Actually in spite of many people complaining about this being posted, i believe that this needs to stay here. It shows that even the greatest of artists are human beings and that underperforming is not a crime. Many young artists and performers today are afraid of making a mistake or beat themselves up when they underperform, and thus, encouraging the toxic archetype of approaching arts and performance in general. My respect for mr. Horowitz can only get bigger after seing this because this inspires me and many of my colleagues around the world to never give up and to have patience with themselves and that non of us is beyond human.
I agree 100%. Horowitz was not only one of the greatest pianists who ever lived, he also was, similar as Daniel Barenboim, Peter Ustinov or Yehudi Menuhin a great and human ambassador of reconciliation and world understanding after the cruel world war. There were so many musicians who articulated irreconcilability, from George Solti to pop musicians like Andre Rieu or actors like Catherine Deneuve or Claudia Cardinale. Shame on this! Horowitz, however, was always a philanthropist and preached forgiveness, understanding and friendship between peoples. I admired this man, who had to experience so much terrible in his life, for his great soul. And if he had made a hundred more issues in this etude, I would still have hugged him for his humanity - and his great art. I am glad that this video is available. It shows that he was also human, by no means perfect, and yet much greater than many others who can be celebrated! After this video, my respect is much bigger than before!
@@nikithilda7166 Not really, he played Chopin's Opus 53 Polonaise spectacularly in 1985. I mean it was flawless, the only problem was arguably that the piano was out of tune. I think he really did play remarkably even in his final years. This was just not the Horowitz we are used to.
@@nikithilda7166 the age is not a problem, he was high on antidepressants and was also drinking a lot, he returned 2 years later and played like a god again
Especially with drugs. Look at Glenn Gould studio assistants had to remind him of details he'd make in one session and then ... Gould gave in to the habit of depending on drugs like a moviestar and Samson Francoisdid the same . It's a shame of course. Horowitz told the doctors no and he triumphed !
This pains me to watch, he is great nonetheless. This was a very hard time for him, suffering depression and a loss of a loved one.. I can’t imagine. This is still important to listen to, it shows the state of his soul shattered but his signature sound still shines through if you listen closely enough. Great Horowitz, always!
In the end we have more than sufficient evidence of Horowitz where he is beyond incredible. Clearly his mind is masked to a certain degree in this concert and it was remarkable that he could still get through it aside from all the technical issues
Anyone who dislikes this cannot hear the greatness present in the soul of Horowitz. Even with all the mistakes we all heard, the musicality in his playing is way more present than in today's standardized performances. At 80 years old we are all going to be retired and Horowitz was still performing. Imagine how hard it was for him, he clearly knows that he had seen better days but he did not give up and tried to deliver his best at that time. You will be always remembered Mr. Horowitz, thank you!
At least we get the human side - and although he is not _my_ personal favourite - this video makes me love him 500% more - I don't want perfect. I want humanity and this has it in buckets.
@@wei2190sd Alas, the plain cold truth hurts. Nonetheless, we can still feel compassion for his condition that time and recognize that despite being a subpar performance, some of his characteristic colors & nuance shine through.
@@basilershov5075 not really. Sonia died in 1975 and he even didn't cancel his concerts. He was under the effects of drugs and alcohol for another reasons.....
Smortnt one of his depressions. In 1983 he was still under heavy pharmaceutical treatments which were impairing his playing. He got off of them in 1984-5
The man was in a bad shape at the time, and it’s painful to see how unhappy he is with what he just gave the audience. As terrible though it is to watch this, as comforting it is to know that he recovered and once again became the Horowitz that will resound through the ages.
I believe that Aaron Rosand told me about this concert many years ago. I'd forgotten about it until I came across this video. There's really point in putting this up.
Even though he makes a lot of mistakes, this is still great music as he adds all these colour to music. In spite of the mis-touches, I can hear that he values all the sounds
There is very little to no chance performance like this could take place nowadays. There is endless number of young pianists performing this piece near flawlessly.
Technical flawlessness does not express individuality which is aquired through the decades. It may please some ears not to ear technical imperfection but i personnaly much prefer expressive and sensibility which Horowitz incarnate. That, is verya rare nowadays.
This comment makes no sense. Musicians past their prime play concerts all the time; audiences come for the personality and the memories, not the technique. Is Perlman as good as he was? No. Would you turn down a ticket? No.
@@alsosprecheichzarathustra8445 respect him with that age, when we are old, we hoping can play as good as he does. This one is due to his human error performance.
I heard him play that year in Philadelphia. Not his best outing, by a long stretch. It is a good thing that he got his act together for the last few years of his life.
@RModillo My name is Sam and I am currently doing research on the life of Vladimir Horowitz to present in a UA-cam documentary, and I am doing some extremely careful digging of the nadir of his career (1982-83). I am going around to ask people such as yourself to kindly elaborate on how he played certain pieces and how the experience was compared to other (more famous) concerts of said year. I was wanting to know what you thought of the individual pieces that he played that day - I ask out of sheer curiosity because a recording of Schumann’s Carnaval is on UA-cam from the 1983 Philadelphia concert you attended. The playing is extremely sloppy yet super energetic. Was that energy carried out through the concert, or just through the Carnaval? I did find out that the Philadelphia concert was the first one Volodya played that year, so that carries quite a bit of value. If you can, it’d be great if you could recollect how he played each individual piece from that concert (Beethoven Op 101, Carnaval, Polonaise-Fantaisie, Etudes Op. 10 No. 8, Op. 25 No. 10 and No. 7, and Polonaise Op. 53). Compared to Tokyo, was his Philadelphia concert better or worse?
This is shockingly bad playing from one of the greatest pianists who ever lived. But we know what caused it -- he was medicated at the time. He must have known that he couldn't play, so I'm surprised that he appeared in public in this condition. But the great pianist was still in there, as proven by the Moscow recital 3 years later, where he played magnificently and, based on what has been publicly reported, the medication that caused the problems in 1983 was a thing of the past in 1986. Hearing him like this reminds me a bit of Cortot at the end of his life where he simply could not play the piano, a man who had been a great virtuoso (listen to the recording of the Chopin Etudes, made in his pianistic prime, and his astonishing recording of the Chopin b-minor Sonata). I believe Cortot's problems were also, at least in part, due to drug use. I do not know the details.
Thank you for knowing the facts and not condescending! Horowitz was Horowitz for god’s sake. We don’t need to coddle him and say “there there.” He knew he was subpar here. He even returned to Japan after he got off the meds!
That concert was not all that bad. The etudes were the worse part, but the Beethoven, Schumann and the Chopin's Fantasie were very interesting even if not perfect.
That's because Etudes generally have to be executed near perfectly in order to sound good. They are exercises in technicality, after all, not so much in musicality (although of course one must extract all the musicality possibly found in the notes).
Chopin would have approved this performance. Young pianists today fly through this exquisitely elegant and beautiful etude at supersonic speeds and lose its essence and meaning. Horowitz brings out the bass melody beautifully and prominently with the right hand as a whirling accompaniment .
Not even close. He’s playing poorly. He was drug-addled. He stopped and the beauty returned a couple years later. And I bet you can’t even name five current classical pianists.
Thank you for uploading this video I’ll keep it in my memory!!!!!!! Because it is a UNIQUE CASE when the SOUL dominates your MIND and you can’t control it- all what’s in soul goes to the music and becomes one piece......
Amazing performance! Musically, it is unmatched: his unique style is still there, his unique use of pedalling is there (despite making his mistakes all the more obvious), everything is still there! From a technical standpoint, this performance is far below the standard of any professional pianist, let alone Horowitz. But the mistakes, the articulation difficulties (all the more shocking seeing as he never had trouble with this, and never did again, even after his recovery 2 years later), they reflect the troubles that Horowitz was experiencing that year. I find that this performance, like all his others, reflects his human side, his emotions, his personality, his soul. In the end, isn't that what music is about?
You have to be nigh on 100% fit to play at best. The thing here is that you have a truly great pianist playing Chopin but being let down by health. The recording made many years earlier demonstrates the greatness of Vladimir and as musicians we can " fill in the gaps " here knowing that mastery lay beneath.
Yuck. He hesitates before playing. I feel his nervousness. He is not prepared and it scares the hell out of him. It must have been horrible for him to endure this.
Leading up to this concert tour Horowitz was very depressed because of the death of his daughter and his many (inevitably) unsuccessful attempts to repress his homosexuality through conversion therapy. He had started taking antidepressants and developed a bit of a drinking problem, leading to some physical and mental deterioration. Fortunately he managed to recover and up to his death delivered many amazing concerts in the years afterwards.
gosh, this is here to remind us it's ok to make mistakes sometimes, but only at home or when you're old, for young pianists today, this prob would ruin your career. God bless our souls for whatever inappropriate thought we have hearing this vid.
Phrasing and speed? What a pile of shit. It is unfair to just brand all Asians as machines with no emotion, simply because they actually hit the notes correctly! I think a lot of these “Asians” can actually be arrogant show-offs, but let’s be honest Horowitz also shows off a lot.
Es muy triste, el mejor pianista de todos los tiempos con 80 AÑOS tocando ULTRAMEDICADO por antidepresivos. Di lo mejor de sí. Y eso es lo que hace un verdadero hombre. En su caso hizo incluso más!! 😢
He actually died 6 years after this performance. Well he did play some nice plays even after this,, So I can't tell why he was so bad when he played this one. Maybe he was sick? or was his condition too bad at the day?
Este es uno de ellos... es la perfección de la imperfección de los últimos años de horowitz y puede que tenga fallos pero hasta los fallos acompañan a su manera de expresar este estudio que lo mezcla todo juntando una actuación que hasta hoy en día no la he visto
@@MarcoThepianist hola!!!! Soy un gran admirador de Horowitz, pero una de las cualidades de los verdaderamente grandes, es que te pueden dar momentos sublimes y momentos mediocres, por eso son geniales. Intento ser objetivo y no dejarme llevar por la admiración. Un saludo.
He is ding some "poetic" things that are good ideas but the playing here is so bad because his doctors had him on drugs that did not allow him to apply himself. I know Wandaand he had already signed contracts and had obligations . He does interpretive things that are interesting the long c in the beginning sudden sforzatos many things that no artist would do if they wanted to be remembered eternally -fortunately inother times in his life playing this etude . The wonderful thing is we get to hear him Playing With the music in a way artists might do on stage but never in studio recordings left for posterity . Their is till magic in how he can alter a touch or attack-he does things drugged up lesser mortals can't do on their best day. Here his Schumann sounds in this same recital .Jorge Bolt had more technique but few have had the magic and inspired so much interest.
Ja, das können sie! Aber nicht Horowitz. Er hat sich aus dem Tief wieder aufgerichtet, noch etwa sechs Jahre lang großartige Konzerte gegeben. Daß dieses Video auch die verletzliche Seite dieses wunderbaren Menschen zeigt, der nicht nur einer der besten Pianisten aller Zeiten, sondern auch ein Menschenfreund und Botschafter der Versöhnung unter den Kriegsvölkern des 2. Weltkriegs war, macht ihn für mich umso näher, greifbarer, menschlicher, liebenswerter. Dieses Video hat meinen Respekt vor Horowitz nicht vermindert, sondern noch gesteigert! Viel mehr entsetzt hat mich übrigens folgendes Video eines chinesischen Geigers, der auf der Bühne zusammengebrochen ist. ua-cam.com/video/yXU0geryHuI/v-deo.html
Actually in spite of many people complaining about this being posted, i believe that this needs to stay here. It shows that even the greatest of artists are human beings and that underperforming is not a crime. Many young artists and performers today are afraid of making a mistake or beat themselves up when they underperform, and thus, encouraging the toxic archetype of approaching arts and performance in general. My respect for mr. Horowitz can only get bigger after seing this because this inspires me and many of my colleagues around the world to never give up and to have patience with themselves and that non of us is beyond human.
I agree 100%. Horowitz was not only one of the greatest pianists who ever lived, he also was, similar as Daniel Barenboim, Peter Ustinov or Yehudi Menuhin a great and human ambassador of reconciliation and world understanding after the cruel world war. There were so many musicians who articulated irreconcilability, from George Solti to pop musicians like Andre Rieu or actors like Catherine Deneuve or Claudia Cardinale. Shame on this!
Horowitz, however, was always a philanthropist and preached forgiveness, understanding and friendship between peoples. I admired this man, who had to experience so much terrible in his life, for his great soul. And if he had made a hundred more issues in this etude, I would still have hugged him for his humanity - and his great art.
I am glad that this video is available. It shows that he was also human, by no means perfect, and yet much greater than many others who can be celebrated! After this video, my respect is much bigger than before!
He was 80 years old at the moment, that explain a lot about this "under-perform"
@@nikithilda7166 Not really, he played Chopin's Opus 53 Polonaise spectacularly in 1985. I mean it was flawless, the only problem was arguably that the piano was out of tune. I think he really did play remarkably even in his final years. This was just not the Horowitz we are used to.
@@nikithilda7166 the age is not a problem, he was high on antidepressants and was also drinking a lot, he returned 2 years later and played like a god again
@Brian Andersen his daughter passed and he was depressed, that's why
Poor Horowitz.
1983 it was really a bad year for him.
They say that he was under anti depressants in that time.
Horowitz was human too. I think it is good for us to be reminded that no one is or was perfect.
Especially with drugs. Look at Glenn Gould studio assistants had to remind him of details he'd make in one session and then ... Gould gave in to the habit of depending on drugs like a moviestar and Samson Francoisdid the same . It's a shame of course. Horowitz told the doctors no and he triumphed !
sad to see
This pains me to watch, he is great nonetheless. This was a very hard time for him, suffering depression and a loss of a loved one.. I can’t imagine. This is still important to listen to, it shows the state of his soul shattered but his signature sound still shines through if you listen closely enough. Great Horowitz, always!
Why was he depressed, can anyone explain?
@@Smortnt he was struggling mourning the death of his only daughter.. He was on heavy antidepressants and alcohol at the same time.
@@Rachman01 ohh
@@Rachman01 I'd never heard about the alcohol but I know doctors had him on some drugs which obviously affected his playing and Thinking!
Not such a sunny sunshine for him!
In the end we have more than sufficient evidence of Horowitz where he is beyond incredible. Clearly his mind is masked to a certain degree in this concert and it was remarkable that he could still get through it aside from all the technical issues
Anyone who dislikes this cannot hear the greatness present in the soul of Horowitz. Even with all the mistakes we all heard, the musicality in his playing is way more present than in today's standardized performances. At 80 years old we are all going to be retired and Horowitz was still performing. Imagine how hard it was for him, he clearly knows that he had seen better days but he did not give up and tried to deliver his best at that time. You will be always remembered Mr. Horowitz, thank you!
Excelente comentario! Horowitz sigue siendo el number one!
There is another recording of him playing this study when he was young. It is an amazing performance.
Where
@@lihungmo9257 ua-cam.com/video/__GiNRtdJFs/v-deo.html
Yes,and there is also the performance from his return recital 9.5.1965.
ua-cam.com/video/-KvupEy2Nd0/v-deo.htmlsi=QvI_j3ZIg2mpzY2q@@lihungmo9257
and a dazzling performance of this etude on his return to Carnegie Hall in 1965.
anyway it’s comforting to know that two years later he returned well :)
I don’t know why, but it’s very painful and sad for me to watch this video.
No matter what, he is still my favorite pianist!
At least we get the human side - and although he is not _my_ personal favourite - this video makes me love him 500% more - I don't want perfect. I want humanity and this has it in buckets.
@@schubertuk fr
Despite wrong notes, it is emotionally outstanding!
No.
@@wei2190sd you don’t understand why it was played like this this year was terrible for him loss of his daughter, alcoholism and in anti depressants
@@nasirferguson4098 I´m just saying it´s not "emotionally outstanding". It´s a sloppy performance. And he is my idol.
@@wei2190sd Alas, the plain cold truth hurts. Nonetheless, we can still feel compassion for his condition that time and recognize that despite being a subpar performance, some of his characteristic colors & nuance shine through.
Imperfection build up perfection; which is the most beautiful part of arts. I enjoy this video a lot.
So sad to see this men under a depression again.
Gedackt 8 but what made him to fail into the depression?😯
@@denissusica320 his daughter's suicide.
@@basilershov5075 not really. Sonia died in 1975 and he even didn't cancel his concerts. He was under the effects of drugs and alcohol for another reasons.....
kaleidoscopio5 and what was the reason
@@mingzelipiano0920
Hiding his homosexuality? That could have made him depressive. Sad...
he shredded it completely, but i still love him
He was 80 years old here!!
No! He was 77!
Justin Ohara two years later he recovered and played like a God again!
@@andream.464 recovered from what?
Smortnt one of his depressions. In 1983 he was still under heavy pharmaceutical treatments which were impairing his playing. He got off of them in 1984-5
@@andream.464 why was he depressed?
In queste condizioni riesce comunque ad essere più interessante del 99% dei pienisti di oggi. E' un grande. Sempre. Comunque.
The man was in a bad shape at the time, and it’s painful to see how unhappy he is with what he just gave the audience. As terrible though it is to watch this, as comforting it is to know that he recovered and once again became the Horowitz that will resound through the ages.
Horowitz num dia infeliz ainda é melhor do que muita gente num dia feliz.
If this had been the only recording of Horowitz's that had survived his greatness would still have shined through.
Hahahaha. No way. Sounds like a dog slamming paws on keys.
@@danielwilkins6302 Is that all you hear? You don't hear the mind behind the performance?
@@iianneill6013 I hear a feeble old man trying to play the piano. It's sad.
@@danielwilkins6302 Yes, it's sad. But anyone can hear the great interpreter behind the mistakes.
I believe that Aaron Rosand told me about this concert many years ago. I'd forgotten about it until I came across this video. There's really point in putting this up.
Even though he makes a lot of mistakes, this is still great music as he adds all these colour to music. In spite of the mis-touches, I can hear that he values all the sounds
연세도 돌아가시기 6년전 80세에 치신거고 약물에 우울증 있던 시깁니다..... 최고의 연주를 기대하긴 당연히 힘들겠죠??
3년뒤 연주는 최고입니다.
약물이라고하면 약에 의존하는 삶을 지냈다는 건가요??
@@계쇠 그건 아니고 항우울제 처방으로 수전증때문에 1983년부터 2년간 콘서트를 쉬고
1985년부터 복귀했어요
I'm shocked that he can play this peice at his age wow impressive tho to play piano still ^-^
I hope you both listened to some performances from after his recovery :)
Argerich is 80 and still performs some of the most difficult repertoire at top level.
왜케 슬프지....ㅠ
그러게...
There is very little to no chance performance like this could take place nowadays. There is endless number of young pianists performing this piece near flawlessly.
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Technical flawlessness does not express individuality which is aquired through the decades. It may please some ears not to ear technical imperfection but i personnaly much prefer expressive and sensibility which Horowitz incarnate. That, is verya rare nowadays.
This comment makes no sense. Musicians past their prime play concerts all the time; audiences come for the personality and the memories, not the technique. Is Perlman as good as he was? No. Would you turn down a ticket? No.
日本の音楽関係者がこの曲弾かせたとかじゃないよね…
そうだとしたら、ホロヴィッツの名誉に申し訳ないことをさせたな…
ホロヴィッツは歴代で史上最高のピアニスト。これが本当のホロヴィッツとは思わないでほしい。
ホロヴィッツは来日直前のアメリカの音楽会で弾いた曲目を変えたくないとインタビューで言っていました. 薬漬けにした医者が悪いと思います.
ユダヤ人の人種差別者の彼だから、当時法外なギャラを支払って世界の音楽マーケットの顰蹙をかった拝金主義の日本人をバカにして、わざと適当に弾いたとしか考えられません。
抗うつ剤の影響に付いては本人が一番良く知っているのですから、薬のせいだけとは到底思えません。
皮肉たっぷりの彼の性格からして、多いに有り得ると思います。
元々今更大喝采を貰う必要なんて無い日本で、適当に弾いて大金を頂いてハイさようならという、それこそ彼の超一流の皮肉だった可能性大ですね。
This was his improvisation on op 10 no 8 , a combination of rubato and his musicality.
No
@@alsosprecheichzarathustra8445 respect him with that age, when we are old, we hoping can play as good as he does. This one is due to his human error performance.
3,4년 뒤 빈에서의 연주는 가히 최고의 연주였습니다.
이 영상은 봐도봐도 슬프다..
I heard him play that year in Philadelphia. Not his best outing, by a long stretch. It is a good thing that he got his act together for the last few years of his life.
@RModillo My name is Sam and I am currently doing research on the life of Vladimir Horowitz to present in a UA-cam documentary, and I am doing some extremely careful digging of the nadir of his career (1982-83). I am going around to ask people such as yourself to kindly elaborate on how he played certain pieces and how the experience was compared to other (more famous) concerts of said year. I was wanting to know what you thought of the individual pieces that he played that day - I ask out of sheer curiosity because a recording of Schumann’s Carnaval is on UA-cam from the 1983 Philadelphia concert you attended. The playing is extremely sloppy yet super energetic. Was that energy carried out through the concert, or just through the Carnaval? I did find out that the Philadelphia concert was the first one Volodya played that year, so that carries quite a bit of value. If you can, it’d be great if you could recollect how he played each individual piece from that concert (Beethoven Op 101, Carnaval, Polonaise-Fantaisie, Etudes Op. 10 No. 8, Op. 25 No. 10 and No. 7, and Polonaise Op. 53). Compared to Tokyo, was his Philadelphia concert better or worse?
I love seeing others mess up in performance because it makes them seem more human than recordings make them out to be
This is shockingly bad playing from one of the greatest pianists who ever lived. But we know what caused it -- he was medicated at the time. He must have known that he couldn't play, so I'm surprised that he appeared in public in this condition. But the great pianist was still in there, as proven by the Moscow recital 3 years later, where he played magnificently and, based on what has been publicly reported, the medication that caused the problems in 1983 was a thing of the past in 1986.
Hearing him like this reminds me a bit of Cortot at the end of his life where he simply could not play the piano, a man who had been a great virtuoso (listen to the recording of the Chopin Etudes, made in his pianistic prime, and his astonishing recording of the Chopin b-minor Sonata). I believe Cortot's problems were also, at least in part, due to drug use. I do not know the details.
Thank you for knowing the facts and not condescending! Horowitz was Horowitz for god’s sake. We don’t need to coddle him and say “there there.” He knew he was subpar here. He even returned to Japan after he got off the meds!
That concert was not all that bad. The etudes were the worse part, but the Beethoven, Schumann and the Chopin's Fantasie were very interesting even if not perfect.
That's because Etudes generally have to be executed near perfectly in order to sound good. They are exercises in technicality, after all, not so much in musicality (although of course one must extract all the musicality possibly found in the notes).
I read somewhere that he was on some serious cold medicine for this performance. He never played it like this any other time.
BilGru Not cold medicine, but antidepressants.
처음듣는 곡인데 내용이 정말 이해가 안되게 치네요.
평생 우울증을 달고 사셨고 약 부작용 때문에 이렇게 안타까운 연주도 있었다니...
세상이 천재에게 참 가혹한 시련도 안겨줬었나 봅니다.
无论霍神表演好坏与否。。。都是我们应该尊重的。。。每次看到这个都会流泪。。。致敬
即使遍布错音，其微妙的触键感依然在。而且对乐曲本身结构的理解，依然庖丁解牛
이것만 들으면 눈물이 쏟아져 나온다.
I adore Horowitz. A true genius.
I mean, I've been practicing this piece for a whole year and still play it twice worse than he did.
Correction, 10000000x worser than you probably do, since this sounds amazing to the untrained ear.
Correction, 10000000x worser than you probably do, since this sounds amazing to the untrained ear.
nos racines... ce que nous sommes ... malgré les mauvaises notes!... j''aime
Despite all of this wrong notes, the ending was almost perfect!
Este video es la única prueba de que Horowitz es humano
Bros horowitz was too old just look at his hands it doesn't mean he couldn't play or was a bad pianist he was a legend
Chopin would have approved this performance. Young pianists today fly through this exquisitely elegant and beautiful etude at supersonic speeds and lose its essence and meaning. Horowitz brings out the bass melody beautifully and prominently with the right hand as a whirling accompaniment .
No, i dont think so, it was old, nothing more. Many fails, its sad to see.
Lol you must be kidding!
still better than 99 percent of the pianists today
Not even close. He’s playing poorly. He was drug-addled. He stopped and the beauty returned a couple years later.
And I bet you can’t even name five current classical pianists.
Thank you for uploading this video I’ll keep it in my memory!!!!!!! Because it is a UNIQUE CASE when the SOUL dominates your MIND and you can’t control it- all what’s in soul goes to the music and becomes one piece......
すんげえな。
本当に、何が起きてたんだろう。
Amazing performance! Musically, it is unmatched: his unique style is still there, his unique use of pedalling is there (despite making his mistakes all the more obvious), everything is still there! From a technical standpoint, this performance is far below the standard of any professional pianist, let alone Horowitz. But the mistakes, the articulation difficulties (all the more shocking seeing as he never had trouble with this, and never did again, even after his recovery 2 years later), they reflect the troubles that Horowitz was experiencing that year. I find that this performance, like all his others, reflects his human side, his emotions, his personality, his soul. In the end, isn't that what music is about?
Indeed. It is. I love Horowitz.
Sad would be if he wasn’t making all those colors and music. Even if not in shape, he is always listening.
You have to be nigh on 100% fit to play at best. The thing here is that you have a truly great pianist playing Chopin but being let down by health. The recording made many years earlier demonstrates the greatness of Vladimir and as musicians we can " fill in the gaps " here knowing that mastery lay beneath.
Musically there is no fail , it's a soul into that piece
Those damn medications... he was so much better 2 years later!
First time that Chopin's SUNSHINE Etude hears like the the sun is EXPLODING. Sad.
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Musically There is nothing wrong. Many pianists play right notes but musically they fail.
Yuck. He hesitates before playing. I feel his nervousness. He is not prepared and it scares the hell out of him. It must have been horrible for him to endure this.
Dude, he was high on antidepressants during this.
Ce putere avea la 80de ani o good
I don't care. Bad day. Still I think Horowitz is the greatest pianist of all.
I am hear a brilliant sounds in his play,sad and pity for him,we are all may to ill,all are human.
Leading up to this concert tour Horowitz was very depressed because of the death of his daughter and his many (inevitably) unsuccessful attempts to repress his homosexuality through conversion therapy. He had started taking antidepressants and developed a bit of a drinking problem, leading to some physical and mental deterioration. Fortunately he managed to recover and up to his death delivered many amazing concerts in the years afterwards.
6 years before his death....... What a sad ending. Wanted to see more of his passion and energy from when he was young.
Older than this one.
"Horowitz Live in Vienna (1987)"
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This wasn’t the ending. He got off those drugs and he stopped making all the errors.
gosh, this is here to remind us it's ok to make mistakes sometimes, but only at home or when you're old, for young pianists today, this prob would ruin your career. God bless our souls for whatever inappropriate thought we have hearing this vid.
Starts at 0:21
きっとこれはジャズアレンジなんだよ
Is interesting to see....was great in any case
Still playin this study with mistakes I love his phrasing and the speed, I prefer this than this Asian playing as machines.
Phrasing and speed? What a pile of shit. It is unfair to just brand all Asians as machines with no emotion, simply because they actually hit the notes correctly! I think a lot of these “Asians” can actually be arrogant show-offs, but let’s be honest Horowitz also shows off a lot.
Playing accurately does not mean robotic
0:20
You should deleted the video, for the memory of the great Vladimir Horowitz. I mean nobody want to hear that from him
I do to be reminded it
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Horowitz just had poor health conditions 😢😢😢
Oh no! Painful! Poor Horowitz.
Es muy triste, el mejor pianista de todos los tiempos con 80 AÑOS tocando ULTRAMEDICADO por antidepresivos. Di lo mejor de sí. Y eso es lo que hace un verdadero hombre. En su caso hizo incluso más!! 😢
Mistakes don’t matter, the interpretation is amazing which no ones can perform like that now a days
많이 슬프게 들리긴하네..
He actually died 6 years after this performance.
Well he did play some nice plays even after this,,
So I can't tell why he was so bad when he played this one.
Maybe he was sick? or was his condition too bad at the day?
His daughter killed herself
and he was on drugs
really? is this horowitz?
the audio was dubbed ?? ?? ??
Petar Konstantinov
No, Horowitz played this Etude “Sunshine” whilst he was in a depression, dealing with addiction problems and his daughters suicide.
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Delete and don't put this video! His he plays after death of his daughter. He had a huge depression; Why u put it here????
its important to see what drugs and depression can do to a musician
Horowitz can afford to make mistakes at this juncture. He has paid his dues.
I believe medication did this to him from what I remember hearing years ago.
He should have listened to Wandotchka.
Ays my horowitz! 🥰
Delete pls....
is this because of his finger condition?
00:20
Not such a sunny sunshine after all lol
Best performance ever , possible cuz it's Horovitz
A los artistas hay que valorarlos por sus buenos momentos.
Este es uno de ellos... es la perfección de la imperfección de los últimos años de horowitz y puede que tenga fallos pero hasta los fallos acompañan a su manera de expresar este estudio que lo mezcla todo juntando una actuación que hasta hoy en día no la he visto
@@MarcoThepianist hola!!!! Soy un gran admirador de Horowitz, pero una de las cualidades de los verdaderamente grandes, es que te pueden dar momentos sublimes y momentos mediocres, por eso son geniales. Intento ser objetivo y no dejarme llevar por la admiración. Un saludo.
He is ding some "poetic" things that are good ideas but the playing here is so bad because his doctors had him on drugs that did not allow him to apply himself. I know Wandaand he had already signed contracts and had obligations . He does interpretive things that are interesting the long c in the beginning sudden sforzatos many things that no artist would do if they wanted to be remembered eternally -fortunately inother times in his life playing this etude . The wonderful thing is we get to hear him Playing With the music in a way artists might do on stage but never in studio recordings left for posterity . Their is till magic in how he can alter a touch or attack-he does things drugged up lesser mortals can't do on their best day. Here his Schumann sounds in this same recital .Jorge Bolt had more technique but few have had the magic and inspired so much interest.
Welch eine unaussprechliche Katastrophe!
Depressionen können einen Pianisten zugrunde richten!
Ja, das können sie! Aber nicht Horowitz. Er hat sich aus dem Tief wieder aufgerichtet, noch etwa sechs Jahre lang großartige Konzerte gegeben. Daß dieses Video auch die verletzliche Seite dieses wunderbaren Menschen zeigt, der nicht nur einer der besten Pianisten aller Zeiten, sondern auch ein Menschenfreund und Botschafter der Versöhnung unter den Kriegsvölkern des 2. Weltkriegs war, macht ihn für mich umso näher, greifbarer, menschlicher, liebenswerter. Dieses Video hat meinen Respekt vor Horowitz nicht vermindert, sondern noch gesteigert!
Viel mehr entsetzt hat mich übrigens folgendes Video eines chinesischen Geigers, der auf der Bühne zusammengebrochen ist.
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Concert in 1987 the best!!!
Listen to the COLOUR. God its so majestic. I dont care about the wrong notesm the technique, the phrasing, the colour define the whole etude.
Get help.
It’s an expression of his anti depressants
Era trist normal greseli spuneti ca avea pei la aceasta virsta ce mai vreti toata viata studiu gresesc altii tineri dar el
Это не Горовиц!
Did he practice? Or may be he was too old……
he was on drugs
Michael Jordan misses dunks too.
왜 다들 슬프다 하는건지 알려줄 사람..😮
저때 호로비츠 딸이 죽어서 우울증 약을 복용하고 있었어요(제가 알기로는)
I honestly thought it was some joke rec.. But its really him playing.. Plss delete this one. Clearly not in controll of his own faculties here.
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