Horowitz - Rachmaninoff Polka de W.R.

1978 Vladimir Horowitz TV concert from the White House.

1. Horowitz, The Star-Spangled Banner
2. Chopin, Sonata n°2 in B flat minor
3. Chopin, Waltz op. 34 n°2 in A minor
4. Chopin, Waltz op. 64 n°2 in C sharp minor
5. Chopin, Polonaise op. 53 in A flat major

1st encore: Schumann, Traumereï from Kinderszenen
2nd encore: Rachmaninoff, Polka de W.R. in A flat major
3rd encore: Horowitz, Variations on a theme from Bizet's Carmen

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Music

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• horowitz
• rachmaninoff
• polka

[New4785689]

Op.34 No.2 is a waltz

[olyv1]

@New4785689 Of course, you're right ! Thanks.

[New4785689]

wrong description, two waltz were played

[olyv1]

@New4785689 Really ?! I've rechecked my video: it only contains the 8 titles of the description above, and only one waltz (op. 64 n°2 in C sharp minor). Which waltz is missing in your opinion ?

[MrTomt1990]

@freeqwerqwer "For Rachmaninoff, Horowitz was a champion of both his solo works and his Third Concerto, about which Rachmaninoff remarked publicly after the 7 August 1942 Hollywood Bowl performance that “This is the way I always dreamed my concerto should be played, but I never expected to hear it that way on Earth.”"

[freeqwerqwer]

@MrTomt1990 , it's "knew", not "new". Whether someone personally knows someone else is irrelevant. It is evident Horowitz is an overrated interpreter. Check out Godowsky's version.

[MrTomt1990]

@freeqwerqwer horowitz was very good friends with rachmaninov so I'm sure he new better than anyone how to perform his music.

[Balgig]

@freeqwerqwer who new rachmaninov? :)

[freeqwerqwer]

Horowitz treats this piece as a caricature. He plays it not as an elegant waltz but as a bombastc mechanical piece with his bizarre sense of art,. Godowsky plays it as it should be.