Re: [Vladimir Horowitz Yahoo Group] Mussorgsky: Where's the love?
I'm delighted to have Horowitz's brilliant alterations of Mussorgsky's
incompetent piano writing rubbed in my face, or anywhere else they could be
rubbed.
Hank
--- In the_horowitz_experience@yahoogroups.com, "accs4" <just33me@...> wrote:
>
> All the discussion is about Horowitz's cut in the Liszt Sonata. Isn't anyone
going to wring their hands anew over his alterations to the MUSSORGSKY, for
crying out loud? I mean, I know those alterations are old news, but there
they are -- rubbed right in our faces again by this brand new recording. No
takers???
>
All the discussion is about Horowitz's cut in the Liszt Sonata. Isn't anyone going to wring their hands anew over his alterations to the MUSSORGSKY, for...
I'm delighted to have Horowitz's brilliant alterations of Mussorgsky's incompetent piano writing rubbed in my face, or anywhere else they could be rubbed. Hank...
LOL Well, Hank, we knew you wouldn't mind. (Nor, for the record, would I.) By the way, I think the "Great Gate" in the newly-released recording has become my...
well, we have Horowitz recs from 1947 and 1951 of the Mussorgsky, so it's not much of a surprise. Frankly I would have proffered if Horowitz played the...
well, my favorite for the Mussorgsky is Richter in Sofia 1958. The Horowitz version is just ok, the Old Castle is magical, but I don't think his re-writing...
I am also looking forward to hearing the Schumann Fantasy -- partly, I must guiltily admit, out of curiosity to hear how the famous leaps in the second...
I don't agree. I've never understood the adulation for Richter's 1958 recording, which is much too fast and even slipshod in some spots. There are plenty of...
prediction for the leaps (I haven't heard the recording) - they are faster, but just as messy as in 1965. Perhaps Horowitz struggled all his life with that...
... What an absurd 'prediction' - do you think Horowitz would have chosen a work containing a passage with which he 'struggled all his life' for one of the...
As if it weren't difficult enough, (H discussed this is in an interview) that perspiration dripped into his eyes and forced it to close. Try playing this with...
... While Wanda might not have approved the Liszt sonata - she certainly vetoed both Islamey and St. Francis Walking on the Water when they were proposed for...
Whoever owns the rights (Sony?) should sell them to a small label company, devoted to serve the heritage of art, and not primarily devoted to profit. The...
Very true. Wanda opposed the release of Islamey and St. Francis on the grounds that they were showy repertoire that Horowitz didn't play later in his career....
Perhaps a better strategy would be to encourage a small reissue label - Marston, APR, Arbiter, or such, or even Naxos to attempt licensing the recordings. joe...
Well, the Horowitz recording will probably find its way into a few hands. Carnegie Hall is giving away a free copy of it with certain concert subscriptions. I...
... In my view that was just a respectable-sounding excuse: the truth is that both performances are questionable contributions to the Horowitz Legend of...
... Well, I think Horowitz's performance of the Legend is very evocative of the idea of someone walking on turbulent water. I understand that for some people,...
The first two releases (from the 1990s) were geared toward repertoire Horowitz had not otherwise recorded. And with September's release of Islamey and St....
I think Mark is very much on point, the idiotic ending with octaves flying and his customary Rachmaninoff-ovian interlocking downward plunge has nothing to do...
In the Islamey it sounds like he fluffs one bar but otherwise his slight change to the ending to me is ok. I prefer Richter in the Mussorgsky who doesnt need...
Yes, well, locating that fine line between profound and tasteless concerning the number of roulades used in a piece about someone walking on water would be a...
Perhaps if you read what I wrote, you would know that I was talking about Volodos's awful Vallee d'Obermann with all sorts of ridiculous antics that have...
... While Wanda might not have approved the 1949 Liszt sonata, Horowitz himself certainly did. In the November 1961 issue of Musical Courier, Jan Holcman...
I'm not surprised the New York Times review didn't mention the cut. Harold C. Schonberg didn't join the Times until 1950, and he was a rare classical music...
... ..."nowadays, when every note of the score is considered to be as holy writ"... I don't think that's true anymore, Mark. Doesn't matter if some old teacher...
To Gabriele and others: your English must be better than you think. I would encourage members to post regardless of your perceived English skills, because...
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