By the time I clicked on that link, it was already gone. Let's hope the police has the sorry bastard drawn and quartered by now. Of course, even if the...
The reply from the seller of the questionable item. ... From: eBay Member: erugg0621 <member@...> Date: Nov 2, 2006 11:13 AM Subject: Re: Question for...
I don't believe for a second his signature ever changed that much. It's as fake as the Anton Rubinstein they sold me $100 (that I fortunately had checked...
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... <http://youtube.com/watch?v=ibs-ZwpHmsM>http://youtube.com/watch?v=ibs-ZwpHmsM the youtube information says: "This 1928 & 1929 home movie was fillmed in...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD6SgZxXRn4 Anyone heard of David Smith? There is a good deal in this performance that is reminiscent of Horowitz. He is a...
Sounds more like Van Cliburn at his worst. ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is...
Hm, if this David Smith dude is a pianist of any stature, he would surely be included in David Dubal's The Art of the Piano. (Heck, even my teacher's former...
... surely be included in David Dubal's The Art of the Piano. (Heck, even my teacher's former teacher, Mieczyslaw Munz, is in there). I am 500 miles from...
Andrew, Thanks for the additional perspective. I'm certainly one to give things a second shot based on others' enthusiasm (whether or not I'll end up...
Hello laddies and lassies, For my bedtime reading last night, I was going through a RAND Research Brief from a few years ago about the state and trends of the...
... Remarkable footage, and equally astonishing that this has never been mentioned in any of the literature or biographies I'm aware of. I wonder what else...
Hi folks, As I'm going through the manifold Amazon wish lists of friends and family for the holidays, I'm also updating my own, and one thing I haven't sunk my...
I thought the Plaskin book was much more in depth (haha well I guess its like three times the size). Also, if a remember correctly there was a great deal in...
... <http://youtube.com/watch?v=ibs-ZwpHmsM>http://youtube.com/watch?v=ibs-ZwpHmsM ... same volume but distinctly emphasizing a different note each time. an...
Hi Tom, I will second the reviews about Dubal - more of a diary about their conversations, heavily tainted by Dubal's swollen ego and at times a bit misguided....
tom - the plaskin and schonberg bios supplement one another well. the plaskin is more artistically written by far and establishes the canonical sequence and...
I like his recording of the Brahms Second Concerto there is one from 1940 and 1948 Joe Salerno 713-6688650 Industrial Video Services http://joe.salerno.com...
... You must have all of them :). You'll probably get as many versions of "top three" as many people reply. Personally, for example, I would not put "Horowitz...
I would get the Plaskin bio. As for recordings; that is a more difficult choice. . . 1) Horowitz Live and Unedited (1965 Return Concert) (Sony) 2) Horowitz:...
I would say Late Russian Romantics, Encores and Met. Each of these, I feel, shows what Horowitz is best at--Russian Romantic music, his Encores are well...
I don't often weigh in on topics in this group, but I sincerely enjoy reading what is posted. As far as CD's go I would recommend the four-disc set simply...
After several messages about the two biographies, I would like to add some precise details. Plaskin worked on his book without the assistance of Horowitz. He ...
I preferred the Plaskin biography, finding it the more readable and factual, without the sometimes cloying and often annoying journalese style that, in my...