On October 1, 2003, the music world will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Horowitz, the 20th century's most acclaimed pianist and the last of the true Romantic masters of the keyboard. Sony Classical will mark the anniversary with the release of Horowitz Live and Unedited - The Historic 1965 Carnegie Hall Return Concert, the first-ever unedited release of the historic live recording of Horowitz's 1965 concert at Carnegie Hall.
The uncut, unedited release of the 1965 recital redresses the controversial editing out of mistakes in the legendary recording that was released following the historic performance. Peter Gelb, President of Sony Classical, who managed Horowitz's career in the final years of his life and who also produced the four programs that will be shown at Lincoln Center, commissioned the new CD release. "Horowitz often told me that his live performances, although never note-perfect, represented the pure spontaneity of his art more faithfully than his recordings ever did," Gelb said. "And yet apparently in this case he couldn't resist the idea of putting out anything less than a note-perfect recording, even though substantial doctoring was required. We are therefore pleased to offer Horowitz fans the true performance for the first time."
Between 1962 and 1975, he recorded exclusively for Columbia Masterworks, the forerunner of Sony Classical, a period in which he made definitive stereo recordings of the solo literature most closely associated with him -- most notably, the music of Chopin, Schumann, Scriabin, Scarlatti and Rachmaninoff.
Selections:
1. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 Live, Unedited
2. I. Preludio, quasi improvvisando. Tempo moderato Live, Unedited
3. II. Intermezzo. Adagio Live, Unedited
4. III. Fuga. Moderamente scherzando, un poco umoristico Live, Unedited
5. Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 Live, Unedited :
6. I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen Live, Unedited
7. II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch Live, Unedited
8. III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten Live, Unedited
9. Sonata No. 9 in F Major for Piano, Op. 68 "Black Mass" Live, Unedited
10. Moderato quasi andante - Molto meno vivo - Allegro molto - Alla marcia - Allegro - Presto Live, Unedited
11. Poème in F-sharp Major, Op. 32, No. 1 Live, Unedited
12. Andante cantabile Live, Unedited
13. Mazurka No. 4 in C-sharp minor, Op. 30 Live, Unedited
14. Allegretto Live, Unedited
15. Étude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8 Live, Unedited
16. Allegro Live, Unedited
17. Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Live, Unedited
18. Largo - Moderato - Meno mosso - Presto con fuoco Live, Unedited
19. Serenade for the Doll. Allegretto ma non troppo (No. 3 from Children's Corner) Live, Unedited
20. Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2, No. 1 Live, Unedited
21. Étude in A-flat Major, Op. 72, No. 11 Live, Unedited
22. Presto e con leggierezza Live, Unedited
23. Träumerei (No. 7 from Kinderszenen, Op. 15) Live, Unedited
24. Kinderszenen, Op. 15
25. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
26. Kuriose Geschichte
27. Hasche-Mann
28. Bittendes Kind
29. Glückes genug
30. Wichtige Begebenheit
31. Träumerei
32. Am Kamin
33. Ritter vom Steckenpferd
34. Fast zu ernst
35. Fürchtenmachen
36. Kind im Einschlummern
37. Der Dichter spricht
38. Program Start :
39. Au bord d'une source from Année de Pèlerinage, Première année, Suisse, S. 160 (1848-1854), No. 4 Excerpt
40. III. (Rondo) Alla Turca. Allegretto from Sonata No. 41 in A Major for Piano, K. 331/300i Excerpt
41. Polka de W. R.: Allegro Excerpt
42. Variations on a Theme from Bizet's Opera "Carmen" Excerpt
43. Étude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5 "Black Key"
44. Étude in F Major, Op. 72, No. 6 from 15 Etudes de virtuosité, Per aspera
45. Au bord d'une source from Année de Pèlerinage, Première année, Suisse, S. 160 (1848-1854), No. 4
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