Horowitz- Chopin Sonata No. 2 Op.35 (3/4)- Marche funèbre

[framaulo]

incredible

[zabuzauzu]

R.I.P Megaupload

[Innocen7flame]

5 people eat carrots whole!

[foxlight3]

wow



[outmachin]

5 people thought they were going to die

[FallenExpert]

this is the only version!

[inazuma3gou]

The dynamics here just plain sick (in a good way). Octaves in the base is plain nasty (in a very good way).

[RAGERSHRED]

excuse my redundency

[RAGERSHRED]

the most  tasteful rendering of this particular piece ever rendered

[NyuszikaNyuszoka]

Apuka :((:((:((:((:((:((:((..

[Jolteon206]

Wow! Is this recording ripped from an LP or some other analogue recording? <3

[70sCher]

I was JUST talking to one of my piano students today about how FABULOUS Horowitz is - and suddenly this song showed up on YouTube while looking at something else!! You are the bomb ~ a BRILLIANT, classy and timeless talent, and I LOVE your style!! Thank you for the incredible inspiration! XO

[igh00001]

wow. 159 likes, 4 dislikes. whoever those four people are, they clearly have no soul.

[smartjingle]

it's so emotional. this different side of me comes out when I hear this.

[onlymusicism]

always relaxes me beautifull piece of music. And by the master himself

[Chopinumbreon]

Whoa....that's epic at..

1:07

[mmoynan]

I have never heard anything more powerful. I don't know how Horowitz did it, because somehow, he just set the bar of 30 years of classical music listening.

[StonerManiac11]

Does anyone know where I can get his transcription of this?

[nityakama]

Chopin and Horowitz are immortal.

[YUMYUMYAAH]

la parte del ricordo.......che bella

[RaphaDomeniche]

Most people didn't know this composition as part of Chopin's, I'm sure!

[Musicismylife1711111]

Amazing!

[viviXcore]

ivo pogorelich's version of the song puts this to shame.

[gwangjuboy1]

A genious

[Skaark244]

Deadmau5!

[Baboosi1]

@Skaark244 What does Deadmau5 have to do with this?

[Skaark244]

@Baboosi1 Deadmau5 used this piece in "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" Its in the begining.

[Baboosi1]

@Skaark244 Ah, thanks. I had not known that.

[250Yogi]

@Skaark244 deadmau5 can lick my gooch

[Skaark244]

@250Yogi Oh! Here comes a troll! What was it a bad day at school? Did mommy or daddy piss you off? Well what ever the reason is keep trolling my friend. You must be on a pretty good troll streak too by the way you fill the comments with so much context.

[250Yogi]

@Skaark244 well lets just say if chopin is a t rex then deadmau5 is a small girl in a barney costume

[Xaelon]

two people have no souls.

[psych0zius]

@Xaelon now we are supposed to give you thumbs up right?

[lacamellita]

This is particularly difficult to play because we have all heard it a gazillion times. It's become cliché; Bugs Bunny uses it. But Horowitz pulls it off.

[ixcuincle]

Simply an amazing rendition.

[Xaelon]

I bet that piano needed a tuning after Horowitz was done with it. Amazing power in those hands @ 1:21 Truely a legend.

[pooppydoo]

they played this during the polish presidents death when they were marching

[BlazeIgnitus]

@pooppydoo They also played it at the state funeral of John F. Kennedy.

[legitimateJunkiee]

ohh my... damn

this is just so beautiful.

[costellopianist]

i don't wanna play it now .. coz now am happy

[BOSOX9004]

6:10 makes me jump...EVERY TIME!

[DzikenS94]

Nie znam wykonania Szopena...bo nie zna nikt, ale wiem, że nikt nie zagra tego lepiej...nikt. Dziękuję panie Horowitz, bo przeniósł mnie pan tym wykonaniem...gdzieś indziej.

[whoever37]

The picture definitely suits the music.

[peppersprayinthebutt]

hahah nice one

[xHarry2112x]

It reminds me of Tristram Shandy, where the death of Yorick is followed by a solid black page.

[AmateurViolinist]

Horowitz is the best... Kempff comes close, but isn't as good.

[Alanpini]

Bravo...usually Horowitz is to much drama for me....but this is certainly the best version of this piece, I have ever come across.

[kwastormayt]

nice pic :)

[VirtuousR]

thank you for posting

[killTHEdjRECORDS]

superb

[khalek00]

no one is louder than horowitz, the Ab and the Db are imperial and make me wanna cry, this piece is for me one of the best that horowitz ever played.

[lfangyuvn]

Amazing

[StrmUndDrng]

2:30 is so beautiful...

[exanovaa]

despair and sadness turning into anger and passion, then quietness and rest... and depression again :)

[ajajtapa]

this is has nothing to do with despair or sadness!!!people should let that go..

[NNCwatcher2]

This is deep very deep, touches the heart of my soul every time! feeling sad but comfortable. and in the pieces where it's getting different I awake from the sadness, into something what looks more like happiness.

horowitz is so good! he builds the strength of the notes exactly at the right time!

[her0esfan]

the part leading up to the 1:10 is like no other I have ever heard.

[exanovaa]

1:10 EPIC !!

[angrymormon]

listen to it loud.

[HandyTheXxxX]

The moment the Ab chord is struck, your heart seems to stop.

Horowitz gives this a thundering horror quality, it is beautiful, and I cannot but love the suspension he creates.

[tipusultan007]

without doubt the best rendition I have come across thus far!

[GintarasDautartas]

the excellent tempo...

and the tragedy of this peace is so well expressed...it catches your breath...

[tuxedomoon]

Horowitz is unique here captivates the horror atmosphere of the funebre title

[tuxedomoon]

I believe neither Chopin played it that good.

[RandomPenguinAttack]

Hm. Chopin perhaps could not have played it that loud. He was described to play very softly, and I've read he envied Lizt for his power at the piano. So, in loudness, perhaps Horowitz plays it better.

[rokoto66]

The pinnacle of romanticism! Chopin wrote this to honor Polands patriots. Such deep emotions still makes us want to cry...

[nourazahora]

it's just WOW ... it's like a dream .... >>

[AlucardAG]

beautiful and i compleatly agree nobody could have played this any better then horowitz exept for copin himself!!! =)

[LiradeTerpsichore]

Arturo Benedetti Michelangel

If you come from Horowitz you have to get used first, but then one starts loving it extremely.

[Lukecash12]

You know, i just listened to it again, and i shut my eyes the entire time. For a while, there was nothing but the music. First time that's ever happened...

[Shadowbunnyjedi]

@Lukecash12 I am sure you have, but listen to mahler. That man seems to have been a physical manifestation of music

[Cessebabe]

amazing

[Hudoste]

this is beautiful.

we should all know what chopin left behind for us.

[lollibast]

wow