Horowitz-Chopin etude op.10 no.5

[2pacAmazesSuperman]

he's pretty good! i think he will be famous someday!

[BizzMarki]

He plays the piano very well! Lalala! :)

[chiliwillster]

not bad....this guy has some talent.

[arlongan]

@chiliwillster WHAT?????SOME TALENT?????ONLY SOME TALENT???

[MaslAlek]

weak

[chipncharge94]

he does it almost without using pedal!!!!!!

[6000XDXD]

這就是周杰倫不能說的秘密的鬥琴啊啊!!帥爆了~

[alanr14]

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[Ulquilily4568]

I love his music! But me playing it in 2 weeks only is hard....hard, but great!!! I also understand why they call it black keys now....half the songs notes are on black keys! ♫♪♫♪

[MrRoofusPadumelon]

@Ulquilily4568 you're dumb.

[Ulquilily4568]

I love his music! But me playing it in 2 weeks only is hard....hard, but great!!!

[Rainelfy]

I've heard many interpretation of this etude but Horowitz plays it definitely the clearest and "fastest" ;)

[pianovirtuoso1000]

Horowitz is an awesome pianist!

[batmanpronz]

crystal clear...breathtaking. You'd be hard-pressed to find an interpretation nowadays that comes close to this quality in cleanliness.

[BboyChopstixSK]

3 people cant do it that fast :D

[mancity01gordon]

The speed...too crazy=.=

[shinesinpines]

hey! its john turturro

[JESUSISMYABBA]

3 people missed the like button :(

[dukedome]

hehe...its just for fun.....great horowitz!

[OrangeSodaKing]

Hehe, of course it was his favorite etude! First of all, it's so playful and happy. Second of all, he can do the ending octaves as they're actually written: as triplets! Haha!

[pianoaddict06]

hwo the hell do these pianists use pedals so ninja-like

[predoje]

epic octaves! XD

[sUpErSoNic19891]

Such a different approach to the piece!

[TheNortherner29]

wow, this makes me look extremely stupid at piano O_O

[dinhthihuyentrang52]

@TheNortherner29 :haha ^^

[44sekret44]

@TheNortherner29 You're not the only one ... :/

[buckarmstrong]

This is definitely NOT Maurizio Pollini, previous posters. MP's studio version of the piece is somehow livelier, cleaner, and more scintillating than Horowitz'. I know how so many cherish the memory of Horowitz - including me - but in almost all of their overlapping repertoire Pollini's version is more accomplished and memorable. Less neurotic, too - Pollini plays with a simplicity and directness that often eluded VH.

[brassmonkeyjew]

My friend said this was his favorite Chopin Etude. And that he use to play it all the time even when he shat!

[ilikehaku1100]

Epic dynamics

[TheSilentSon]

Sheer joy expressed musically.

[MusicClassical1]

He you guys actually want to see him playing this piece on his Steinway in his own home, take a look at it on my channel! :) Comment and rate 2!:P

[sugarve]

number one!

[CrocodileRocker]

Kinda uneven triplets...

[chipncharge94]

of course its him!

dont you hear that airness? ive never heard an interpretation of someone who was more excitet and happy! :)

[mingte3]

How true !. Well observed.

[erken]

Actually, he played it a bit slower. If you follow strictly the tempo mark, the piece would only be played for about a minute and a half (and tis in Alfred Cortot's book)

This just goes to show that Chopin had crazy speeds. Uber crazy speeds.

[bersa888]

Not even close...

[AlexanderUvarov]

amazing ... )))

[Rochdale8]

I hope one day, after years of hard work and practice, I will be able to play as good as Horowitz.

He is absolutely incredible

[Spicsoulja]

@Rochdale8 practice 8 hours a day and you will for sure be as good as him or even better in 8 years.

[warmaniac2001]

man pollini knows how to rape the piano...how does he do it?

[pirillina89]

ear Pollini's version. It's as good as this one...

[MrDesperateArtist]

what the fuck>>> the last part especialy the octaves surprise me!!!! horowitz is not human,, hes an alien... no man can play it as good as this

[rachmanny]

interesting version of this , i also like zimermans interpretation alot. This gives another feeling to the way its played tho very niice.

[yannook]

superbly played by this great Master!

[speedstakerguy]

Horowitz is like the God of Piano! Oh wait. He is!

[FulchesterUnited]

He's unparalleled as far as I'm concerned...

[rei161]

@speedstakerguy he was jewish, who did he worship ?

[limliru]

this was filmed as the same that the beetles debut right?

[damselindistress213]

i liked it

[psyence5150]

Horowitz is still the master.

Though, mistake on last note haha he's so good he's allowed to do that ;)

[erken]

he actually played it superbly even without a pedal.

[tonyngjichun]

Best piano uses pedal that you don't know he have used, so you are fking wrong

[GregLile]

There's plenty of pedal. It's just being used intelligently.

[joernbroeker]

l little bit too dry at 0:24 but the rest is really "veloce" like chopin wanted rhis piece to be played

[7khozzo]

this is legend!

[xxxxx123456789xxxxx1]

The right hand is very precise, the rhythm virtually perfect for the right hand despite the 16th note triplets...bravo.

[rubright02]

i believe the clarity is excellent

[ugotitbabe000]

now THIS is how this should be played!!!!!!

[halavey]

Bravo, the great Horowitz

[danielito1979]

unbelievable recording. Thank God for Horowitz

[thrippleton]

I'd say it was impossible to play this piece faster,and if you could it would ruin it.

[TheLovechopin]

love chopin

[xxxxx123456789xxxxx1]

He could've played it a little faster, but otherwise a brilliant performance,

[rubright02]

i disagree. this need not be any faster

those who play faster often lose color. sacrificing beauty for clarity, and touch for flash.

[JohnEBProductions]

"Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties."

This is very true, and to sacrifice musicality for speed is something you really should not ever do.

It's even more relevant because that quote is from Chopin himself.

[rubright02]

his colors are amazing, count on horowitz to paint a rainbow

[Val4394]

Are his fingers dancing or it's just me?

[jasonextreme]

*clap clap clap*

Truly remarkable!

[OldRabit]

This is just great! Thank you for posting!!

[aaron8895]

those octaves are priceless.

[huatut123]

I know!!!

[mayorde18]

@aaron8895 he plays them with a glissando! Actually I can do it as well (worse than him of course xD)

[OrangeSodaKing]

@mayorde18 It's not a glissando. There is a fairly horizontal motion similar to that of Argerich or Tiempo playing the Tchaikovsky 1, 3rd movement octaves, but he is still deliberately striking each note.

However, there IS a pianist who DID use a true octave glissando in both hands: Moriz Rosenthal! That recording is on YouTube, and it hurts me to think about doing that.

[demosj]

@OrangeSodaKing Isn't that the Godowsky study on the etude which includes the octave glissando? Vladimir de Pachmann's recording has it too.

[aaron8895]

1:26 to the end! The octaves are amazing.

[FredilYupigo]

Ah, this is doubtless the best version of this etude he ever performed. Beautiful!

[Largo64]

This is just perfect. Some pianists played this with power, others went for speed, others delicacy. Horowitz combined all in utter perfection! I never heard a better performance of this etude.

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Horowitz was amazing! I learned from one of his students and also met him in person with his wife all dressed in leopard ;) What FUN!!!!! 5*****

[iguarni]

Suonare con un suono così bello un brano così difficile è sintomo di una cosa sola: talento!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eddietrumpet59]

None better than this! Horowitz brings unmatched elegance, precision, and delicacy to this Chopin etude. He might have had his stage fright issues during his career, but in the recording studio no one played piano better than Horowitz!

[2ndAveLine]

Clucky, woody, pearly- that he can produce these sounds with those felt hammers is remarkable!

[lu1think]

I wonder who can use pedal better than this man? I wonder who can bring more layer to a piece of music... I am sure Chopin and Liszt will both adore this performance when they hear it~

[PianersAreFun]

i think he could have used a little mor pedale

[demosj]

Agreed on Chopin and Liszt - Jozef Hofmann told Horowitz 'You know, I think [Anton] Rubinstein would have liked your pedaling.'

The funny thing is Richter didn't like this recording, but I think he was being a sourpuss.

[Liebromeistal]

demosj, when did Richter say he didn't like this recording? I'm really curious

[demosj]

Actually i was mistaken: He had mixed feelings of Horowitz's Chopin Etude Op. 25 (not 10) no. 5. It was from Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations by Bruno Monsaigneon.

[kin880806]

as light as raining, yet every note includes indescribable power!

[Fetitamea14]

Si beau et tellement bien joué ! Quel talent !

[ogre6666]

Like a spring puddles.

Like a shining playing sun.

[ilovescarlatti]

E il suo virtuosismo a me pare eccezionale in molti brani. E di Horowitz mi piace il suono che è quasi sempre di grande bellezza....

[ilovescarlatti]

to idigoblue555. Grazie per risposta ..Horowitz a me piace tantissimo, ma tantissimo, in Scarlatti, Schumann, Haydn, Scriabin ... e poi altro ovviamente... Un saluto

[loveinseattle]

personally I liked Pollini's playing better but Horowitz is a true master

[indigoblue555]

to loveinseattle - just the opposite omop. but I guess that when in front of great masters, we just can listen to and appreciate them all,accordingly to our pers.taste but with an openminded

behaviour though.

Surely we should keep away from ratings which can suite better debating a soccer championship,as I often see when reading comments.

[ilovescarlatti]

Mi sembra che sia quasi a disagio in questo pezzo... lui che è un super virtuoso... sbaglio? risposte...

[indigoblue555]

to ilovescarlatti - bisognerebbe ascoltarlo in un'altra esecuzione del medesimo pezzo,la sua potrebbe essere una scelta.

Comunque il suo virtuosismo,non proprio

eccezionale,mi pare sempre al servizio della musica a differenza di quel che spesso accade.

Che ne dici del suo Scarlatti ?

[demosj]

Horowitz looks very dashing in that picture.

Do you know which CD this was on?

[huatut123]

the name of the CD is mentioned on my video of horowitz playing chopin etude no.4

[norm8788]

@demosj He's a studd in every way possible

[Alnyyl]

Light, nimble... Perfect!

[satoriworks]

Back in the late 1980's, I was walking near a record store on 52nd Street and 6th Avenue and saw Mr. Horowitz getting into a limo.

I am glad that I can say that I was at least thirty feet within greatness.

Thank you for posting this piece.

[Sinfoniette]

Lucky man. He was gone to heaven when I learned about Horowitz. I'm just 12 now.

[DerekGuenther]

Aughh! I was born too late!

The man was a genius, a prodigy, a master, a vitruoso, what have you. It would not suffice to simply say that he was amazing.

[mario54671]

Dude, I was born late, too, although we missed Horowitz, we've got Yefim Bronfman who's another great pianist who's living now! Although he could probably die if he doesn't do anything about his weight...:P

[BlackMasterJoe89]

I was born the year he passed, 1989 right?

[besako2000]

me too...

[edisonbhola]

me three...

[IVlr3vil]

Does anybody find it amazing how Pollini and Horowitz have about the same recording times? Their tempo is pretty much spot on metronomically.

[pq02lamzo]

And that's pretty much where the similarities end, thank God.

[baroquemusik123]

I notice there are two ways to play this etude: smoothly (like atsuko seta) or more staccato-like, like horowitz. And all I have to say is that horowitz's style sounds better 5/5!

[philipawalker]

I like it this fast. It's supposed to be this fast, and coupled with his skill, it sounds very playful ^^

[mafiabeater]

he wasn't a machine

[cjla1987]

he's talking in semantics...

[antoinezygfryd]

Vous avez raison ,c'est une machine bien huilée,une machine à jouer,et cela choque beaucoup de le dire à voix haute.

C'est complètement vide de pensée musicale,et c'est+ à mon sens+ une forme d'autisme pianistique dont souffrait cet homme.

[Ichigowasu]

wonderful but I like it better when it's going at about 80% of its current speed

[mezzoforte84]

The tempo marking is 116 beats per minute, and Horowitz is spot on. If it's any faster, you lose the clarity of the articulation, I feel.

Debussy's Toccata is another piece which you want to play fast, but loose clarity when you go over the marked tempo.

[SwePianoholic]

fast- but still music...

[shsgosgi]

I'm playing the upper part on marimba for an audition.  And its killing me. Any tips?

[elclemsi]

fast faster horrorfast that sounds like a machine. my opinion, hate me if you want to.

[huatut123]

no I dont hate you ;) Please explain what you prefer in this piece, and maybe I will post a version suited to your taste and to anyone else not completely loving this interpretation.

[elclemsi]

i love the pollini version, ok i have to admit the pollini version is as fast as this version. i showed bad manners, excuse me.

[p1ano]

So clear and perfect! My favorite Chopin etude as well.

[MayadaJeffery]

he plays it a minute 35 seconds! amazing.

[oblifan132]

oh my, what a genious.

[GhostDev85]

Absolute perfect...

[dannypurtell]

no one can play this like he can

[uo12345678910]

wow