Vladimir Horowitz: The complete solo European recordings, 1930-1936

Vladimir Horowitz: The complete solo European recordings, 1930-1936

Vladimir Horowitz: The complete solo European recordings, 1930-1936
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Composer: Frederic Chopin
Composer: Franz Liszt
Composer: Domenico Scarlatti
Composer: Ferruccio Busoni
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer: Robert Schumann
Composer: Claude Debussy
Composer: Francis Poulenc
Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Composer: Sergey Prokofiev
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2007-04-10
Music Label: Apr UK
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Etude In C Sharp Minor Op.10 No.4
  2. Etude In G Flat Major 'Black Key' Op.10 No.5
  3. Etude In F Major Op.10 No.8
  4. Etude In F Major Op.25 No.3
  5. Mazurka No.7 In F Minor Op.7 No.3
  6. Mazurka No.27 In E Minor Op.41 No.2
  7. Mazurka No.32 In C Sharp Minor Op.50 No.3
  8. Scherzo No.4 In E Major Op.54
  9. Sonata No.2 In B Flat Minor 'Funeral March' Op.35
  10. Funerailles: Harmonies Poetiques Et Religieuses, S173 No.7
  11. Lento Assai-Allegro Energico-Grandioso
  12. Andante Sostenuto-Quasi Adagio
  13. Allegro Energico-Piu Mosso
  14. (Cantando Espressivo)-Stretta Quasi Presto-Presto-Prestissimo
  15. Andante Sostenuto-Allegro Moderato-Lento Assai
Music CD 2
  1. Sonata In B Minor L33/Kk87
  2. Sonata In G Major L487/Kk125
  3. Chorale Prelude 'Nun Freut Euch, Lieben Christen Gmein' BWV734
  4. Allegro
  5. Adagio
  6. Presto
  7. 32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor WoO80
  8. Presto Passionato In G Minor
  9. Arabeske In C Major, Op.18
  10. Traumes Wirren
  11. Toccata In C Major Op.7
  12. Etude XI: Pour Les Arpeges Composes
  13. Pastourelle
  14. Toccata
  15. The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee
  16. Danse Russe
  17. Prelude In G Minor Op.23 No.5
  18. Toccata In C Major Op.11

Music reviews of Vladimir Horowitz: The complete solo European recordings, 1930-1936

Music Review: The Young Horowitz
Rating: 5 Stars

Vladimir Horowitz's earliest recordings, believed by some to be his finest, have been reissued numerous times since their initial appearance over 70 years ago.

This latest reissue contains some classics. The Liszt Sonata has never been equaled and is a must for any serious collector, as is the Funerailles. It's hard to imagine in this day and age that Horowitz's version of Haydn's E-flat sonata was a world premiere recording, but indeed it was. Its relaxed elegance continues to charm, and it remains more musicologically "correct" than Horowitz's 1951 live version. Horowitz was also an early champion of Scarlatti, and the two sonatas here are among the first of "pure" Scarlatti. The pianist preferred his Bach "un-pure", and the Choral Prelude as transcribed by Busoni is a miracle of line separation and clarity. Horowitz's early foray into Beethoven, the 32 Variations in C minor, is more straightforward and successful than many of his later attempts with this composer

Horowitz's early Schumann, though technically impeccable, did not quite plumb the depths as in his later recordings. So much the better then, that the pianist limited himself to recording shorter works, including an Arabeske with unmatched legato, an effortless Toccata, and whimsical Traumeswirren. Originally intended as the finale for Schumann's G minor sonata, the Presto Passionato was rejected by the composer's wife as unplayable. Horowitz makes it sound like child's play. (The piece is marred, however, by a clumsily handled 78RPM side change. Of all the reissues I've heard of this recording, only Pearl's gets the side change right.)

Horowitz once referred to Chopin and "the only truly great composer for the piano" and he invariably included a selection of the Polish master's music in his recitals. The sampling here includes four technically impeccable Etudes, three Mazurkas, and a remarkably up-tempo Scherzo in E major. Also included is a structurally solid first movement from Chopin's b-flat Sonata, which was never completed due to Horowitz's first retirement. Had fate not intervened, this would have been one of the great recordings of the piece.

Horowitz also championed "modern" composers like Rachmaninoff, Poulenc and Prokofiev. It says much about the changing mores of performing that Horowitz (often condemned these days for violating composers' intentions) received nothing but praise from the many composers he knew personally. Prokofiev's Toccata, intended as a filler for Rachmaninoff's Third Piano concerto, was replaced at the last moment in favor of Rachmaninoff's G minor Prelude (a rather sloppy performance). The irony of the two Russian composers sharing an album could not have been lost on Horowitz, given how they disliked each other.

Though advertised as all new transfers from optimum sources, the remastering here sounds suspiciously like EMI's 1990s Horowitz issue with some equalization (which would explain the bad side change in the Presto Passionato). The sound heavily favors the midrange, the highs are a bit capped, and the bass has very little depth. Unless you have your heart set on the Chopin Sonata movement and Prokofiev Toccata, go with the Pearl.

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