It's especially interesting to hear his 105th , or, at least, his last thoughts on interpretation. I'm hearing more pedal in both etudes with more swing and...
Looks like Sony/BMG is offering another Orignal Jacket boxed set, this time drawing from his RCA recordings. No new items, but possibly better remasterings. ...
The similarly timed Rubinstein Original Jacket release has remasterings (from the giant Rubinstein collection from a few years back) Just in case folks haven't...
I've been able to gather some more information about Volume II. The sequence will duplicate many of RCA's Gold Seal Horowitz reissues of the early 1990s, and...
... The owner of the vid says the rest of it (21 mins including interview) 'cannot be shared', but he might trade it for other rare material...what is it with...
Vladimir Horowitz Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qXwGqzIUhs [ no music, only the inimitable personality ]...
Just recently did a few finger twists on a lovely new "D" at the Steinway showcase, and had to react fast to the unexpectedly light action, which was a total...
noble piano lovers: since it's entirely OT and personally-related, i'll keep it brief. i've written a book - seven years' writing - and not only is it finished...
(http://pianosociety.com/new/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=2451&sid=b3b7b8ece2aefd1d2fac6c61300a7d59#2451) Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:45 am on Piano Society web...
Didn't we detect just a little professional jealousy? It's tantamount to saying Liszt couldn't play the piano. Gulda who?? ... From: LaVirtuosa@... To:...
... I couldn't help asking myself the same question when I read this. I have full understanding for those who prefer other approaches to music than Horowitz's,...
This has always been the criticism of VH. That anyone who is a virtuoso and has such a distinctive and expressive tone must be a charlatan. Sadly Steinberg in...
Gulda Mozart. Like, he was an extreme show-off, more than Horowitz. View Gulda dvd's. ... tantamount to saying Liszt couldn't play the piano. Gulda who?? ... ...
... p=2451&sid=b3b7b8ece2aefd1d2fac6c61300a7d59#2451) Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:45 am on Piano ... Horowitz; a ... I have ... musicians from ... overrate ...
Consider: Toscannini, perhaps the greatest of interpreter/conductors, was ferociously critical of soloists and of his collaborators. This being said, refer to...
We need to be careful not to through the baby out with the bath water. I think we need to critically examine what is going on here. First of all--we are...
I read somewhere that it was professionally recorded and so probably exists. But Horowitz was savaged by the idiot music critic Michael Steinberg and the...
Gulda was undoubtedly an interesting pianist, especially in terms of his willingness to confront the musical establishment with his unorthodox forays into...
Gulda was an egomaniac who probably hadn't much good to say about anybody who was at the top of the music establishment. Similar comments have been made by his...
Just to clarify in case a misunderstanding develops, I didn't contribute to the text quoted in any way. I studied German [and other languages] in college and...
... Nor should you be - in fact quite the opposite: to be challenged in ones core values and to be prompted to defend them is always worthwhile. It becomes...
Thanks for taking this all in the spirit I intended Val. Although Mark seemed quick to try and dismiss my remark regarding the translation you understood...
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