Dear Members, What we need to remember is that while Horowitz WAS a simply astounding pianist, he did NOT accomplish very much as far as the advancement of his...
dear caleb flick: i don't have any attachment to horowitz being regarded as a great accompanist. however, before saying that horowitz didn't advance the art,...
Hello, I will be happy to read this book and take it into consideration. My comment related primarily to the advancement of the pianists art in relation to...
... astounding pianist, he did NOT accomplish very much as far as the advancement of his art was concerned. Thank you. Gerald Moore, however, DID. He was...
Dear Mark, I agree with your sentiments completely! Steve ... I assume you're aware that Horowitz was a pianist, & his 'art' was playing the piano? Could you...
Dear Steve, Please be aware that "Amark" as I am want to call him really did nothing setnimental at all. He asked me alot of questions and changed the...
I'm inclined to say that a specialist accompanist might be more inclined to be less 'collaborative' than a regarded soloist. Specialist accompanists often tend...
... nothing setnimental at all. He asked me alot of questions and changed the subject. See I did not discuss Horowitz career choices or abilities. I...
Caleb Flick states: Fellow Members, Please take the following into consideration. I assume you're aware that Horowitz was a pianist, & his 'art' was playing...
All this talk about Horowitz and technique is so misguided. The reason his transcriptions are so impressive lies not in their innate difficulty, but in his...
... Well, maybe if you went out and listened to a few pianists, especially including Joseph Villa, Volodos and Byron Janis you would realise how much impact he...
Absolutely Correct! Horowitz did teach several people, however he is not one of the major teachers of the 20th C. Such as Serkin who was mentioned previous...
Fellow Members, Apologies to the board members who are reading my reply to Steve's message. I did go through and anser all of Mark's questions prior to...
... playing the piano? ... Horowitz WAS a simply astounding pianist…" Thus this articulates Horowitz's expertise and art medium. This question would seem to ...
... major teachers of the 20th C. Such as Serkin who was mentioned previous post. In all honesty I do not know. Do H's students accredit him to being a...
amarknicholls wrote:..."Consider the sheaves of 'virtuosic' music written by Liszt, Alkan, Sorabji, Godowsky et al that is BOTH barely possible to play & not...
Horowitz was NOT a good teacher, nor did he ever teach a single woman as far as I know. There are rumors that some of his "students" committed suicide when...
Interesting. Is it true that he was able to make a bad piano sound good? I was told once that he played on some bad pianos at Julliard. The stories of...
... written by ... assessment of the composers listed. ... As 'the writer' didn't give an assessment of the composers listed, it would be interesting to know...
On the recording "Concert of the Century", on which Horowitz accompanies Fischer-Dieskau in Schumann's Dichterliebe: I have owned this recording for many...
Hi, Your opinion speaks volumes. Any great pianist/musician can make a bad piano sound good. I regret you are not able to experience some of the magic in the...
... the >live recording, the piano tuning being different for those few ... A startling suggestion: Do you mean another performance of F-D with another...
I haven't looked at the bio in a while (it's in Schonberg's book), but it essentially conveys three things: 1. Halim was very possibly chosen for his looks as...
I agree. Michael Brenner <michael.brenner@...> wrote: Interesting. Is it true that he was able to make a bad piano sound good? I was told once that he...
This is music that depends far more on the pianist than the music. If it's the Godowsky transcriptions of Chopin, you want Hamelin's recording, both because...
BTW do you know Cyprien Katsaris' live (!)recording of the "flight of the bumble-bee" from 1975 (on Katsaris live, Teldec), only 7 sec.slower than Volodos, if...
... woman as far as I know. Who told you this and just what is the relevance of your second point? Anyone who has heard Byron Janis can see how much he learned...
... It's certainly there. I'd always wondered why the piano suddenly shifts so much. Are you sure they didn't just alter the speed or something though (making...
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