Vladimir Horowitz - The Last Romantic 10/12 Scriabin - Etude n C-Sharp Minor Op 2 No. 1

[tetuya630213desu]

「星条旗よ永遠なれ」

[OleLaZeta]

Who's the guy who said "No, I think it's time for you to go to bed"???

[EpigeneticAlteration]

Where is the "sonata 89"? I can find no such thing! I want to listen.

[hoso2007]

It's a shame that they didn't let him to be himself, would be cool that for a moment let him to play whatever he wanted to

[TheLiberalTurkey]

:) RESPECT and funny

[grandisdavid]

What a beautiful soul!

[videoreff]

This is for me one of the most moving pieces ever written for the piano, Horowitz conveys the emotion better than anyone else I've heard.

[JonGodsun]

@adamdcfan if that is bad technique I'll take an extra helping of some if that!

[983215ljhlkadbspig6y]

With a name like Vladimir Horowitz, you're pretty much destined for greatness.

[beatrusa]

very touching

[adamdcFaN]

Oh my goodness! look how flat his fingers are! horrid technique.

[9b8]

@adamdcFaN Do you not realize that you are looking at arguably one of the top greatest pianists who ever lived? Belittling the artist for his technique because it does not follow a traditional Viennese or Russian school of pianism and ignoring the incredible art of his 'technique' is an absurd error on your part.

[Ivanhoe2]

@9b8 Well said! 

[Matthewfawr]

@adamdcFaN

Worked for him!

[8JustGoodMusic8]

@adamdcFaN somebody, anybody dare saying such a thing... pity... you aren't a musician my friend... no offense...

[kzelmer]

@adamdcFaN

You're talking about one of the best pianists of the 20th century.

Furthermore, hand position is not an indicator of technique: is an obsolet way of torture.

[Chrisjuchniewicz]

I HATE when videos are synchronized... But anyways, great video! Thank you!

[TheCookie30]

Unbelievable!

[EvgenyPenchev]

does anybody know the name of the march he started in the beginning

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

the world is "sinky"? I can't understand the word he says

[Montyleeny14]

@newFranzFerencLiszt He's Russian. ^^

[AeneasMeier]

@newFranzFerencLiszt "But the world is sinking now"

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

@AeneasMeier thanks!

[Bret6464]

@newFranzFerencLiszt He said "The world is shrinking now, it's not so good" - I think in the sense that all was diverging culturally and musically :-))

Yes, greatness in individual pianists, as artists and musicians, has given way to pure commercialism with pianists being marketed based on everything but artistry, we now get the one-size-fits-all common denominator of mediocrity.

Horowitz today most likely would be consigned to obscurity by the record labels :-))

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

@Bret6464 oh thank you. well, I think that "sinking" makes sense the same. it is! especially the world of classical music seems sinking in what you described... unfortunately...

[Ivanhoe2]

In my opinion this piece will never be played with more sincerity than this. The great virtuoso is old, of course, but that seems to add to the poignancy of this performance. It brings back memories of the yellow lights in windows glinting across the snow in Moscow,,,upon emerging from the Kremlin after an evening concert in January,,,,in the 1980's. Hopefully it conjures up pleasurable memories for others too. Thanks for posting,,and Best Wishes.

[mmoynan]

LOL I love it when he asks, "Shall I play a march now?" and everyone says "No no no, it is time for bed now", but he just kind of looks at that, thinks, and then turns to the piano and starts to play. Oh Horowitz, I love you!

[ewhguitarist]

Incredible to think this was composed when Scriabin was about 15 years old!

[Romanacer]

"I do very good things" :D and that's true

[lovethepiano]

Perfectly tuned piano don't worry, just the video is out of sync and a bit pitched up for sure.

[leahgwilliams]

Thank you ... I played this for my grad recital at Manhattan School of Music.... similar to Vlads interpretation.... I will always love you Vlad.... always....xoxoxoxox

[belialah]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA his lke a kid, and Wannda like his mother

[pianoorganman]

they said he met rachmanioff thats why he the best with his music

[humanpaintball88]

love his face at the end

[l3r0ii]

I love the smiles he has after he's finished with each piece he has played.

Haha, and I love how casually he mentions his relationships with Rachmaninov and Scriabin.

[farah73]

youtube should give the option of "love" not just like or dislike. I LOVE THIS ETUDE. and this great pianist as well.

[iamthebirdman888]

after the piece he looks like he's coming out from wherever it is Scriabin's music takes you

[dcast10101]

@Maddolis

Considering that he has a Steinway master tuner at his house during this recording I very much suspect that the tuning of the piano is standard (and as close to perfectly tuned as humanly possible).

Perhaps you're reading through a transcribed score?

[Martel211996]

@dcast10101 the piano IS higher. the video quality made it like that. there is another video of his playing chopins mazurka in a much different tone

[Maddolis]

After reading the music as he played it, it sounds like the piano is a semitone higher than A=440.

It's a beautiful piece- short, too, and has really captured my interest.

I just hope that when I begin learning it now, the mood will be just the same (or darker) when played a semitone lower than this sounds.

[ulaninho]

first song title please

[sasha42196]

@ulaninho Stars and Stripes Forever, a national US march in Horowitz' own arrangement.

[ulaninho]

whose is the march in the beginning

[uhartchristian]

Horowitz already saw a sinking world, his parents world. and then he saw in advance the problems we have today and in the near future. (see the interview where he plays "vers la flamme") He saw the environment problems and was estonished that scriabin already did feel this. Artists are very sensitiv and live with the problems of society. There were few composers of his time which did interest him. But there are enough good pianists but they are not in the same glory time as he was in.

[cctunes]

That's Thomas Frost, his producer, that made the off camera remark.

[uhartchristian]

Horowits does say something very true : the world is sinking now.... you have to discover the world but the world is sinking now.... he was aware of the decline of our world.

I am from a bit younger generation and have met the sinking word when young already ,and saw the last big personalities still existing like him and a lot of people in paris of his age. Well they all new that it was over but continued to give their best to us who should continue their struggle for beauty and a good world....

[ididete]

@uhartchristian I completely agree with you and I am not even 30 years old. Today's world is geared against greatness in individuals. the only "greateness that we have today" is greateness of corporate greed. The machine has stepped where the man should stand. Who are you?

[uhartchristian]

@ididete I am just a little pianist (with quite some musicality though) who studied with Eliane Richepin who was a pupil of Cortot (where Horowitz took lessons too) Yves Nat and Marguerite Long; as she was a great teacher and pianist (honorary member of Philadephia orchestra like Argerich and Rubinstein) I had the chance to have a close look inside the tradition of piano teaching in the style of Liszt Chopin and Schumann.

[ididete]

@uhartchristian I am a graduate student in philosophy and literature, deeply concerend with lack of originality in all fields of creativity today. I have a history of piano playing and opera singing. For both they say I was talented, but I didn't have luck with teacher. Anyways, studying music has taught me the difficulty and beauty of interpreting the text. That is how philosophy should be read as well. But we live in a world that's been "sinking" for a while now.

[Jannacek]

great vid, but the de-sync is killing me!

[mikejunior80]

"Can I play march now ?":Horowitz

"No, no": Mrs. Horowitz

"I think it's time for you to go to bed about half a minute ago": Unknown guy. Horowitz plays the first half of the march anyway much to his wife's anoyance.

[Morfee]

@mikejunior80

Why would you add 'about half a minute ago' to that statement? Like that was going to emphasise his point?

YOU'RE 30 SECONDS OVERDUE FOR BED, QUICK!

[hilocomtoot]

L4RS, I believe it's Horowitz's Stars and Stripes Forever. He plays it in it's entirety on an other YT video. He was having a ball with his wife and cameraman. His playful clowning around shows beautifully in his playing, it's so wonderful to see that level a genius clowning around! What an odd couple!

[L4RSLink]

What is the first song he plays?

[mikejunior80]

The stars and stripes march.

[piedijon]

That woman is such a stiff bitch.

[sclyfes1212]

She cares for him, but on little accounts she doe sseem like a stiff female dog.

[TheObliviousBlackout]

Scriabin: the pinnacle of profound artistry.

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

@TheObliviousBlackout I dont't think...

[niazi1985]

it is interesting how the piece changed his face expression...from frivolity to a very emotional smile

[tweriovnzxclb]

A bit different and faster than his other recording of this piece on youtube.

He plays it far more 'playfully' and spontaneous than any other pianist I've heard. What a genius to make this piece come alive so much.

[Tchaikov]

Thank you, indeed. This man hits the nail on the head when he says "You have to know the world." Mono-art will only take you so far...

So touching when he says, smiling, "Today, world not so good."

[itsanthonyhere]

@Tchaikov The world is sinking now, it's not so good. He didn't say, "World not so good."

[mezzoforte84]

thank you