He was a child of his time and part of a historical tradition. People came to hear a legend, just as they came to hear Callas, when she was long past her prime. I heard Emil Gilels in Tchaikowsky's first piano concerto in Copenhagen 1980. Fans were crowding outside the entrance and wanted to buy my ticket for a tripple sum. After the concert I thought, was that really it? Of course Gilels played technically good but at the same time strangely lethargic.I have heard dozens of better more passionated performances from lesser known artists.
@@dcunited710 I'd much rather see Horowitz's Rachmaninoff 3rd than Yuja or Trifonov's. Or I'd rather listen to Argerich's 'Gaspard de la nuit' at the age of 83 than Debargue's or Thibaudet's.
Horowitz's wrong notes have little to do with age. He played lots of wrong notes all his life. He was never interested in playing note-perfect. He once said, "I don't want to be Jascha Heifetz" (violinist Jascha Heifetz was famous for the perfection of his playing). Part of the reason for these wrong notes is that he takes huge risks and sets himself near-unsurmountable challenges at all times, playing with extreme transparency, dynamic contrast, rhythmic tension, polyphony, differential articulations of different voices, and so on. At such a level of total musical and technical engagement, with nothing held in reserve, things do go (slightly) wrong on occasion.
He played it slower, with more mistakes and with less showmanship than Lang Lang. But I like Horwitz better. Therein lies my problem with lang lang. Music is so much more than playing fast and well and Horowitz puts so much more into his music than just speed and perfection. What a man! So glad we have his recordings.
Agree. Also, many pieces don't benefit from extra speed. That's why I like Horowithz version better than most - it's not rushed, there is time to highlight all that's important. His version feels more impactful and emotional. Same goes for me with Grimaud's interpretation of Tempest, Zimmerman's concertos etc.
I just listened to Lang Lang playing this Polonaise and then Horowitz. Lang is precise, like an old pianola. Horowitz is give the music colour, depth and what can only be described as pure musicality., I am trying to get my head around why Lang Lang is the most prominent concert pianist in the world today. Yes, every note is there but I fail to hear the pure musicality that Horowitz imbues. OK abuse me for not showing the worshipful admiration of Lang Lang. I have also listened to Augerich and found her equally entrancing. I sit in awe of Lang Lang's technique. But I am deeply moved by Horowitz.
I agree! I prefer this to Lang Lang's interpretation. Kissin's is too powerful. Horowitz makes it sound regal and classy. Still, I adore all three pianists.
Horowitz is one of the greatest, but Lang Lang is still young, and it's avenir is still in front of him. I've heard him with Barenboim, and I appreciate very much for a young man learning from an older one. Both of them are very talented.
I cannot believe that any person could in any way fault this performance. This is one of the best renditions of this piece ever. I didn't even see sheet music. Wow !
I agree, however no concert pianist would use sheet music to play this piece. They don’t use them for 45 minute concertos; they’re not going to need it for a 6 minute Polonaise.
I was able to play it a few times imperfectly when I had a good teacher, then gave up & got too busy with veterinary college. Regretted not exerting more attention to the music.
Old Horowitz, old fingers, still impresses me more than many young healthy pianists in perfect shape, I just came from a quick tour, I listened to many 'young healthy' pianists, NONE of them ignites my spirit like old bad ass Horowitz❤
You guys need to realize that his mere presence at the piano was all people wanted. It was much like an old Sinatra, Pavarotti, or even Michael Jordan when he was on the Wizards. People just wanted to see the greatest and their magic one last time, regardless of limitations due to age.
I love horowitz interpration of polonaise's chopin. My piano teacher told me once or twice that if there is some mistakes you could keep playing if there is your heart and if the rythm is there. We could apologize for his old age, his interpration is magnificent
I keep watching others play this, and yet, I keep coming back to Horowitz. There are many, many difficult aspects to this piece: fast-moving chords, awkward and unnatural fingering, range, and so many other things that would take me a lifetime to even learn to play the notes. However, what Horowitz understands (and more importantly, executes) is that this piece is almost an orchestral piece written for a single instrument: there are notes which are to be emphasized, and notes which are background. What makes it more difficult is these primary notes are often played by the same hand among other background ones. A good example of the orchestral writing I'm talking about is at the very beginning, when the main theme is introduced (0:41). To me, I hear a clarinet playing the main melody over a pizzicato string section followed by a coupling with the first and second violins; oboe briefly takes over the theme at 0:58 and and the top three string voices join a woodwind chorus before a glissando and the brass joins for a full orchestra You just don't hear this sort of 'voicing' by anyone but Horowitz. Horowitz may not be the only one to realize how it should be played, but he is by far the only one to pull it off
"Without music, life would be a mistake," said the typically hyperbolic Nietzsche --- and he definitely referred to music like this, as played by the maestro Horowitz, with the passion and the sheer bravura this incredibly demanding piece demands. Thanks for uploading this!
I heard him live, in solo concert, four times, starting when he was 76. The amazing thing was not the perfection of each and every note, because he made mistakes. NO the amazing thing was how he brought the music to life, and gave it such true and powerful emotion.
How wonderful! What recitals did you attend? Were you at one of the 1979 recitals where he played the Schumann Humoreske and the Mephisto Waltz? I missed those, unfortunately. I heard him in 1978 (Carnegie Hall, all Chopin), 1980 (Avery Fisher Hall, Schumann/Mendelssohn/Rachmaninoff/Chopin), 1982 (London, Scarlatti/Chopin/Liszt), 1985 (Paris, Scarlatti/Mozart/Schubert/Scriabin/Chopin), and 1986 (Hamburg, Scarlatti/Schumann Kreisleriana/Rachmaninoff/Liszt).
I saw some comments comparing the playing to that of lang lang. In my opinion there is no comparison in the two! Horowitz does this piece so much justice, just listening to the piece makes my heart swell with emotion. Whereas lang lang plays all notes correctly for sure; for me he’s version lacks what most great pianists either have or haven’t got, and that is musicality. The ability to feel the piece not just play it.
It only gets worse, the amount of view this video has isn't even as big as one hundreth of a percent of the ones from despacito... Then again, the people who know of this piece can enjoy it no matter how many views it has!
This genre does not have the same level of contagious diffusion in popular culture that pop music does. If you gave people the internet 200 years ago this would be the front page of the internet
Heard this about 30 years ago, in Radio. Horowitz played it in Vienna, I was stunned. I had it on tape recorder, during my university time it brought me through a few dark hours!!! I am very grateful for that peace of music and tge inetrpreter!!
At first, I thought it is slower than it should be. And then I shut my eyes and listened to his play. I don't know what this song is about, but I could picture a man walking towards me, a man who was once younger and brave before, a man who is now older but no less brave and still dignified. That man may stumble every once in a while, but his parade is still powerful. The man has more details and considerations of his way of move. I enjoyed it so much. Thank you for uploading this.
That's what I thought, "Beethoven said Tempo is Music." Horowitz's Polonaise might be at best. I would love his rhythmical touch on key board articulation veryvery much, so lyric and magnificence. (91yrs.Japanese)sorry strange English.
I love his playfullness with the piano, the style, his age. It all plays so well together. I fucking love this man. The mistakes honestly dont ruin the performance at all for me. rip
It is amazing how this version has such a different energy when you compare it to Lang lang's version. The piano is such a beautiful and complete instrument. Thanks for uploading this
Ricardo Remar This is, in my opinion, one of the best interpretation ever, If it weren't by some mistakes he does, this would be the best in my opinion. However, because he was 82 years old when he played this, it doesn't matter at all. EDIT: 83 years old, not 82
Lan Lan totally cannot compare to him, they are in different universes, which Lan Lan’s is in a hollow, empty and soulless marketing bubble world, I don’t like that level of music
@@felicitylin5661 yeah, people praises Lang Lang too much but he is like the Miley Cyrus of classical music. I mean, he could play perfectly and all but still, he is soulless. We definitely can't compare him with Horowitz, Rubinstein or Zimerman, to name a few, they are on another completely different level above Lang Lang.
This is amazing from the first second. Wouldn’t one’s joint decay with age? I’ve just noticed that actually his hands are not inhumanly large like some prominent pianists and yet he is among the best, if not the best pianist of all time. That feels encouraging even though I still suck 😂
I particularly like 4:10 where the master showed off his control of strength. His left hand is so powerful. Like a thunder. But he only flashes it when necessary. Brilliant performance.
If you want playing perfection listen to a robot play this music. The greatest artists not only play the notes written by the composer but interpret and then transmit the emotional content of the piece to the audience. Horowitz was a master technician and interpreter of the classical repertoire.
Errori o senza errori, tanto di cappello al vecchio maestro, maestro di musica e non solo... Che magnifica persona. Ottima interpretazione, lui si che suona davvero con passione e amore
ouvi todos esses pianistas modernos e também Rubinstein, Paderewsky, mas nenhum tem a sonoridade belíssima de Horowitz, belíssima interpretação mesmo com aguns resbalos, ainda é o melhor mesmo mesmo nesta idade 83 anos. Por essa e outras que é considerado por muito como o maior pianista do século XX
I have liked and admired this piece through the years, but I never loved it before. I love this performance. I sort of understand it now. Previously I heard a lot of intricate things going on that obviously required a lot of skill to play well, but it did not seem to fit totally together as well as many other of Chopin's works. With Horowitz' performance, at every point I am poised to hear, in fact to experience, what comes next, and when it comes I am excited about it. Yes, there are some mistakes that even such a lowly person as I can hear. But this is a great performance. The best I have heard of this piece.
Lot's of ppl talkin about mistakes What mistakes i didnt hear any, the song was perfect especially goin from the lower octve to the higher And even if he did his mistakes doesnt sound like mistake what makes him on of the greatest pianists روعة😍
How can anyone compare this to a Lang Lang performance. It’s like comparing a Rolls Royce with a Robin Reliant. The man was a genius on the piano. We have him to thank for Arthur Rubinstein being so brilliant. It wasn’t until Rubinstein heard the Young Horowitz did he realise he needed to practise the piano seriously.
@@enleParis Thanks,I didn't know this particular!!!!!!❣️ In general I think that with Horowitz the piano tuner had to work a lot... Do you know the name of the piano tuner?
He's clearly brilliant. I have the impression that this is an extremely difficult piece, and that being able to play with the dynamics so easily and naturally is quite an accomplishment. However, I find that he is being arbitrarily creative. His dynamics strike me as simply random. They don't make any sense, or mean anything. So he is extremely skilled, and imaginative as well, but what he's doing here is beside the purpose of art.
What do u mean by besides the purpose of art? Like how abstract art appears to some ppl…? Well atleast ur not the only one standing on the shoulders of midgets, as a friend of mine said something similar after seeing ‘Another World’ by Escher.
I LOVE both Horowitz and Rubinstein. But I think that Horowitz enjoyed a physical edge that I noticed from the very start... he had ENORMOUS HANDS. Just compare the length of his fingers with everyone else, then listen as he applies such inhuman strength and percussiveness that he can literally overwhelm a keyboard. I've never seen anyone quite like him in this regard. But if I absolutely HAD to compare them both, I think I would go with Rubinstein for his "feeling" and overall interpretation skills. That said, the differences between these two masters are so miniscule, that it really comes down to personal taste. I'm attaching a video of Rubinstein playing the same song at Carnegie Hall. You be the judge: ruclips.net/video/QUoXKYT_rC8/видео.html&start_radio=1
perfekt ! Crem de la Crem , i o to idzeie zeby sie w Szopena wczuc , a nie te przez 20-latköw grane Chinskie maszynki "KI" do grania bez wyczucia tematu !!!!!!!! Das ist die beste Interpretation aller Zeiten , genau wie sich das der Chopin gedacht hat ! very goot Joob Sir Horowitz ! Danke die nechste Generation !
Having just listened to another recording of the exact same piece, I needed an ear-cleansing, and who better than Horowitz to accomplish such a thing? ☺
To play a wrong note is insignificatn, to play without passion is unexcusable - Beethoven
I can’t stand when someone plays without passion!
His interpretation is marvelous!
That doesn’t hold in the 21st century. Has to play correct notes and with passion lol
He was a child of his time and part of a historical tradition. People came to hear a legend, just as they came to hear Callas, when she was long past her prime.
I heard Emil Gilels in Tchaikowsky's first piano concerto in Copenhagen 1980. Fans were crowding outside the entrance and wanted to buy my ticket for a tripple sum. After the concert I thought, was that really it? Of course Gilels played technically good but at the same time strangely lethargic.I have heard dozens of better more passionated performances from lesser known artists.
@@dcunited710 I'd much rather see Horowitz's Rachmaninoff 3rd than Yuja or Trifonov's. Or I'd rather listen to Argerich's 'Gaspard de la nuit' at the age of 83 than Debargue's or Thibaudet's.
Horowitz' mistakes are better than most people's perfection.
he's one of the best pianists ever. even at 83. unbelievable
Horowitz vs. Rubenstein's heroic polonaise? No way.
he doesn't make mistakes. Only happy accidents.
Agree
I think being able to play the piece through with freedom and engagement is worth a few mistakes.
No mistakes, just happy little accidents. 😀
-Bob Ross
@@flyingkittenmeme3194 and then beat the devil out of it
Horowitz's wrong notes have little to do with age. He played lots of wrong notes all his life. He was never interested in playing note-perfect. He once said, "I don't want to be Jascha Heifetz" (violinist Jascha Heifetz was famous for the perfection of his playing). Part of the reason for these wrong notes is that he takes huge risks and sets himself near-unsurmountable challenges at all times, playing with extreme transparency, dynamic contrast, rhythmic tension, polyphony, differential articulations of different voices, and so on. At such a level of total musical and technical engagement, with nothing held in reserve, things do go (slightly) wrong on occasion.
He played it slower, with more mistakes and with less showmanship than Lang Lang. But I like Horwitz better. Therein lies my problem with lang lang. Music is so much more than playing fast and well and Horowitz puts so much more into his music than just speed and perfection. What a man! So glad we have his recordings.
Lang lang has no heroic feelings he just fakes emotions
he is 80 years old too
No. Horowitz played perfectly. That's what perfection is
Agree. Also, many pieces don't benefit from extra speed. That's why I like Horowithz version better than most - it's not rushed, there is time to highlight all that's important. His version feels more impactful and emotional. Same goes for me with Grimaud's interpretation of Tempest, Zimmerman's concertos etc.
I never liked how lang lang plays any of the pieces
I just listened to Lang Lang playing this Polonaise and then Horowitz. Lang is precise, like an old pianola. Horowitz is give the music colour, depth and what can only be described as pure musicality.,
I am trying to get my head around why Lang Lang is the most prominent concert pianist in the world today. Yes, every note is there but I fail to hear the pure musicality that Horowitz imbues.
OK abuse me for not showing the worshipful admiration of Lang Lang. I have also listened to Augerich and found her equally entrancing.
I sit in awe of Lang Lang's technique. But I am deeply moved by Horowitz.
I agree! I prefer this to Lang Lang's interpretation. Kissin's is too powerful. Horowitz makes it sound regal and classy. Still, I adore all three pianists.
Horowitz alone paints vivid images in my mind as I listen totally absorbed.
Horowitz is one of the greatest, but Lang Lang is still young, and it's avenir is still in front of him. I've heard him with Barenboim, and I appreciate very much for a young man learning from an older one. Both of them are very talented.
agree 100%
Way.
I cannot believe that any person could in any way fault this performance. This is one of the best renditions of this piece ever. I didn't even see sheet music. Wow !
I will add another Wow !
Without doubt one of the greats .
I agree, however no concert pianist would use sheet music to play this piece. They don’t use them for 45 minute concertos; they’re not going to need it for a 6 minute Polonaise.
Do not allow those idiots to bother you, us.
Have you ever seen the sheet music for the polonaise? No one who can play it would be bothered with such nonsense at a concert!
You'll never know how brilliant this is untill you try to play it yourself
aight... I like those odds lol
@@agustinmilano6839 famous last words lol
Absolutely, after months of studying this piece, I still watch this version over and over
I was able to play it a few times imperfectly when I had a good teacher, then gave up & got too busy with veterinary college. Regretted not exerting more attention to the music.
Old Horowitz, old fingers, still impresses me more than many young healthy pianists in perfect shape, I just came from a quick tour, I listened to many 'young healthy' pianists, NONE of them ignites my spirit like old bad ass Horowitz❤
Straight up rockstar.
It’s not about being young or old but about who someone is inside...
@@luciatat4084 Of course it's physically harder for old hands to play
Never mind the fingers or the age, it is the heart and spirit.
I agree with you. In a documentary Horowitz’s wife or some one said that he seldom practiced. I much prefer him!!
You guys need to realize that his mere presence at the piano was all people wanted. It was much like an old Sinatra, Pavarotti, or even Michael Jordan when he was on the Wizards. People just wanted to see the greatest and their magic one last time, regardless of limitations due to age.
Chopin: i bought the who-
Me: I've seen this comment more than I saw cockroaches in my house. We all know what you are going to say.
I love horowitz interpration of polonaise's chopin. My piano teacher told me once or twice that if there is some mistakes you could keep playing if there is your heart and if the rythm is there.
We could apologize for his old age, his interpration is magnificent
He plays this with so much soul and heroic spirit. Other pianists, even in all their "perfection" dont give me goosebumps like this does.
I keep watching others play this, and yet, I keep coming back to Horowitz.
There are many, many difficult aspects to this piece: fast-moving chords, awkward and unnatural fingering, range, and so many other things that would take me a lifetime to even learn to play the notes. However, what Horowitz understands (and more importantly, executes) is that this piece is almost an orchestral piece written for a single instrument: there are notes which are to be emphasized, and notes which are background. What makes it more difficult is these primary notes are often played by the same hand among other background ones.
A good example of the orchestral writing I'm talking about is at the very beginning, when the main theme is introduced (0:41). To me, I hear a clarinet playing the main melody over a pizzicato string section followed by a coupling with the first and second violins; oboe briefly takes over the theme at 0:58 and and the top three string voices join a woodwind chorus before a glissando and the brass joins for a full orchestra
You just don't hear this sort of 'voicing' by anyone but Horowitz. Horowitz may not be the only one to realize how it should be played, but he is by far the only one to pull it off
"Without music, life would be a mistake," said the typically hyperbolic Nietzsche --- and he definitely referred to music like this, as played by the maestro Horowitz, with the passion and the sheer bravura this incredibly demanding piece demands.
Thanks for uploading this!
I heard him live, in solo concert, four times, starting when he was 76. The amazing thing was not the perfection of each and every note, because he made mistakes. NO the amazing thing was how he brought the music to life, and gave it such true and powerful emotion.
How wonderful! What recitals did you attend? Were you at one of the 1979 recitals where he played the Schumann Humoreske and the Mephisto Waltz? I missed those, unfortunately. I heard him in 1978 (Carnegie Hall, all Chopin), 1980 (Avery Fisher Hall, Schumann/Mendelssohn/Rachmaninoff/Chopin), 1982 (London, Scarlatti/Chopin/Liszt), 1985 (Paris, Scarlatti/Mozart/Schubert/Scriabin/Chopin), and 1986 (Hamburg, Scarlatti/Schumann Kreisleriana/Rachmaninoff/Liszt).
man... that crescendo from the lower octave main theme to the higher octave is crazy good!
Pure heavy metal.
Heroic 83-year-old hands - amazing.
I saw some comments comparing the playing to that of lang lang. In my opinion there is no comparison in the two!
Horowitz does this piece so much justice, just listening to the piece makes my heart swell with emotion. Whereas lang lang plays all notes correctly for sure; for me he’s version lacks what most great pianists either have or haven’t got, and that is musicality. The ability to feel the piece not just play it.
I guess this piano still remember the last time someone played that well on him...an immortal love 😌
This is the best you will ever witness, the power,the finesse, the love, a truly remarkable performance and life.
*The fact that this has less views than despacito shows how people appreciate music* 😔
Excellent work well done👍🏼😍
It only gets worse, the amount of view this video has isn't even as big as one hundreth of a percent of the ones from despacito...
Then again, the people who know of this piece can enjoy it no matter how many views it has!
Cris TR so true
300 years from now people will still be listening to this and not despacito 😁
This genre does not have the same level of contagious diffusion in popular culture that pop music does. If you gave people the internet 200 years ago this would be the front page of the internet
Obviously we all know that this pice is more difficult than singing despacito🤦🏻♂️
I'm 26 but his fingers moves younger than mine... I really appreciate his passion ...
he has a very different style of musicality in this performance than other people who have played this. the difference is fascinating and beautiful
Mahdi listen to the gunfire, should hear the recording he Mae in the 50’s also the andante and Spanato and Grand Polonaise,
The difference was in the start, he play piano first and forte in the second and keep going and play fortissismo haha and that's makes us shiver
I love his face in the end
Heard this about 30 years ago, in Radio. Horowitz played it in Vienna, I was stunned. I had it on tape recorder, during my university time it brought me through a few dark hours!!! I am very grateful for that peace of music and tge inetrpreter!!
This video is from that Vienna recital. He performed only two more concerts after this one.
At first, I thought it is slower than it should be. And then I shut my eyes and listened to his play.
I don't know what this song is about, but I could picture a man walking towards me, a man who was once younger and brave before, a man who is now older but no less brave and still dignified.
That man may stumble every once in a while, but his parade is still powerful. The man has more details and considerations of his way of move. I enjoyed it so much. Thank you for uploading this.
That's what I thought, "Beethoven said Tempo is Music." Horowitz's Polonaise might be at best. I would love his rhythmical touch on key board articulation veryvery much, so lyric and magnificence. (91yrs.Japanese)sorry strange English.
Magnificent, beautiful. Loved listening to Horwitz.
Same here amazing
This is the best version I have heard by far. Wish I could've seen Horowitz play :(. Anyhow, have a good day :).
He plays with such emotion -- allowing me to experience Chopin anew.
Rubinstein and Horowitz:the Best Chopin 4 ever!
I can ALWAYS tell that Horowitz is playing when I hear a tune on the radio. No one hit those keys quite like him! True “Master” of the piano!
1:13 the guy who coughed. Seriously man! Thus is the best interpretation of my favourite piece by one of the all time best pianist and you cough?
I'm sure happy that once there was Vladimir Horowitz. Heroic playing.
This is 100%.
I love his playfullness with the piano, the style, his age. It all plays so well together. I fucking love this man. The mistakes honestly dont ruin the performance at all for me. rip
I love the emotion he puts into it, he feels it more than just playing it.
It is amazing how this version has such a different energy when you compare it to Lang lang's version. The piano is such a beautiful and complete instrument. Thanks for uploading this
Ricardo Remar This is, in my opinion, one of the best interpretation ever, If it weren't by some mistakes he does, this would be the best in my opinion. However, because he was 82 years old when he played this, it doesn't matter at all.
EDIT: 83 years old, not 82
@@EFDNora well wouldn't it be grand if EVERY pianist played every piece in the exact SAME way? 🙄
Lan Lan totally cannot compare to him, they are in different universes, which Lan Lan’s is in a hollow, empty and soulless marketing bubble world, I don’t like that level of music
@@felicitylin5661 yeah, people praises Lang Lang too much but he is like the Miley Cyrus of classical music. I mean, he could play perfectly and all but still, he is soulless. We definitely can't compare him with Horowitz, Rubinstein or Zimerman, to name a few, they are on another completely different level above Lang Lang.
yeah
The low notes on this piano is absolutely stunning
Mr. Horowitz, This IS your song...You have made it like no other...Thank you...
This is amazing from the first second. Wouldn’t one’s joint decay with age? I’ve just noticed that actually his hands are not inhumanly large like some prominent pianists and yet he is among the best, if not the best pianist of all time. That feels encouraging even though I still suck 😂
I particularly like 4:10 where the master showed off his control of strength.
His left hand is so powerful. Like a thunder. But he only flashes it when necessary.
Brilliant performance.
At some point it seemed that he was going to destroy the piano with the Power he played
Never arms the piano , we never feel it’s too strong , even it is,flying and flowing and taking us.
IMHO, this is still the most magnificent performance of this polonaise on youtube
If you want playing perfection listen to a robot play this music. The greatest artists not only play the notes written by the composer but interpret and then transmit the emotional content of the piece to the audience. Horowitz was a master technician and interpreter of the classical repertoire.
Errori o senza errori, tanto di cappello al vecchio maestro, maestro di musica e non solo... Che magnifica persona. Ottima interpretazione, lui si che suona davvero con passione e amore
Penso all'orgoglio di Toscanini di averlo come genero
ouvi todos esses pianistas modernos e também Rubinstein, Paderewsky, mas nenhum tem a sonoridade belíssima de Horowitz, belíssima interpretação mesmo com aguns resbalos, ainda é o melhor mesmo mesmo nesta idade 83 anos. Por essa e outras que é considerado por muito como o maior pianista do século XX
So I tried to put this on in the background while I work and had 0% success. You must watch him, he's a legend.
And he plays it more reminiscent of military heroes, as was Chopin's goal...
this is just legendary.
Indeed heroic
Much better than the grotesque version of Lang Lang
Totally agreed
How fleeting life is. That a talent such as this is no more
I have liked and admired this piece through the years, but I never loved it before. I love this performance. I sort of understand it now. Previously I heard a lot of intricate things going on that obviously required a lot of skill to play well, but it did not seem to fit totally together as well as many other of Chopin's works. With Horowitz' performance, at every point I am poised to hear, in fact to experience, what comes next, and when it comes I am excited about it. Yes, there are some mistakes that even such a lowly person as I can hear. But this is a great performance. The best I have heard of this piece.
Horowitz at his best… an all time performance for me!!!
i see more people complaining about the people complaining about the mistakes than the actual people commenting about the mistakes lol
This is really touching!
Câte degete are omul asta?????!!!! Și cât suflet???!!!! Impresionant la fiecare fraza!! Divin!
Lot's of ppl talkin about mistakes
What mistakes i didnt hear any, the song was perfect especially goin from the lower octve to the higher
And even if he did his mistakes doesnt sound like mistake what makes him on of the greatest pianists
روعة😍
Fantástico, digno desses aplausos.
Abraços do Brasil. 🇧🇷
How can anyone compare this to a Lang Lang performance. It’s like comparing a Rolls Royce with a Robin Reliant.
The man was a genius on the piano. We have him to thank for Arthur Rubinstein being so brilliant. It wasn’t until Rubinstein heard the Young Horowitz did he realise he needed to practise the piano seriously.
One of the best performances of this polonaise ever, if not the best ❤ just amazing..
how does he play the 0:41 to 0:43 part? It sounds so sweet compared to the rest of interpretations
sounds like way less pedal and probaly soft pedal. really soft touch. he was amazing at that.
Prova di abilità in cui ogni grande pianista apporta la propria interpretazione. Chopin è pura poesia. Horowitz immenso talento.
3:14 That is such an incredible sound change!
I have no words.
Brav-fucking-o!!!!!! Old timer's a goddam boss!
love the dynamics wow this just made me smile
This is the best playing I’ve ever seen Chopin Polonaise Heroic! I’ve seen this vids maybe more than 100 times. Love! Love so much Horowitz playing!
Why does his version sounds so good? he really does give the music color and depth.
4:28 6:00 FORTISSIMOOO!!! Such a wonderful interpretation.The piano is SINGING! How much colors 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
it was said he had to play this last or else they had to re-tune the piano because of so much forte.
@@enleParis Thanks,I didn't know this particular!!!!!!❣️
In general I think that with Horowitz the piano tuner had to work a lot... Do you know the name of the piano tuner?
이 나이에 이런 연주라니. 경외감같은게 생기네요. 나같은 사람은 최고의 피아니스트의 영상을 이렇게 볼수 있는 게 정말 큰 복인듯합니다.
" he actually was the best.... of his and the next generation...." Here , at 84 there is still a lot of fire left ( and Vladimir would say.)
This is incredible... I can feel the elation from every phrase
A few minor mistakes but who cares about that when the interpretation is amazing, Best performance of this polonaise
I LOVE Horowitz. I do. I really, really do!
This is the best version ever.
A loving touch of serrenade and the kisses from heaven last a lifetime of happiest sorrows.
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ !!!!
: )
Magnífico ❤
What a brilliant performance!
I love all the people trying to gaslight others into thinking that this a good interpretation 😂
it's amazing how pianissimo he can play while we are able to hear everything ...and then he sounds like a whole orchestra in the next second
I can only say beautiful, beautiful! One of the best performations. 😊
The vigor in which he carries out the low end of the piano is astonishing.
What a brilliant interpretation, why music like this must stop ahha
There are no Accidents
-Master Oogway
i cried
Any tips on how to play LEFT HAND fast in 3:20 - 4:33 because i feel a strain on my wrist and arms
J'adore ce grand pianiste,si doué et pourtant si humble!!
Doué oui, même bien plus que ca. Humble, sûrement pas.
To know that I can come back to this marvellous performance whenever I feel like it gives me pure joy
He's clearly brilliant. I have the impression that this is an extremely difficult piece, and that being able to play with the dynamics so easily and naturally is quite an accomplishment. However, I find that he is being arbitrarily creative. His dynamics strike me as simply random. They don't make any sense, or mean anything. So he is extremely skilled, and imaginative as well, but what he's doing here is beside the purpose of art.
May the RUclips gods have mercy on your reply section
@@alexanderweisberg5062 somehow he survives! The gods must be feeling merciful
What do u mean by besides the purpose of art? Like how abstract art appears to some ppl…? Well atleast ur not the only one standing on the shoulders of midgets, as a friend of mine said something similar after seeing ‘Another World’ by Escher.
Não há erro. Apenas emoção e brilhantismo.
Better than Lang Lang
I LOVE both Horowitz and Rubinstein. But I think that Horowitz enjoyed a physical edge that I noticed from the very start... he had ENORMOUS HANDS. Just compare the length of his fingers with everyone else, then listen as he applies such inhuman strength and percussiveness that he can literally overwhelm a keyboard. I've never seen anyone quite like him in this regard.
But if I absolutely HAD to compare them both, I think I would go with Rubinstein for his "feeling" and overall interpretation skills. That said, the differences between these two masters are so miniscule, that it really comes down to personal taste. I'm attaching a video of Rubinstein playing the same song at Carnegie Hall. You be the judge: ruclips.net/video/QUoXKYT_rC8/видео.html&start_radio=1
there is so much wrong with the comment before mine.
grammatically and factually.
Also, this is amazing.
perfekt ! Crem de la Crem , i o to idzeie zeby sie w Szopena wczuc , a nie te przez 20-latköw grane Chinskie maszynki "KI" do grania bez wyczucia tematu !!!!!!!! Das ist die beste Interpretation aller Zeiten , genau wie sich das der Chopin gedacht hat ! very goot Joob Sir Horowitz ! Danke die nechste Generation !
Jak na moj gust, to wykonanie/nagranie odrobine za szybkie. Ale o gustach sie nie dyskutuje ;). Czapki z glow dla mistrzow Vladimira i Frederyka.
Brilliant!!
This guy is way overrated.
You don’t deserve to be listening to his playing
Kocham świat, Fryderyku kocham świat; to be able to read musić, practice and give concerts, That’s what Fryderyk did! Pianists are geniuses!
Having just listened to another recording of the exact same piece, I needed an ear-cleansing, and who better than Horowitz to accomplish such a thing? ☺
God doesn’t make mistakes.
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