Vladimir Horowitz - Virtuoso Fantasy

[ChristopherLiszt]

It's Rachmaninovs' Italian polka G Flat Major.. Obviously Horowitz spin on it... Which is pretty decent, Arkadi volodos has a great version of this as well...

[Vesivian]

is this real?

[C0L050]

I suposse that he use Dim. Chords and Aug Chords, 9th and sus4 or 7th Chords of course disonances.

Much people said: In the paint exist The Abstract Art why not can exist the ABSTRACT MUSIC. This disonances are so beautiful for my ears

[michieldpiano]

sorry I can't listen to this it is terrible of sound. I think Horrowitz would agree because he completely knew what was his Steinway sound.

[1Jiller]

simply amazing, so much like the Carmen fantasie it's creepy.. I think ill listen to the other one again =)

[The55555SSSSS]

AMAZING performance by the 23 year old Horowitz!

[atsaka]

wait...This doesn't sound like Horiwitz!

[atsaka]

how can the sound be so clear?

[WelteMax]

this is for the cd of Welte-Mignon recordings , is it?

[andreybeci]

zee best

[crw1288]

Yes, Horowitz is the best!!!!

[stagesix6]

sounds like a bosendorfer...

[Faton24]

hey you people,don't speak bullshit!

Horowitz is the best of the best

[SCHneiDen777]

Horowitz is having more fun that the people that are criticizing him! Yay Horowitz! We're privileged just to listen to it.

And I have as much fun listening to this true creator create creation which manifestations lead to sensations unseen in our nation(s).

Thanks for posting!

[nearenough3]

It's a somewhat different arrangement than the 2nd one that was recorded and the third. And I agree from a roll. Piano rolls usually give a jerky irregular tempo and a monotonous quality.

[xcomposerpianistx]

this is just a piano roll and doesn't give any real idea of the perfection of horowitz pianism.

[konzolmester]

I dont know why people hate horowitz. He is very good.

[mestreliszt]

Is impossible that people hatee horowitz! haha

[TheOneWingAngeI]

people just love to spite him because they think he is overrated. i disagree with them

[bandong123456789]

Very nice piece of music

[aardvaark069]

I think this sounds very arbitrary and careless. I don't think he was taking this too seriously except for the check afterwards.

[TysonMS]

I love Horowitz and I feel that Volodos is his successor.

[paulostroff99]

Glorious playing! Bravo! TY.

[sagalat]

Obviously a aural-montage of two juxtaposed recordings. We're hearing four hands here, yo!

[kasyapa]

that's what they said about art tatum. ;)

[boomzxz]

Haha. :)

[boomzxz]

It is actually all him in fact, haha. It's a piano roll he recorded in 1926.

[GregLile]

It is indeed Horowitz. It is possible to 'overdub' on a piano roll, but I've never heard that Horowitz did this (as Gershwin and others did) Please cite which passages you feel have more than one pianist in control.

[stienwayz]

You have a very good recording of this piece. Must be a nice reproducing piano =)

[boomzxz]

Yeah, I was really happy to hear this too, I'm glad you like it! :)

[shrinkingglasses]

Amazing. This deserves 5 stars!

[GregLile]

March 1927 (on a player piano)

[loves2listen]

this is just too cool! never knew this recording before

[mmargerich]

I think it's sdomething about the 1930s, because os the structure of the coda, similar to the 1928 one, but significant adding to the 1928 version.

[boomzxz]

The recording was made in 2003 on a welte-mignon piano roll (on a grand piano). As for when it was performed on the roll I will have to look that up but not enough time at the moment, I'll post it when I find out.

[stienwayz]

1928 I think

[kasyapa]

probably earlier - 1927 or 1926. greg lile (who knows these things) says 1927 above.

[Taneyev]

@boomzxz 1928

[WelteMax]

@boomzxz Do you have the Welte-Mignon recording number? 

[wawain]

When was this performed?