Vladimir Horowitz - In the Hands of the Master

Music : Classical : Lossless Between 1962 and 1973 Vladimir Horowitz was under exclusive contract to Columbia Masterworks (now Sony Classical). The relationship resulted in what many piano experts consider Horowitz's most satisfying recordings from both a musical and engineering standpoint. Many of them have long been regarded as classics, like Schumann's Kreisleriana, the Rachmaninov Second Sonata, the celebrated Scarlatti series, molten Scriabin, and of course, the pianist's famous May 9, 1965 Historic Return. Horowitz returned to the label in 1989 for what proved to be his last recording (he died only four days after his final session). In the Hands of a Master contains nothing that hasn't been out before on CD or that older Horowitz fans don't already own. But if you're new to Horowitz, this collection provides a decent introduction to the pianist's Sony holdings. It allots equal time to the artist's lyrical, colorist side (Schumann's Arabesqe, Schubert's G-flat Impromptu, Chopin Mazurkas, and various Scarlatti Sonatas) and to his demonic personality (Liszt's Scherzo & March, Scriabin's D-sharp minor Etude, Rachmaninov's D major Etude-Tableau, Chopin's G minor Ballade and A-flat Polonaise, plus Horowitz's famous "Carmen" Variations). His fascinating though controversial Beethoven is dumbed down to single movements only from the "Pathetique" and "Moonlight" sonatas. By contrast, we have the entirety of the pianist's 1962 Schumann Kinderszenen. Two additional Sony Classical Horowitz Centenary reissues also contain this Kinderszenen, by the way (making a grand total of seven U.S. Horowitz Kinderszenen reissues since compact discs came on the market). Photos inside the jacket spine include reproductions of job sheets from several of the original recording sessions. Eagle-eyed Horowitz mavens will notice that one of the sheets lists a test recording of Beethoven's Op. 31 No. 3 E-flat Sonata. Horowitz never recorded the work elsewhere, and rarely if ever played it. Does the performance still exist? Perhaps it can be coupled with Kinderszenen... Individual Track Details: 1. Polonaise for Piano in A flat major, B 147/Op. 53 "Heroic" by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1842; Paris, France Date of Recording: 05/04/1971 Length: 6 Minutes 23 Secs. 2. Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 3 in E major, B 74 "Tristesse" by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1836-1839; Paris, France Date of Recording: 07/06/1972 Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs. 3. Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 4 in C sharp minor, B 74 by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1832; Poland Date of Recording: 02/1973 Length: 2 Minutes 1 Secs. 4. Poèmes (2) for Piano, Op. 32: no 1 in F sharp major by Alexander Scriabin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1903; Russia Date of Recording: 1962 Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs. 5. Arabeske for Piano in C major, Op. 18 by Robert Schumann Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1838; Germany Date of Recording: 1962 Length: 6 Minutes 33 Secs. 6. Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 531/L 430 by Domenico Scarlatti Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Baroque Written: 18th Century Date of Recording: 1962 Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs. 7. Sonata for Harpsichord in G major, K 455/L 209 by Domenico Scarlatti Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Baroque Written: 18th Century Date of Recording: 1962 Length: 3 Minutes 6 Secs. 8. Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 899/Op. 90: no 3 in G flat major by Franz Schubert Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1827; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 1962 Length: 5 Minutes 44 Secs. 9. Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 39: no 5 in E flat minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1916-1917; Russia Date of Recording: 1962 Length: 4 Minutes 41 Secs. 10. Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172: no 2 in E major, Un poco più mosso by Franz Liszt Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1849-1850; Weimar, Germany Date of Recording: 05/09/1962 Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs. 11. Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 157/Op. 59: no 3 in F sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1845; Paris, France Date of Recording: 02/15/1973 Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs. 12. Nouvelles Etudes (3) for Piano, B 130: no 2 in A flat major by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1839; Paris, France Date of Recording: 04/07/1965 Length: 1 Minutes 58 Secs. 13. Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 12 in C minor, B 67 "Revolutionary" by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1829-1833; Poland Date of Recording: 07/06/1972 Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs. 14. Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": 2nd movement, Adagio cantabile by Ludwig van Beethoven Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Classical Written: 1797-1798; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 11/04/1963 Length: 5 Minutes 27 Secs. 15. Scherzo and March for Piano, S 177 by Franz Liszt Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany Date of Recording: 10/22/1967 Length: 10 Minutes 35 Secs. 16. Kinderszenen, Op. 15 by Robert Schumann Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1838; Germany Date of Recording: 1962 Length: 17 Minutes 46 Secs. 17. Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 45: no 1, Feuillet d'album by Alexander Scriabin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1904-1905; Russia Date of Recording: 05/31/1972 Length: 1 Minutes 15 Secs. 18. Etudes (8) for Piano, Op. 42: no 4 in F sharp major by Alexander Scriabin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1903; Russia Date of Recording: 04/27/1972 Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs. 19. Etudes (8) for Piano, Op. 42: no 5 in C sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1903; Russia Date of Recording: 05/31/1972 Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs. 20. Waltzes (3) for Piano, Op. 34: no 2 in A minor, B 64 by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1831; Poland Date of Recording: 05/04/1971 Length: 5 Minutes 1 Secs. 21. Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25: no 1 in A flat major by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1832-1836; Paris, France Date of Recording: 1989 Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs. 22. Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25: no 5 in E minor by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Date of Recording: 1989 Length: 3 Minutes 16 Secs. 23. Sonata for Harpsichord in F minor, K 466/L 118 by Domenico Scarlatti Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Baroque Written: 18th Century Date of Recording: 1964 Length: 4 Minutes 58 Secs. 24. Sonata for Harpsichord in G major, K 146/L 349 by Domenico Scarlatti Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Baroque Written: 18th Century Date of Recording: 1964 Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs. 25. Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244: no 19 in D minor by Franz Liszt Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1885; Budapest, Hungary Date of Recording: 1962 Length: 9 Minutes 42 Secs. 26. Isolde's "Liebestod" from Wagner's "Tristan", S 447 by Franz Liszt Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1867; Weimar, Germany Date of Recording: 1989 Length: 6 Minutes 35 Secs. 27. Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23 by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1831-1835 Date of Recording: 1968 Length: 9 Minutes 2 Secs. 28. Variations on a Theme from Bizet's "Carmen" by Vladimir Horowitz Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: 20th Century Date of Recording: 1968 Length: 3 Minutes 58 Secs. 29. Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 no 2 "Moonlight": 1st movement, Adagio sostenuto by Ludwig van Beethoven Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Classical Written: 1801; Vienna, Austria Date of Recording: 04/1972 Length: 5 Minutes 55 Secs. 30. Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 491/L 164 by Domenico Scarlatti Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Baroque Written: 18th Century Date of Recording: 1964 Length: 3 Minutes 56 Secs. 31. Impromptus (10) on a theme by Clara Schumann, Op. 5 by Robert Schumann Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1833; Germany Date of Recording: 02/1969 Length: 7 Minutes 24 Secs. 32. Preludes (13) for Piano, Op. 32: no 12 in G sharp minor, Allegro by Sergei Rachmaninov Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1910; Russia Date of Recording: 12/15/1968 Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs. 33. Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 33: no 5 in D minor by Sergei Rachmaninov Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1911; Russia Date of Recording: 12/10/1967 Length: 1 Minutes 37 Secs. 34. Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 33: no 2 in C major by Sergei Rachmaninov Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1911; Russia Date of Recording: 12/10/1967 Length: 2 Minutes 26 Secs. 35. Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 39: no 9 in D major by Sergei Rachmaninov Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1916-1917; Russia Date of Recording: 12/10/1967 Length: 3 Minutes 55 Secs. 36. Sonatas (6) for Piano, Op. 25: no 3 in B flat major by Muzio Clementi Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Classical Written: 1790; London, England Date of Recording: 09/1963 Length: 4 Minutes 11 Secs. 37. Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 77/Op. 17: no 4 in A minor by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1832-1833; Paris, France Date of Recording: 04/14/1971 Length: 4 Minutes 5 Secs. 38. Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 5 in G flat major "Black Keys" by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1829-1833; Poland Date of Recording: 04/14/1971 Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs. 39. Nocturnes (2) for Piano, B 161/Op. 62: no 1 in B major by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1846; Paris, France Date of Recording: 1989 Length: 6 Minutes 45 Secs. 40. Polonaises (2) for Piano, Op. 40: no 1 in A major, B 120 "Military" by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1838; Poland Date of Recording: 07/06/1972 Length: 4 Minutes 50 Secs. 41. Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28: no 15 in D flat major "Raindrop" by Frédéric Chopin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Romantic Written: 1838-1839; Paris, France Date of Recording: 1971 Length: 5 Minutes 8 Secs. 42. Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 8: no 12 in D sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1894; Russia Date of Recording: 1962 Length: 2 Minutes 9 Secs. 43. Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 2: no 1, Etude in C sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1887-1889; Russia Date of Recording: 1962 Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs. 44. Feuillet d'album, Op. 58 by Alexander Scriabin Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1910; Russia Date of Recording: 1972 Length: 1 Minutes 30 Secs. 45. Sonata for Harpsichord in A major, K 39/L 391 by Domenico Scarlatti Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Period: Baroque Written: by 1739 Date of Recording: 1964 Length: 2 Minutes 30 Secs. Enjoy and Seed!!

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