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Vladimir Horowitz - The Great Comeback

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Vladimir Horowitz

Veröffentlicht am: 23.08.2019

Nach zwölfjähriger Abwesenheit war Vladimir Horowitz' Rückkehr auf die Konzertbühne eines der aufregendsten Musikereignisse in New York. Es war Sonntag, der 9. Mai 1965, als der große Pianist die Bühne der Carnegie Hall betrat und von Standing Ovations begrüßt wurde. Es war sein erster öffentlicher Auftritt, nachdem er die selbe Bühne am 25. Februar 1953 verlassen hatte. Die Aufnahme dieses Konzertabends wurde mit drei Grammy® Awards ausgezeichnet und wurde eines der erfolgreichsten klassischen Alben. In den Monaten vor dem historischen Tag des 9. Mai ging Horowitz in die Carnegie Hall - zweimal im Januar, zweimal im April -, um für seine Frau und enge Freunde zu spielen, bevor er meinte, dass er bereit sei, öffentlich aufzutreten. Columbia Masterworks zeichnete diese intimen Privatkonzerte sowie seine anschließenden Proben für seine Rückkehr im Jahr 1966 auf Band auf. Seit mehr als 50 Jahren blieben diese nahezu unveröffentlicht. Die vorliegende Luxus-Ausgabe lädt den Zuhörer ein, in den Kreis der wenigen Horowitz-Vertrauten einzutreten, die diese Konzerte in dem dunklen, fast menschenleeren Konzertsaal besuchten: Wir hören, wie Horowitz die Freiheit der Improvisation in bisher ungehörten Probenmitschnitten genießt und lernen seine Arbeitsweise anhand vieler, zum Teil amüsanter Gespräche kennen, die in intimer Arbeitsatmosphäre aufgezeichnet wurden. Der 212-seitige Bildband mit 15 CDs enthält eine umfangreiche Sammlung bisher nicht gesehener Fotos von Don Hunstein, drei neue Essays des Pulitzer-Preisträgers Tim Page, des Pianisten Jed Distler und des Horowitz-Gelehrten Bernard Horowitz sowie Faksimile-Bilder und vollständige Transkriptionen der Gespräche.

Tracklisting

All DiscsDisc 1Disc 2Disc 3Disc 4Disc 5Disc 6Disc 7Disc 8Disc 9Disc 10Disc 11Disc 12Disc 13Disc 14Disc 15

Disc 1

  1. Horowitz Improvising
  2. Horowitz Testing the Piano
  3. Horowitz Improvising II
  4. Conversation: "It sounds very good in here"

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    1. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
    2. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 / I. Preludio, quasi improvisando. Tempo moderato
    3. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 / II. Intermezzo. Adagio
    4. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 / III. Fuga. Moderamente scherzando, un poco umoristico
    5. Conversation: "Just a sample, you know"
    6. Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61
    7. Conversation: "Okay, we're all rolling"
    8. Etudes, L. 136: 11. Pour les arpèges composés
    9. Conversation: "Yeah. Maybe here it'll be late a few notes"
    10. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17: I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
    11. Conversation: "Now the remaining five minutes"
    12. Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1

    • Disc 2

    1. Rehearsing Moszkowski Etude, Op. 72, No. 11
    2. Conversation: "Very difficult to play refined"
    3. Conversation: "Mr. Kazdin?"
    4. Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1
    5. Conversation: "How it sounds to you?"

  • Robert Schumann

    1. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17
    2. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 / I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
    3. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 / II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch
    4. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 / III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
    5. Conversation: "Very good"
    6. Horowitz Practicing Etudes, L. 136: 6. Pour les huit doigts
    7. Conversation: "We're ready whenever you are"
    8. Conversation: "Hello?"
    9. Mazurka No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 56
    10. Conversation: "I don't want..."
    11. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
    12. Conversation: "I did it for my piano"

    • Disc 3

    1. Conversation: "...to see how it sounds for you"
    2. Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - Soundcheck [bars 1-23]
    3. Conversation:"It sounds very beautiful"
    4. Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - Take 1 [bars 1-39]
    5. Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - Take 1 [bars 21-87]
    6. Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - Take 1 [bars 56-61]
    7. Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - Take 1 [bars 60-198]
    8. Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - Take 1 [bars 196-288 (end)]
    9. Conversation: "That probably..."
    10. Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 - Take 1
    11. Conversation:"Very good take"
    12. Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bar 41]
    13. Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 41-88]
    14. Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 85-93]
    15. Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 89-92]
    16. Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 89-99 (except ending)]
    17. Conversation: "Okay then. Ballade now"
    18. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Take 1 [bars 1-36]
    19. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Take 1 [Bars 32-179]
    20. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Take 1 [Bars 162-258]
    21. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Take 1 [bars 257-264 (end)]
    22. Conversation: "Well, we have to...to go over"
    23. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 6-9,']
    24. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 6-163]
    25. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 162-177]
    26. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 177-190]
    27. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 188-229]
    28. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 228-250 (with false starts)]
    29. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 242-250]
    30. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 242-256]
    31. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 - Insert 1 Take 1 [bars 255-264 (end)]
    32. Conversation:"Bravo! What shall I announce?"
    33. Mazurka in E Minor, Op, 41, No. 1 - Take 1
    34. Conversation: "And another one"
    35. Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4 [Excerpt] - Take 1
    36. Conversation: "...je vais le faire un peu.."
    37. Mazurka in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 59, No. 3 - Take 1
    38. Conversation: "À peu près. C'est joli aussi"
    39. Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 - (Take 1, edited)

    Disc 4

    1. Horowitz Improvising
    2. Conversation: "You want to hear something now?"
    3. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 / I. Preludio, quasi improvisando. Tempo moderato
    4. Conversation: "Would you like to hear it?"
    5. Toccata Insert
    6. Conversation: "It...it sounds better now"
    7. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 / II. Intermezzo. Adagio
    8. Conversation: "I will do only the beginning"

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    1. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
    2. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 / III. Fuga. Moderamente scherzando, un poco umoristico
    3. Conversation: "I played the whole one"
    4. Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 / II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch
    5. Conversation: "Very good. You want to play some more?"

  • Robert Schumann

    1. Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
    2. Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 / III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
    3. Conversation: "Very beautiful"
    4. Conversation: "Okay.. I will play just pieces"
    5. Sonata in E Major, K. 380
    6. Prélude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12
    7. 3 Nouvelles études, B. 130: No. 2 in A-Flat Major
    8. Étude in A-Flat Major, Op. 72, No. 11
    9. Valse oubliée No. 1 in F-Sharp Major, S. 215/1
    10. Étude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8
    11. Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major, Op. 68 "Black Mass"
    12. Conversation: "You know that something is buzzing in the piano"

    • Disc 5

    1. Conversation: "Listen, are we not further today?"
    2. Conversation: "Mr. Frost"

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    1. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
    2. I. Preludio, quasi improvisando. Tempo moderato
    3. II. Intermezzo. Adagio
    4. III. Fuga. Moderamente scherzando, un poco umoristico
    5. Conversation: "Okay, we're running"

  • Robert Schumann

    1. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17
    2. I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
    3. II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch
    4. III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
    5. Conversation: "Alright"

    • Disc 6

    1. Conversation: "Yeah, the Vibration today"
    2. Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major, Op. 68 "Black Mass"
    3. Conversation: "Hello, hello, Yeah?"
    4. Poème in F-Sharp Major, Op. 32, No. 1
    5. Conversation: "Now I play the Étude of Chopin"
    6. Etude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8
    7. Conversation: "That will go better, later"
    8. Mazurka in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 4
    9. Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4
    10. Conversation: "I will not play the Scherzo"
    11. Étude in A-Flat Major, Op. 72, No. 11
    12. Conversation: It's like encore"
    13. Étude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
    14. Conversation: "I don't have anything more"
    15. Children's Corner, L.113: III. Serenade for the Doll
    16. Conversation: "It's finished"

    Disc 7

    1. Johann Sebastian Bach

      1. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
      2. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 / I. Preludio, quasi improvvisando. Tempo moderato
      3. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 / II. Intermezzo - Adagio
      4. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 / III. Fuga - Moderamente scherzando, un poco umoristico - Moderamente scherzando, un poco umoristico

    3. Robert Schumann

      1. Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
      2. Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 / I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
      3. Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 / II. Mässig - Durchaus energisch
      4. Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 / III. Langsam getragen - Durchweg leise zu halten

    Disc 8

    1. Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major, Op. 68 "Black Mass"
    2. Poème in F-Sharp Major, Op. 32, No. 1
    3. Mazurka No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30
    4. Étude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8
    5. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
    6. Children's Corner, L. 113: III. Serenade for the Doll
    7. Étude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
    8. Étude in A-Flat Major, Op. 72, No. 11
    9. Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 7: Träumerei

    Disc 9

    1. Warm-up Improvisations and Conversation: "Not completely.."
    2. Sonata in A Major, K. 101, L. 494
    3. Sonata in F Minor, K. 466, L. 118
    4. Sonata in G Major, K. 455, L. 209
    5. Warm-up Improvisations

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    1. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3
    2. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 / I. Presto
    3. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 / II. Largo e mesto
    4. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 / III. Minuet. Allegro
    5. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3 / IV. Rondo. Allegro
    6. Warm-up Improvisations
    7. Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, Op. 70
    8. Applause
    9. Conversation
    10. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331: I. Tema. Andante - Var. I-III - Take 1
    11. Conversation: "Next is all right"
    12. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331: I. Tema. Andante - Var. V. Adagio - Var. VI. Allegro - Take 1
    13. Conversation: "The rest is good"
    14. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i: II. Menuetto - Trio - Rehearsal
    15. Conversation: I want to try a little Adagio more"
    16. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i: I. Tema. Var. V. Adagio - Take 2
    17. Conversation: Ah, listen, ah..."
    18. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i: I. Tema. Andante - Take 2
    19. Conversation: "Very good"

    • Disc 10

    1. Conversation: "Where is Mr. Frost?"
    2. Horowitz Improvising
    3. Conversation: "How it sounds there?"
    4. Horowitz Improvising
    5. Conversation: "Our machines are going"
    6. Piano Sonata in F Minor, K. 481
    7. Conversation: "Sonne bien?"
    8. 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80
    9. Conversation: "Ah, Mr. Hupfer..."

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    1. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i
    2. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i / I. Tema. Andante grazioso e variazioni
    3. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i / II. Menuetto - Trio
    4. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i / III. (Rondo) alla Turca. Allegretto

    • Disc 11

    1. Conversation: "The machine is going there?"
    2. Sonata No. 10 in C Major for Piano, Op. 70
    3. Conversation: "See, I start the whole sonata from the beginning"
    4. Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61
    5. Conversation: "Voilà! It's a difficult number"
    6. Nocturne in E Minor, Op. Posth. 72/1
    7. Conversation: "The Mazzurka, the Scherzo"
    8. Piano Sonata in E Major, K. 380
    9. Conversation: "Bis, bis , bis , bis, bis!"
    10. Valses oubliée in F-Sharp Major, S. 215, No. 1
    11. Conversation: "Bis, bis , bis , bis, bis, bis!"
    12. Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 67: V. Moderato
    13. Conversation:"..not the notes good"
    14. Étude-tableux in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9
    15. Conversation: "That's all"

    Disc 12

    1. Opening Applause to Horowitz Recital
    2. Sonata in F Minor, K. 481, L. 187
    3. 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    1. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i
    2. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i / I. Tema Andante grazioso e variazioni
    3. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i / II. Menuetto - Trio
    4. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331/300i / III. Rondo alla Turca. Allegretto
    5. Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 70, No. 10

    • Disc 13

    1. Opening Applause to Horowitz Recital
    2. Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61
    3. Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4
    4. Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1
    5. Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
    6. Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 67: V. Moderato
    7. Valses oubliée in F-Sharp Major, S. 215, No. 1
    8. Étude-tableau in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9

    Disc 14

    1. Introducing Horowitz
    2. The Withdrawal
    3. Horowitz on his Childhood
    4. Horowitz's Artistic Expansion
    5. Discovering Clementi
    6. Reading and Studying
    7. Playing Chamber Music in Russia
    8. Success and Satisfaction
    9. Artistic Truth
    10. The Clementi and Scriabin Recordings
    11. Moving to Columbia Records and Changing Recording Venue
    12. On Walking and Practicing
    13. The Return to Public Performance
    14. On Helping Young Artists
    15. Friendships

    Disc 15

    1. The Comeback Concert
    2. The Recording
    3. The Program
    4. Future Performances and Repertory Choices
    5. Ravel in Paris
    6. Scarlatti and Horowitz's Favorite Recordings
    7. This Interview in High Fidelity
    8. Playing and Improvising
    9. Performing in the Afternoon
    10. No People on the Stage
    11. Intention and Realization
    12. Conclusion

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