That was beautiful ... this might sound strange, but I actually feel like the apparently vast distance between the recorder and the pianist in this recording somehow adds to the impression of watching the distant moon.
one of the things i like about these audience recordings is that we're finally hearing horowitz as he wanted to be heard - not with "those four big ... TANKS coming at you with those ... microphones! that's not how you hear with the ear, putting it right in that piano." (quoting from memory, canadian radio interview from mid-1970s)
That was beautiful ... this might sound strange, but I actually feel like the apparently vast distance between the recorder and the pianist in this recording somehow adds to the impression of watching the distant moon.
hymntonight 2 years ago
one of the things i like about these audience recordings is that we're finally hearing horowitz as he wanted to be heard - not with "those four big ... TANKS coming at you with those ... microphones! that's not how you hear with the ear, putting it right in that piano." (quoting from memory, canadian radio interview from mid-1970s)
kasyapa 2 years ago
Interesting quote.
hymntonight 2 years ago
i have the interview on tape somewhere. i'll check for it on youtube - i have a PM to send you anyway. :)
kasyapa 2 years ago
great! look forward to it. :)
hymntonight 2 years ago
incidentally, i very much appreciate your poetic comments. they give me new ways to hear/see.
kasyapa 2 years ago