HOROWITZ - WALDSTEIN sonata Beethoven op.53 (3)
Top Comments
All Comments (43)
-
@CiboCeleste My cousin lent me Horowitz' rendering of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 on 78s, circa 1947. Truly astonishing. But I was given to understand that it was a studio production & that "live" recitals required judicious editing. Not alone, mind. Julius Katchen once gave an impetuous interpretation of "Pictures at an Exhibition" at a Stately Home concert. Ruined it. A Press article said he " bulldozed his way through it". That's two reputations tarnished!
-
@kingsott Dubravka Tomsic is way better than Horowitz! What a joke! Well, send it to her - I am sure she never received such compliments. Woe to you, I know her - years ago I used to buy obscured CDs from Soviet block, she was there, played professionally well, but nothing outstanding. Last year on April 15 2011 she played in Boston as part of Celebrity Series, Beethoven and Chopin was her concert, poor thing played with such mistakes that I felt pity for her; same for you, LOL.
-
@CiboCeleste Some ten minutes ago I was listening to the Dubravka Tomsic version. Confession. I had never heard of her before. But, to my mind, her interpretation of Opus 53 is way beyond the Horowitz. At times, VH is disconcertingly crude, strident & uneven. Probably due to "playing up" to the expectations of US audiences & thereby compromising the interpretation.
-
I actually think that this third movement (“the sunrise”) Pollini plays better – more expansive, espressive, sensitive than Horowitz; and the two of them are far apart from the rest of the crowd of other contenders like Arrau, Gilels, Brendel, etc - in Waldstein at least.
-
@superbemaison I don't know... Andras Schiff's version seems to be more satisfying; there is more articulation, precision and clarity. Schiff also plays the ending incredibly well, you should look it up.
-
I'd bet money this isn't Horowitz.
-
@Santosificationable He actually looks like John Torturro. Vladimir Jewowitz looks more Italian in that picture than the Hebe that he is!!
-
He looks like Grand moff tarkin.
-
His octaves comes in rainbow colors..... superb.
The best version there ever is and ever will be!!!!
superbemaison 3 years ago 8
Vladimir Horowitz .. (l) t'es le plus fort !
wariomane 2 years ago 3