Absolutely astounding. What a mature musicality. Horowitz gives the impression that he's improvising by the keyboard and plays whatever comes to mind. Few pianist can do that convincing.
I am fascinated by his finger position. Just exquisite and so unique to Horowitz. As personal as his sound it, his finger movements are equally personal.
Arturo Toscanini's (Horowitz's father in law) favorite Chopin Mazurka "I'm obsessed with one mazurka, this one, in A minor. It's sadness is consonant with mine. In the middle, there is a bit of joy darkened by a bit of regret, and then the infinite sadness comes back! " (Arturo Toscanini-1933)
Horowitz's flat hand position was mentioned in some of the posts. A bit unusual, granted. I actually performed on that Steinway piano after he passed away and it was one of the easiest actions I've ever experienced--which Horowitz demanded. The piano definitely took some getting used to but required almost no arm weight--only very sensitive finger action which explains the flat fingers and low hand position. But the instrument had a tremendous tonal & dynamic range and a clear, bell-like sound.
An object lesson in Rubato playing. A real brainwave to place the score below the performance - one can see the liberties H takes with the music. The compositional groups of 14 notes are breathtaking!
I totally love how Horowitz is so funny and down to earth and YET an absolutely phenomenal artist!!! His charisma was beyond this galaxy. He owned this piece.
JH5280 yes I heard Jazz too! i'm no classical professional. I just stumbled upon Chopin while researching movie composers. I hear bits and pieces of the classics re-imagined in today's movie soundtracks. to hear the roots of music, right now at this moment as i'm writing this, the feeling is wow!
Such an amazing, brilliant interpretation , he makes me love every note. There are no words to explain his musicality and sense of rhythm, he sings amazingly and goes so deep into music. When we speak about his pianism we should put apart academic or cultural considerations: Horowitz provides the human kind of universal sense of pure Music. Those pianissimo and slegato are divine. We need more Horowitz, so great that Chopin, Schumann, Clementi, Rachmaninov and many other authors would be POP. Because he is in pure connection with Music, with the author, with the public at the same time. He makes you smile and cry, he makes you elevate on another level. Volodja , 2023 and nobody can be compared to you, to date.
His technique was phenomenal yet if you look at his actual mechanics here, they were so different from conventional wisdom. His hands are mostly flat or even below the keyboard. Amazing that he could do this and make it work.
@@damaomiX My teacher taught me this. It eliminates strain in the hands, wrists, shoulders and arms, and therefore also the torso and back. She taught me to play with gently curled fingers, as if I was holding a tennis ball, but with the hand gently sloping down, and with the fingers almost hanging on the notes. When playing scales, it was SO easy to move along the keyboard. Astounding. It took me 6 months to learn it, playing only scales and exercises during that time, at my own request.. After that, we introduced pieces, and courtesy of that technique, I was able to jump into playing much more complex pieces right away. A real leap up, and so worth it.
Beautiful! I am playing this. So wonderful to see the notes while he plays. I could only hope to play this beautifully. I do not have the time to memorize this. What a talent Horowitz was. Chopin ..my favorite composer, so romantic and delicate. Chopin wrote the most beautiful melodic music.
Brilliant! I love how the notation is also posted so you can follow along and try as best you can to pick up his nuances. I just cannot fathom how these great pianists remembered so many pieces by heart. They must have photographic memories. Love his touch.
Funny how this is the first time I've heard the staccatos at the end actually played as notated. This is so much more dance like and lively! Wonderful.
This is most certainly one of the greatest pieces ever written for the piano. I know that every composer who followed Chopin thought so too. Is there a serious pianist who has not played this masterpiece?
He changes some notes on the left hands to make it even more chromatic And with good taste. I wish someone wrote this score of this interpretation. V.h. Definitely was a revolutionaire and visionaire of the music.
Chopin fue es y será el Padre de la armonía para todos los compositores y pianistas. No hay semejanza alguna, como creó semejantes obras, compuestas para piano.
I listen to this, I watch Horowitz playing Mazurka and however I feel like nonentity... now I get it, this music is nirvana for me. I can't feel anything else, except for the sound
L'ho scoperta da poco...che dire..?questo sublime sussulto dell'animo affascina e accarezza ..e percepisci l'ineluttabile "dolore"...del vissuto,del perduto,del passato,di ciò in cui hai creduto ed in cui continui a credere ma che non esiste e nè esisterà mai più.Addio..non c'era nessuno quella mattina ad aspettarmi...nessuno!
As I know the history of this piece, this is one of Chopin's last works, written not too far before his death. The Op. 17. is misleading, was given to the piece when rediscovered. By me there is a lot of hint of sadness in it and so inimitable personal and delightful.
I’m curious, how is it possible for it to have Op. 17 if it was discovered after his death? Wouldn’t the Op. 17 already be used up on some work that was already published during his lifetime?
Very light action can be an advantage as well as a disadvantage. for fast passages to be played loud, such as the coda in Chopin ballade can be an advantage. But playing some of his slow and gentle nocturnes can be a trick. I have tried light weighted keys and i can say its very very difficult to control the volume without "banging" on the keys. As well as developing technique, this isint exactly the best type of piano to use, once you get on a harder weighted, your screwed.
interesting comment, and i agree about the safe pianist statements, but a truly magnificent pianist can make the most dull piano shine in my book. i have ateacher with an oldish extrmley bright upright and it's sound is not the best but when she plays it she produces some of the most beutifull tones ive ever heard. i agree safe is in a way a very dangerous thing when playing piano though, dare to be great!
"It's very intimate now - SSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH!"
God I love Horowitz.
Eees very eeenteeemate now....
PPPHHHHHSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Sssssssssssssssss
Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Absolutely astounding. What a mature musicality. Horowitz gives the impression that he's improvising by the keyboard and plays whatever comes to mind. Few pianist can do that convincing.
I am fascinated by his finger position. Just exquisite and so unique to Horowitz. As personal as his sound it, his finger movements are equally personal.
His tough, his sound...everything here is perfect...
0:09 , 1:49 ;
Perfect balance between control and emotion, a masterclass for all musicians i think.
Arturo Toscanini's (Horowitz's father in law) favorite Chopin Mazurka
"I'm obsessed with one mazurka, this one, in A minor. It's sadness is consonant with mine. In the middle, there is a bit of joy darkened by a bit of regret, and then the infinite sadness comes back! " (Arturo Toscanini-1933)
Source?
@@leo32190 "The Letters of Arturo Toscanini " edited by Harvey Sachs (2002)
Love that quote, Zareh
@Jörmungandr excuse me, but I think he was... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Toscanini_Horowitz
his touch, his sound... everything here is perfect!
Horowitz's flat hand position was mentioned in some of the posts. A bit unusual, granted. I actually performed on that Steinway piano after he passed away and it was one of the easiest actions I've ever experienced--which Horowitz demanded. The piano definitely took some getting used to but required almost no arm weight--only very sensitive finger action which explains the flat fingers and low hand position. But the instrument had a tremendous tonal & dynamic range and a clear, bell-like sound.
Is it a steinway on the video?
@@orangefruit9166yes, it clearly says "Stanley & Sons"
И посадка великого маэстро неординарная ниже чем обычно требуется
What a blessing to have this VIDEO recording available to the masses!
wow, i've never heard it played this way, with those staccato flares... amazing
Staccato, that is what I love, too. Few contemporary pianists can or will do that. ❤
An object lesson in Rubato playing. A real brainwave to place the score below the performance - one can see the liberties H takes with the music. The compositional groups of 14 notes are breathtaking!
Even if the performance is a little quirky, his dynamic control... just takes your breath away.
I totally love how Horowitz is so funny and down to earth and YET an absolutely phenomenal artist!!! His charisma was beyond this galaxy. He owned this piece.
Chopin was such a jazzer!
JH5280 Jazzers are such Chopin !
JH5280 yes I heard Jazz too! i'm no classical professional. I just stumbled upon Chopin while researching movie composers. I hear bits and pieces of the classics re-imagined in today's movie soundtracks. to hear the roots of music, right now at this moment as i'm writing this, the feeling is wow!
Thor Velasco correction: I hear Chopin in Jazz.
Thor Velasco
OFc you can hear Chopin in Jazz, history of piano music divided into two eras - Before and after Chopin.
Nice anachronism
Such an amazing, brilliant interpretation , he makes me love every note. There are no words to explain his musicality and sense of rhythm, he sings amazingly and goes so deep into music. When we speak about his pianism we should put apart academic or cultural considerations: Horowitz provides the human kind of universal sense of pure Music. Those pianissimo and slegato are divine. We need more Horowitz, so great that Chopin, Schumann, Clementi, Rachmaninov and many other authors would be POP. Because he is in pure connection with Music, with the author, with the public at the same time. He makes you smile and cry, he makes you elevate on another level. Volodja , 2023 and nobody can be compared to you, to date.
Chopin can be played differently each time you sit down at the piano and still be beautiful and correct. Horowitz was touched by the angels.
One of my favorite mazurkas, exquisitely played.
His technique was phenomenal yet if you look at his actual mechanics here, they were so different from conventional wisdom. His hands are mostly flat or even below the keyboard. Amazing that he could do this and make it work.
Only Glenn Gould and Horowitz use this type of hand pose. It is difficult to master.
He also had a unique piano allegedly
@@damaomiX My teacher taught me this. It eliminates strain in the hands, wrists, shoulders and arms, and therefore also the torso and back. She taught me to play with gently curled fingers, as if I was holding a tennis ball, but with the hand gently sloping down, and with the fingers almost hanging on the notes. When playing scales, it was SO easy to move along the keyboard. Astounding. It took me 6 months to learn it, playing only scales and exercises during that time, at my own request.. After that, we introduced pieces, and courtesy of that technique, I was able to jump into playing much more complex pieces right away. A real leap up, and so worth it.
The old pianist played the forth Mazuka very affectionate
On ne se lasse pas des interprétations d'Horowitz.
Miraculous playing. No one else has that kind of old world nostalgia.
Thank you for posting. What an ingenious way to show the scores and the performer at the same time!
Horowitz makes it look so easy... he's amazing.
This piece isn't that hard actually
for you maybe....@@dwacheopus
Beautiful! I am playing this. So wonderful to see the notes while he plays. I could only hope to play this beautifully. I do not have the time to memorize this. What a talent Horowitz was. Chopin ..my favorite composer, so romantic and delicate. Chopin wrote the most beautiful melodic music.
Chopin had a lot of beautiful melodies, but i am definetly sure that Alkan was the one who wrote most beautiful ones!!
Toda la sensibilidad de la musica e interprete.....
Gracias Maestro........!!!!!!!!!!!
This recording is a masterclass in how to play expressively!
What a performance!!! at 3:05 ... what tension and then the deepest pianissimo in history...He's right...sssshhh! )
Horowitz played very professionally, I like this piece.
So special,magical,rythm used so sensitively. Horowitz was like no other!!!
Brilliant! I love how the notation is also posted so you can follow along and try as best you can to pick up his nuances. I just cannot fathom how these great pianists remembered so many pieces by heart. They must have photographic memories. Love his touch.
Probably my favourite Chopin piece.
Such a character Horowitz was. Love the video with the score underneath.
Wow so unique! I have never imagined this kind of Mazurka style!
Funny how this is the first time I've heard the staccatos at the end actually played as notated. This is so much more dance like and lively! Wonderful.
"Cries and whispers"....Complete range of human emotion.
Thanks for posting!
This is most certainly one of the greatest pieces ever written for the piano. I know that every composer who followed Chopin thought so too. Is there a serious pianist who has not played this masterpiece?
So incredible. So amazing. So perfect it makes you believe perfect IS possible! It's overwhelming!
Aw he's so cute :) His playing is wonderful too, very different from Rubenstein's version.
The great poet of the piano!
just elegant
Thank you for great videos!
i love it. I even play it on the piano myself
He changes some notes on the left hands to make it even more chromatic And with good taste. I wish someone wrote this score of this interpretation. V.h. Definitely was a revolutionaire and visionaire of the music.
@davy2funky intimate doesn't mean go to sleep, horowitz's view of this piece is spot on !
Chopin fue es y será el Padre de la armonía para todos los compositores y pianistas. No hay semejanza alguna, como creó semejantes obras, compuestas para piano.
La plus belle interprétation de cette mazurka que j'ai jamais entendu. Sublime!
I listen to this, I watch Horowitz playing Mazurka and however I feel like nonentity...
now I get it, this music is nirvana for me. I can't feel anything else, except for the sound
So Special thank you for posting this videoI love Horowitz
L'ho scoperta da poco...che dire..?questo sublime sussulto dell'animo affascina e accarezza ..e percepisci l'ineluttabile "dolore"...del vissuto,del perduto,del passato,di ciò in cui hai creduto ed in cui continui a credere ma che non esiste e nè esisterà mai più.Addio..non c'era nessuno quella mattina ad aspettarmi...nessuno!
Flawless performance...
Un véritable maître !! Merci maestro 🙏🙏
bravo！！！！ So missed you, master
wow....all i have to say is...wow... that was a beautiful interpretation of this song...AMAZING,,,WELL DONE!
ШЕДЕВР !!!
А ведь все просто - каждая нота нажимается вовремя и с необходимым усилием..
Не вовремя, где-то он торопится, где-то замедляется
awesome.. it really sounds like a mazurka.. like a dance..
Piękno muzyki Fryderyka Chopina to fenomen graniczący z cudem.
How does he make it sound like he’s improvising the piece on the spot.. Incredible!
Beautiful!
My favorite Mazurka♡♡♡!!!
The technique required to play this song is amazing!
Very smart display for score and video. kudos! thank you for sharing.
Thanks... a sweet gift.
Love the performance of course! But your annotations with the music are cool! Thanks!
wow Ive never heard such a good version of this... he totally OWNS
this song !
pleeeeease pleeease...don't call it a song!.a song is a SONG...this is a piece of music and it's called MAZURKA.
Realmente íntimo, encantador!!
It's so cool seeing a video with music underneath! If you don't mind me asking, what software did you use to make this video?
Fantastico!!!!
Interesting how much he uses his fifth and fourth fingers to keep the tone delicate and soft with the right hand melody.
rmannion, congratulation for your work on the video!
most romantic piece of Chopin after waltz op 64 no 2.
It reminds me of Bill Evans, very much.
Gasp. Thanks so much.
As I know the history of this piece, this is one of Chopin's last works, written not too far before his death. The Op. 17. is misleading, was given to the piece when rediscovered. By me there is a lot of hint of sadness in it and so inimitable personal and delightful.
I’m curious, how is it possible for it to have Op. 17 if it was discovered after his death? Wouldn’t the Op. 17 already be used up on some work that was already published during his lifetime?
@93rardo "beauty in imperfection"
Horowitz can be very quirky at times. There is a beautiful rendition, quiet and understated by Rubinstein.
A favorite of mine... Horowitz did a great job.
2:37 I love that part!
Horowitz makes it look so easy! His fingers don't even have to stretch, and he's so relaxed playing such difficult rhythms. Incredible.
bin d'accord!
This is as he said very intimate. Its as if the piece spoke straight to my heart.
this is very jazz like in phrasing, and very beautiful
great video idea man!
Poetry!!!
I love how this is filmed right in someone's house or apartment from it looks like.
Yes in his New York apartment with Wanda Toscanini seated in the foreground.
That's how Chopin was meant to be originally played
What a perfectly executed "perdendosi" at the end.
Suffucient reason for me to be alive
Very light action can be an advantage as well as a disadvantage. for fast passages to be played loud, such as the coda in Chopin ballade can be an advantage. But playing some of his slow and gentle nocturnes can be a trick. I have tried light weighted keys and i can say its very very difficult to control the volume without "banging" on the keys. As well as developing technique, this isint exactly the best type of piano to use, once you get on a harder weighted, your screwed.
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
senza parole !!! magari suonassi così ...
I can't even image that this video was made 15 year's ago!!! 😮👋🥹
So beautiful
Grazie. Ciao :-)
❣️❣️❣️
Просто сокровенная магия!
Aweh, he's so cute.
Interesting!
pure jazz intrepretation ;)
interesting comment, and i agree about the safe pianist statements, but a truly magnificent pianist can make the most dull piano shine in my book. i have ateacher with an oldish extrmley bright upright and it's sound is not the best but when she plays it she produces some of the most beutifull tones ive ever heard. i agree safe is in a way a very dangerous thing when playing piano though, dare to be great!
POESIA PURA...
He's the ultimate master.
❤