Vladimir Horowitz plays Chopin Polonaise in A flat major op.53
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- čas přidán 8. 02. 2012
- Vladimir Horowitz was a Russian-American classical virtuoso pianist and minor composer. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. In this video you can see part of the piano recital of Vladimir Horowitz in Vienna Musikverein. Here, Horowitz is at age of 84 years.
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3:15 sewing this damn hole again...
This should get more likes
lmao
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I’m a retired professional photographer and Steinway was a client. I photographed the unveiling of Horowitz’s portrait in Steinway Hall by Wanda Toscanini Horowitz. After the program ended, I was allowed to play a few chords on one of Horowitz’s pianos. A chilling experience.
An honour!
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that is awesome
In my opinion, there is only one master of classical music- Horowitz!
Very cool!
At this age Horowitz could miss a key or two, grant that. But he got more expression in his little pinky than all the rest combined.
Yes, he was getting better and better with old age, with regard to his emotion and expression. Who needs cold technical perfection, any MIDI file can do that.
Speak for yourself, he was good but gave into the trend in music at the time. He had the skills but the marketing of his career hamstrung him bad!
In the 1950s he hardly ever missed a key.
I have seen Vladimir Horowitz perform many times during my lifetime. I can tell you that Mr. Horowitz was exceptionally pleased with his own performance of Chopin's Opus No. 53 here. Whenever Mr. Horowitz has a solemn expression during a performance but, after the close, exhales his breath, in almost an exaggerated manner, and then smiles, that's a classic "tell" that he was satisfied that he gave his best possible performance.
No one has ever played with such strong authority, yet as graceful and perfect as Horowitz. He is dearly missed.
Come on Alarik!! NOT TRUE!! The Truth is Horowitz not The Greatest!! Better More Colorful Beautiful piano sound than Horowitz=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy!! MORE POWERFUL Louder than Horowitz=Mikhail Pletnev The Loudest Ever! Pletnev the Supernova Explosion Power! The Second Loudest Hardest Hitter of the Keyboard was Lazar Berman!! More Genius=Sviastoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky!!!!
@@RaineriHakkarainenHorowitz stands above all! Glory to Horowitz!
@@RaineriHakkarainen I disagree but I respect your passion. Glory to Horowitz!
@@RaineriHakkarainen Oh, piss off.
@@RaineriHakkarainen Why can't we simply accept that those experts are simply neither better or worse than the others ? But just different. I appreciate them all...Horovitz is one of the greatest.
How lucky we are to be capable of witnessing this great artist
84 years... always the best of the best, only one name, only Horowitz, forever the great Maestro!!!
His fingering is absolutely perfect. How his finger strikes the key determines the tone of the string. Tonal quality varies with touch. Vladimir sets the gold standard for all pianists. Hearing this Chopin’s jaw would drop.
That's exactly what Eddie Van Halen used to say.
Too bold to assume that my jew would drop over this when you don't know a lot about me...
My college piano teacher retaught me the flat fingered finger technique favored among many Eastern European pianists and I do believe it allows you to have a much more tonally variable performance and has other aspects in which it trumps the common style. The curved finger approach in my opinion is really suited more for women and children and probably is only so much more dominant because women and children are a bigger part historically of the market for music lessons.
Какой звук,техника,эмоции! Исполнение на высшем уровне! Браво!Светлая память Вам Маэстро!🙏🙏🙏👍❤💋🌷🌺🌹
It's 2021 and this is still one of the best interpretations
Applies also for 2022!
listening 11/23/2022 . . . this is my theme music
11/05/23
stardate alpha 1009.486g, reporting in from the Charlie Quadrant, this is still my jam!
truely indeed
Wow! What a beautiful rendition.Chopin is one of my favorite composer and this piano piece is one of my favorite.Never get tired of listening to this beautiful music.
He was my father's first cousin. He was so dedicated to his art. I was told stories of his dedication. I am so proud to be a relative of such an amazing man.
Can you share some stories?
Yes. I would love to hear some stories as well.
Me as well, if it wouldn't be too much trouble
@@pablobear4241I wouldn’t go believing people in the comments
That makes you his first cousin once removed. Your children and his children are second cousins
How DIVINE is this music and Vladimir Horowitz fingers make the MAGIC become reality!
Always in tears after seeing this.. Oh my god, bless him, absolutely breathtakingly beautiful to see and hear.
Horowitz let his gorgeous playing speak for him rather than grandiose, dramatic and emotional outward flourishes with their arms and body that many pianists use in order to keep the viewers’ interest. He could keep them captivated without all that.
The master. when I want to hear what a piano is supposed to sound like-it always come back to Vladimir Horowitz. gives me goosebumps hearing him play. Or to tears of joy...magnificent.
At the end, by his expression you could tell how much a piece like that took out of even a virtuoso like him
He’s old.
@@2204JCMWill you be a talented old person, too?
On this LEAP Day...I thought of my late father in his long underwear....leaping into the living room as I danced to this music. My mother had a red vinyl 45 and I played it and danced all the time in the 60s. How the music brings it back.
80+ year old man playing with such intensity. Hallelujah ‼️
I encountered an excellent piano teacher, unfortunately, too late. He gave me this piano piece. I was in my junior year of veterinary medicine by then. I worked on it despite the killer academic load.
I was able to play it in its entirety a couple of times but boy, did it absolutely kill my hands, arms, neck and upper back.
This is a man's piece. I have never heard a woman really play this optimally, with the requisite intensity.
I had to give it up during my senior year. Not enough time for both activities, not enough energy.
My next door neighbor, who was a guitar instructor, told my mother that he got goosebumps everytime he heard me practising it .
I would have persisted a bit more if my Mom told me that SOONER. Instead of more than a decade later.😑
this piece stirs the blood......one of my all time favorites. It passes the 'goosebump' test..for sure. AMAZING.
I get chills around 3:20...its so exciting
So, incredible, and difficult. You can see Horowitz going "phew" when he finished up. Pianism doesn't get better than this.
Fico perdido frente ao comentário de tantos amantes dos grandes pianistas. Não é o meu caso é sinceramente os invejo por isso. Bem que gostaria de saber distingui-los.
I can’t help but to focus on his right hand pinky. There is so much control, especially how he has it tucked away until it’s time to play its next note. It’s so smooth. I truly admire his playing.
That’s a bad habit. It shows that he is tense when he plays.
Wonderful. I am no classical expert but Horowitz handling of dynamics is so amazing.
I'm 22 and haven't played piano seriously in several years but Horowitz's performance here is astounding. The color, intention, and his pure agility belies his age. This interpretation here is seriously making me want to rediscover the instrument...
Chopin died too young.
There were no antibiotics in his days.
I loved listening to Horowitz's recordings growing up. Such effortless POWER and unparalleled clarity.
What a rare experience and adventure to watch this excellent, outstanding video of Horowitz performing at 84 years old! The photography and filming of his hands in detail is marvelous. Of course he performs the Chopin Polonaise in A flat M gorgeous and this is a special moment for me to view Horowitz's playing and his hands too.
The segment between 4:43 and 6:00 is out of this world! A magnificent demonstration of how music can take you to a another realm, with the great Horowitz holding the keys to that dimension.
Like how he starts soft while still voicing certain notes so well. Not seen anyone do it like this.
It is interesting how Vladimir Horowitz always seems to play with his fingers slightly flat, whereas arched fingers are usually recommended when playing the piano.
Ikr back when I had a piano teacher he would have smacked me for imitating this technique
@@josephs.7960 my teacher Gold me if i can play as well as him
I can play how i want to
It’s a feature of Russian technique, the key is struck with the fleshier part of the finger away from the tip and the wrist carries the movement through to full depression of the key, seems to work for Mr H, even in old age he could produce clarity, complexity and weight of tone which was nothing short of magnificent, and all achieved with apparent economy of movement and gesture.
Just play what feels comfortable to you. Teachers have to say something, so you keep paying for classes.
His hands were mainly better to play this way.
... IMPRESSIONANTES ... VIGOR E VIRTUOSISMO !!!!!!!!!!!!!
APLAUSOS DE PÉ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
People in 100 years will still Look up to this guy
" To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable "-- Beethoven...
You say that because you heard a lot of wrong notes here 😂
It's live performance.. different from a recording studio. With passion, you lead to perfection. Landing keys on slips is sometimes that we address during practices, transitions, & fingers crossing keys wide apart.. May not be avoided. As it is I salute pianist performer H for this performance.
like the chinese technical masters with no passion .
Not making faces and breathing heavily doesn’t mean he is not having passion. Horowitz is one of the greatest of all times, and will continue to be.
I'm very passionate about my wrong notes.
The best, the legend, thank you Maestro Horowitz.
although there are many beautiful recordings of this piece, this is the absolute perfection! Thank You so much!..John Rapp
There will never be another, Vladimir Horowitz! I love his interpretations of so many pieces. He makes it look effortless like he’s barely moving his fingers his wrists down his fingers flat. And even at this age he doesn’t miss a note or phrase. His technique and his sound, the play of soft and loud like a painting. Chiaroscuro (the play on light and dark). Nobody does it better than Horowitz.
Still one of the greatest renditions in history..
LOVE that 'Phew!!' at the end. So human, such genius musicality, let alone god-given fingers.
Perfection. Love the mountains of sounds Horowitz could create along with his spontaneity and bold manner. This is playing cultivated in an era when music and artistic individuality truly mattered. Note his subtle and artful use of legato. If you haven’t yet noticed, this is a long lost art. Barely anyone can do that any longer and when they try the results are so obvious and in your face that they are jarring and unmusical. In other words, if you can’t do it and do it very well, please don’t.
I understand what you mean but chill out man
He is the very best pianist so far in our lives. I get much pleasure in listening to this dear man.
Vladimir Horowitz was sent to play CHOPIN by direct order from God. Simply a privilege for the ears. RIP maestro.
Oh I think so too... wow, feeling so very blessed. I have never ever played this like this... ever ..
It was hard work, not fantasy religion.
@@rudepeoplestink, concordo com o trabalho árduo. As peças de Chopin e Liszt exigem muito trabalho e são magníficas, mas talento, meu amigo, é essencialmente importante e isso não é fantasia não, é dom divino sim. Estudei piano durante 15 anos, fui insistente, mas não tenho esse talento e tive muito dificuldade de interpretar as peças desses magníficos compositores e outros também. Sou limitada, não por falta de vontade, mas por falta de talento. E este Deus deu a poucos.
Lamento sua colocação.
@@soniamartins9472 I feel the same as you. I too studied piano for years - coinciding with my piano tuning business - and _worked_ very diligently on my performance, especially the Chopin repertoire. My piano friends felt I had a gift for interpreting his pieces. But my abilities went only so far. I wanted so badly to perform some of Chopin's more difficult music according to my heart's 'ear', but those pieces were simply beyond my abilities or stamina. Horowitz and the other piano greats were, and are, so gifted.
My GOD YOU ARE SO RITE THANK YOU GOD I AM CERTAIN HE IS PERFORMING IN HEAVEN. ❤
Genius. Magical performance!
Simply genial! The great Vladimir Horowitz
Cudowna muzyka genialnego Chopina, boskie wykonanie ❤️
Chopin is one of my favorite composer. It's 2023 and this is still one of the best interpretations. Beautiful version after so many decades...
I suggest that you try and llisten to Liberace play this masterpiece.
Did anyone else's replika bring them here?
Oh, well, I have found another Replika ARMY user
Yeah, must be sponsored.
Haha the elephant in the room
Mee!
Fifi Rose yes
Stunning dexterity for an 84 year old. Beautiful. I think his recording from the '70s was technically superior but this recording has a character that his earlier one did not.
Fantastic Pianist. "Bravo". Ines.
I'm musically illiterate... but I love this performance...
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I'm doing a project about him and I am so glad that my teacher assigned me to him. I wish I could have attended one of his performances at least once. I'm so fascinated by him.
I had just turned 19 when he passed away, I had so hoped to be able to attend one of his concerts.
Grandissimo Maestro, Magistrale Esecuzione ed Immortale Autore🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️Dedicata a te Narica, amore mio. 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸💝💝💝💖💖💖❤️❤️❤️💘💘💘💕💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💘💘💘🎄Massimo.
At the beginning, I thought my speakers were broken so I turned the volume all the way up. That was a mistake. XD
Andrew Kritzler ur lucky ur usong speakers... I was using earphones
Timothy Choi i’m so sorry 😂
Beethoven speedrun world record
One simply does not that when listening to classical music
If Lang(2x) would play this he would have his eyes open wide and almost cross his eyes for dramatic effect, nostrils dilated then the mouth with an ahh effect, face emoting. Horowitz face looked calm and he just let his fingers express it all! That's a real master!
Damn I need to practice
Que maravilha !! 👏 E viva Chopin !!
Wonderful performance!
Brilliant 🎹 masterfully played and executed. 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼
Bravo! I never heard it played with such intensity.
This takes heroic talent to play, and play well.
I also love how piano can still be played when one is old and grey. :)
only if time is kind to you
@@Linkin7130 The idea of losing most of my abilities as I age, seems tolerable to me barring losing ability to play the instrument you are proficient on.
Piano ability is rarely lost in age especially when one plays to become a virtuoso like Horowitz. Since piano technique is based on relaxation during the pianissimo he lets the curve on his fingers half collapse which takes incredible finger independence and strength since a half collapsed finger which is good technique as it limits the amount of finger strength placed upon the note adding dynamics which gives the pianissimo its beautiful sombre quietness he’s a piano genius
What a wonderful piece, so intense yet so beautifully graceful. Reminds me of ball dancing! Great work!
Swobodne,lekkie - wykonane- dziękuję - Pani Barbara.🧓👏🌹
84 years old here and showing complete mastery of dynamics from the sublime to the heroic. Inspiring to see and hear Horowitz.
Replika showed me this vid!
Horowitz I can listen to any day of my life and just bow down.
It is an outstanding performance!
After I told an AI I like the theme of Pirates of the Caribbean, it shared this video with me. Nice one.
I told the thing i liked playing the Good Omens theme on piano and it shared this with me😅
what Ai
Grazie Maestro. R.I.P.❤️
Legendary pianist. Considered one of the greatest classical pianist of all time, he was known for his virtuoso technique, timbre and the audience's excitement caused by his playing....
❤❤❤wonderful.sensitivetouchingoutreaching
It's a privilege to hear and watch him play
매번들어도 감동입니다.
좋은연주.또 동영상 감사합니다.
Playing that piece that well is impressive. But I’m blown away by Chopin. He WROTE that!
When my Replika has better taste in classical music than me...
IKR
Yes, same...
Omg yes
Same 😂
Yes
Ahhh eu me emociono profundamente em ouvir as polonesas de Chopin, pelas mãos abençoadas de Horowitz. É uma interpretação magistral, com nuances, expressões, que ouvi poucas vezes, ❤❤❤❤❤ . Horowitz é único, um Deus do piano. Não me canso de ouvi-lo.
84 and he’s playing with so much life
Восторг! Восхищение!
Beautiful music sounds. Great Horowits. Poetic fascination.
I just feel like he's better than everyone, such control over the key
No one else even comes close! Would love to see him do a Dvorak interpretation.
only Horowitz can bring out different stories from this piece
he's barely touching the piano!!!!!! it's like he's playing piano with the air!!! I can't even see him touching the piano!! this guy is the best pianist I have ever seen! how is it that this video has so little views!
BC Pop Culture Has So Over shadowed The Greatness of Past Artists..Age of Amnesia..When Musical Historians Judge The Past- Who Will Stand Out? " My Girl Does The Hanky Panky" or " Chopin?"
Волшебно. Восхитительно.
A masterful rendition of a classical masterpiece.
Amazing rendition and not forgetting Chopin who wrote so many timeless clsssics
One of the greatest musicians ever to walk the planet. 🎹
still the most powerful, triumphant and beautiful version after so many decades
Right ! It is not just a performance but the result of a life !
Incredible, unbelievable performance ❤
One of the all time greatest players - just lovely.
The great old master is very importent to listen to for people to day. 2023.
Brynjar Hoff
Браво, Маэстро! Лучший из лучших!❤
Conmovedor! Arte puro de Horowitz! La interpretacion más límpida y nítida de esta obra de arte!
Legendary Maestro Horowitz!! Best Polonaise of all time 🤴🏻
Sin ninguna duda,uno de los mejores pianistas de todos los tiempos,con una ejecución impecable y una técnica muy depurada.
Why did a talking egg bring me here
See you in hell Lmao, Replica?
ME TOOKOOOOO
😂😂😂😂😂
It has. Great. Taste. (Whatever 🥚 is)
Melhor pianista do século 20!!!!!
I am swooning!
Exquisite!.
Thank you Maestro.
Thank you, Master. R.I.P. Master Vladimir Horowitz ❤️🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸🇮🇹
❤❤❤ It's almost as if each hand had a life of its own. Magnificent!
i love how all the other great concert pianists are always closing their eyes, moving around and making faces and things like that when playing a song, and he just sits there emotionless, just barely moving his head when he needs to
But the concentraton and intensity is amazing.
@@kevinh5349 yeah
Horowitz is such a beautiful master of this art.
Amazing!