Horszowski - Chopin nocturne in Eb major & Etude in F minor

[untoa]

This guy is special - end of story

[maseratiquattroport]

he should have at least acknowledged the audience. jeez.

[imuzicable]

this is wedding march? unique nocturne. but good.

[kwmusic56]

An amazing musician. Clearly ranks as one of the best of all time!! Right up there with Chopin. And....at 97!! I bask in the music.

[she0226]

I like the song.

[tealeafsen]

the person who flimed this is a true artist too.......great job and with love and all

[65attila]

Horszowski IMO is a magician pure and simple.

[vasquez109]

Magical....Absolutely breathtaking!

[MarceloBruno2706]

I heard that he did his last performance when he was about 97 years old

[edtskyline]

What a master!!!!! =D!

[marcohorowitz8]

anyone knows he was the teacher and mentor of murrai perahia?

[thechrishepburn]

@marcohorowitz8 he studied with Leschetizky who studied with Czerny... who studied with Beethoven. His mother studied with Karl Mikuli who was taught by Chopin. My current professor studied with him at Curtis. 

[Elizium1970]

wonderful!!!!!!

[tsupianomajor]

He was my teacher's teacher.

[felix0911176727]

Oh~ his Op.25/2 is still so attractive! Now, he probably playing near God...

[vstasov]

Beautiful and so elegant. I love Horszowski - he is a wonderful chamber musician. Thank you so much for posting this precious archive.

btw, he didn't marry until he was 89, yet he began performing at the age of 9.

[andrerockmetal]

I love Chopin... THX for add !!!

[rfgoph7]

beautifully played...chopin one of the greatest composers for the piano...

[breadboy6636]

can you play this in guitar? is there tabs for this?

[seaglehunter]

Did he die?

[tasfan34]

yup , 3 years after he played that

[wks1978]

He died in 1993

[Sudokubank]

@wks1978 Lol. He died when i was born. Thats creepy

[lirihtco]

Que preciosidadddddddddddddddddd

[nairigrigorian]

Es una joya!!!

gracias de todo corazón

[ahc1954]

Gracias, Nairi!!!

[Wcross34]

gogirl, I think I'm right in saying the projected 100th birthday recital never took place.

I saw the old boy three times in London, the last time when he was a few days from his 99th birthday. Don't forget, he was by this time virtually blind.

[funfor1life]

Thank you mister Horszowski!! You were a master because you didn't care about being a master...your art will survive time as it is timeless and witty =) pure moment of POETRY. Thanks again!

[Cavaradossi1981]

HORSZOWSKI (still) RULES !!!

[tedly10027]

his recording when he was in his prime of the complete chopin preludes, are in my memory, probably the best combination of beautiful sound, brilliance, power, refinement and elegance. any that can find those -- get it. you will be surprised as how well he played. not a moment did he play for the sake of "playing" he played chopin like the notes were "fast melodies" every single note. next to his ,he performances by argerich or any of the others like pollini or kissin sound ..just loud and fast.

[andy1044]

I'm not sure I like the lack of of legato in his left hand. It sounds too bangy and unrefined.

[uber301]

critic......

[GazeRock123]

I love his tempo... it's so beautiful. In my opinion this is what a nocturne is supposed to be. Perfect for night time cause it lulls me to sleep (in a good way). Faster versions of this piece reminds me of nocturnes..... with insomnia.

[andeegreen]

the point is that its a nocturne, not a race! why should he need to speed up?

as far as dexterity goes, when you reach the age of 97, i bet you won't be able to type your name on your PC, let alone do Chopin justice

[ivantuet2010]

@andeegreen

I share your point in the 2nd para. Anyway, i am sure you've changed the attitude

towards his presentation now!

[SuperDragoes87]

Música clássica é exactamente isto.. classe e nostálgia em harmonia. Lindo.

[gogirl117]

If I am not mistaken this extraordinary performance was for his 100th! birthday concert in Carnegie Hall. His mother was a student of Mikuli, who was a student of Chopin.

Pure Gold!

[ZuhairAli83]

beauty

[spike2133876]

i like this one better than yundi cause he takes his time and puts passion in

[givemeusernameplease]

a couple of "oops!"

[lilly763]

I had forgotten how beautiful this nocturne is...

[vovoneni]

I love this music! it's very sweet!

[nleytman]

Finally I found a pianist who brought out charm and beauty of this etude. Even though he messed up on the third page, I forgive him, it does not matter. Do one really need all life to play that well? I think you need to be Horszowski to play that well. Thank you for posting - you made my day.

[aarufrj]

Muito bom. Impressionante a suavidade e sensibilidade do Pianista.

[Greg2086565]

Nocturne was beautiful, Etude in F was incredible... 'nuff said... truly great pianist.

[almujtabah]

dead man :s

[orionedwin]

Superb!

[cotncande]

for god sake - his name is horowitz !

[gtimny]

Ummm, no, cande. This is Mieczyslaw Horszowski (1892-1993) a Polish born concert pianist, magnificent teacher at the Curtis Institute and the Marlboro Music Festival, a really great musician and one with the longest public career, though not so well known. He gave his last concert at age 99.

Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) was a superstar pianist who has many vids on this site. This, however, is not one of them!

[pianoland]

for god sake - HOROWITZ IS another ONE. ALSO A GREAT ONE.. by the way.

[Desdemondia]

i think horowitz is another guy..

[KAEMIKA]

今、頑張ってこの曲練習してるんですけど・・・・・

こんな風に弾けるまで頑張ります！！！！

[PianoCriticsKiller]

Soooooooooo beautiful! Soooooooooo musical is he.

LOVE it!

I have this on his CD, and it's probably the best there is of this piece. I saw him live just before he passed when I was a little girl and I still remember.

[pianopera]

Great playing by a pianist aged 97!

[zoXskye]

Absolutely, beautiful music. :]