The most magnificent piano performance I have ever heard. Horowitz was the greatest pianist of the last century. His talent died with him but lives on in these amazing recordings.
¡Totalmente de acuerdo! En mi parecer, debería estar hasta por encima de Liebestraum No. 3 sin desmeritar la obra claro. Bendito viaje inspirador a Italia que vivió Liszt para dejarnos esto.
Well my fellow pianists and friends, it is time to say that Vladimir Horowitz, the olden man, is simply the most musical pianist! Just listen to his thunderbolts octaves! He had super Herculean FFF, and the most amazing ppp! One may fancy to hear ghost-notes behind this frightening pianist! So many pianists vying for the crown and scepter of the king. Can you take those thunderbolts? As he got older, Mr. Horowitz achieved a legendary mastery of the piano. Every note is drilled of its tonal expressiveness and beauty! .
To me, the best this piece has been played in the 20th century modern era.Unbelievable textures colours of sounds which nobody else can create. People who went to his concerts were very fortunate to witness a genius.
A piece has never touched me like this one did. Horowitz was a genius that knew how to play liszt exactly. I listen to this piece on rare occasions and every time there are still tears in my eyes. When people are asking me what is my favourite piece-if they are not close to me I am telling them Rachmaninoff 3 and not this one, this piece reveals my heart and every thing in it.
I disagree in this opinion with all due respect. Arrau is and will always be the best interpreter of Liszt as he is in direct lineage. He understood every note and intensity Liszt put in the sheet. Please make sure to listen any Liszt piece played by Maestro Arrau and you will see the difference. Remember: Beethoven - Liszt - Krause - Arrau.
@@sergiobarraza1806 With all due respect, When it comes to taste and especially in classical music-no one can decide who plays better. In my opinion the smarter person would listen to what he likes. After listening to Arrau, he played the pieces great, yet as a person who grew up on Horowitz's recordings, I am not very fond of other versions. To remind you, I didn't say that Horowitz is the best interpreter of Liszt- I said he plays this piece as it should be played, perfectly. Moreover, my comment's sole point is to express feelings, rather than musical comparison.
@@sergiobarraza1806 Why should we compare artists like Arrau and Horowitz ? They belong to different universes ...Arrau is one the giants of piano playing of the XXth century, no doubt. But Horowitz is unique in the colours of sound of his playing. No comparison .
@@edenkandinsky1635 Every performance of every performer is different and unique. A listener might prefer one on a particular day, and another when in a different mood or mindset. I fully understand your reaction to this wonderful piece. It paints an inner landscape of beauty and sensitivity. I would like to dwell in that landscape always.
I used to have a caricature of Horowitz in a frame. It came from a magazine, like Time, and I swear it was based on this performance. He was grinning, barely moving, yet smoke was coming from the keys.
One can be closer or not of this interpretation, but the quality of the sound, the pianissimos and the degrades of the sound is mesmering. Horowitz is still missed in piano world.
Wow. Just wow. I’ve never heard this piece, but I finally looked it up after receiving a Liszt piano book with this piece in it. This performance brought tears to my eyes. Wow.
@@mikepen3477 I believe that this performance is not only the best for this piece but one of the best piano performances ever recorded ... time, touch, colors, sound, passion ..
Well, this piece is full of Horowitz’s own traits, however the ones played by Lazar Berman and Jorge Bolet should also be considered as ‘best’ if you liked Sonetto 104 itself, those are more of a ‘textbook’ playing, closer following the original transcription.
Alon and Guy Ostrun - He thought orchestrally. What an incredible variety of sounds! Other pianists spend 95% of their time and energy on just hitting the notes.
eu vín varias veces este vídeo e nunca lle dín a gústame aínda que quedaba abraiado, porqué? Non me lembrada de darlle ó gústame. Penso que así lle pasou a moitos !
This should really be called the Liszt-Horowitz transcription, because Horowitz made several changes in the text that are already present in his older recordings.
Pace non trovo, et non ò da far guerra, e temo, et spero; et ardo, et son un ghiaccio; et volo sopra ‘l cielo, et giaccio in terra; et nulla stringo, et tutto ‘l mondo abbraccio. Tal m’à in pregion, che non m’apre né serra, né per suo mi riten né scioglie il laccio; et non m’ancide Amore, et non mi sferra; né mi vuol vivo, né mi trae d’impaccio. Veggio senza occhi, et non ò lingua et grido; et bramo di perir, et cheggio aita; et ò in odio me stesso, et amo altrui. Pascomi di dolor, piangendo rido; egualmente mi spiace morte et vita: in questo stato son, donna, per voi.
Horowitz, rende intima l'interpretazione attraverso l'essenza del romanticismo con uno slancio creativo di individualità interpretativa, rinnovando continuamente il metronomo con l'adeguamento del metro ad una generica ma profonda ed intima razionalità, trasforma l'assoluto nel non più astratto, facendoci scoprire che l'essenza del mistero della musica, sfugge a qualsiasi definizione, ed è irraggiungibile da qualsiasi forma di ragione.
I originally saw a tape this concert on 'Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt' decades ago. It was aired right after the concert took place and I was totally spellbound as I watched it. Good luck with that left hand. Just remember - this one is WORTH the pain. It really is.
I am not a classical music aficionado by any means. By virtue of Horowitz being so popular that he broke into my non-classical-music space, I found my way to the Moscow concert. I was first blow away by the Scarlatti Sonata in B Minor and then I made any way here. Each time I get taken by a Horowitz rendition, I wonder how others play it. Could Horowitz be that good? Do all others really pale in comparison? I search youtube and listen. It seems that I am cursed that I found Horowitz first in that others truly sound boring, staid, mechanical or, at worst, more interested in technical proficiency than emotion. I am not saying any of this as an argument that Horowitz is objectively better than others, but more as an exclamation of how much I like the way the guy plays.
Il n’y a rien à rajouter à une telle interprétation , avec ce toucher qui est une caresse et laisse chaque note comme suspendue au dessus du clavier..impressionnant d’émotion et de sensibilité ..est-ce égalable ?? En émotion , je ne le pense pas..D jouille
D JOUILLE ..plus j'écoute et plus je trouve de la profondeur et une porte vers l au-delá ?? Le genre humain est aussi capable de composer et d 'interpréter de telles merveilles ...on en oublierais le quotidien ?
Вновь слушаю Horowitz plays Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. . Не удивительно, что после прослушивания такого исполнения появляются стихи. У Олега Гаценко вот так отразилась Ваше исполнение: stihi.ru/2020/05/10/4141 Только поздравить Вас и сказать СПАСИБО!
Il y a eu pour moi HOROWITZ...CESAR VEZZANI.THILL...ET ANDRE BONIFACE ..PLUS GUY ...QUE J'AI VUS JOUER ..EUX...ÉCLECTIQUE ???JE TROUVE MA VIE ASSEZ COMPLETE ET HEUREUSE SUR CES PLANS LÀ DJOUILLE ELUSALYRICS
Horowitz was a great pianist in Rachmaninoff and Clementi’s music - and I would’ve loved to hear him play more Medtner than what he’s recorded. In Liszt however, I feel that Horowitz takes too many liberties with Liszt’s scores. I’m not opposed to taking liberties with a score, but the liberties must be tasteful! In the Sonetto, he does a nice job making tasteful changes to Liszt. (Much as Raymond Lewenthal did with a Czerny ètude.) Can’t say the same about his Vallee d’Obermann, however. While I’m amazed by what he did in the Ballade No. 2 regarding extreme voicing, his cadenza almost ruins it for me.
Mah......e questo sarebbe un grande pianista? Io ascoltando il pezzo noto molte imprecisiopni, anche qualche errore ripreso al volo e poca precisione troppo pedale, una pessima registrazione. Comunque pezzo difficilissimo, suonato da dio da molti giovani interpreti contemporanei.
@@Paul-vd8ek Thank you for the recommendation, I really enjoyed the ending of Bolet's. They obviously have very different interpretations of the piece I just wish I could play it as well as either of them:)
Horowitz always looks emotionless but no one can possibly play like he does without possessing a huge degree of emotional experience. My grandmother taught me to play piano. Grandma always told me that emotion only comes with age and life experience.
Lots of mistakes! Seems like he’s not enjoying this piece... As pretty as this piece is there’s really not much melodic substance to it, but again this is Liszt...
The most magnificent piano performance I have ever heard. Horowitz was the greatest pianist of the last century. His talent died with him but lives on in these amazing recordings.
this piece is wildly underrated.
Very true! It's a gem!
¡Totalmente de acuerdo! En mi parecer, debería estar hasta por encima de Liebestraum No. 3 sin desmeritar la obra claro. Bendito viaje inspirador a Italia que vivió Liszt para dejarnos esto.
it's absolutely unbelievable how clear this version sounds. incredible. his skill was out of this world
Well my fellow pianists and friends, it is time to say that Vladimir Horowitz, the olden man, is simply the most musical pianist! Just listen to his thunderbolts octaves! He had super Herculean FFF, and the most amazing ppp! One may fancy to hear ghost-notes behind this frightening pianist!
So many pianists vying for the crown and scepter of the king. Can you take those thunderbolts?
As he got older, Mr. Horowitz achieved a legendary mastery of the piano. Every note is drilled of its tonal expressiveness and beauty! .
This interpretation is really deep an emotionant
To me, the best this piece has been played in the 20th century modern era.Unbelievable textures colours of sounds which nobody else can create.
People who went to his concerts were very fortunate to witness a genius.
I concur with the person in the audience who proclaims “Bravo!” at the end of this masterful performance by Horowitz. Bravo!
Perhaps it was Wanda Tiscanini ;-)
A piece has never touched me like this one did. Horowitz was a genius that knew how to play liszt exactly. I listen to this piece on rare occasions and every time there are still tears in my eyes. When people are asking me what is my favourite piece-if they are not close to me I am telling them Rachmaninoff 3 and not this one, this piece reveals my heart and every thing in it.
I disagree in this opinion with all due respect. Arrau is and will always be the best interpreter of Liszt as he is in direct lineage. He understood every note and intensity Liszt put in the sheet. Please make sure to listen any Liszt piece played by Maestro Arrau and you will see the difference. Remember: Beethoven - Liszt - Krause - Arrau.
@@sergiobarraza1806 With all due respect, When it comes to taste and especially in classical music-no one can decide who plays better. In my opinion the smarter person would listen to what he likes. After listening to Arrau, he played the pieces great, yet as a person who grew up on Horowitz's recordings, I am not very fond of other versions. To remind you, I didn't say that Horowitz is the best interpreter of Liszt- I said he plays this piece as it should be played, perfectly. Moreover, my comment's sole point is to express feelings, rather than musical comparison.
@@sergiobarraza1806 Why should we compare artists like Arrau and Horowitz ? They belong to different universes ...Arrau is one the giants of piano playing of the XXth century, no doubt. But Horowitz is unique in the colours of sound of his playing. No comparison .
@@edenkandinsky1635 Every performance of every performer is different and unique. A listener might prefer one on a particular day, and another when in a different mood or mindset. I fully understand your reaction to this wonderful piece. It paints an inner landscape of beauty and sensitivity. I would like to dwell in that landscape always.
Horowitz is sloppy here and doesn’t play properly what is on the score. Not to great effect either, like Cziffra does. So I’m not his greatest fan.
I just love how nonchalant Horowitz is after each performance. Just another day, no biggie. Incredible
Well, remember he had been playing since he was a child, he had
an awful lot of practice.
@@geofffikar3417whatever 😂
Casually wipes his brain with his handkerchief
Yes, he was a genius. I was blessed to hear him in recital when I was a young man.
Oh my god. You've seen one of my idols. I can't believe it. How was it ? How was he ?
Where???!!!!
Omg😭😭😭
I used to have a caricature of Horowitz in a frame. It came from a magazine, like Time, and I swear it was based on this performance. He was grinning, barely moving, yet smoke was coming from the keys.
Un grande musicista ungherese, un grande pianista russo, un grande Petrarca ....perfetta fusione fra poesia e musica
One can be closer or not of this interpretation, but the quality of the sound, the pianissimos and the degrades of the sound is mesmering. Horowitz is still missed in piano world.
Truly, there will never by another Horowitz
@@mikepen3477 anything’s possible
Almost any other pianist makes the piano sound a dull instrument by comparison - Horowitz made it sing, dance, speak, everything.
The Brazilan pianist Nelson Freire is his pair! Go and listen!
Pura bellezza....
One of the best things every written
What a genius.. such a great sense of overall form in his interpretations.
Serah Strandberg
yes, one Genie.
PIANOMARINA.CH
Wow. Just wow. I’ve never heard this piece, but I finally looked it up after receiving a Liszt piano book with this piece in it. This performance brought tears to my eyes. Wow.
The best performance of this piece.. no other words
What do you mean by "best"?
mike pen that it is the best way to perform this. No one can do better than this
@@mikepen3477 I believe that this performance is not only the best for this piece but one of the best piano performances ever recorded ... time, touch, colors, sound, passion ..
Liszt : Are u challenging me ?
Well, this piece is full of Horowitz’s own traits, however the ones played by Lazar Berman and Jorge Bolet should also be considered as ‘best’ if you liked Sonetto 104 itself, those are more of a ‘textbook’ playing, closer following the original transcription.
I could listen to this all night... and I'm going to ❤️😘🥰💖🌷💐🌼
Absolutamente inolvidable V.Horowitz... Trascendental, Sublimeee, Grandioso, traspa la linea del infinito esto...............................
God blessed this performance through Horowitz’s hand and mind- infinite pianissimo colors and shades.
Alon and Guy Ostrun - He thought orchestrally. What an incredible variety of sounds! Other pianists spend 95% of their time and energy on just hitting the notes.
Horowitz was an atheist.
@@tnmtemerity Source?
He stood up and was like, yea, whatever.😂
How are there only 930 likes with 68K views? This piece and playing are both brilliant!
eu vín varias veces este vídeo e nunca lle dín a gústame aínda que quedaba abraiado, porqué? Non me lembrada de darlle ó gústame. Penso que así lle pasou a moitos !
Melodioso ! Bello
Omg what a Masterpiece 👌🏻❤️ Exquisite
This should really be called the Liszt-Horowitz transcription, because Horowitz made several changes in the text that are already present in his older recordings.
Can you please me tel why, im studying this peace!!
Yes I noticed he added quite a bit
Sigue siendo el genio de Lizst. Cuántos años han pasado. Es incomparable.
Pace non trovo, et non ò da far guerra,
e temo, et spero; et ardo, et son un ghiaccio;
et volo sopra ‘l cielo, et giaccio in terra;
et nulla stringo, et tutto ‘l mondo abbraccio.
Tal m’à in pregion, che non m’apre né serra,
né per suo mi riten né scioglie il laccio;
et non m’ancide Amore, et non mi sferra;
né mi vuol vivo, né mi trae d’impaccio.
Veggio senza occhi, et non ò lingua et grido;
et bramo di perir, et cheggio aita;
et ò in odio me stesso, et amo altrui.
Pascomi di dolor, piangendo rido;
egualmente mi spiace morte et vita:
in questo stato son, donna, per voi.
Horowitz clearly didn’t understand the end of this poem with his super quiet and almost submissive ending.
Décidemment... on ne s'en lasse pas ...
Djouille
Мне нравится Ваша музыкальная подборка да с таким Великим исполнителем
Horowitz, rende intima l'interpretazione attraverso l'essenza del romanticismo con uno slancio creativo di individualità interpretativa, rinnovando continuamente il metronomo con l'adeguamento del metro ad una generica ma profonda ed intima razionalità, trasforma l'assoluto nel non più astratto, facendoci scoprire che l'essenza del mistero della musica, sfugge a qualsiasi definizione, ed è irraggiungibile da qualsiasi forma di ragione.
Assolutamente d'accordo .Bellissimo .Eccellente interpretazione.Bravo!
Talento , sencillez y humildad en un solo artista ,
Such beauty
Such astonishing playing
Maestro! The words here ... just superfluous/ Маэстро! Слова здесь... просто лишние...
I'm learning this for one of my conservatory auditions. I hope to play it half as well as Horowitz or Bolet!
Beautiful interpretation.
Gracias Horowits
INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!
Gracias Horowits. 🇮🇷 💕💕❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I got goosebumps!
I miss your playing Maestro
Thank you for posting this. It was, for me, one of the highlights of the concert.
DATo DATonian Learning this piece now, and man the left hand in the beginning are way too big for me.... Dangit liszt
I originally saw a tape this concert on 'Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt' decades ago. It was aired right after the concert took place and I was totally spellbound as I watched it. Good luck with that left hand. Just remember - this one is WORTH the pain. It really is.
Bravo !!!
El mejor pianista de su epoca
Maravilhosamente Eterno.
Liszt still astounds me.
Came here from Tiffany Poons Q&A: Saddest piece you’ve learned this year
what video is this?
I came from one of her latest uploads where she is playing this piece!
Erica Fey me too
El piano. Mi mejor compañero. ..con Franz Liszt. ...
I am not a classical music aficionado by any means. By virtue of Horowitz being so popular that he broke into my non-classical-music space, I found my way to the Moscow concert. I was first blow away by the Scarlatti Sonata in B Minor and then I made any way here. Each time I get taken by a Horowitz rendition, I wonder how others play it. Could Horowitz be that good? Do all others really pale in comparison? I search youtube and listen. It seems that I am cursed that I found Horowitz first in that others truly sound boring, staid, mechanical or, at worst, more interested in technical proficiency than emotion. I am not saying any of this as an argument that Horowitz is objectively better than others, but more as an exclamation of how much I like the way the guy plays.
De la première note c'est de la pure poésie !
Nobody made the piano sing like Horowitz
2:28 💕💕
Wonderful playing 😍🎼🎵🎶 (there's an excellent performance on YT of Pavarotti singing this piece, just in case you wish to hear the original song... 😁)
A lost art.
La. Interprte con público. 💕🇲🇽. 🇲🇽
The arch hand position taught to Maestro at Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Russia, has been lost. unfortunately.
Il n’y a rien à rajouter à une telle interprétation , avec ce toucher qui est une caresse et laisse chaque note comme suspendue au dessus du clavier..impressionnant d’émotion et de sensibilité ..est-ce égalable ?? En émotion , je ne le pense pas..D jouille
D JOUILLE ..plus j'écoute et plus je trouve de la profondeur et une porte vers l au-delá ?? Le genre humain est aussi capable de composer et d 'interpréter de telles merveilles ...on en oublierais le quotidien ?
Hèlas les notes retombent å leurs places...djouille
2:31
Listo un verdadero genio lamentablemente el intérprete le hizo daño al músico ...no era solo virtuosismo ...fue arte muy profundo
순례의 해 2권 이탈리아, S.161, 5번 '페트라르카의 소네토 104'
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ホロヴィッツは永遠なり(^_^)
Вновь слушаю Horowitz plays Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. . Не удивительно, что после прослушивания такого исполнения появляются стихи. У Олега Гаценко вот так отразилась Ваше исполнение: stihi.ru/2020/05/10/4141 Только поздравить Вас и сказать СПАСИБО!
Il y a eu pour moi HOROWITZ...CESAR VEZZANI.THILL...ET ANDRE BONIFACE ..PLUS GUY ...QUE J'AI VUS JOUER ..EUX...ÉCLECTIQUE ???JE TROUVE MA VIE ASSEZ COMPLETE ET HEUREUSE SUR CES PLANS LÀ
DJOUILLE
ELUSALYRICS
the long fingerman
הפסנתר יכיל ערגליות גדולות מאוד בתחתית בכל ארבעת העמודים בצורת L.
vieillir c'est se dépouiller, laisser la musique prendre toute sa place....
Nice!
You can also check my performance of this piece.🙂
Horowitz was a great pianist in Rachmaninoff and Clementi’s music - and I would’ve loved to hear him play more Medtner than what he’s recorded.
In Liszt however, I feel that Horowitz takes too many liberties with Liszt’s scores. I’m not opposed to taking liberties with a score, but the liberties must be tasteful! In the Sonetto, he does a nice job making tasteful changes to Liszt. (Much as Raymond Lewenthal did with a Czerny ètude.)
Can’t say the same about his Vallee d’Obermann, however.
While I’m amazed by what he did in the Ballade No. 2 regarding extreme voicing, his cadenza almost ruins it for me.
2:36 just what in the fuck
The one time they should've showed his hands 😅
My Favorite Liszt, better than this, I don`t know yet.
Mah......e questo sarebbe un grande pianista? Io ascoltando il pezzo noto molte imprecisiopni, anche qualche errore ripreso al volo e poca precisione troppo pedale, una pessima registrazione. Comunque pezzo difficilissimo, suonato da dio da molti giovani interpreti contemporanei.
Maybe you should take more time to appreciate his tone and approach instead of being so rude.
Way too rushed for my taste... at some parts he literally did not bring out any emotion.
I must disagree, but hey that's the beauty of music I guess
Axel Morgan Listen to Bolet‘s performance - then you will understand
@@Paul-vd8ek Thank you for the recommendation, I really enjoyed the ending of Bolet's. They obviously have very different interpretations of the piece I just wish I could play it as well as either of them:)
Axel Morgan yes, sure. They‘re both virtuos.
Horowitz always looks emotionless but no one can possibly play like he does without possessing a huge degree of emotional experience. My grandmother taught me to play piano. Grandma always told me that emotion only comes with age and life experience.
Lots of mistakes! Seems like he’s not enjoying this piece... As pretty as this piece is there’s really not much melodic substance to it, but again this is Liszt...
I have to agree with Jaime on this one. Regarding his age at the time of the video, his playing is still marvelous!
'Not much melodic substance"....Are you joking??? The entire piece is one long luxurious mystical melodic line.
You know nothing. What a demonstration of utter ignorance and stupidity.
The only thing not enjoyable here is your comment
@@carlhopkinson yes! And if you listen to all seven of these pieces you cannot possible say there is "No MeLoDiC SuBsTaNcE."
I'm sorry but most comments here are just fan boys. His playing is scruffy. It does have a certain amount of charm but overall amateurish
2:31