Rach 3 played by great Horowitz
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"And for my next magic trick I shall play this song perfectly"
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There is no modern pianst who can compare with Horowitz! And he's such a joy to watch playing - with his flat fingers, wrists down, sitting way too low. Everything I was taught by my University piano professor about hand and body position is wrong with this man, yet he just plays this piece so effortlessley. He treats this piece as just a little romp in the park, rather than the angst-ridden exercise most modern pianists make of it.
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@melsandom I agree with you. He was the King and you could watch him without all the showy stuff the modern pianists often seem to use. Lifting hands high off the keyboard does not make a pianist play any better. Today they also play to the camera more. Horowitz didn't need any gestures, his playing made him king. RIP HOROWITZ
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I think this performance is better an more balanced than the one he did with Ormandy conducting around the same time.
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so so effortless...
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such an ugly lovely man, he's so amazing that even if you caught him stalking your petite daughter with his eleventh finger, you would ask him "please, play something for me, then maybe i'll beat you"
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easy!
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Wow. I had no idea that a video existed of Horowitz performing this. Is this performance on any recordings as well?
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07:49 : Heaven.
The composer was Rachmaninoff;
Yes. I've part 2, also
Asheah1 2 years ago 3