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Vladimir Horowitz - Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2

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Uploaded on Nov 29, 2006

This si Vladimir Horowitz playing Chopin's 2nd piano sonata at the white house

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  • Jiotomate

    don't understand why there is so much heated debate over the "right" way to play it. To me it's simple: play it the way you think it should be played. When the same piece is interpreted the exact same way the next 100 times, that's the beginning of the end of arts.

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  • PianoDaemon

    You know Horowitz always traveled with his own Steinway, correct? One of the primary reasons he achieved the sound that he did is because he had the piano doctored. He had the felt on the hammers shaved down to give the instrument a bigger sound. It also helped create that very unique, slightly metallic tone that is heard in every Horowitz performance.

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  • TheJesusBug

    I literally just listened to punk by the book by anti-flag. Now this. I have a weird taste for music

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  • NicosVs

    its true ,if u listen to sonata opus 111 ,there are similarities,even the introduction is very similar

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  • Gloria Xu

    Horowitz is absolutely a world-famouse pianist! I appreciate your program very,very much. Thanks a lot! I enjoy these beautiful music every day and night. Helps me play more piano and learn more from those great artists.

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  • Davide Spina

    this interpretation is extraordinary.

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  • Dannys998877

    I don't see how he could possibly take a piano on a plane.

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  • Entropy56

    At 7:20 he scratched his crotch after wiping his nose...

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  • zherussianbear

    I believe that Chopin was influenced in part by Beethoven in writing this.

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  • June Lucchesi

    Please excuse ..... but I will take Rubenstein over Horowitz. But then is Zimmerman is in a class all His own. Clear crystal notes. the lower keys not muddied, but just clear thunder sound echoing.

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  • c30hannah

    Please everyone stop bickering. Just listen to the beauty and the power of this piece that has the ability to move people years after it was performed. My god, stop analyzing it and just appreciate it for what it is.

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