Holy grail question: Has there ever been any rumors of any off-the-air recordings of the Liszt concertos? It seems like every few years, something else is...
Hello, as I recently indicated, I am a new member of the Group,and if I am going over ground here which has already been covered, I apologise. So far, I have...
The DVD collection arrived today and I have the most superficial look at some of the discs - Moscow, Vienna, Mozart. As far as I know at this time there is...
Now that we've thoroughly veered off into the urgent topic of whether music is a business, how about returning to Vladimir Horowitz, the presumed focus of this...
Dear Mr. Steckler: Valerie has made a sensible and significant comment to the effect that so much of Horowitz's recorded legacy is being withheld for...
There is a fellow on ebay offering the new collection for $58 plus $3 shipping. I have ordered but not received yet. He doesn't say how many copies he has...
I've recently acquired the above book published in 2002 and have skimmed it for Horowitz references. Some intrigued me and I can't recall having read of them...
Sound Magic has released Piano Thor with a sound that they say is developed from the most famous Steinway piano - perhaps the most famous grand piano - in...
The University Musical Society at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has posted many of their programs online, including several Horowitz programs from...
I was wondering if anyone knows anything about Horowitz's cousin, Natasha Saitzoff, who was interviewed by Plaskin for his book but was also interviewed in...
Hi All, does anybody have a link for that 78s transfer of Horowitz recording his Christmas wishes for his father-in-law and sending it by naval forces from NY...
Greetings to all Group Members from a new Member in Ireland. I joined the Group just a few days ago, and am religiously wading through the messages list. So...
From a friend: Re Quisiana: I did not meet V.H., but other staff members had. The resort (consisting of individual cabins) was staffed by young students (from...
I am not sure we ever decided why VH stopped playing the Sonata after its premier season ( or perhaps after the next?)It is a great work championed by few...
On Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 8:00pm, piano virtuoso Lola Astanova makes her Carnegie Hall debut in “A Tribute to Horowitz” performing the works of...
Whatever happened to the album of Horowitz’s improvisations that was supposed to be recorded in the 1980s? Did he ever record any at home? I’ve heard of it...
as usual with a genre which includes Time Magazine and mealtime TV, a gently etertaining casual prose style not pretending to not be part fiction but at the...
Hi everybody, I once heared a marvelous piece at the conservatory and I was told it's a Valse ( Waltz ) by Isaac Dounaievski. I 'm searching for more than a...
Hi All, can somebody please clarify which country will release a Horowitz Stamp and which country will release a Horowitz coin for the two anniversaries in...
There's something of a debate going on at the English language Wikipedia article on VH: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Horowitz Discussions of various...
“I don't know how crazy he'd be about having me that close to him,” Joel said. “I ran into him once on the street, on Madison Avenue, back in the '70s......
Hi, does anyone have a working copy of the pirate version of this concert? I have copy which Mr. Duffy so graciously uploads (many thanks for all your other...
On his instructions, Steinway's chief technician shaved the piano's hammers so they would be even lighter, and rearranged some parts so that a single note...
Q. It seems like you have to manage a lot of strong, artistic personalities. How do you pull that off? A. My training for this job is working with some of the...
dear list: i am copying below a post i made today to the greatpianists list. no doubt this will prove an overlap for some subscribers, but considering the list...
Why the sudden interest in this stuff? Except for yet another Traumerei (the second encore), everything that QXR broadcast has been easily available on...
