Feeling mischievous, I just sent the following fax to Howard Stringer, the CEO of Sony: " Dear Mr. Stringer: I was very excited to see that you released the...
This "wandering mind" phenomenon can really get out of hand. In a related anecdote, I recently visited relatives in Germany, where we spent one afternoon at a...
There is so much repertorie that Horowitz never recorded - will these recordings ever be found? Could they have been broadcast? This repertoire is unique to...
Can't help but respond to Derek's email regarding sending a nastygram to Mr. Stringer at Sony. While I concur regarding the ripoff of releasing a dvd with less...
Given Sony's questionable business practices (e.g. putting rootkits on customers' PCs which allowed hackers to take over customers' computers) I really doubt...
btw, Peter Gelb was the producer of the Reminiscence film. another important contact is Mike Wallace, of 60 Minutes. I think it was mentioned on this list...
Six years ago (!!), prior to RCA's release of the "long" version of the Carmen Variations being released, I posted a message on this list (Message No. 614)...
I believe Gelb took over as executor (more like executioner) of the Horowitz estate when Wanda died, and he seems content to keep unreleased material in the...
Wow thanks for bringing that to our attention (again). It explains a lot. Does anyone have a copy of H playing his variations on Tea for Two. I hear a rumour...
... Two. I hear a rumour it still exists... i'd loev to hear more than the little snip in "the last romantic" - but what i'd -really- love to hear is horowitz...
According to Harold Schonberg's Horowitz: His Life and Music, "But suddenly, unexpectedly, around March 1985, Gelb got a phone call from Horowitz and went to...
If memory serves me right, HS told me that after the Japan concert (I heard H play the Beethoven last sonatas in NY and this was definitely a dark period) H...
I'm not certain how much writing to Sony Classical is going to help, or indeed how much blame they deserve. The DVD was issued by Kultur video, which licensed...
great idea, Hank. Sony/Columbia did do a box of the Columbia lps, with Japanese-style mini-lp jackets. They also did a series of reissues in the blue jewel...
The usual reason given for BMG's classical collapse is that they only sold a handful of copies of ttheir complete Rubenstein reissue. As far as I know, every...
Would there be much though? Remember that Horowitz wasn't meant to be playing at all, although Wallace forced him to. I doubt if there would be very much...
I emailed the managing director of Kultur, and he said that Sony only permitted Kultur to release the portions they did. He says he doesn't know if there were...
I wouldn't say that BMG's demise was caused by the Rubinstein reissue, but it was one of the final nails in the coffin. As for Horowitz's RCA recordings, I...
Hi there, So I'm almost done with the Plaskin biography of VH, and I am glad to have gained so much factual insight into the artist's life. I am almost more...
I think your summary catches exactly what I learned from Plaskin, Schonberg, etc. It is too bad that he apparently did not find a competent psychiatrist to...
Harvey Sachs' extensive biography. R was intensely jealous of VH and spread rumours that VH was a superficial technician and not a musician and rejected VH's...
Rubinstein was notoriously unfaithful to his wife. He even slept with Mary Irene Curzon on his wedding day. Of course, Horowitz most likely had his moments...
I read often but rarely contribute. I was intrigued by this topic, though. Rubinstein did indeed have bouts of depression especially early in his career. He...
Dear friends: ...And all of this chit-chat and "afternoon tea gossip" about two great pianists carries exactly what amount of musical weight? Can't we possibly...
It carries a great deal more musical weight than may be apparent on first glance. Horowitz was about more than just octaves, and he may well have been a...
... spread ... rejected ... when he ... Of course ... cause... You can certainly question his morality, but 'a depressed, unhappy individual'? I sense little...
... Hamelin and talk to him after the recital, you may be surprised at just how humble and not about the ego that a world class artist can be....the complete...
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