Horowitz-Chopin etude op.10 no.8

my favorite interpretation!

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• Horowitz
• classical
• Chopin
• etude
• no.8
• Vladimir

[donaldcallen]

Absolute magic! This recording is from the 1965 Carnegie Hall recital, in which Horowitz made a return to the concert stage after 12 years of "retirement". To those who compare with Lisitsa, I suggest listen again. This is music-making of the highest order. Lisitsa is a real virtuoso, no doubt, but she plays it like a finger exercise, no charm, no shape. True, the playing is marvelous technically, but the performance is not worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with Horowitz.

[FaygoAddict]

Lisitsa is just so technical... she's really a great pianist, but horowitz's has so much more passion.

[NewRachmaninoff]

Horowitz and Berezovsky have a special dynamic contrast and inventivity. Lisitsa lacks in expression, her interpretation being flat and too technical.

PS:I love the pianissimo arpegiated chords at the end of the etude.

[orqsilva]

@donaldcallen totalally agree. Lisitsa uses way too much pedal and has no subtlety.

[kmpiano1]

@donaldcallen Well, a lot of people buy into Lisitsa because she's great at marketing herself (she's the most watched pianist on youtube!!) and her Russian pianistic tradition. Also, it helps that she's very pretty:)

I love Horowitz's version much more even though it's not "correct", but it's closer to my heart because he's captured so much character in a musical gem. Not crazy about the sudden rubato etc, but it's so lively and it tells a story so well....

[uhartchristian]

@FaygoAddict to compare Lisitsa with Horowitz is ridiculous, its not the same intellectual level. Horowitz was a great personality well educated with a cultural background and a very special musical education. Lisitsa comes from another world..... they have nothing in common....

[chrisbx1975x]

he was so awesome.

[ZachEatonMusic]

I find it interesting that so many people seem to find such rubato as this to be that "magic" that makes for a good interpreter. This is definitely excellent playing, and Horowitz obviously was quite the genius, but I happen to prefer Lisitsa's playing. I feel a certain "purity" in her playing that I don't in others -- there's a certain affectation in others' playing, while she plays like an innocent child, almost. I find it infinitely more charming, personally.

[rubright02]

@FaygoAddict it's the difference between being truly great (horowitz) and truly good (lisitsa)... we can learn tons from both... but horowitz was a genius, one we don't see but a every once in a while...

[humbher3]

yeah you right ..! Horowitz is Horowitz... but hear Isitsa have a very passionate version of Beethoven Moonlight sonata too

[dpkaiser]

As lovepupe noticed, we should thank the cello ensemble which played the bass notes.

[JJKjaer]

Wonderfull left hand! By far the best left hand! So melodic and elegant:)