Horowitz: Schubert: Sonata in B-Flat & Mozart: Sonata in F (Horowitz Collection)

Schubert (Artist), Mozart (Artist), Horowitz (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 5, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003F0W
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #268,244 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Vars on a Theme by Rode, 'La Ricordanza,' Op.33: Theme: Andante Espressivo

2. Vars on a Theme by Rode, 'La Ricordanza,' Op.33: Var I: Stesso tempo

3. Vars on a Theme by Rode, 'La Ricordanza,' Op.33: Var II: Stesso tempo

4. Vars on a Theme by Rode, 'La Ricordanza,' Op.33: Var III: Vivace

5. Vars on a Theme by Rode, 'La Ricordanza,' Op.33: Var IV: Sostenuto

6. Vars on a Theme by Rode, 'La Ricordanza,' Op.33: Var V: Allegro vivace; Andante Tempo I

7. Son, K.332 in F: Allegro

8. Son, K.332 in F: Adagio

9. Son, K.332 in F: Allegro assai

10. Vars serieuses, Op.54: Andante sostenuto

11. Vars serieuses, Op.54: Var I

12. Vars serieuses, Op.54: Var II: Un poco piu animato

13. Vars serieuses, Op.54: Var III: Piu animato

14. Vars serieuses, Op.54: Var IV: Sempre staccato e leggiero

15. Vars serieuses, Op.54: Var V: Agitato

16. Vars serieuses, Op.54: Var VI: A tempo

17. Vars serieuses, Op.54: Var VII: Con fuoco

18. Vars serieuses, Op.54: Var VIII: Allegro vivace

19. Vars serieuses, Op.54: Var IX

20. Vars serieuses, Op.54: Var X: Moderato

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Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Horowitz at his most daring & dazzling, October 27, 2009

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This review is from: Horowitz: Schubert: Sonata in B-Flat & Mozart: Sonata in F (Horowitz Collection) (Audio CD)

This is definitely one of the most exciting collections in the entire RCA Horowitz discography, presenting the pianist at his most dazzling and daring.

Czerny's Variations on a Theme by Rode was recorded in 1944. There's background noise, but Horowitz's astonishingly electrifying performance shines through and leaves you breathless.

Mozart Sonata in F K332, recorded in 1947 with better sound quality, displays Horowitz's amazingly light and delicate playing.

Mendelssohn's technically very taxing Variations serieuses Op.54, recorded in 1946, is played with transcendental virtuosity at break-neck speed.

Schubert's D960 Sonata is recorded in 1953 at Carnegie Hall recital in very good mono. Horowitz plays this piece like no other pianists, treating the music like a fragile tapestry woven with magical tonal colours and ethereal beauty. This is Horowitz at his most poetic and one of my favourite recordings of this wonderfully rich and inspired solo piano work.