He was 85 years old at that time.

@pavelskipaganini

4 жыл бұрын

@Christelle Rheeder It is cool that he plays so well while being so old?

@melb6557

4 жыл бұрын

And he died a year later. ;(

@superhacker35

4 жыл бұрын

@@pavelskipaganini you tell me when you reach 85 and still able to move your fingers...or if you reach 85 and are even able to speak...or goddamn reach 85 in the first place. this is litterally more impressive then an 11 year old playing with this phrasing and technique. Brain function already starts to deteriorate incredibly fast at age 25!

@ViolinDeNoche

4 жыл бұрын

❤

@thomasjuniardi3559

4 жыл бұрын

Wait what ?!?...his fingers not even shaking/tremors !, I guess he's playing with his heart rather than his brain at that moment 😬

Somewhere, Schubert is smiling.

@tatjanasolosjenko6864

4 жыл бұрын

Certainly, this is personal story of live.

@Ivor49

4 жыл бұрын

more than we will ever know

@Schumanna1

4 жыл бұрын

:')

@lina1893

4 жыл бұрын

So relax!

@brachio8695

3 жыл бұрын

I love your comment indeed.

My grandfather died today. This is my favorite piece and I am listening to it to say goodbye to my favourite person.

@johndillon6859

Ай бұрын

Bless your heart ❤❤

@iomproirbais

21 күн бұрын

Today, and probably tomorrow, you will be my favourite person. I hope this realigns the universe from the weight of your loss somewhat. All the best to you, and may you and your family be blessed. Lots of love from Scotland.

@JoahnNorghe

15 күн бұрын

>. Saint Agostino of Ippona

@2Hearts3

12 күн бұрын

May God rest his soul 👑✝️🕊️and console your heart♥️🎶

@alanbash2921

22 сағат бұрын

Your Grandfather Is Forever Watching You Over Your Shoulder

Horowitz was 84 years old when he performed this beautiful piece in Vienna. It's a lesson for those who, nowadays, think that a person over 50 or 60 can't do anything else.

@2Hearts3

4 ай бұрын

When i was little, i took piano and dance lessons. When i was 8 or 9, my Mom told me i had to choose one or the other, piano or dance, that she couldn't keep up all those lessons. "I like it all though, Mom, which one?" She advised, "You won't be able to dance much at 85, but you can still play the piano then." I followed her advice.l, and have always been glad i did. Thanks, Mom♥️

@poetcomic1

3 ай бұрын

Martha Agerich is about that old and still performing undiminished.

@djgrab1

3 ай бұрын

What an inspiration

@bryanlentz7160

2 ай бұрын

AGREED!

@eneto7785

Ай бұрын

Amazing how those old and tired hands softly touches the keyboard on both strong and kindly parts.

After his death, his famous Steinway toured alone to be shown and played in Steinway shops. I had the privilege to get a 20 min slot when the piano was in Frankfurt, Germany, and was very uncomfortable with the extremely soft keys which had been custom made for the artist. Almost impossible for me to play it being used to the standard weight of Steinway keyboards. This however explains why he could play so delicately with this extravant technique: his long fingers resting almost flat on the keys. Very special.

@poloplop71

4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering how an entire audience could have heard him whilst playing like that, barely even moving a finger lol

@flouz2

4 жыл бұрын

The one who prepared his piano for concerts must have had a hell of pressure on there shoulders .....

@lj1175

4 жыл бұрын

@@flouz2 😁

@NoferTrunions

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about how various adjustments like key gram weight should be tuned to the performer - even a basic adjustment according to their actual arm weight. Finger length would be another factor. And then finally the performers preference. Professional athletes have very specific choices in their gear - consider golf clubs. Unfortunately, most concert pianists have to deal with the piano that is provided.

@alexandergonzalezevans49

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! Was the Steinway room back then at the same place it is now on Bockenheimer?

Nobody plays today as Horowitz played. His sense of touch and expression are unequaled. Horowitz made every piece his own. Just magnificent. Enough said.

@Ernesto7608

Ай бұрын

Your statement is false unless you have listened to ALL the pianists in the world who play this music.

@charlesfoster141

Ай бұрын

@@Ernesto7608 ridiculous. Cream rises to the top.

@billdouglas2936

Ай бұрын

My all-time favorite interpretative pianist. He could play “Jingle Bells” and my eyes would begin tearing up. Such beautiful and emotional musical interpretations.

@charlesfoster141

Ай бұрын

@@Ernesto7608 baloney

@jeanettebressler4143

19 күн бұрын

He moves my soul .

Это исполнение -мудрость возроста ,без внешних проявлений эмоций,все в музыке.Мастер!

If this recording isn’t played at my funeral I’m not going

@Verdeazulgris

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@Ernesto7608

Ай бұрын

I prefer to have MY performance of this music played at my funeral. My beloved have nothing to do with Horowitz.

@colinlaney3400

Ай бұрын

Good choice, i go with John Cage‘s ‚In a landscape‘

@sarahturner5065

Ай бұрын

I’m totally stealing this comment and using it. Hilarious.

@Verdeazulgris

Ай бұрын

@@sarahturner5065 Por fin alguien que lo entiende🤭😂

Horowitz's hands are extraordinary. When so many modern performers' fingers leap and dance over the keys, he seems to be picking up the music that's already there. What a still place he is in.

@mjutteau

4 жыл бұрын

He's got very long fingers so that helps

@ava_alami

4 жыл бұрын

Man your comment gave me chills

@janebethsharon

4 жыл бұрын

That is because he is a pianist. The moderns are performers acting the part of pianist.

@TheMusicalKnokcers

4 жыл бұрын

Listz also played with flat fingers (heard this in a documentary on liszt produced by ARTE "Liszt un visionnaire virtuose").

@carlofischetti306

4 жыл бұрын

beautiful comment

I find it _so_ ironic that the most calm and emotionless looking pianist is actually playing with the _most_ emotion and love put into the piece...Like...how??

@LL-zf3pj

4 жыл бұрын

Samuel Cho Yes I agree. Unlike the other pianists that show a bunch of unnecessary theatrics/drama. It’s kind a disgusting. Once they start doing that crap I exit out.

@aIkaIi

4 жыл бұрын

@@LL-zf3pj I was also taught to curve my fingers when playing but his fingers look flat

@gabrielm9606

4 жыл бұрын

Samuel Cho It’s because it’s a slow piece on mostly black keys and makes it easier to control the volume with flatter fingers

@aIkaIi

4 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielm9606 I guess that makes sense

@travelingxavier

4 жыл бұрын

@Samuel actually, you are supposed to play with curved fingers. Horowitz is one of the few pianist who plays with flat fingers regardless of what song he’s playing. His pink is always curled up like a “cobra” only releasing that curl to play a note. The way his fingers fly around the key is define you unorthodox for sure .

Exquisite 🕊️ In an interview once, Mike Wallace asked him, "Maestro, what is it that makes your playing so special?" Horowitz replied, "I love every single note."

I personally love how curious Horowitz looks while playing the piano. He observes and seems pleased with the delicate sound that is produced when his finger touches a note. It is so precise and so intentionally on every note and every pause. No one plays the piano like Horowitz. An icon of classical music.

@ZalexMusic

22 күн бұрын

He is playing, but he is also listening.

thank you sophie oui oui for showing me this! like snowflakes dancing on the wind

@jasonrich4940

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said so better myself. His hands just gently coax the music out of the piano, like the song wayans always there but just needed to be lifted up

@rufflesmusic8724

4 жыл бұрын

sophie oui oui~

@lawrencelaurente8930

4 жыл бұрын

So we are here because of Sophie oui oui :))

@TheBeethovenFanPage

4 жыл бұрын

I know the piece, but THANK YOU SO MUCH SOPHIE OUI OUI for leading us to this beautiful, sincere performance! Vladimir Horowitz is one of the greatest pianists. May his soul rest in piece. I wish I discovered his performances earlier than that. KZread should fix its algorithm and stop recommending "how to make condensed milk in 5 min" while I spend all my time searching for music.

@user-se5my2px9o

4 жыл бұрын

*Hi! If you like clasical music, maybe you want follow my chanel?*

He doesn’t seem like playing the piano, seems like he’s just petting it and the piano speaks by itself as if a cat purrs when it is petted. Only if my first language were English, i would be able to describe this better😢 (And thanks to twoset&sophie for introducing this wonderful piece!)

@atlasi5872

4 жыл бұрын

You described it perfectly

@pppp-zp2vo

4 жыл бұрын

Xaria S thank you!

@melindamills6995

4 жыл бұрын

You have done exceedingly well already describing it.

@pppp-zp2vo

4 жыл бұрын

Melinda Mills thank you :)

@davidskeeterskeeter1835

4 жыл бұрын

Perfecto,! respect,,😀👏👏👏🇬🇧

The best performance of this piece ever, and one of the greatest piano performances of all time

This performance is just breathtaking. His pianissimos are absolutely exquisite. It feels incredibly personal, almost as if from a lifetime dedicated to music, it has become such a part of him that he's offering us himself through this piece. One of the most touchingly beautiful things I've ever heard.

@PhilMatous

11 ай бұрын

Well said, Sojourner.

@user-we6yd3tq8e

10 ай бұрын

Спасибо!

@maryjohnston9329

10 ай бұрын

Simply exquisite

@estelleneethling12

8 ай бұрын

I remain astounded at how he 'carries' the haunting theme with his right hand whilst playing the incredibly difficult rallentandos with the same hand.

@RalphDratman

8 ай бұрын

I found my breath catching, even though at first I was not paying close attention to this almost overwhelming performance,

PLEASE READ IF YOU ARE LEARNING THIS PIECE: I posted another comment asking about what he does on 0:24, since he strays from the sheet music and adds his personal bit of “dissonance” very nicely. I spoke with my teacher and we came to the conclusion that it is F natural and D natural in the left hand and B flat, D natural, A flat, and the top B flat on the right hand. Enjoy! (Please like so that people learning this piece will see this comment)

@Seiyariu

4 жыл бұрын

This is exactly right. I noticed too when learning from the sheet that it didn't sound the same. I personally prefer it as it adds something different the second time the phrase is played. Interestingly, other pianists have played this version including Kissin, Lipatti, Richter and Buchbinder

@Tulanir1

4 жыл бұрын

It's a B-flat 7 going to E-flat minor, so just a classic dominant cadence to the relative minor. F is in the bass instead of B-flat because it's a leading tone from G-flat to E-flat.

@jamien.5528

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@olespankiv5016

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Also can you advise on how Horowitz is playing the third B flat little bit softer or quieter? It's like he's pulling the note, I can't really describe how it sounds

@remitoubia7252

3 жыл бұрын

It's just the right version, simply

Three people I have met, whom I will never forget: Vladimir Horowitz after a concert at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, c. mid 70's. I forgot the other two.

@matthewchansavage3699

4 жыл бұрын

wait what... "three people I have met, whom I will never forget" and then "I forgot the other two" lol

@malcolmdale

4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Victor Borge - " two things I can never remember............three things."

@ava_alami

4 жыл бұрын

You a lucky one.

@authenticmusic4815

4 жыл бұрын

@@matthewchansavage3699 get a brain

@e.hutchence-composer8203

4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Chansavage the point is that the other two aren’t worth remembering compared to Horowitz

I love how he appears to be doing almost nothing, like a bank manager behind a desk checking an application for a mortgage. And yet the sounds coming out of the piano are utterly astonishing.

@robbdavies7749

9 ай бұрын

Great comment

@lindalukens4381

7 ай бұрын

He played beautifully without adding the theatrics some pianists use today.

@ingridlot

7 ай бұрын

😂❤

@Discoboogy

6 ай бұрын

It's just perfect.

@annakavan1869

5 ай бұрын

I am sorry to hear that u own a debt.

Classical music never goes out of style. It's an important part of our cultural heritage, always appreciated and celebrated.

He never made mistakes. The piano just didn’t understand him. We are so lucky to have these recordings. Thank you Mr Horowitz for improving the world for as long as these recordings survive.❤

@VivaRenata

10 ай бұрын

Well, he had his own piano in the Steinway showroom on 57th ave. in NYC that was kept in place for him and maintained and transported to wherever he wanted to play. In my book he's not close to Rubinstein or Arrau, but that's my opinion

@ml-zj4oh

10 ай бұрын

rotfl @@VivaRenata 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@gerhardprochazka2984

7 ай бұрын

​@@VivaRenataare you that perfect?

@VivaRenata

7 ай бұрын

@@gerhardprochazka2984 Can you even read? I expressed an opinion and that does not mean that I make any claim to perfection. It's a good thing people have different likes and dislikes, otherwise it would be a very boring life.

@Verdeazulgris

3 ай бұрын

​​@@VivaRenataPues tienes razón. Yo personalmente adoro a Horowitz pero es inadmisible que se permitan comentarios tan estúpidos diciendo a alguien que da su opinión "eres tú más perfecto?"😳😰 Luego dicen de Tiktok que allí vale todo... Al menos allí cada vez se censura más a estos tipejos, denuncias un comentario igual o más suave, y lo eliminan en pocas horas 😎

Had the privilege and immense satisfaction of hearing this genius live twice. Once in Severance Hall (Cleveland) for a return after many years of silence. The recital lasted almost 4 hours: encores, encores, encores. The public was wild, people were crying with joy when he appeared and with sadness when he signalled 'enough'. One of the most memorable moment of my life.

@tongcai6857

5 жыл бұрын

Sadly, Those times are gone. The world has moved on to a different era of music, but we can all enjoy what we have. You are very lucky to have heard this Master play.

@NoferTrunions

4 жыл бұрын

1976, right?

@georgesclermont1911

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoferTrunions I would have said '74 but it might have been '76. No later

@vladimirgurevich3656

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoferTrunions 1986 or 1987

@NN-vn3bs

3 жыл бұрын

Vienna 1987

I am in tears hearing him play so heavenly and intens beautiful. Never heard shubert like this. Wish I had seen Horowitz live! Love his playing!

@user-ne7qq2rq6x

11 ай бұрын

😅❤❤❤❤❤😮さ😮😮😅😂🎉

@filipsakowski4492

10 ай бұрын

What's crazy is that the people who have seen him live say the recordings, beautiful as they are, don't give him justice at all

@user-dc2lq2bz8e

9 ай бұрын

Волшебное pianissimo...Как уход в другую реальность...Столько оказывается в ней света...покоя...тишины для души...😊

Little did the audience realize they were about to witness the finest performance of controlled emotion on the piano realized by any artist or composer ever. A lucky bunch to have the opportunity to have a first row seat to what has to be the most touching piece and performance I’ve ever heard. Bravo Mr. Horowitz. Bravo

@galept

2 ай бұрын

Funny enough, I read that he had crippling stage fright. Almost wouldn't walk out on stage sometimes, but always did. I remember watching a longer clip of this performance and, at the beginning, when he sits down to play he looks out and stares at the audience. My mother and grandmother were pianists and said that was a huge "no-no". Apparently it's a clear sign he's thinking about others. Once he gets going, I'm sure it all goes away, and he becomes who we know he is.

This is why people would camp out overnight, in the rain, to buy a ticket to a Horowitz concert.

@philliphamilton3591

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I’d be first in the queue. Pure magic!

@Powerslider

3 жыл бұрын

That is so epic. His music is pure gold.

@bigchungus9740

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I could hear him I only got into classical music when I was around 7 because I started learning piano at 6 and now that I’m 12 I’ve missed the chance but at least I have these videos

@TheYoshi463

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigchungus9740 What are you talking about? Horowitz has been dead for a long time now...

@Elitistt

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheYoshi463 He's obviously saying he wishes he was able to have heard him when he was alive.

This is absolutely ethereal.

@vitiachao9765

5 жыл бұрын

Celestial.

Jak citlivě a něžně podáno - jako pohlazení od dítěte... Neuvěřitelné s ohledem na jeho věk.... Díky za nahrávku a pozdravuji všechny z Rakovnicka v České republice.

Oh, God, what a soulful performance of Schubert, as if music is born from nothingness and takes possession of the soul, filling it with bright joy and the dream of bliss.

@ordinaryguy815

Жыл бұрын

Perfectly worded

@PhilMatous

Жыл бұрын

Elena, that is the most beautiful definition of music I've ever heard, although I would substitute God for nothingness

@vickiehorowitz1934

2 ай бұрын

This is a performance that always gives me chills. There are no words for this feeling. Thank you, maestro.

It’s like he and the piano are reminiscing of times long past. He merely rests his hands on an old friend and they talk, like a final farewell. Peaceful, beautiful.

@ronaldbarnett2025

4 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said.

@catherinecessna

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful comment.

@fourstrings48

3 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful and moving comment! I thank you for having made it....

@jamesa8705

3 жыл бұрын

Your simple and beautiful comment makes one enjoy the performance even more. Thank you!

@taniacummings9207

3 жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful description, thank you. I watch this so often and it never fails to thrill. I am in awe.

whenever i listen to this play, i feel like i'm at the last chapter of my life, silently remembering past days with a slight sense of nostalgia, but without longing for going back. it's lonely but not sad. peaceful, meditative, and simply beautiful.

@BrianaAugustine

4 жыл бұрын

D Kay I totally hear that in this music too

@NessaFlower3592

4 жыл бұрын

Beautifully put.

@jeffphillips7267

4 жыл бұрын

It's called reconciliation ... we should all be so lucky at the end.

@user-rk1pb6kg9r

3 жыл бұрын

Schubert composed this piece not quite far away from his death while sick, so I also play it assuming he would have looked back at his life while composing it.

@4Topwood

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-rk1pb6kg9r Actually, Schubert composed this before his final illness. He was making plans for his future right up until he became ill.

Just listened again and clearly discern that no one else captures Schubert's piece nearly as well as Horowitz. This performance is brilliant and perfection beyond words. We are very fortunate that we have this to enjoy forever now that Horowitz is gone. Guy in Columbia Mississippi

@Ernesto7608

Ай бұрын

"No one else" is an exaggeration in a population of 8 billion! You cannot possibly have heard everyone who plays or played this music.

@charlesfoster141

25 күн бұрын

@@Ernesto7608 idiot

ホロビッツの音はなんて温かいんでしょう。 全てを包み込みます。 一音一音が独立してる、それでいてすばらしい調和。

Came from TwoSet's video. What a masterpiece. The melody is like an endless river, full of emotion.

@Zanarkand102

4 жыл бұрын

That B-Flat tho...

@hnywening6080

4 жыл бұрын

Haha! Same! I had been listening to Khatia Buniatshvili's recording before. I'm amazed how different the sound quality of the pianos they play sound, let alone their interpretation. I found the piano Khatia played is much more mellow and warm. Both of the recordings become extremely more interesting if you compare the two. : ) kzread.info/dash/bejne/fomklNdyp6yXlrw.html

@hom2fu

4 жыл бұрын

#4 also good too

@joaopedrolessa2242

4 жыл бұрын

There is no one better than “The Old Horowitz” . He might not have the perfect technique anymore, but surely had the best interpretation

@linglingpractice40yearsada96

4 жыл бұрын

me too, and yes it is

I Imagine Schubert ringing the church bell to cherish this outstanding performance of this humble man ...

brings me back to when my grandfather used to play this in his study. Brings up such powerful emotions.

@joserolz8831

8 ай бұрын

Brings ME back to my Dad who played this piece beautifully. He was a great admirer of Mr. Horowitz.

This is my favorite performance of Horowitz. Whenever I listen to his performance of Schubert, I feel very comforted. A ray of light in a painful life. Thanks to his performance, I continue to live my life.

@mikolajochocki2810

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this

@ohmygodtheywereroommates1272

Жыл бұрын

this is my favorite performance of my favorite piece of music ever, I understand my friend

@peterarthur3380

Жыл бұрын

"......A ray of light in a painful life....".... All of your words move me so much - they are so personal, yet they could be about every human being in the world. No one gets through this life without pain (however fleeting)..... and some people have to endure harrowing pain for a long time. How good it is then that one can listen to classical music masterpieces such as Schubert's Impromptu No. 3, beautifully interpreted and performed by the inimitable Mr. Horowitz. So much has changed in the world since COVID-19 came to cause us grief, but great music and great musicmaking endures.... May this always be the case! Many more blessings, Peter

@kathleencook3060

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful comments. I am speechless. But you have found the words I can feel when I hear the Maestro play. Thank you.

@akb2756

Жыл бұрын

Yes... I think it's sweetly melancholic - which is how I feel so often. I'm a pianist but haven't played this...I don't know whether I could manage his sweet serenity.

魂の声を、そのまま鍵盤に映しとったような音の数々。どんなに時代が変わろうとも、人の心を動かす稀代の名演奏だと思う。

To me this is the best interpretation of this piece. Much slower but with perfect sound control.

@Star_Sn1per

6 жыл бұрын

I think Alfred Brendel does it best tbh

@user-vl8gn1kf8e

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!!!

@stephanvandermerwe

6 жыл бұрын

I agree; everyone these days think that speed is a artistic virtue -it is not! A magnificent performance -from one of the 20th century's greatest pianists.

@Binnebrook

6 жыл бұрын

Such a generous, gracious tempo. Heartbreaking....

@Binnebrook

6 жыл бұрын

My goodness, he barely moves his hands...

I was a member of the National Fraternity of Student Musicians as a child, and auditioned under the great Horowitz, (probably about age 8 or 9, (I don't remember the date without looking it up) but I was too young to understand what a great privilege it was until much later in my life. I still have the scorecard signed by him in my collection of various treasures. My parents took us to various concerts by the great performers of the time. Young, I'd often get a bit antsy but was rapt during the ballets! Later, as a young adult, I performed with orchestras both with the flute and guest artist on the piano. Later I performed as a singer and entertainer in nightclubs playing the usual standards, which I learned by ear. Now, I'm back to enjoying these great famous classical numbers again.

Nach Jahren wieder zufällig drauf gestoßen. Mir kommen die Tränen 😢❤

I only had the good fortune to hear Horowitz in concert twice. The first time was his last appearance in the Los Angeles area at the Hollywood Bowl before his first retirement. The second time was his first appearance in the Los Angeles area at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena after coming out of retirement about twenty years later. So I actually attended two of his concerts back to back, but twenty years apart. He was wonderful!

@charliecasson1643

4 жыл бұрын

Larry Gott you are a very lucky man

@lespaullespaul

4 жыл бұрын

you are so lucky..

@yalyn8840

4 жыл бұрын

Very lucky...

@usgamewolf6979

4 жыл бұрын

Thats amazing

@darkjakson

4 жыл бұрын

Cool you are very lucky Shuberts musique can help body to be healty

This is pure magic...brings tears every time I hear it...

This piece means a lot to me Can't stop weeping tears every time hearing it and thinking about how short Schubert's life is :"(

@user-jc7xn1xf2h

11 ай бұрын

How true and deeply moving!

@demiankim3200

6 ай бұрын

Me to

@demiankim3200

6 ай бұрын

Sorry Its me too

That calm almost rested hands on the keys. That is some legend playing.

O, Боже, какое одухотворенное исполнение Шуберта, словно музыка рождается из небытия и овладевает душой, наполняя ее светлой радостью и мечтой блаженства.

@gregciach1920

Жыл бұрын

Правда! А всё таки вы напали на Укрину...

Раньше думал, что играть Шуберта должны такие же молодые, как и автор. Для трогательного романтического подхода. Горовиц же смог не только передать романтический настрой, но и показать ту мудрую глубину, которая заложена в произведениях юного гения! Спасибо!

Words fail me to express the beauty of this performance!!!!

One of the most beautiful pieces of Schubert which brings me to tears sometimes. A feeling of total surrender, deep peace and no movement, everything is forgiven, you may be exactly who you are, and where you are. A total release of all need to struggle on the level of the soul.

@valueape888

3 жыл бұрын

Well said

@interviewsfortheworld3076

3 жыл бұрын

Very beautifully said!

@basilrana8657

3 жыл бұрын

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@beunaventura66

Жыл бұрын

I love your interpretation

Это чудо.Такое проникновенное исполнение гениальной музыки.Вечная память Шуберту и Великому Пианисту.

@gregciach1920

Жыл бұрын

Правда! А всё таки вы напали на Укрину...

@larisatarabaeva5461

Жыл бұрын

@@gregciach1920 , правда и истина не всегда одно и тоже... примите это в расчет, когда начнете пороть очередную чушь. Лучше музыку слушайте.

@markdenemark7298

Жыл бұрын

@@larisatarabaeva5461 А пример, когда истина отличается от правды, привести можно, мадам?

@gregciach1920

Жыл бұрын

@@markdenemark7298 - ;)

@olivianorton215

8 ай бұрын

@@gregciach1920 напали нелюди, а не русский народ.

SCHUBERT...veličanstven i nenadmašan u svemu!!!🌏🕊️🌞✨🦜🌻

This is an amazing performance. I've listened to it 1000 times, it never ceases to amaze me!

A student admirer said to Horowitz, ' I'd give my life to play like you'. Horowitz replied 'I did'.

@divyap4357

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't that Heifetz.

@happypiano4810

3 жыл бұрын

@@divyap4357 Yup.

@arthursparks-topic860

2 жыл бұрын

But I’d give my life to play like Horowitz

@arthursparks-topic860

2 жыл бұрын

He is just simply amazing

@arthursparks-topic860

2 жыл бұрын

And I’m only 10 years old and have been playing for 2 years

He seems to be playing this in heaven, and somehow communicating it to our earthly ears.

@interviewsfortheworld3076

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly right! Just as Schubert wanted to!

@bobosally

3 жыл бұрын

YES David, indeed! I had been listening to several other exquisite performances of this piece, then moments into this one, I said to myself outloud "The difference is,... this guy is already in heaven." Takes my breath away.

Minimum. That's how I would characterize that performance. He does not scream, he does, in fact, through the language of depth. He is not silent either. No mimics, no shaking of the head with hair sufficiently long for shallow drama, no desire to be necessarily liked. That happens when passion survives ego. And again, that happens to only a few. Horowitz's play is not an interpretation, he is, at that point, beyond the highest level of interpretation. His play is his own ode to what Schubert felt when he wrote the piece.

@OziCastle

9 ай бұрын

Whilst I agree with some of your points I don’t believe “mimic” or any sort of passionate physical movements are a show of ego over passion. Different people express there feelings in different ways and just because one prefers a certain way of expression does not mean it’s ok to class the latter anything less

@Watankatanka

9 ай бұрын

You are so right!@@OziCastle

sublime interprétation de M. Horowitz qui nous transporte dans un si bel univers musical -merci beaucoup ❣

Horowitz just understands this piece best. It has such a calm and sad melody, it sounds like a profound story someone tells.

@tzinasok1

5 жыл бұрын

exactly!

@junelucchesi5434

4 жыл бұрын

He had a most unique gift that nobody can come close

@alexlee1398

4 жыл бұрын

I thinks that you wrong is and but that you are is not good and were the soups are is a result of the Economist intelligence agency for international development of the fact of 2

@alexlee1398

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

@erhardgeiger6199

4 жыл бұрын

nothing is sad in this melody its a glory for a lot of, up to your imagination

Softly played at times, gentle, and emotionally strong at other times: Horowitz is very sensitive in his heart.

Horowitz acaricia las teclas, no las pulsa. Sublime.

il caresse les touches avec tant de tendresse! Un maître inégalé.

There is a microscopic delay before the third beat of the second bar that wraps the performance firmly around my attention and doesn't let go until the piece is at an end. Beyond mastery!

@kikinc32

3 ай бұрын

YES! Exactly this! 👆🏼

it makes me want to cry by its beauty I wonder what did he see in that piece

This rendition of this beautiful Schubert impromptu is so full of emotion and so powerful and calm at the same time. I find it difficult to put into words. Simply the best recording of this piece I have ever heard. I absolutely love his tempo.

Sublime. Nothing more need be said

Sublime Horowitz ancora una volta ai massimi livelli.

I Heard every version of this impromptu and this is my favorite at all!! No rush, calm and deep and meditational feeling! I’m sure schubert should be agree with me. All the interpreting over the world make of this piece a running champion of who is more fast but no! This is the right tempo for this impromptu! Noting more, nothing less! Thanks Horowitz 🙏 so deeper! So intense! What a beautiful soul!

@ferazrael

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@irinahutanu78

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful comment.

この演奏で私はいつも胸がいっぱいになる どんな言葉よりも私の心を揺さぶり慰めてくれる ホロヴィッツとピアノに深く感謝します

Es ist so, als könne es kaum eine andere Möglichkeit der Interpretation geben. Fantastisch.

This song gives me comfort and solace ,and heals my tired mind and sorrow , and melts away my suffering and grief .

@shin-i-chikozima

5 жыл бұрын

@oegaziz43 ありがとう❗お便り感謝しています‼️さようならです‼️ Thank-you very much to your reply . Take care of yourself Good luck ！

@shin-i-chikozima

5 жыл бұрын

@oegaziz43 Thank-you very much to your reply . 🍎

@guavajellyjam

5 жыл бұрын

True , so so true . It's pure solace .

@randiarikstad4752

4 жыл бұрын

And answer how it is possible to go on living.``?

@hushedmusic

4 жыл бұрын

« To love Schubert is to see the beauty hidden in the shades of everyday life and to understand the art of patience. » Khatia Buniatishvili

Horowitz literally plays as if he were in love with the piano. Maybe he was, it is absolutely perfect. The new generation, like Anastasia Huppmann and Lang Lang, are brilliant. Their technique is astonishing. Yet, they still cannot best pianists like Rubinstein and Horowitz. Not yet. They are virtuoso players and a joy to listen to. Good, even brilliant as they are, they still have to learn the quiet reflection that so enriched the performances of the old masters.

@danielmoser8814

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I realy love those young artists they are just awsome. But Rubinstein, Horowitz and for me Michelangeli are still immortal.

@labienus9968

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielmoser8814 Argerich commented that Horowitz is the the pianos greatest lover

@danielmoser8814

3 жыл бұрын

@@labienus9968 The pianos were all in love with him. Just listen.

@labienus9968

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielmoser8814 I don't understand your point? listen to Agerich's comment on the recent doct. on celebrating the Russia return-it's very touching, and if anybody knows what she's talking about, she would be the one kzread.info/dash/bejne/poyEzbWeicLghso.html

@joeperson448

2 жыл бұрын

There is no such thing as one pianist "besting" another. This is not an athletic competition in one of the sports with hard data, like weight-lifting. This is music, and it is all subjective.

What I love about Horowitz is that he gently, charms music out of the piano as if it is Aladdins lamp, without contorting like a snake charmer or pulling faces like clown. He is concentrating on the music and is not trying to convince his audience, with weird mannerisms, of his genius.

@leoross4918

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you, but I feel the mannerisms are often not voulentary and performers such as Lang Lang should not be ridiculed because of their way of connectiong with music.

@ullakorpi-anttila88

Жыл бұрын

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@ullakorpi-anttila88

Жыл бұрын

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@ullakorpi-anttila88

Жыл бұрын

What a fine comment - exactly !!!!!

@davidmintzer3743

11 ай бұрын

He seems to wave his hands over the keys and conjure up beautiful sounds. Amazing artist.

I've been listening to this amazing performance so many times, that I'm actually missing the 'church bells' (around 2.20) when I listen to a different one 😅. For me this video is one of KZread's gems...

@Me-uv6kc

Жыл бұрын

I love the church bells lol, that's how I remember it was Horowitz and Schubert

In my opinion, this is just the best interpretation of this masterpiece. I've seen them all, but Horowitz... I dunno if it's only the "sound" or the fact that he doesn't need to swing around to produce such an effect. I did try to listen to other interpretation eyes closed, but in reality this one for my tastes is just gold rain coming from heaven, and i cry every time I listen it. Rest in peace.

Schubert is sublime in many pianists hands but here Horowitz is unique with his very own unsophistcated interpretative skill which nobody can criticise. The fingering, the beauty of sound in the most pianissimo parts sends a shiver down the spine, Rubinstein was my idol for years, but the more I hear Horowitz the less I listen to Rubinstein, I love both but..........

@turalf.9039

9 жыл бұрын

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@cosmofox

9 жыл бұрын

professordodo1 That you say "unsophisticated" is interesting. I don't know the difference between pianists but this word suggests a rare quality that transcends technical skill, in any art. "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Da Vinci

@raceputin2738

7 жыл бұрын

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I feel like without all the expressions and dramatic faces other pianists pull, this performance is showing us pure, raw emotion through a lifetime of dedication to music, no showbiz, no clown faces, just him and his piano making beautiful music together

@ullakorpi-anttila88

11 ай бұрын

Honesty and earnesty in this performance brings out the true beauty of the music - and it touches the deepest recesses of my soul...

@nikitaedell

11 ай бұрын

if the looks influences you, than you are not listening properly

@Menarecuteaaa

11 ай бұрын

@@nikitaedell my point is that if this man stays completely still and produces music more beautiful than most other pianists who are very theatrical and dramatic with their movements, then there is no point in making all the excessive movements

@nikitaedell

11 ай бұрын

@@Menarecuteaaa ok? they dont do the movements to Express more or looke more expressive its literally just natural

@ratpoison1000

11 ай бұрын

​@@nikitaedell don't act dumb, you know what they talkin about

Можно ли словами выразить наслаждение от услышанного!!! Такого пианиста природа повторить не в состоянии. Услышав, поверишь в божественность миросоздания.

@gregciach1920

Жыл бұрын

Правда! А всё таки вы напали на Укрину...

@user-rv5gi7hv6c

6 ай бұрын

@@gregciach1920 бери шинель и лезь в окоп .

@user-rv5gi7hv6c

6 ай бұрын

послушайте в исполнении Дениса Паскаля .

@caelislilia

5 ай бұрын

​@@gregciach1920Arts means Peaceful men...

Makes my spirit soar every time I hear the Maestro perform this divine Serenade! Sincere thanks. Again!

3:39 the nuances leading up to that high G is just one of the most beautiful things I've ever experienced.

I'm a non-musician person and don't have enough knowledge about it but I came here because I watched twosets' video and I don't understand why this struck me the most.. it sure is interesting how his hands are just resting on the keys cause some people I saw, express it through their faces, body, and their hands by moving but everything in this piece is so good and this makes me cry.. everything about it.. it touched every part of my soul.

@ullakorpi-anttila88

Жыл бұрын

You must then be wrong about being non-musical - you seem to understand the language of music...

@severinacappelletti8364

Жыл бұрын

Il miracolo della musica...

@ullakorpi-anttila88

Жыл бұрын

@@severinacappelletti8364 thank you for your comment. Yes, Vladimir Horowitz plays incredible beautifully - there is such tranquility.

@severinacappelletti8364

Жыл бұрын

@@ullakorpi-anttila88 Grazie Ulla per la tua gentile risposta. Io sono una nonna di 80 anni e scrivo da Brescia (Italia) e tu di che Paese sei? Scusa la curiosità ma io studio tedesco e spagnolo all'università della terza età però conosco anche il francese e l'inglese. Un caro saluto e buona domenica 🙏💕🖐

@ullakorpi-anttila88

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your reply. Sorry, I don't much understand your language. But as much: we both love this music - Vladimir Horowitz is, in my opinion, one of the greatest pianists, and he plays this music with such sensitivity and tranquility I'm 79 years, and I live in Finland, Turku city. My warmest regards to you!

Two years before dying...it's like a miracle.

There is some magic that Horowitz has, where he is IN the moment, and one is pulled in continuously because there is nothing "abstracted" or rote-predictable in the unfolding of note and phrase. After decades and decades, I am usually still sitting on the edge of my seat for this fresh unfolding of the musical moment. There are a few, older European, I think, vinyl recordings where I do not sense this "in the moment quality." My first Horowitz album was Chopin Sonata in B flat minor, at age 12. Years later, after a tour in the Army, and living as a civilian in Germany for 3 years, I got to hear him in Dallas, Texas; I was finishing undergrad and Pre-Med. I had no idea what he would be playing that day, but my heart lept with the opening bars of that Sonata. It was utterly fresh!!! That lucidity and endless variety of tone rang and pulsated in the concert hall. Reading the Wikipedia article on Vladimir H. recently (I had not ever looked it up before), it cited his "direct emotional connection with his hearers." Limbic system and heart intelligence of the artist resonating and creating sympathetic resonance in the limbic systems and heart-minds of many hearers over place and time. A wonder, I ween.

Without hesitation the best interpretation.

@michaelsegelman3796

5 жыл бұрын

The pure musician always hesitates... Of course Vladimir Samoylovich is great...but such a firm statement without listening to the Great Russians (or even Great Soviets) like Boshniakovich, Sofronitsky is a bit exaggeration:)

@pietrospano78

5 жыл бұрын

"Capriccio" kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWiK0MmopKWciKg.html

@richardbautista503

5 жыл бұрын

Until khatia buniatishvilli came along

@patrickheurley2686

5 жыл бұрын

@@richardbautista503 NON ...

@patrickheurley2686

5 жыл бұрын

Et pourtant j'adore K. Buniatishvili ..

Le contrôle absolu de son Art: une précision millimétrique derrière une apparente simplicité, la beauté et l'émotion délivrées en cadeau.

The first 10 seconds listening to this my teardrops are just flowing. This was so beautiful. Horowitz has no equal.

I love how his hands lay at the keys and such beautiful music emerges so effortlessly

@sneddley

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, with his hands calm and flat on the keys, he looks and sounds to me like one conjuring up spirits on a quija board.

From Horowitz's wikipedia page - Horowitz's hand position was unusual in that the palm was often below the level of the key surface. He frequently played chords with straight fingers, and the little finger of his right hand was often curled up until it needed to play a note; to Harold C. Schonberg, "it was like a strike of a cobra."[1] For all the excitement of his playing, Horowitz rarely raised his hands higher than the piano's fallboard. His body was immobile, and his face seldom reflected anything other than intense concentration.

@erwinschrodinger2546

3 жыл бұрын

It's interesting that Art Tatum frequently had his palm below the key surface level with his fingers rather flat. I bet that both Horowitz and Tatum could have been really good if they had only learned how to play properly.

@ExEnTriK

3 жыл бұрын

Erwin Schrödinger Horowitz is literally one of the greatest of all times. Just because he can’t play 12 notes a second, or some flashy, high brow triumphant Liszt garbage the way a show pianist like Lang Lang would doesn’t mean he’s not “playing properly”.

@murdo_mck

3 жыл бұрын

@@ExEnTriK He was being ironic.

@arturobelano6243

3 жыл бұрын

@@ExEnTriK >is called chopin

@javascriptkiddie2718

3 жыл бұрын

@@ExEnTriK youre a moron

From my perspective, this is the best rendition ever of this beautiful piece of music ... tender ... and heartfelt.

@Ernesto7608

Ай бұрын

You must hear other renditions too. There are excellent performances of this music that may be different, but equally good.

@junevandermark952

Ай бұрын

@@Ernesto7608 All the other renditions I heard were more aggressive, as though the performers were trying to prove a point, rather than allowing the music itself to prove the point.

경건한마음으로 삶을되돌아보게하네요 워낙좋아하는곡이기도하지만 연로한 호로비츠가 연주하는걸보며 나도모르게 많은눈물을흘렸습니다 종소리마저 성스럽습니다.

I imagined I was watching from the audience as I listened to this and it brought tears to my eyes. Still crying now after it has finished, mourning the beauty that had passed.

every single time I hear this recording I feel the first tears in my eyes after 8 seconds. from another world.

..den Alltag hinter sich lassen, sich Entspannung gönnen und einfach schweben mit der Melodie von F.Schubert 🫠👏

It is amazing how he brings out certain themes on different notes without hardly moving his fingers and his signature FLAT handed playing style where he is still able to generate so much power...in a class by himself.

I like how he plays music. It's like the music is just playing out of the piano. I don't actually know how to put it, but he plays so smoothly. And the fact that he can play without much movement makes it even better because it's like we could only focus on the piece.

@rafalolz1

3 жыл бұрын

He asks the piano to sing for him, and it does. His fingers sculpt the piece like a potter with clay, gently molding and coaxing the melody to perfection. This might be a little out there but it's like he never plays a single note, only entire phrases. The notes meld into the background to let the phrase and emotion take center stage

@ElliotIddon18

3 жыл бұрын

Rafael Hoek Gay

Puts a tear in my eye that there are so many piano legends i will never hear. But this makes up for it.

Indeed that piano is an extension of him. A true master of not only himself but his art as well. ❤

The articulation, dynamics, flow and balance of this emotional piece is very powerful. 🎹 Love d it.

Quel maître! Je suis toujours impressionné par le positionnement de ses mains et forcément la force développée par ses doigts pour obtenir un rendu aussi sublime.

A masterpiece playing a masterpiece on a masterpiece. As GOOD as it gets..

Nick…. Your love of beautiful music is a wonderful gift to share with us idiots. It feels like he is weeping through his fingers. Thank you!!!! ❤️🥑❤️🥑❤️🥑❤️

I am in tears thinking of poor Schubert putting his heart and soul into this music, knowing well his life was nearing the end because of disease. It's much like listening "Im Abendrot" sung by Hans Hotter. All lives have their own end in different ways.

I have never heard a piano sound so incredibly beautiful as this!