Horowitz plays Liszt-Horowitz: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York on February 25, 1953

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Music

Tags:

• vladimir
• horowitz
• liszt
• hungarian
• rhapsody
• no.2
• #2
• transcription

[DancerAndMe123]

I LOVE. This. Piece. I've been in love with it ever since I was little and FINALLY after my exam in August, I get to learn it :) Once I perform it I get to have one of my grandma's grand pianos. I love the way Horowitz plays it! Jung Lin plays it very well too :)

[Lynnespock]

Amazing! Gives me chills.

[noteworthy99]

Kept me on the edge of my chair. What a brilliant artiste he was. Personally I don't care a fig for all that nonsense about rigging this and that of filing hammers or believe any of it - who cares anyway. Sour grapes from less accomplished players ? It's the music that counts, it's the sound that is made, it's the performance. Horrowitz provided performances like this over such a long period, getting better as he got older. A truly great performer leaving such a wonderful legacy of recordings.

[audreyhsux5727]

@audreyhsux5727 sorry, actually a more difficult version...couldnt tell, beginning was the same ^^

[audreyhsux5727]

@6347285 no, seen the piano, not true, at least 4 horowitz...a rumor, btw regular version

[Bret6464]

@wwwlogionorg Horowitz is much much more than excellent - he is one of the greatest ever. It is Rachmaninoff, Horowitz and Gilels at the top :-)

I was told a while back that most of the bad comments about Horowitz are from "current" pianists, some very famous. I think that reflects mostly envy. And then you always have the less-than civil commenters who do not make sense, except to themselves, maybe.

[TheAlmadelhi]

Horowitz conoce esta música a la perfección, conoce a los compositores y por eso es capaz de transmitir lo que transmite. También tiene una técnica impecable igual que otros compañeros suyos.....

[TheCrazyHairPianist]

@wwwlogionorg I agree, our generation has a fetish with knocking the best pianists in history.

[wwwlogionorg]

Marvelous, reading the comments about rigged pianos, cut down hammers, missing music from the losers below is laughable. This is an excellent pianist playing a wonderful piece of music.

[6347285]

@llllShArPllll When a baseball bat is "corked" it sounds different. It's the same with rigged pianos. Secondly, the ending octave passage, that all the recording artists from his era were faking, was cut in half by Horowitz. That's a fact. This is easier.

[Threshroge]

Lol did anyone realize he imp'd half this song

[llllShArPllll]

@6347285 You have to be joking... if it were "rigged", ALL pianos would be like that. Secondly, this version is more difficult. No one else can play it like this at all.