Horowitz plays Beethoven Pathetique Sonata first movement

[truman1942]

Beautiful!

[holyshizzlenuts]

This piece is amazing!!!!!!! I'm playing it right now.

[puzzled211]

Horowitz, the best--clear, perfect

[King21973]

ccalmbach, apparantly you do not know who you are listening too. This is Vladimir Horowitz, the best pianist to ever have lived, with exception to Evgeny Kisjin. This is taken a tad too fast, but listen to the nuances in the playing.

This man was Rachmaninoffs favorite pianist....

[g3org33r3]

@King21973 and Richter

[ccalmbach]

@King21973 Oh yes I DO KNOW who I am listening to and I do not think it's too fast. I agree with you RE the nuances he MANAGES TO GET INTO THIS MOVEMENT AND THAT TAKES SUPER CONCENTRATION ON hOROWITZ'S PART. Sorry--didn't know the caps lock was on. I am working on this and, at present, I am simply practicing slowly.

[gioacchinobalistreri]

Wonderful ending.

[Unbeloved27]

Barenboim uses Rubatto... horowitz doesnt...

[darktowersl]

glad to have it reposted thanks

[kerrgal]

I like his interpretation better than Rubenstein's or Barenboim's. I can't exactly put my finger on it (no pun intended). I've worked on and off on this piece for many years. I don't have a piano, but when ever I do, this is the piece that I work on first. 

[DaRiceGuy13]

@kerrgal I agree. Comparing it to Baremboim's, I'd say Horowitz takes a better tempo; Baremboim's is too slow and his interpretation sounds lethargic. I think this is also due to Horowitz's keen attention to the contrast that Beethoven wants.

[kerrgal]

Why so views of this?

[ccalmbach]

To bring such a beautiful piece of music down to this bawdy and inappropriate level is like putting a dozen long-stem roses into the toilet instead of a vase. It angers me very much. I doubt if the person who did this knows muchj about class--ical music but Beethoven was going deaf when he wrote this beautiful music and he pours his heart out in every movement of this work.

[Mathgenius21]

Why was it taken down lol

[cla0982]

Lol, it's back again