Sorry naysayers, this playing is straight up BadAss for anyone at any age, Here's a man in his 80's pulling this off, anybody who's knows anything about the difficulty of this piece and speed at which he plays and the interesting unique and gorgeous COURAGEOUS interpretation and relative accuracy know what a brilliant moment this performance represents in the history of classical music!!
This is not the sound of a Steinway. It sounds harsh and bangy, because the action was tampered with.
HOROWITZING A PIANO - He used many scams to make people think that he was better then he really was. He had technicians file down the hammers, so he could play faster and louder while exerting less energy. This scam works best on octaves, but it makes the piano sound awful.
I have yet to hear any other pianist alive or dead who matched Vladimir Horowitz's playing. He is very old in this video but still plays brilliantly, with unique phrasings & individual tonality. I can always identify his playing just by his touch. He hit each key in a precise way. His crescendos are even, graduating to a thunderous roar. He uses the pedal sparingly & in good taste. He was one of a kind & never boring.
Piano arrangement of Stars and Stripes Forever that had to be heard to he believed (especially the piccolo part). I would also recommend the RCA recording of the Bacarole Op. 60 for an outstanding Horowitz interpretation of one of my favorite Chopin pieces.
Some could play this piece with cool detachment. I suspect that Horowitz would look inside the piece to find a personal connection with the composer to create his interpretational magic. Isn't this the definition of an artist?
True, Here he was in his eighties and did hit some incorrect notes. But if you listen to his earlier recordings, you can hear a precise and dazzling brilliance in his technique -- there is an early 50's commercial (on YouTube) he did for war bonds where he plays his p
Ugh, I do not like this version. He is slapping away at the chords and hitting many notes in between. I think that Rubinstein's interpretation of this piece is much accurate, precise, and musical. Horowitz performs Scriabin really well, but he isn't the greatest with Chopin.
I like how he used two hands instead of one to start that E-D#-C#-B repetition; I would always play the big opening E major chords and then concentrate on playing the left hand as octaves...therefore I would always be thrown off on the melody because I guess I thought too much. Fact.
Dedicate to Arnold Miller, an Aussie,who passed away 3 years ago, aged 89, played like this.I'm sure there are more... who can play with the same temperament.
Scanning the responses, noting "mistakes" , this 80 something year old man made during this reading, of a few minutes, count the the "mistakes" you have made in your life time! Let us all know if anyone has made fewer. My hats off to any that can say "NO" . William
What up dudes? Within the last ten pages of comments, lots of people, with uncontrollable rages, criticize the interpretation for mistakes...do you know it's entirely possible for an 84-year-old virtuoso to make mistakes on accident?
@ThePVGS1 I agree. It is impertinent and ungracious to point to minor mistakes committed by a supreme maestro in what is advanced old age. Rather than nit pick it is proper to enjoy superb piano works played by a great.
mistake at 2:14 (hit both F#/Gb and F instead of just F alone)
mistake at 4:04 (unsure of the Ab pickup, but on my copy of this polonaise, the pickup note is not there)
However, dispite the two (only two! I can't make it with less than...twenty five?) mistakes, this is the best interpretations of this piece I have ever heard.
This was his, recorded, concert in Moscow, later he played almost the same in "het concert gebouw" in Amsterdam, I'm still glad that I saw him their life. His last concert before he died. It was a great piano player.
@Dukemaphakdeewong He makes a lot of mistakes in this version but his bravura, coloration, and unique interpretation more than makes up for it。 Remember he was very old.
@ClassicalMusicPL I understand your point, but I really don't want to listen to the performer alone. I really want to enjoy the genius that is Chopin, you get what I'm saying? I just don't think Horowitz does a good job with that. I'm sorry if I offended anyone...
I was never really a fan of Horowitz's style in playing. I'm not saying I could do better, but he over-exaggerates the use of the pedal, and slams into keys with his fingers at awkward times in a piece of Chopin music. I personally think he does not do a good interpretation of Chopin's music.
@vaseintibet Try listening to Rafal Blechacz's interpretation of this one and you might agree with me... Its actually listed in the suggestions column, the vid. posted by luisguilhermeolbertz (dang, weird name!): Chopin - Polonaise As-Dur op 53 "Heroique" . And I am not a fool! Jerk!
@SilenceTheQuiet I agree, Chopin was a very expressive player, and although Horowitz is GREAT at dynamic contrast and inputting his own take on the pieces he plays, I don’t think that he was an expressive player. But he still is AMAZING!!!
@ph03n1xamb1t Do you have personal problems ? Seriously ....I don't know why you are insulting me , when I'm only appraciating a music. And I'm not a Faggot ... Maybe you are one who don't wanna admit it . And ... Go Fuck Yourself !
Fuck you you asshole. Why don't you try taking a look at the cunt that stares back at you in the mirror when you look at it. You fucking cretin. Die Cunt
my question is when are these classical guys gonna start adding fresh ideas to this music. reharm that shit or something!! a creative guy like chopin wouldnt be trying sit down an listen to his music played over an over the same way if he was still around today
@zackthemack reharm this polonaise... lol you could only make it worse by doing that. why waste your time tampering with perfect pieces, chopin would move on and compose new masterpieces and thats what these "classical guys" should be doing
Masterpiece!!! I'm not as old as you other posters but I know good music when I hear it.. It's sad good music is so unappreciated in my generation.. I feel like am outcast when I mention Chopin or Robert Schumann to my peers.. What a truly remarkable piece showing the soul of the early romanticist.. A sense of lost happiness and a longing for it back is the feel that this piece gives out.. 4:34 breathtaking!
My piano teacher once "stood" in line overnight, in January, to get tickets to see Horowitz play at Carnegie Hall. I was privileged to go.... Chopin's Polonaise in A flat maj was experientially beyond indescription ! As someone who grew up in the 60s and 70s, and attended my share of rock concerts, Horowitz's it's still the most memorable concert I ever experienced........and, I loved his big grin each time he stood...
@kingvictory2003 darn, I regret having seen your comment, coz now everytime I listen to this on my ipod and that part comes up, I can't get the thought of horowitz starting a lawnmower out of my mind!
Es ist einfach erstaunlich.! Auch wenn er richtig laut und kraftvoll spielt, sehen sein Hände so aus als würde er die Tasten nur zart antippen.! Einfach genial.
my only complaint with this interpritation is how he (im sorry to use such a... strong word but its the only way i can explain my feelings for this) absolutely MURDERS the pedal usage. but of course horowitz is still the man!
All hail Horowitz. But all hail Chopin. Let's not forget the composer, without whom it wouldn't be possible. Right?. Having said that, one senses the hands of Chopin in Horowitz.
I heard his concerts many times in New York, and he was simply the greatest among the greats. Emotion, and a singing sound from lyrical to thinderous but always in control. Forget the wrong notes....no one could play with this consistent quality and feeling. .
It's amazing how fast his fingers can move!! Horowitz is amazing... it's so cool to actually watch this particular piece being played rather than just listening to it. Thanks!
By far my favorite interpretation on YouTube. Sure, he makes mistakes--everybody does. But the emotion and passion he puts into this piece is truly breathtaking.
I thought the same, when I was watching him playing. It sad this kind of music is not so popular like years ago. but Im sure Horowitz is part of this great history of classical music.
You listen to his Japan concert and know and understand that he was ill at the time with his medication - and then return to this time after time to hear the 'comeback' he did. What I'd give for a time machine and to be there in the front row!!
i love how rubenstein plays it, but my GOD does Horowitz give this life!! Those small pauses into the thunderous rubato.. really makes my neckhairs stand at attention!
He made some mistakes, but it was amazing.
Ballerina8191999 8 hours ago
this is brilliant haters step up and make a video of you playin, then you can talk trash
666Metalbassist 2 weeks ago
Sorry naysayers, this playing is straight up BadAss for anyone at any age, Here's a man in his 80's pulling this off, anybody who's knows anything about the difficulty of this piece and speed at which he plays and the interesting unique and gorgeous COURAGEOUS interpretation and relative accuracy know what a brilliant moment this performance represents in the history of classical music!!
ocsound1 3 weeks ago
who cares if there's mistakes, the interpretation is genius
goldeninja 3 weeks ago
So, there are like, 3 or 4 mistakes... big deal. The interpretation makes up for 100 mistakes.
Ragtime44Films 1 month ago
mistakes? i've not seen mistakes! it'e perfect.... ;)
TheRenair 1 month ago
I don't care about what people think about this video, or about Horowitz... I just like this song and I'm happy listening to it :)
Fuck you all
AlexPlautz1 1 month ago
Honestly, this is my favourite interpretation of this piece so far. He was such an amazing pianist. (Stop hating on him!)
BravoLeader117 1 month ago
It has character by the bucketload. Enjoy it for what it is.... if everything was clinically perfect, the World would be boring/
MAPFWH 2 months ago
It's the truth. You must be brainwashed.
6347285 2 months ago
This is not the sound of a Steinway. It sounds harsh and bangy, because the action was tampered with.
HOROWITZING A PIANO - He used many scams to make people think that he was better then he really was. He had technicians file down the hammers, so he could play faster and louder while exerting less energy. This scam works best on octaves, but it makes the piano sound awful.
6347285 2 months ago
@6347285 lies! where did you get that idea?!?!
MrHellowassup 2 months ago
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ByeHawks 2 months ago
@6347285 You sound like a lunatic, or just plain envious of one long gone who played 50 times greater than you could dream of.
leongatha6 1 month ago
@leongatha6 You sound like your brainwashed. Being classically retarded is common.
6347285 1 month ago
@6347285 I've seen you state this in at least one other Horowitz video. Considering it's a pretty grave accusation could you provide a source?
pedertyve 1 month ago
This makes it sound like those mistakes were written in the music. Most beautiful performance of my brand new favorite piece.
Rachmaninoffkid 2 months ago
Lmao at Chuck Norris comerical
ChinaRox100 2 months ago
I have yet to hear any other pianist alive or dead who matched Vladimir Horowitz's playing. He is very old in this video but still plays brilliantly, with unique phrasings & individual tonality. I can always identify his playing just by his touch. He hit each key in a precise way. His crescendos are even, graduating to a thunderous roar. He uses the pedal sparingly & in good taste. He was one of a kind & never boring.
unclejuniorsoprano 3 months ago
Truly amazing! The wrong notes only add to the Horowitz experience - incredible pianist.
I wish I had the chance to see him perform in person.
pottyspenguin 4 months ago
What the hell? After such a groundbreaking performance, the audience is too lazy to stand up and applaud? So disrespectful.
ChinaRox100 4 months ago
Piano arrangement of Stars and Stripes Forever that had to be heard to he believed (especially the piccolo part). I would also recommend the RCA recording of the Bacarole Op. 60 for an outstanding Horowitz interpretation of one of my favorite Chopin pieces.
Cherio!
jam8854 4 months ago
Some could play this piece with cool detachment. I suspect that Horowitz would look inside the piece to find a personal connection with the composer to create his interpretational magic. Isn't this the definition of an artist?
True, Here he was in his eighties and did hit some incorrect notes. But if you listen to his earlier recordings, you can hear a precise and dazzling brilliance in his technique -- there is an early 50's commercial (on YouTube) he did for war bonds where he plays his p
jam8854 4 months ago
Ugh, I do not like this version. He is slapping away at the chords and hitting many notes in between. I think that Rubinstein's interpretation of this piece is much accurate, precise, and musical. Horowitz performs Scriabin really well, but he isn't the greatest with Chopin.
blooper631 4 months ago
Horowitz-the best
TheCalypso2046 4 months ago
I like how he used two hands instead of one to start that E-D#-C#-B repetition; I would always play the big opening E major chords and then concentrate on playing the left hand as octaves...therefore I would always be thrown off on the melody because I guess I thought too much. Fact.
AIKevorkian 4 months ago
Dedicate to Arnold Miller, an Aussie,who passed away 3 years ago, aged 89, played like this.I'm sure there are more... who can play with the same temperament.
dollyandtoffee 5 months ago
Scanning the responses, noting "mistakes" , this 80 something year old man made during this reading, of a few minutes, count the the "mistakes" you have made in your life time! Let us all know if anyone has made fewer. My hats off to any that can say "NO" . William
TheWilliam916 5 months ago 2
all y'all whining mistakes mistakes, sit down and play it yer damn self
dixiedragon54 5 months ago
Bravo!!!
Mscarlotta99 5 months ago
majestuosooo!
promeneo96 5 months ago
no me gusta su principio es muy muy corto
DonDragonJr 6 months ago
What up dudes? Within the last ten pages of comments, lots of people, with uncontrollable rages, criticize the interpretation for mistakes...do you know it's entirely possible for an 84-year-old virtuoso to make mistakes on accident?
ThePVGS1 6 months ago 24
@ThePVGS1 I agree. It is impertinent and ungracious to point to minor mistakes committed by a supreme maestro in what is advanced old age. Rather than nit pick it is proper to enjoy superb piano works played by a great.
tigerarmyrule 2 months ago 2
Oh my god, Bravo, old man! Bravo!
jillgivler 6 months ago
Was that an entire orchestra I just hear playing?
chiliwillster 6 months ago
he looks so matter of fact while playing this
jenshu7 6 months ago
Superb! TY thepolonaise for listing
paulostroff99 7 months ago
Beautiful, thank you!
ourDC888 7 months ago
Omg! I love this, Chopin is a genuis and Horowitz only makes it better!! :) I love his face after he's done playing!
ainsleyhallmark 7 months ago 2
this isn't dubbed properly his fingers don't land when the music is played -.-
TheAce1082 7 months ago
mistake at 2:14 (hit both F#/Gb and F instead of just F alone)
mistake at 4:04 (unsure of the Ab pickup, but on my copy of this polonaise, the pickup note is not there)
However, dispite the two (only two! I can't make it with less than...twenty five?) mistakes, this is the best interpretations of this piece I have ever heard.
TheApplePi 7 months ago
@TheApplePi shut up
zackthemack 7 months ago
@TheApplePi at the age or 80+ making these mistakes ? give the man a break, dude.
decemberbenjamin 6 months ago
D:
newFranzFerencLiszt 7 months ago
This was his, recorded, concert in Moscow, later he played almost the same in "het concert gebouw" in Amsterdam, I'm still glad that I saw him their life. His last concert before he died. It was a great piano player.
bisschopvanmetz 8 months ago
I love this melody so much!!!! YEAH!!!!!!
FollowersofDamu 8 months ago
grandissimo Horowitz
arcibaldinico 8 months ago
SIMPLY F___KING AMAZINGLY THE BEST PIANIST PERIOD..............
salsalover1968 9 months ago
One of the most colourful renditions I ever heard
severusloaf 9 months ago
This is very good,my favourite piece of chopins work! Bravo!!
lizzielovesballet 9 months ago
I love you master!
GusELP 9 months ago
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sherbertpinkhippo 9 months ago
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sherbertpinkhippo 9 months ago
Ah, this is Horowitz !
zangdaarr 9 months ago
2:15 wrong note ?
Dukemaphakdeewong 10 months ago
@Dukemaphakdeewong He makes a lot of mistakes in this version but his bravura, coloration, and unique interpretation more than makes up for it。 Remember he was very old.
wantrice 10 months ago 27
@Dukemaphakdeewong nope
MartinCruzat 9 months ago
The best technic ever... Bravo Mr Horowitz!!!
bachgod 10 months ago
28 justin bieber fans were here..
vignetique 11 months ago
I will miss good old horowitz :)
Died in his good old 80's a while ago, about 20-30 years. I will miss him :)
strakerak 11 months ago 2
i love listening to fast pieces played brilliantly like here but i hate playing them lol
ratchet5ify 11 months ago
@ratchet5ify I totally agree with you! :P
lexsis1901 10 months ago
a masterpiece
theblueangel28 11 months ago
altro che rubinstein, quello horowitz se lo mangia a colazione!
ArodenPianoWushu93 11 months ago
Amazing...
forgottenbooks 11 months ago
@ClassicalMusicPL I understand your point, but I really don't want to listen to the performer alone. I really want to enjoy the genius that is Chopin, you get what I'm saying? I just don't think Horowitz does a good job with that. I'm sorry if I offended anyone...
SilenceTheQuiet 11 months ago
I was never really a fan of Horowitz's style in playing. I'm not saying I could do better, but he over-exaggerates the use of the pedal, and slams into keys with his fingers at awkward times in a piece of Chopin music. I personally think he does not do a good interpretation of Chopin's music.
SilenceTheQuiet 1 year ago
@SilenceTheQuiet Horowitz is the god music you fool !
vaseintibet 1 year ago
@vaseintibet Try listening to Rafal Blechacz's interpretation of this one and you might agree with me... Its actually listed in the suggestions column, the vid. posted by luisguilhermeolbertz (dang, weird name!): Chopin - Polonaise As-Dur op 53 "Heroique" . And I am not a fool! Jerk!
SilenceTheQuiet 11 months ago
@SilenceTheQuiet I understand, not everyone likes the same thing....
1,137 likes, 26 dislikes ~~
ancientsolar 11 months ago
@SilenceTheQuiet I agree, Chopin was a very expressive player, and although Horowitz is GREAT at dynamic contrast and inputting his own take on the pieces he plays, I don’t think that he was an expressive player. But he still is AMAZING!!!
Randomness0014 11 months ago
@Randomness0014 And that is really my only point. He really is a good player... just not really at Chopin! :)
SilenceTheQuiet 11 months ago
but there not, and thats why noone listens to this style anymore
zackthemack 1 year ago
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levicki1 1 year ago
This is wonderful playing... Such expression put into it...
Just one thing... His 4:52 - 5:50 ... His thumb looked like a P**ni***s
lopler123 1 year ago
how many times can this performance make me feel chills up my neck! I've lost count!
bakes789 1 year ago
4:28
If there were such things as 'hardstyle basslines' in classical music , this is it.
IceWaterColdWater 1 year ago
due grandi: un compositore unico. affiancato da un interprete magico!
lauril1 aprile
lauril1aprile 1 year ago
due grandi: un compositore unico. affiancato da un interprete magico!
lauril1aprile 1 year ago
The piano sounds like thunder.
catchersmitt0 1 year ago
Every time I hear this, it's like I'm hearing it for the first time...
amazing.
ryder187mac 1 year ago
Is 18 years old the right age to appriciate a beautiful piece of art enchanting your ears ? :)
XCutePupa 1 year ago
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ph03n1xamb1t 1 year ago
@ph03n1xamb1t Do you have personal problems ? Seriously ....I don't know why you are insulting me , when I'm only appraciating a music. And I'm not a Faggot ... Maybe you are one who don't wanna admit it . And ... Go Fuck Yourself !
XCutePupa 1 year ago
@XCutePupa
Fuck you you asshole. Why don't you try taking a look at the cunt that stares back at you in the mirror when you look at it. You fucking cretin. Die Cunt
ph03n1xamb1t 1 year ago
@ph03n1xamb1t Hahahah Thank You baby , I love You ! :D
XCutePupa 1 year ago
my question is when are these classical guys gonna start adding fresh ideas to this music. reharm that shit or something!! a creative guy like chopin wouldnt be trying sit down an listen to his music played over an over the same way if he was still around today
zackthemack 1 year ago
@zackthemack Show us how it's done and when u get famous for it we'll see u here
jfffjl 1 year ago
@zackthemack reharm this polonaise... lol you could only make it worse by doing that. why waste your time tampering with perfect pieces, chopin would move on and compose new masterpieces and thats what these "classical guys" should be doing
Gargantupimp 1 year ago
SO GOOD :D
SertavisSaviPianist 1 year ago
Masterpiece!!! I'm not as old as you other posters but I know good music when I hear it.. It's sad good music is so unappreciated in my generation.. I feel like am outcast when I mention Chopin or Robert Schumann to my peers.. What a truly remarkable piece showing the soul of the early romanticist.. A sense of lost happiness and a longing for it back is the feel that this piece gives out.. 4:34 breathtaking!
thatkidpeter 1 year ago
@thatkidpeter i know exactly what you mean...
ragtimest 1 year ago
он гений!
IrinaNaxxx 1 year ago
My piano teacher once "stood" in line overnight, in January, to get tickets to see Horowitz play at Carnegie Hall. I was privileged to go.... Chopin's Polonaise in A flat maj was experientially beyond indescription ! As someone who grew up in the 60s and 70s, and attended my share of rock concerts, Horowitz's it's still the most memorable concert I ever experienced........and, I loved his big grin each time he stood...
dmhaley32 1 year ago
one of my favorite classical music <3 vladmir horowitz is amazing!
starpenguinmoon 1 year ago
3:15 Start that lawnmower!!
kingvictory2003 1 year ago 143
@kingvictory2003....LOL
Juniversal 1 year ago
@kingvictory2003 LMAO-ROFL
svensuperman789 1 year ago
@kingvictory2003 darn, I regret having seen your comment, coz now everytime I listen to this on my ipod and that part comes up, I can't get the thought of horowitz starting a lawnmower out of my mind!
svensuperman789 1 year ago
@kingvictory2003 lol funniest comment ever
MrYou2ber 11 months ago
@kingvictory2003 i don't see why you put that.. he was truly into the music he was playing. so keep your stupid comments to yourself.
dareybare 10 months ago
@kingvictory2003 LOL (I just pictured horowitz starting a lawnmower)
osassamutema 9 months ago
@kingvictory2003 :):) I can imagine Mr Horowitz managing to draw such a sound out of a lawnmower!
DreamsontheWater 4 months ago
That doesn't look like his piano. Maybe it is.
killingppl 1 year ago
25 people accidentally clicked thumbs down because they were concentrated on listening to this amazing pianist
slyther2222 1 year ago
Make that 25.
chiliwillster 1 year ago
泣いた！！！！！すばらしすぎる！！！！！
marika7877 1 year ago
I love the build up around 4:30. The whole piece gives me chills, though.
zachariusz 1 year ago
24 people apparently don't know a true genius at work when they see it...
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mohankaly 1 year ago
Does anyone know where I could find a playlist for History 1?
TheMaggieth 1 year ago
apparently 24 people are completely retarded.
outerpol 1 year ago
2:15 bad
Gilbertownsyou 1 year ago
Es ist einfach erstaunlich.! Auch wenn er richtig laut und kraftvoll spielt, sehen sein Hände so aus als würde er die Tasten nur zart antippen.! Einfach genial.
SpringTwins 1 year ago
my only complaint with this interpritation is how he (im sorry to use such a... strong word but its the only way i can explain my feelings for this) absolutely MURDERS the pedal usage. but of course horowitz is still the man!
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janakisaman 1 year ago
descending scale (4 notes) sounds like setzer's theme in FFVI... this could maybe be one of uematsu's influences? :)
kourichan 1 year ago
Ever since I heard it, I can't stop hearing "till the end of time" as I listen to this...
Kakarot21591 1 year ago
Amazing ... Fantastic ... Very Fast
Kabir1079 1 year ago
horowitz manages to be impossibly elegant, yet grand, at the same time
Chuckles543 1 year ago
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Kabir1079 1 year ago
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Terrible interpretation without understanding of the piece.
MrRagtimer 1 year ago
@MrRagtimer Go back to the dark pit from whence you came.
isaacsexmachine 1 year ago 26
Go back to your mom loser. LOL Somebody ain't going to heaven.
maxwel411411411 10 months ago
Horowitz is a very expressive player.
maxwel411411411 10 months ago
@MrRagtimer
Ok, if you can play it better, or if you can define the "understanding of the piece," then please show/tell me.
Ragtime44Films 1 year ago
@MrRagtimer lol. funniest joke ive heard in 2010.
KelticaTheo 1 year ago
@KelticaTheo No problem. I hope you'll get a chance to listen to other interprets of this piece one day.
MrRagtimer 1 year ago
All hail Horowitz. But all hail Chopin. Let's not forget the composer, without whom it wouldn't be possible. Right?. Having said that, one senses the hands of Chopin in Horowitz.
iampauleybaby 1 year ago
eloquent
catchersmitt0 1 year ago
to me, this seems somewhat of a vulgar interpretation...
Webarton 1 year ago
interpretation of an old man...
karazh 1 year ago
1'10 to 1'55 PERFECTION.
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RollingIppo 1 year ago
I still get goosebumps every time I listen to this. Sheer brilliance!
eclair9 1 year ago
I like to think of His playing as what it would have been like to have seen Chopin himself play...if he'd lived to 86 and not 39, of course.
alexeyre 1 year ago
His left hand is just so powerful, yet so intimate when it comes to the weak sound.
zzinin 1 year ago
His left hand is just so powerful, yet so intimate when it comes to the weak sound.
zzinin 1 year ago
oliver cromwell lord protector of england
MyOtherBeaver 1 year ago
Horowitz is the best about CHOPIN for me..a real master...
980graziella 1 year ago
was liszt homosexual?
meesbroersen 1 year ago
@meesbroersen i dont think liszt was a homosexual.
shanelolz 1 year ago
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BronxBornBroad 1 year ago
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Awful. I do not subscribe. You're all brainwashed.
goodguysdoll 1 year ago
@goodguysdoll we are not brainwashed, your just a boring, artistically backwards minded, turd
nmbanana 1 year ago
@egrosz
I heard his concerts many times in New York, and he was simply the greatest among the greats. Emotion, and a singing sound from lyrical to thinderous but always in control. Forget the wrong notes....no one could play with this consistent quality and feeling. .
morris1030 1 year ago
gotta say this is the best interpretation of this piece I have ever heard in my life!!!
richkidsmartkid 1 year ago
And the greatest pianist is... Wilhelm Kempff !!!
TyZeff29200 1 year ago
Thank you so much, the paulonaise. To me, this concert was the best of latest Horowitz’s period. And the 53 he owned as never.
ConcertoArt 1 year ago 2
It's amazing how fast his fingers can move!! Horowitz is amazing... it's so cool to actually watch this particular piece being played rather than just listening to it. Thanks!
creamywhippingcream 1 year ago
By far my favorite interpretation on YouTube. Sure, he makes mistakes--everybody does. But the emotion and passion he puts into this piece is truly breathtaking.
drew1992piano 1 year ago
what a humble man...his hands moving softly like autumn clouds,
the piano sometimes singing, sometimes roaring thunder.
amazing old man ! this video is best piano lesson many
of us could see in life. thank you !
harpsinth 1 year ago
holy cow.. is that really what he said. hahaha
"there are three types of pianists.
Jewish pianists.
Homosexual pianists.
and bad pianists." -Vladimir Horowitz
so.. is he Jewish?
fliick720 1 year ago
@fliick720 That was a joke on his part, but he fits into two of those three types.
drew1992piano 1 year ago
impressive.!!!
Italian77721 1 year ago
I love this interpretation. Horowitz is the master!
mfsbrz 1 year ago
This is my favorite from Chopin and the way Horowitz, the master, plays it always brings tears to my eyes!
pazhalsta08 1 year ago
sound isn't cear, to bad for us, the pianist is genius
7vajda 1 year ago
tears to my eyes...
catchersmitt0 1 year ago
Woah, I hope I can play like that one day.
pegasus2503 1 year ago
@pegasus2503
dream on...maybe in your next life, as this guy's reincarnation.
jh4everl 1 year ago
najwybitniejszy pianista XX wieku
kuktafonisko 1 year ago
@kuktafonisko
"the best pianist of XX century"
I thought the same, when I was watching him playing. It sad this kind of music is not so popular like years ago. but Im sure Horowitz is part of this great history of classical music.
atharoth 1 year ago
You listen to his Japan concert and know and understand that he was ill at the time with his medication - and then return to this time after time to hear the 'comeback' he did. What I'd give for a time machine and to be there in the front row!!
jona76 1 year ago
A wonderful music. One can hear it and always enjoy.. Arellad
arellad 1 year ago
The master interpreter of this great piece.
owatson322utube 1 year ago
i love how rubenstein plays it, but my GOD does Horowitz give this life!! Those small pauses into the thunderous rubato.. really makes my neckhairs stand at attention!
bakes789 1 year ago 2
in the end he stole me a BIG SMILE =) happened spontaneously
tinchofenix 1 year ago
Hr makes ot look so easy
TheHugfish 1 year ago
Unsurpassed. Nobody in the history of recorded music has yet come close in interpretation, depth, and seeming effortlessness.
AkaiSeahorse 1 year ago 3
i love his flat finger stype of playing. his hands look like webbed feet
cirosuperiore 1 year ago 3
@cirosuperiore Stevie Wonder also!
Mamasan41 1 year ago
He made me cry...