@thepoet82 Rachmaninoff died way before Horowitz employed most of his scams, so any modern listener is in a much better position to identify them. The bio that documented Horowitz's lies wasn't written until much later. Read it, then, listen to Horowitz hack his way through Chopin's Polonaise (Ab) on YouTube. The piano sounds awful, because the hammers were filed down to lighten up the action. It's fraud.
You are aware that Sergey Rachmaninov praised Horowitz after hearing him play the third piano concert? Rachmaninov saw the show in person, and absolutely loved Horowitz.
Are you telling me, that you are in a better position to judge Horowitz than Rachmaninov?
@kasyapa The truth about his scams can't be refuted. I know many piano technicians who say that the piano was rigged. The sound of a rigged piano is harsh. Listen to this mess. Secondly, his habit of lying was vetted by biographers. He always lied about his age. Any 79 year old who cons you into thinking that they're only 77 is dishonest to the bone. The way he lied about the American who won the Liszt competition, trashing the guys rep as a pianist, is disturbing. Horowitz was a fraud.
This is a joke. A simplified version of Liszt's classic played on a rigged piano.
He's employing two European scams. The hammers were filed down, so he could play faster and louder while exerting less force. The arrangement has a simplified ending with only half of the unplayable octaves Liszt wrote. He pulled off the scam by lying to the press about the level of difficulty of this version.
@thepoet82 Rachmaninoff died way before Horowitz employed most of his scams, so any modern listener is in a much better position to identify them. The bio that documented Horowitz's lies wasn't written until much later. Read it, then, listen to Horowitz hack his way through Chopin's Polonaise (Ab) on YouTube. The piano sounds awful, because the hammers were filed down to lighten up the action. It's fraud.
6347285 1 month ago
@6347285 Trolling troll is trolling.
kasyapa 1 month ago
@6347285
You are aware that Sergey Rachmaninov praised Horowitz after hearing him play the third piano concert? Rachmaninov saw the show in person, and absolutely loved Horowitz.
Are you telling me, that you are in a better position to judge Horowitz than Rachmaninov?
thepoet82 1 month ago
@kasyapa The truth about his scams can't be refuted. I know many piano technicians who say that the piano was rigged. The sound of a rigged piano is harsh. Listen to this mess. Secondly, his habit of lying was vetted by biographers. He always lied about his age. Any 79 year old who cons you into thinking that they're only 77 is dishonest to the bone. The way he lied about the American who won the Liszt competition, trashing the guys rep as a pianist, is disturbing. Horowitz was a fraud.
6347285 1 month ago
@6347285 Trollish troll is trolling.
kasyapa 2 months ago
This is a joke. A simplified version of Liszt's classic played on a rigged piano.
He's employing two European scams. The hammers were filed down, so he could play faster and louder while exerting less force. The arrangement has a simplified ending with only half of the unplayable octaves Liszt wrote. He pulled off the scam by lying to the press about the level of difficulty of this version.
6347285 2 months ago
Horowitz' variation always gave me chills. Brilliant maestro! It's hard to believe he had stage fright.
gcastro44 3 months ago
I've seen the criticisms below, they don't hold water. Masterpiece.
Burdell3 4 months ago
@AGTothful AHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHno.
GiovanniTancrediChan 5 months ago
not a video.
mgualt1 6 months ago