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Horowitz: The Last Recording
from: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0074644581829
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
MPN: 45818
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: March 30, 1990
Studio: Sony
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Rating: - Sublime
In his book "Evenings With Horowitz", the eminent piano professor David Dubal quotes someone by the name of James Hilton (an author, I think) who wrote: "If by some dispensation a man born deaf were to be given hearing for a single hour he might well spend the whole time with Horowitz. Indeed, when I listened to Horowitz for the first time, it was almost like that - as if I had never heard the piano before - as if the instrument itself had never known what it could do until Horowitz came along." ... Read More
Rating: - Horowitz: The Last Recording
This album was the last ever made by this awesome legend of piano-playing. Recorded at his own home in six sessions over twelve days, it is stunning to realise that this performance comes from a man of 86 years of age. I thought I had heard just about everything he had ever recorded. This album includes music he had never before played publicly at least not in the USA - or recorded.
Haydns Eflat Sonata No 49 sparkles from start to finish, full of typical Horowitzian colour and drama, yet ... Read More
Rating: - absolutely outstanding
There are a few "bests" here in my opinion so lets list them one by one. This is the best Haydn by far. Horowitz really brings the piece to the summit of artistry but also interpretation. It so hard to comprehend how a pianist can take the aristrocratic and relatively reserved Haydn sonatas and turn them into a potpourri of colors. Everything is here - the typical surreptitious Haydnian staccato - a slow movement with real cantabile. Its a shame that Horowitz didn't record more Mozart and ... Read More
Rating: - The Last and One of the Very Best
It is truly amazing to think that Horowitz was 86 years old when he made this recording. The virtuoso passages of Chopin that require fingertip pyrotechnics are played with flawless precision and a sense of nuance and shading that is exquisite. At his very best, Horowitz took music to a level where he made the piano into his palette and painted a marvelously subtle musical picture. On the slower passages, every note and even the intervals between the notes exhude a calm self-assured artistry. ... Read More
Rating: - Some Enchanted Evening ...
I make the case that Chopin is the father of modern music in my review of Horowitz's "The Last Romantic" ..... and this CD provides more evidence ..... think of the extraordinarily haunting melody and chords of "Some Enchanted Evening" ..... this song was lifted directly from Chopin's Etude 1 No. 25 and you can hear it on this disc.... beautifully played by Chopin's greatest interpreter (in my opinion). The disc also includes "Fanatasie Impromptu" ... one of the tunes ... Read More
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