 1 year ago
@EricTheRed03 I have a solution to your problem....Don't read the comments you don't like the content of :D
seektheforce 1 year ago
@EricTheRed03 With some aforethought, I totally agree with you about what is deemed, the artists "Interpretation". Music is the composers art and shouldn't be judged by the way it sounds but by the way composer had conceived it on paper, but then (as you said) comes the particular "Interpretation".That fact invariably will differ from person to person. That being said, I don't look at myself as being so much pessimistic but maybe a little exacting. My apologies.
queballed 1 year ago
@queballed Having read all the comments, I think some dislike Horowitz transcription of the HR2, he does change Liszt's composition :) But I think many people including me will say Horowitz's performance here is supreme and he is one of the best pianists ever lived, if not the best.
The Liszt HR2 "unchanged" has many great interpretations on YT, may wish to try Cziffra, Rach, Jung Lin, Moiseiwitsch (yes BM's video is on YT)
JDL615 1 year ago
@JDL615
Actually,there is another recording of this genius on youtube playing the original version.
The55555SSSSS 1 year ago
@The55555SSSSS TY, I found it, one of the best I have ever heard.
JDL615 1 year ago
@JDL615
Glad to hear that!
The55555SSSSS 1 year ago
@queballed aren't you humble?
seektheforce 1 year ago
@queballed Your opinion is a joke. These are totally different classes of talent. Horowitz was the greatest pianist of his century, a supervirtuoso. Maksim is someone who has to resort to carnival clothes to manage to draw an audience, and is at the most just a professional.
Just because Maksim's technique isn't good enough to play the whole thing up to tempo doesn't mean he's better.
In short, GTFO. One of the most dilettante comments I've ever seen on Youtube, congrats.
demosj 1 year ago 3
@demosj well said. But it isn't a sin to have bad music taste.
hmsrenown 1 year ago
@demosj haha @ carnival clothes
mrmonkeybuns 1 year ago
@demosj This is old news. Why not GTFO your self.
queballed 1 year ago
@demosj Got nothing better to do than troll and lame flames huh?. You idiot, didn't you see how old that post is. Get fucking over it. I have. Right or wrong I could give a rats ass.
queballed 1 year ago
TOO FAST! Christ....even the great Horowitz gets this one wrong....
beeroosterm 1 year ago
@beeroosterm its his own interpretation of the song
pwninROD 1 year ago
@pwninROD Thank you - I understand. But the Horowitz plays this "poorly", in my opinion. He has another version posted that is sublime. Check it out.
beeroosterm 1 year ago
@beeroosterm This is Horowitz playing the Liszt-Horowitz, that's his arrangement of the Liszt HR2, and this is absolutely sublime and brilliant!
The other Horowitz "version" is another piece, the original Liszt HR2 and that is also brilliant:-)) LOL the speed or tempo on both is very FAST
vanthony72 1 year ago 4
I honestly clicked this hoping it was a video of Beastie Boy Adam Horowitz
jamesharvey 1 year ago
So much fire... love this interpretation.
ScutigerousPume 1 year ago
great
Manfredk12 1 year ago
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Ristshot 1 year ago
This performance gets stuck in my head for weeks.
Ristshot 1 year ago 4
Such incredible control and freedom! Few people can combine the two...
friendant72 1 year ago
I like this version better. It's more consice than the original (if I may be forgiven the presumption of saying this.)
pipeorganloverNJP 1 year ago
@pipeorganloverNJP
what original
SCordeliaB 1 year ago
@SCordeliaB The original piece. This is Horowitz's transcription.
pipeorganloverNJP 1 year ago
@pipeorganloverNJP the orginal ? can i get a copy ? we' ll be rich!
mrmonkeybuns 1 year ago
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Horowitz is so good he doenst even need to move to play this song
DarthGut 1 year ago 16
@DarthGut :)
alihammadshah 1 year ago
@DarthGut lol
SCordeliaB 1 year ago
@DarthGut
It's not a video - that's just a picture which explains why he insnt moving
Bananayoghurt1000 1 year ago
@Bananayoghurt1000 lmao! I assume your kidding! OFC its a video!! He can play without moving his body!
Ally123234 1 year ago
@Bananayoghurt1000
lol i assume u didnt get the joke right?
its ok some people are slow :)
DarthGut 1 year ago
I think Piano grading should go from 1 to Liszt
A level only Liszt can reach :P
MusicIsMyLife6991 1 year ago 2
I absolutely love his sense of timing and dynamics - it just makes the music so exciting. Horowitz rules!
karlwinkler66 1 year ago 3
I DON'T LIKE HOROWITZ .....
I LOVE HIM!
The55555SSSSS 1 year ago 89
Amazing. I cry whenever I hear anything Horowitz plays. What wonderful technique and interpretations.
retwalla 1 year ago 3
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Amazing. I cry whenever I hear anything Horowitz plays. What wonderful technique and interpretations. Retwalla
retwalla 1 year ago
best interpretation. Lang lang plays this version too, but when he 7:08 it sounds like he's making mistakes . While when I hear horowitz, I hear a real master piece and understanding of what he's playing!
L4RSLink 1 year ago
Friska shows why he was sometimes dubbed the "exploding sewing machine".:)
jghancockjr 1 year ago
Understand clearly why this was one of his most difficult pieces. Simply amazing
jkindful 1 year ago
What makes me wonder is, when time travel is invented will there be people who would come and at least see people like him or Mozart and talk or go see some of the other great minds of our history? I would love to had met this guy.
Theyallfloatdownhere 1 year ago
@Theyallfloatdownhere
Liszt or Horowitz you mean?
ishaq1991 1 year ago
At times when you hear the name Horowitz, you just think of it as a name of just another pianist. And at such times all you have to do to be proven wrong is to listen to him. There's something grande, something cosmic about his playing.
tigrushina 1 year ago
No the best recording of the HR 2 is alfred cortot's by far. Listen to him play it with remastered audio. Its even better than Horowitz's!!!!
fernandotorresr 1 year ago
does anyone know what version of Hungarian Rhapsody is it? Is it the original?
MrPneunomia 1 year ago
@MrPneunomia This is the Liszt-Horowitz (Horowitz arrangement) of the HR2, not the original Liszt HR2.
sammarco02 1 year ago
@sammarco02
Thank you for clarifying! I am studying this piece and I could not figure out why it is so different than the one played by horowitz and also Lang lang.
MrPneunomia 1 year ago
@MrPneunomia no it's horowitz's interpretation
Foojeng 1 year ago
@MrPneunomia Look at the title.
SahssYahss 3 months ago
I remember hearing this song on Tom and Jerry when I just four years old. I'm glad that it still hasn't lost its charm on me since then.
LAnimeMaster 1 year ago 2
@LAnimeMaster That's where I first heard this piece, it was pretty epic.
hspei 1 year ago
Am I the only one who remembers the Tom and Jerry episode where Tom plays this song and Jerry does everything in his power to mess it up? XD man this song will forever make me smile because of that.
NekoProductionCorps 1 year ago
@NekoProductionCorps No, you're not the only one. :)
pipeorganloverNJP 1 year ago
No one compares with Horowitz.
pipeorganloverNJP 1 year ago
@pipeorganloverNJP - I hope to come even a bit close to Horowitz's level. I don't know about excatly his level. But i'm determined to learn pieces like he could play.
MusicIsMyLife6991 1 year ago
@MusicIsMyLife6991 That's good. Despite what I said, I won't be one to say "Pshaw! How could you think you could come anywhere CLOSE to Horowitz?" The world runs on ambition. Between you and me, I hope to come close to his level, too. :)
So good luck.
pipeorganloverNJP 1 year ago