Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (Russian: Владимир Самойлович Горовиц, Vladimir Samojlovič Gorovits; Ukrainian: Володимир Самійлович Горовиць, Volodymyr Samiylovich Horovyts) (1 October 1903 – 5 November 1989) was a Russian-American^[1][2] pianist. In his prime, he was considered one of the most distinguished pianists of any age. His technique, use of tone color and the excitement of his playing are legendary. Though sometimes criticized for being overly mannered and showy, he has a huge and passionate following and is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. Image File history File links Portrait of Vladimir Horowitz. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Map of Ukraine with Kiev highlighted Coordinates: , Country Ukraine Oblast Kiev City Municipality Raion Municipality Government  - Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi Elevation 179 m (587 ft) Population (2006)  - City 4,450,968  - Density 3,299/km² (8,544. ... The subject of this article was previously also known as Russia. ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... New York, New York redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about Western art music from 1000 AD to the 2000s . ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... In education, teachers are those who teach students or pupils, often a course of study or a practical skill. ... Floruit (or fl. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... A Russian-American is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States who has Russian heritage. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ...

Life and early career

Horowitz said that he was born in Kiev, Ukraine in the Russian Empire,^[3] but some sources^[4] have given Berdichev, Ukraine as his birthplace. His cousin Natasha Saitzoff, in a 1991 interview, stated that all four children were born in Kiev^[5]; Horowitz's wife, Wanda Toscanini, however, gave credence to the Berdichev possibility.^[6] Rabbinical documents also support a Berdichev birth. ^[7] Map of Ukraine with Kiev highlighted Coordinates: , Country Ukraine Oblast Kiev City Municipality Raion Municipality Government  - Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi Elevation 179 m (587 ft) Population (2006)  - City 4,450,968  - Density 3,299/km² (8,544. ... The subject of this article was previously also known as Russia. ... Berdichev (Polish language: Berdyczów, Ukrainian language: Бердичів, Russian language: Бердичев) is a town in Zhytomyrska oblast, Ukraine, 44 km South of Zhytomyr. ... Wanda Giorgina Toscanini (December 7, 1907 – August 21, 1998) was the daughter of the famous Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini and the wife of Russian pianist Vladimir Horowitz, whom she married in 1933. ...

He was born in 1903, but in order to make Vladimir appear too young for military service so as not to risk damaging his hands, his father took a year off his son's age by claiming he was born in 1904. The 1904 date appeared in many reference works during the pianist's lifetime.

Horowitz received piano instruction from an early age, initially from his mother, who was herself a competent pianist. In 1912 he entered the Kiev Conservatory, where he was taught by Vladimir Puchalsky, Sergei Tarnowsky, and Felix Blumenfeld. He left the conservatory in 1919 and performed the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor at his graduation. His first solo recital was performed in 1920. A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... Evening 1998 Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music (Kiev conservatory) — State establishment of higher music education of the fourth category of accreditation. ... Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld, (born 17/19 April 1863, Kovalevka, Kherson - died 21 January 1931 in Moscow) was a Russian composer, conductor and pianist. ... Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, also Sergey Rachmaninov or Serge Rakhmaninov (Серге́й Васи́льевич Рахма́нинов), (April 1, 1873 – March 28, 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist... The beginning of the opening theme of the The Piano Concerto No. ...

His star rose rapidly, and he soon began to tour Russia where he was often paid with bread, butter and chocolate rather than money, due to the country's economic hardships.^[8] During the 1922-1923 season, he performed 23 concerts of eleven different programs in Leningrad alone.^[8] On January 2, 1926, Horowitz made his first appearance outside his home country, in Berlin. He later played in Paris, London and New York City. Horowitz was selected by Soviet authorities to represent Ukraine in the inaugural 1927 Chopin Piano Competition: however the pianist had decided to stay in the West and thus did not participate.^[9] Horowitz settled in the United States in 1940, and became an American citizen in 1944. Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Soviet redirects here. ... The International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition is one of the oldest and the most prestigious piano competition in the world, organized in Warsaw since 1927 and held every 5 years since 1955. ...

Career in the US

Horowitz gave his U.S. debut on January 12, 1928, in Carnegie Hall. He played Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto under the direction of Sir Thomas Beecham who was also making his U.S. debut. Horowitz later commented that he and Beecham had divergent ideas regarding tempos, and that Beecham was conducting the score "from memory and he didn't know" the piece.^{[citation needed]} Horowitz's success with the audience was phenomenal, and a solo recital was quickly scheduled. Olin Downes, writing for the New York Times, was critical about the metric tug of war between conductor and soloist, but Downes credited Horowitz with both a tremendous technique and a beautiful singing tone in the second movement.^[10] In this debut performance, Horowitz demonstrated a marked ability to excite his audience, an ability he preserved for his entire career. As Olin Downes commented, "it has been years since a pianist created such a furor with an audience in this city." In his review of the Horowitz's solo recital, Downes characterized the pianist's playing as showing "most if not all the traits of a great interpreter."^[11] is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, sometimes transliterated as Piotr, Anglicised as Peter Ilich), (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893 (N.S.); April 25, 1840 – October... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskys Piano Concerto No. ... Thomas Beecham (April 29, 1879 - March 8, 1961) was a British conductor. ... Olin Downes (Edwin) (January 27, 1886–August 22, 1955) was a significant U.S. music critic. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Olin Downes (Edwin) (January 27, 1886–August 22, 1955) was a significant U.S. music critic. ...

In 1932, he played for the first time with the conductor Arturo Toscanini in a performance of the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’. Horowitz and Toscanini went on to perform together many times, on stage and in recordings. A conductor conducting at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian musician. ... Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer of Classical music, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. ... Ludwig van Beethovens Piano Concerto No. ...

Despite rapturous receptions at recitals, Horowitz became increasingly unsure of his abilities as a pianist. Several times, he withdrew from public performances - during 1936 to 1938, 1953 to 1965, 1969 to 1974, and 1983 to 1985. On several occasions, Horowitz had to be pushed onto the stage.^[8] After his comeback in 1965 he gave solo recitals only rarely. He made his television debut on September 22, 1968, in a concert televised by CBS from Carnegie Hall.

Recordings

Horowitz made numerous recordings, starting in 1928, upon his arrival in the United States. His first recordings in the US were made for RCA Victor. Because of the economic impact of the Great Depression, RCA Victor agreed to allow its recording artists' European-produced recordings to be made by HMV, RCA's London based affiliate. Horowitz's first European recording, in 1930, was of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 with Albert Coates and the London Symphony Orchestra, the world premiere recording of that piece. Through 1936, Horowitz continued to make recordings for HMV of solo piano repertoire, including his famous 1932 account of the Liszt Sonata in B minor. Beginning in 1940, Horowitz's recording activity was again concentrated in the United States. That year, he recorded Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2, and in 1941, made his first recording of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, both with the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini. In 1959, RCA issued the live 1943 performance of the concerto with Horowitz and Toscanini; some^{[attribution needed]} say it is superior to the commercial recording. Beginning in 1953, when Horowitz went into retirement, he made a series of recordings in his New York townhouse, including discs of Scriabin and Clementi. Horowitz's first stereo recording, made in 1959, was devoted to Beethoven piano sonatas. Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, also Sergey Rachmaninov or Serge Rakhmaninov (Серге́й Васи́льевич Рахма́нинов), (April 1, 1873 – March 28, 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist... The beginning of the opening theme of the The Piano Concerto No. ... Albert Coates (April 23, 1882 – December 11, 1953) was an Anglo-Russian conductor and composer. ... The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. ... Franz Liszt (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a virtuoso pianist and composer. ... One of the pages from the original manuscript of the sonata. ... Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall]] The NBC Symphony Orchestra was an orchestra established by David Sarnoff of the National Broadcasting Company as a vehicle for conductor Arturo Toscanini. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Leinster House, 18th century Dublin townhouse of the Duke of Leinster. ... Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Скря́бин; sometimes transliterated as Skryabin) (January 6, 1872 – April 27, 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist. ... Clementi can refer to: Muzio Clementi, a composer Clementi, a neighbourhood of Singapore This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the spacecraft and the mission. ... “Beethoven” redirects here. ...

In 1962, Horowitz embarked on a series of highly acclaimed recordings for Columbia Records. The most famous among them are his 1965 return concert at Carnegie Hall and a 1968 recording from his television special, Vladimir Horowitz: a Concert at Carnegie Hall, televised by CBS. Horowitz also continued to make studio recordings, including a 1969 recording of Kreisleriana by Robert Schumann, which was awarded the Prix Mondial du Disque. Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... Kreisleriana, an early work of Robert Schumann, is an 8 movement piece for solo piano, entitled Phantasien für das Pianoforte. ... For others with the same name see Robert Schumann (disambiguation). ...

In 1975, Horowitz returned to RCA Victor, and made a series of live recordings until 1982. He signed with Deutsche Grammophon in 1985, and made both studio and live recordings until 1989, including his only recording of the Piano Concerto No. 23 (Mozart). Four filmed documents were made during this time, including the telecast of his April 20, 1986 Moscow recital. His final recording, for Sony Classical, was completed four days before his death. Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ... Logo Deutsche Grammophon is a German record label. ... Mozarts Concerto No. ... is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... Sony Classical is the successor to the Columbia and CBS Masterworks labels, assuming its new identity after the purchase of CBS Records by Sony Corporation. ...

Students

Beginning in 1944, Horowitz began working with a select group of young pianists. First among these was Byron Janis, who studied with Horowitz until 1948. Janis described his relationship to Horowitz during that period as that of a surrogate son, and he often traveled with Horowitz and his wife during concert tours. During his second retirement he worked with more pianists, including Gary Graffman (1953-1955), Coleman Blumfield (1956-1958), Ronald Turini (1957-1963), Alexander Fiorillo (1950-1962) and Ivan Davis (1961-1962). Horowitz returned to coaching in the 1980s, working with Murray Perahia, who already had an established career, and Eduardus Halim. By this time, Horowitz was concerned that a pianist studying with him might be regarded as a Horowitz clone, so the sessions were not publicized and Horowitz insisted "I am not teaching you. I give you tips." Late in his career, Horowitz only endorsed Janis, Graffman, and Turini as pupils, although he admitted a number of pianists had played for him. Byron (Yankelevitch) Janis (born March 24, 1928) is an American pianist widely considered to be one of the twentieth centurys greatest musicians (Classical CD). ... Gary Graffman (born 14 October 1928) is a classical pianist, teacher of piano and music administrator. ... Ronald Turini (b. ... Ivan Davis (born February 4, 1932 in Electra, Texas) is a jazz and classical pianist. ... Murray Perahia (b. ... Look up clone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Personal life

In 1933, in a civil ceremony, Horowitz married Toscanini's daughter Wanda. Their different religious backgrounds — Wanda was Catholic, Horowitz Jewish — were not an issue, as neither was observant. As Wanda knew no Russian and Horowitz knew very little Italian, their primary language became French. They had one child, Sonia Toscanini Horowitz (1934-1975). Wanda Giorgina Toscanini (December 7, 1907 – August 21, 1998) was the daughter of the famous Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini and the wife of Russian pianist Vladimir Horowitz, whom she married in 1933. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ...

Despite his marriage, there is considerable independent evidence that Horowitz was gay(citation needed). He is credited with the quote: "There are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists, and bad pianists".^[12] Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ...

Horowitz underwent psychological treatment in the 1950s in an attempt to alter his sexual orientation (citation needed). In the early 1960s and again in the early 1970s, he underwent electroshock therapy for depression.^[8] Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as electroshock, is a controversial psychiatric treatment in which seizures are induced with electricity for therapeutic effect. ...

The last years

Vladimir Horowitz at his 1986 Moscow recital. Screenshot from the DVD release of the concert.

In 1982, Horowitz began using prescribed anti-depressant medications, and his playing underwent a perceptible decline^[13]. The pianist’s 1983 performances in the United States and Japan were marred by memory lapses and a loss of physical control. By 1985, Horowitz, no longer taking medication, returned to concertizing and recording and was back on form. In many of his later performances, the octogenarian pianist substituted finesse and coloration for bravura, although he was still capable of remarkable technical feats. Image File history File links Vladimir Horowitz in performance at his legendary Moscow concert. ... Image File history File links Vladimir Horowitz in performance at his legendary Moscow concert. ...

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Repertoire and technique

Horowitz is best known for his performances of the Romantic piano repertoire. His first recording of the Liszt Sonata in 1932 is still considered by some aficionados^[14] to be the definitive reading of that piece, after almost 75 years and over 100 performances committed to disc by other pianists. Other pieces with which he was closely associated were Scriabin's Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12 , Chopin's Ballade No.1 in G minor, and many Rachmaninoff miniatures, including Polka de W.R. He is also acclaimed for his recordings of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3, as well as for his famous hair-raising transcriptions of several of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies. The Second Rhapsody was recorded in 1953, during Horowitz's 25th anniversary concert at Carnegie Hall, and he stated that it was the most difficult of his transcriptions.^[15] Horowitz's other transcriptions of note include Variations on a Theme from Carmen by Georges Bizet and Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa. The latter became a favourite with audiences, who would anticipate its performance as an encore. Later in life, he refrained from playing it altogether, feeling, "the audience would forget the concert and only remember Stars and Stripes, you know."^{[citation needed]} Horowitz was also well known for his performances of quieter, more intimate works including Schumann's Kinderszenen, Scarlatti Sonatas, and several Mozart Sonatas. During World War II, Horowitz championed contemporary Russian music, giving the American premieres of Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 and 8 (the so-called "War Sonatas") and Kabalevsky's Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3. Horowitz also premiered the Piano Sonata and Excursions of Samuel Barber. Romantics redirects here. ... Original Handwritten MS of Beethovens Great Op. ... Etude Op. ... Ballade No. ... The Hungarian Rhapsodies, (S/G244, R106) Rapsodies hongroises or Ungarische Rhapsodien) are a set of pieces of music by Franz Liszt, originally for solo piano. ... Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (October 25, 1838 – June 3, 1875) was a French composer and pianist of the romantic era. ... The Stars and Stripes Forever is a patriotic American march. ... John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known particularly for American military marches. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky (Russian Дмитрий Борисович Кабалевский) (1904-1987) was a Soviet composer. ... An excursion c. ... Samuel Barber, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of classical music ranging from orchestral, to opera, choral, and piano music. ...

Horowitz's interpretations were well received by concert audiences, but not by some critics. Virgil Thomson was famous for his consistent criticism of Horowitz as a "master of distortion and exaggeration" in his reviews appearing in the New York Herald Tribune. In the 1980 Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Michael Steinberg wrote that Horowitz "illustrates that an astounding instrumental gift carries no guarantee about musical understanding." However, many famous pianists, amongst them Shura Cherkassky, Earl Wild, Lazar Berman, John Browning, Van Cliburn, Maurizio Pollini, Murray Perahia and Yefim Bronfman held Horowitz in high regard and expressed their admiration for him.^[16] The style of Horowitz frequently involved vast dynamic contrasts, with overwhelming double-fortissimos followed by sudden delicate pianissimos. He was able to produce an extraordinary volume of sound from the piano, without producing a harsh tone. He could elicit an exceptionally wide range of tonal color from the piano, and his taut, precise, and exciting attack was noticeable even in his renditions of technically undemanding pieces such as the Chopin Mazurkas. He is also famous for his octave technique; he could play precise scales in octaves extraordinarily fast. When asked by the pianist Tedd Joselson how he practiced octaves, Joselson reports, "He practiced them exactly as we were all taught to do."^[17] Horowitz's hand position was unusual in that the palm was often below the level of the key surface. He frequently played chords with straight fingers, and the little finger of his right hand was often curled up until it needed to play a note; as New York Times music critic Harold C. Schonberg put it, “it was like a strike of a cobra.”^[18] Sergei Rachmaninoff himself commented that Horowitz plays contrary to how they had been taught, yet somehow with Horowitz it worked. Another account has it that when Horowitz was asked by an interviewer why he played his octaves so loud and so fast, his response was, “Because I can!” Music critic and biographer Harvey Sachs submitted that Horowitz may have been "the beneficiary - and perhaps also the victim - of an extraordinary central nervous system and an equally great sensitivity to tone colour".^[19] " Oscar Levant, in his book, "The Memoirs of an Amnesiac", wrote that Horowitz' octaves were "brilliant, accurate and etched out like bullets." He asked Horowitz, "whether he shipped them ahead or carried them with him on tour". Virgil Thomson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1947 Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 - September 30, 1989) was an American composer from Missouri, whose rural background gave a sense of place in his compositions. ... Shura Cherkassky (October 7, 1909 - December 27, 1995) was a Ukrainian classical pianist known for his brilliant, if sometimes idiosyncratic performances of the romantic repertoire. ... Earl Wild (born November 26, 1915) is an American pianist known especially for his transciptions of classical music and jazz. ... Lazar Naumovich Berman (born February 26, 1930 in Leningrad and died February 6, 2005 in Florence) was a Soviet Russian classical pianist. ... John Moses Browning (January 21[1] or January 23,[2] 1855 – November 26, 1926), born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed myriad varieties of weapons, cartridges, and gun mechanics, many of which are still in use around the world. ... Cliburn playing in the final round of the First International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition Harvey Lavan Cliburn Jr. ... Maurizio Pollini Maurizio Pollini (born January 5, 1942) is an Italian classical pianist. ... Murray Perahia (b. ... Yefim Bronfman (born April 10, 1958) is a Russian-born Israeli pianist. ... The mazurka (Polish: mazurek, named after Polands Mazovia district; mazurka is the feminine form of mazurek) is a Polish folk dance in triple metre with a lively tempo, containing a heavy accent on the third or second beat. ... For other uses, see Octave (disambiguation). ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Harold Charles Schonberg (November 29, 1915 - July 26, 2003) was a American music critic and journalist, most notably for the New York Times between 1960 and 1980. ...

For all the aural excitement of his playing, Horowitz rarely raised his hands higher than the piano's fallboard. His body was immobile, and his face seldom reflected anything other than perhaps intense concentration.

Awards and recognitions

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• 1987 Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 (Deutsche Grammophon 419217)
• 1969 Horowitz on Television: Chopin, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Horowitz (Columbia 7106)
• 1968 Horowitz in Concert: Haydn, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Mozart, Chopin (Columbia 45572)

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• 1989 Horowitz Plays Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 (Deutsche Grammophon 423287)
• 1979 Golden Jubilee Concert, Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (RCA CLR1 2633)

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• 1993 Horowitz Discovered Treasures: Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi (Sony 48093)
• 1991 The Last Recording (Sony SK 45818)
• 1988 Horowitz in Moscow (Deutsche Grammophon 419499)
• 1982 The Horowitz Concerts 1979/80 (RCA ARL1-3775)
• 1980 The Horowitz Concerts 1978/79 (RCA ARL1-3433)
• 1979 The Horowitz Concerts 1977/78 (RCA ARL1-2548)
• 1977 The Horowitz Concerts 1975/76 (RCA ARL1-1766)
• 1974 Horowitz Plays Scriabin (Columbia M-31620)
• 1973 Horowitz Plays Chopin (Columbia M-30643)
• 1972 Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas) (Columbia M-30464)

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• Columbia Records Presents Vladimir Horowitz
• 1966 Horowitz at Carnegie Hall: An Historic Return
• 1972 Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)
• 1978 Concert of the Century with Leonard Bernstein (conductor), the New York Philharmonic, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vladimir Horowitz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, Lyndon Woodside
• 1988 Horowitz in Moscow (Deutsche Grammophon 419499)
• 1987 Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 (Deutsche Grammophon 419217)

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• 1966 Horowitz at Carnegie Hall — An Historic Return
• 1987 Horowitz: The Studio Recordings, New York 1985 (Deutsche Grammophon 419217)

The 8th Grammy Awards were held in 1966. ... The 29th Grammy Awards were held in 1987. ...

Video Links

• Vladimir Horowitz plays Traumerei
• Vladimir Horowitz plays Chopin's first Ballade
• Lots of Horowitz clips
• Continuous 50-video Horowitz Playlist

References

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External links

• The Horowitz Papers at the Yale University Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
• Vladimir Horowitz at Sony Classical
• Vladimir Horowitz at the Vladimir Horowitz Website (Fansite)
• Vladimir Horowitz at the Vladimir Horowitz Experience (Fansite)
• Vladimir Horowitz at the Vladimir Horowitz Video (Fansite)