Vladimir Horowitz: Kreisler/Rachmaninoff: Liebesleid (Ann Arbor, 1980)

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    Horowitz played his own touched-up version of the Kreisler-Rachmaninoff Liebesleid only 3 times in public: on November 9th, 16th, and 30th in 1980.
    There is no official recording - only poor quality audience bootlegs...
    This November 9, 1980 recording from Ann Arbor, Michigan - is the best sounding of the 3 extant recordings.
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  • @ClassicalPianoRarities
    @ClassicalPianoRarities  4 года назад +4

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  • @noponn8007
    @noponn8007 4 года назад +197

    I think the coronavirus pandemic actually started in this audience

    • @theepicvideogamepianist6333
      @theepicvideogamepianist6333 4 года назад +11

      Now we can plainly see why twoset makes fun of even the smallest bit of coughing in a recording... amazing performance tho

    • @j.vonhogen9650
      @j.vonhogen9650 3 года назад +3

      This was shortly before AIDS and HIV emerged in the US and started to cause fear among people. Back then, Fauci was already in charge, but few people at the time knew how sinister this man actually was (at least we now have his shocking emails).
      AIDS took the life of lots of well-known artists, including pianist Egorov. Luckily, Horowitz stayed alive for another decade, and gave some of the best performances of his life in the late 1980s.

    • @HermanIngram
      @HermanIngram 3 года назад +6

      They were all smoking blunts in the audience.

  • @hoangbv
    @hoangbv 3 года назад +105

    Just imagine a world where we have a proper recording of Horowitz playing Liebesleid. Just imagine. That would be heaven.

    • @ClassicalPianoRarities
      @ClassicalPianoRarities  3 года назад +25

      Luckily there is also a recording by Rachmaninoff himself!

    • @Pogouldangeliwitz
      @Pogouldangeliwitz Год назад

      @@ClassicalPianoRarities ... which is quite dry and straightforward...

    • @footingball5566
      @footingball5566 Год назад +3

      @@Pogouldangeliwitz how is it dry and straightforward?

    • @danoobsniper7164
      @danoobsniper7164 Год назад +3

      @@Pogouldangeliwitzquite the opposite

    • @Pogouldangeliwitz
      @Pogouldangeliwitz Год назад +15

      I've just re-listened to that 1921 recording. It's very good: flexible and mellow, great rubato, sings and dances.
      I take back what I've said. Only idiots and trumptards don't change their minds. Apologies to Rachmaninoff. 🙏

  • @robertbridge232
    @robertbridge232 5 лет назад +75

    For the record there are almost no changes to the Rachmaninoff's original version except the run at the very end.What makes it sound so extraordinary is Horowitz's extraordinary skill in voicing revealing layers and textures that most performances miss

    • @ClassicalPianoRarities
      @ClassicalPianoRarities  5 лет назад +7

      Great ears!

    • @ElianeLustpianist
      @ElianeLustpianist 5 лет назад +5

      And his timing ... impeccable

    • @clem4705315
      @clem4705315 4 года назад +2

      Great comment, and he's still magic to me, but he does change some at 2:22.

    • @timothyalan34
      @timothyalan34 4 года назад

      Another change at 3:10.

    • @Pogouldangeliwitz
      @Pogouldangeliwitz 3 года назад +2

      @@timothyalan34 3:10 rather sounds like a minor memory lapse to me, almost instantly corrected...

  • @pvonberg
    @pvonberg 5 лет назад +33

    MAGIC playing of another era. How he makes the piano sing. Such grace and elegance.

  • @tellurium2557
    @tellurium2557 2 года назад +8

    his timbre and touch is like the glow of a gem in dark

  • @anettecherie7781
    @anettecherie7781 6 лет назад +17

    Unbelievable! Horowitz is simply unequalled. Thank you for that!

  • @sigmaballz1469
    @sigmaballz1469 4 года назад +33

    Holy crap why is the audience coughing out their lungs that is so obnoxious, they soiled this otherwise incredible recording. Honestly they needed to stop dying just for 4 minutes ffs.

    • @HermanIngram
      @HermanIngram 3 года назад +1

      Too many bong tokes.

    • @pablobear4241
      @pablobear4241 3 года назад +2

      @@HermanIngram do classical listeners smoke dank? I mean I get t I guess

  • @ruthhellkamp926
    @ruthhellkamp926 3 года назад +5

    THRILLING beyond words.,...this melody is heavenly.

  • @pianogirl7798
    @pianogirl7798 Год назад +4

    This is Divine, a miracle.

  • @andytinganyang4706
    @andytinganyang4706 6 лет назад +16

    How I wish to play like this! But how can you wish to play like the great Horowitz. After hearing this I truly grasp the genius of the great. "Wow"

    • @pianogirl7798
      @pianogirl7798 3 года назад +1

      lol

    • @juicedelemon
      @juicedelemon 3 года назад

      I mean if you work hard enough to study the music, you’ll get there!

  • @bztelcms
    @bztelcms 4 года назад +4

    Ein Genius versklavt uns alle ! Ein Jahrhundert-Pianist !!

  • @nazarenoorefice2104
    @nazarenoorefice2104 Год назад +2

    Sensational, almost nobody can play nowaday romantic european music in a beautiful arrangement 4:15 with such a ectraordinary way.. making the piano sing with the right inflection ofa real interpreter who goes beyond virtuosity.

  • @jjbloyber
    @jjbloyber 6 месяцев назад +1

    Horowitz and Rachmaninoff were contemporaries and friends. Horowitz remarked in an interview that Rachmaninoff was a terrific pianist, and a great composer. I believe there’s an anecdote where Rachmaninoff said that Horowitz played his piano concerto better than he wrote it.

  • @789armstrong
    @789armstrong 2 года назад +9

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

  • @Clavineum
    @Clavineum Год назад +1

    Die eiernden amerikanischen Bandmaschinen mit ihren Tonhöhenschwankungen verleihen dem modernen Flügel fast den Charakter eines Clavichords,… Beeindruckend gespielt von Horowitz, aber in jedem Fall auch sehr charmant, die Gleichlaufschwankungen,… 🤪😇😉

  • @annjeanmillikan
    @annjeanmillikan 4 года назад +4

    Fabulous playing as usual of Horowitz, and I love his dancelike rhythms! He has a natural beautiful rhythm in all his performances.

  • @barendschipper
    @barendschipper 5 лет назад +5

    It leaves the listener in awe...; he/she has witnessed a miracle in music... Thank you for sharing this experience...

  • @claireleib5943
    @claireleib5943 2 года назад +2

    This is amazing! I feel so lucky to be able to listen to this.

  • @user-dn2vx5ov7q
    @user-dn2vx5ov7q 3 года назад +4

    Этот шедевр можно слушать бесконечно!

  • @paulwien65
    @paulwien65 4 года назад +3

    He was and is a God of Pianomusic... his timing and his musicality are unique

  • @alectong3393
    @alectong3393 3 года назад +19

    I feel like crying when I hear this...the nuance of touch and the bold interpretation at time...the virtuosity...I don't see that nowadays...a lost art!

  • @anne-mariedubois5316
    @anne-mariedubois5316 5 лет назад +7

    This is a pure marvel ! It would be a very nice encore. Thank you thousand times for picking up this so enchanting piece ! I will try to have the Rachmaninov part, and then take in dictation the fantastic particularities of Horowitz !

  • @joelkatz8729
    @joelkatz8729 4 года назад +3

    Heavenly, just heavenly!

  • @632ash
    @632ash 4 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for your wonderful posts. You are fabulous to do this!

  • @bvbwv3
    @bvbwv3 6 лет назад +20

    Bootleg or no - how grateful we are for your posting!

  • @vova47
    @vova47 5 лет назад +20

    Fantastic playing! It's right up there with Rachmaninoff's own version if not actually surpassing it. Thank you for this gem!

    • @musiclover148
      @musiclover148 Год назад

      Actually, VH plays it more gracefully here than Rach did in the version I heard recently. That Rach recording lacked the warmth and schmaltz of this VH rendition.

  • @kennethpiters8304
    @kennethpiters8304 3 года назад +5

    I am unaware of any other recording of this by Horowitz, so hats off to the person who posted it. We are all indebted. The only other interpretation that compares is that by Rachmaninoff itself, which perhaps has a little more rhythmic subtlety, but not quite the fireworks. Both are the pinnacle of pianism and romaticism. I am also unaware that Horowitz ever played this as an encore, at least not in the latter part of his life, which I find interesting.

    • @ClassicalPianoRarities
      @ClassicalPianoRarities  3 года назад +2

      3 recordings exist but this one is the best sounding one.
      live at Hill Auditorium (University of Michigan), Ann Arbor, 9 November 1980
      live at Eastman Theatre, Rochester, 16 November 1980
      live at Woolsey Hall (Yale University), New Haven, 30 November 1980

    • @Twentythousandlps
      @Twentythousandlps Год назад +1

      @@ClassicalPianoRarities So interesting - all in one month. He must have learned it that year, or maybe first played it when it was new and not after.

  • @odilereneleau8557
    @odilereneleau8557 6 лет назад +11

    Splendid play ! Thanks a lot Classical Piano Rarities from your gorgeous choices !

  • @Mmmm-fd1kl
    @Mmmm-fd1kl 2 года назад +2

    Horowitz packed a whole orchestra into that piano ah thank you

  • @calin33050
    @calin33050 6 лет назад +8

    Horowitz in love, great !

    • @bvbwv3
      @bvbwv3 6 лет назад +3

      Me, too. With Horowitz!

    • @calin33050
      @calin33050 6 лет назад +4

      if you are in love with Vladimir Horowitz listen to the recital that I put on my channel you will find your happiness

    • @Pogouldangeliwitz
      @Pogouldangeliwitz Год назад

      He's not in love, his heart is broken...

  • @user-lk1tj3fb8f
    @user-lk1tj3fb8f Год назад

    Спасибо большое! Обожаю Горовица!!! ❤️

  • @musical_lolu4811
    @musical_lolu4811 4 года назад +3

    Omg the ending :)

  • @user-se6ic1ns5y
    @user-se6ic1ns5y 6 лет назад +2

    А я надеялась,что есть запись хорошего качества....((.Но и здесь -бесподобно!Гений!!!

  • @ttp911
    @ttp911 6 лет назад +17

    Lucky to have seen him do it in Rochester...

    • @ClassicalPianoRarities
      @ClassicalPianoRarities  6 лет назад +1

      Indeed!!!

    • @ttp911
      @ttp911 5 лет назад +9

      And, yes, I am the one that booted the Rochester performance, done on a lousy recorder that was snuck in my Mom's purse.

    • @ClassicalPianoRarities
      @ClassicalPianoRarities  5 лет назад +5

      We’re all very fortunate that this recording exists.... thank you!

    • @christopherczajasager9030
      @christopherczajasager9030 3 года назад

      Did you hear it, too...?

    • @ttp911
      @ttp911 3 года назад +1

      @@christopherczajasager9030 uhhh, yeah. The aural imprint is forever stamped into my musical memory. That bootleg does no justice to having been in the same room. Incredible.

  • @kennethpiters8304
    @kennethpiters8304 3 года назад

    Thank you for that clarification, and my apologies for the typos in my prior comment. So a little flurry in 1980 with this wonderful transcription , and nothing before or after, despite Horowitz's love affair with the Polka that he immortalized and played often. Very intriguing

  • @Twentythousandlps
    @Twentythousandlps Год назад +1

    I believe I am right in saying that all the repertoire Horowitz played in his later years was recorded on a major label. Except for this. The playing of this great double variation set, in which the second theme is preceded by a variation on it, is fabulous. There were so many things he did less well that were released. So, muchos gracias.

    • @ClassicalPianoRarities
      @ClassicalPianoRarities  11 месяцев назад

      Notable exceptions are: Liszt Rhapsody 13, Scriabin Prelude for the Left Hand

  • @ambraorlandini164
    @ambraorlandini164 4 месяца назад

    un modo di suonare che proveniva nettamente da un'altra dimensione.....

  • @olgahanselmann9840
    @olgahanselmann9840 3 года назад +1

    Herzliches Dank! Wunderschön! Bravo!
    So kann ein Russischer Pianist nicht spielen: außergewöhnliche innere Freiheit...

  • @quentinholmes4333
    @quentinholmes4333 10 месяцев назад

    the view count, despite the low audio quality, speaks volumes

    • @ClassicalPianoRarities
      @ClassicalPianoRarities  10 месяцев назад +1

      we have only a handful of bootleg recordings of Horowitz playing this... believe it or not, this is the best sounding one.

    • @quentinholmes4333
      @quentinholmes4333 10 месяцев назад

      thank you for finding this@@ClassicalPianoRarities

  • @dimitritoufexis8234
    @dimitritoufexis8234 Год назад

    No one has ever, or will ever come close to Vladimir's Rachmaninoff!!!

    • @ClassicalPianoRarities
      @ClassicalPianoRarities  Год назад +1

      Ahem Rachmaninoff himself 😎

    • @IAyala1010
      @IAyala1010 Год назад

      Hearing Rach’s original recording for the first time blew my mind. Horowitz plays much of Rach better than Rach himself, but this piece is not indicative of that.

  • @ClassicalPianoRarities
    @ClassicalPianoRarities  4 года назад +2

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  • @Felix_Li_En
    @Felix_Li_En 2 года назад +1

    I wish Cziffra had played Liebesfreud and Liebesleid, too...😔

    • @Pogouldangeliwitz
      @Pogouldangeliwitz Год назад +1

      But Cziffra has a colorless wooden sound and no timing. (Or rather: an often grotesquely distorted timing).

  • @bztelcms
    @bztelcms 5 лет назад +11

    Es bleibt meine Meinung - der größte Pianist - lebend oder tot .

  • @drkjunmo
    @drkjunmo 5 лет назад +2

    At the middle of song, I heard screaming of love. Did I hear right?

  • @The_Guy_Who_Asked_06
    @The_Guy_Who_Asked_06 8 месяцев назад

    Did anyone else hear the person recording giggle at the end? 😂

  • @chrisczajasager
    @chrisczajasager 5 лет назад +8

    the art of singing and ...d a n c i n g on the piano..Only today Argerich, Grosvenor, and Volodos have the qualities heard here! I heard his 1965 return and many in NY and A'sdm thereafter. pre war(WWII) chic......

    • @stevenvanstadenvanstaden4317
      @stevenvanstadenvanstaden4317 4 года назад +10

      Sorry to disagree, but nobody else has these qualities.

    • @richardadkins2399
      @richardadkins2399 4 года назад +3

      @@stevenvanstadenvanstaden4317 Argerich, Grosvenor and Volodos and their admirers WISH they had this quality but they don't....

    • @stevenvanstadenvanstaden4317
      @stevenvanstadenvanstaden4317 4 года назад +5

      @@richardadkins2399 Always a relief to hear from the minority who have ears! I feel so despondent when I hear an audience go mad for the vacuous virtuosity of most of today's big names. It makes one wonder how many people were really fully aware of what made Horowitz so unique. I heard Volodos play the 'Stars and Stripes Forever' and it was just bland notes - and more notes.

    • @musical_lolu4811
      @musical_lolu4811 4 года назад +1

      Argerich absolutely adores Horowitz and his unequaled ability to make the piano sing, as she herself pointed out in a documentary.

    • @dariodangelo8938
      @dariodangelo8938 3 года назад

      @@stevenvanstadenvanstaden4317 probably just Volodos...🤔

  • @DaveYostCom
    @DaveYostCom 4 года назад

    For comparison: SVR playing it
    • piano roll: ruclips.net/video/2wODzXCuVHg/видео.html (excellent recording)
    • 1921 recording: ruclips.net/video/gGmILVnE_dg/видео.html

    • @ClassicalPianoRarities
      @ClassicalPianoRarities  4 года назад +1

      There is also a great Rachmaninoff acoustic recording from 1921 ruclips.net/video/gGmILVnE_dg/видео.html

  • @Cubanbearnyc
    @Cubanbearnyc 3 года назад +1

    ....Like no one !

  • @epiclauren4757
    @epiclauren4757 3 года назад +2

    freaking hold your coughing. goddamn. i see this way to often. what a shame:( it's really hard as a pianist when there are such distractions too focus. it takes a long time until you get used to this kind of environment.

  • @taehwebster2703
    @taehwebster2703 3 года назад

    It’s not a concert until someone coughs...

  • @jjbloyber
    @jjbloyber 5 месяцев назад

    At least Horowitz was not phlegmatic