Brahms Intermezzo op 117 No 2 B flat Horowitz Rec 1951

How did this Horowitz recording of the Brahms beloved Intermezzo Op 117, No 2 escape the recognition that it deserves? Well, you know, Horowitz could not really understand the music of Brahms. So he is placed in a certain drawer marked Mindless Virtuoso. (There are a few other pianists that have been placed in that drawer that, in my opinion, should not be there). There are many drawers in that cabinet and what disturbs me is that so many are willing to define certain pianists by what they have read in a book or by what their teacher told them , or what a famous pianist (perhaps with some issues?) has said.. Or maybe, they just dont like the way the pianist looks. Really discerning listeners can throw their prejudices away and come to their own conclusions. This is often extremely hard to do if you have been brain washed. I know this from personal experience. How sad it is that this was the only solo Brahms piano composition, other than the famous Brahms Waltz in A flat, that Horowitz ever recorded.

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Music

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• Brahms
• Intermezzo
• flat
• Horowitz

[ampowsplecploc]

Me encanta como toca este hombre...

[Beckmesser2]

@ampowsplecploc Gracias por su comen

[chad410]

this is sublime. he is so deep it really must have cut into him at times. :(

[leomulder]

With his basses, it would be always very interesting to listen to Horowitz interpretating more Brahms. I really liked this one.

[watiify]

beautiful and haunting...such depth..♥♥♥ it..

[sscs99]

thanks for posting. I now really want to re learn this!!! have not played this piece in years and am very rusty.. such depth of feeling. love the way horowitz does this. wish he'd recorded more Brahms! I think I do have an old vinyl recording of him playing a few more Brahms.. I'll have to find that..

[jonjon1957jonjon]

Horowitz @ his glorious best and fine recording sound too. Thanks

[townsendjean]

there's something ethereally haunting about this interpretation that's absolutely magical that is simply unmatched by any other performer. horowitz leaves these little tantalizing gems making one wonder why he didn't perform others. horowitz's rendering of mendelsshon's "a shepherd's complaint" (song without words) is another example of this.

[mikejr41387]

@beethovenof08 B flat minor.

[Liuisaak]

When the next Horowitz will born?

[TheTornadoStorm]

Its pretty ♥

[MrFerminleon]

@ampowsplecploc Esta es la ventaja de nuestro idioma,podemos decir mucho con pocas palabras.Comparto tu opinion,la nueva generacion de pianistas es tambien fabulosa,pero no tienen el carisma de estos titanes del piano de ayer.F.Leon.M.D

[zeduet]

one pianist he was..

[citlalliguevara]

This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL, wow....