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Horowitz (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 9, 1996)
• Label: Grammofono 2000
• ASIN: B000003UHM
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #345,207 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30: 1. Allegro ma non tanto

2. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30: 2. Intermezzo. Adagio

3. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30: 3. Finale. Alla breve

4. Prelude for piano No.6 in G minor, Op. 23/5

5. The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

6. Petrushka, movements (3) for piano: Russian Dance

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Disc: 2

1. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein (I), chorale prelude for organ, BWV 734 (BC K125)

2. Sonata for keyboard in B minor, K. 87 (L. 33)

3. Sonata for keyboard in G major, K. 125 (L. 487)

4. Keyboard Sonata in E flat major, H. 16/52

5. Études (12) for piano in 2 books, L. 136: Etude No 11 'Pour les arpèges composés'

6. Variations (32) on an original theme for piano in C minor, WoO 80

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Disc: 3

1. Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178 (LW A179)

2. Funérailles, for piano (Harmonies poétiques No. 7), S.173/7 (LW A158/7)

3. Etude for piano No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 10/4, CT. 17

4. Etude for piano No. 5 in G flat major, Op. 10/5, CT. 18

5. Etude for piano No. 8 in F major, Op. 10/8, CT. 21

6. Etude for piano No. 15 in F major, Op. 25/3, CT 28.

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Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for the serious collector, March 6, 1999

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[e-mail] Kevin Wilson (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In London (Audio CD)

Any serious fan of Horowitz's, who thinks he has heard the "real" virtuoso, but who has never heard these early London recordings, will be delighted. This 2 cd collection contains many of his most famous performances: the Rachmaninov 3rd Concerto, Haydn's No 52 Sonata, Schumann's Arabeske and Toccata, and the legendary Liszt Sonata. Horowitz was at his peak during this period, the 1930s; his dramatic power, speed and clarity have never been matched. The two pianists generally considered to be the best before W.W.II, Rachmaninov and Josef Hofmann, both considered Horowitz to be their spiritual heir. These performances demonstrate why.