HOROWITZ AT THE WHITE HOUSE 5-Chopin Polonaise Heroic

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16 жыл бұрын

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@dundoderdumme3044 11 жыл бұрын

What??? He has the most emotions in this... Emotions are not always delightful. Agression is also an emotion or extreme happiness. He isn't just hammering as loud as possible on the piano, because it's all emotions. His version just is the most epic one...

@leonmaliniak 2 жыл бұрын

Horowitz was one of the pianists, if not the pianist who performed this ultimately difficult piece in public, let alone at a white house concert... The greatest ever... And I have listened to them all.

@rvrivas 14 жыл бұрын

Horowitz was the greatest pianist of the 20th century. I am yet to hear someone interpret music like he did. Thanks for sharing this video

@MrJbaker7 2 жыл бұрын

Try Artur Rubinstein

@gabrielbrewster107 2 жыл бұрын

gyorgy cziffra

@TheNinindi 2 жыл бұрын

Check out Glenn Gould. He also is famous for "reinventing" classical pieces through his creative interpretations

@allenapplewhite Жыл бұрын

@@TheNinindi The fact that you even mention Glenn Gould in the same sentence as Horowitz is a disgrace. One was a master and the other was a narcissistic score-ignoring music butcher that never shut up when he played and was an intentionally antagonistic blowhard who tried as hard as he could to have shockingly extreme opinions so people would listen to him drivel on about music written by people who were 100x better than him at both performing and composing. As the great Seymour Bernstein once said: "I have never heard Glenn Gould play a single beautiful phrase." and "his Mozart is a travesty." People get all emotional over this madman humming and singing and ruining each and every performance he ever gave in his entire life--whether he had 10 microphones in front of him or 10,000 people, you still got the same erratic piano performance accompanied by what sounded like a drunk guy singing karaoke. Don't even get me started on his gloves or his stool or his posture or his technique or his adultery or his preposterous undefendable opinions.

@maksimryslyaev4794 Жыл бұрын

Иосиф Гофман лучше

@StephenCClark 2 жыл бұрын

Astounding performance!

@MusicTransciption94 11 жыл бұрын

People who feel that interpretation boring should really spend +500 bucks for a nice headphone or powerful bass speaker and listen to a bunch of other interpretations first. Horowitz's interpretation is the best available so far. His tempo, dynamic range, musicality is almost perfect. His bass is super strong and warm. No other pianist has had the ability to produce such a super wide range of dynamic and rich tone color like him.

@Mongoose1358 15 жыл бұрын

i love how he plays this piece. You think you know this piece, then when you listen to this version it sounds completely reinvented

@karon8537 2 жыл бұрын

Legendary musicians

@Sowjetmuffin 10 жыл бұрын

I find that even more likable.. If they make mistakes it shows humanity. The story within the piece, the communication of the message of the composer is more important than the notes. Thats how I see it :)

@kenkeller6072 5 жыл бұрын

Dude feels it!

@aidanm.1683 Жыл бұрын

i love how in just a few measures there can be a completely different emotion out of nowhere! I'm used to this piece sounding heroic all the time. But he makes the heroic parts sound REALLY heroic because of the story in his playing!

@1sun1moon1 14 жыл бұрын

love the guy in the green jacket at 1:10

@cynthiagonzalez658 2 жыл бұрын

Wha? All I saw was Horowitz & his hands....

@davemiller7633 2 жыл бұрын

@@cynthiagonzalez658 watch again. He moves convincingly with Horowitz's chords

@ryullove 10 ай бұрын

😮😊

@hiro-oi7sl 3 ай бұрын

I know how he feel

@33brave33 13 жыл бұрын

so much power and sensitivity in the same time.., Horowitz is top of the tops...

@snuffypoo 15 жыл бұрын

haha, the guy in the background can feel the power at 1:09-1:10 wonderful as usual Horowitz

@brunopianodude9938 4 жыл бұрын

Horowitz has pooowwerrrrrr

@johnferguson8993 7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely WONDERFUL!

@marcrajotte2056 6 жыл бұрын

We know interpretation is subjective- yet overtime Horowitz plays this piece he makes it sound DEFINITIVE if you know what I mean: he just milks everything hidden in the soul of this composition

@hassansoliman970 5 жыл бұрын

Yes I know exactly what I mean, happened to me in this piece, and the tragic polonaise, and rachmaninoff 3rd concerto.

@veganworldorder9394 4 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. I agree. Horowitz truly captures the soul

@AngelleSL 12 жыл бұрын

This is my very favorite version of my very favorite piece of music! I love the feeling of him skipping through the stars selecting them with Power and Finesse. LOVE THIS PIECE

@ganggun2 13 жыл бұрын

very powerful! amazing!

@mabelwong2111 3 жыл бұрын

So powerful presentation after listen this full video...really touching. Thank you .

@johnrapp8873 9 жыл бұрын

Mr. Vladimir Horowitz, Thank you for a most beautiful performance. Love you Forever!..John Rapp

@beatlessteve1010 6 жыл бұрын

I concur, Mr. Horowitz, I love you and thank you so much for making a lot of people in the world feel just a little bit better making the world a better place!! p.s I hope to meet you some day in another place.

@christidistakis 11 жыл бұрын

Πιανιστικά,πραγματικά ''αψεγάδιαστη''εκτέλεση!!!Κορυφαίος καλιτέχνης!!!

@ianpourchot7563 11 жыл бұрын

I do not judge a performance via how close it resembles the actual piece, or how few mistakes the pianist makes. I judge the music by how much I ENJOY the performance. and this rendition was the most enjoyable I have ever heard in my life both by video or real in person performance.

@Paulo78180 14 жыл бұрын

Quel déchaînement ! Quelle furie ! Quel bel homme ! (Jack Lang style)

@JuniorFarquar 3 жыл бұрын

He and Jimmy Page are my heros! Horowitz's uncanny touch...from thunder to tears.

@minchuandong219 Жыл бұрын

Horowitz always played as if he were the original composer. Master.

@almeronfilms 4 жыл бұрын

Starting at 29 seconds I think you see famous pianist Gary Graffman in the audience watching Horowitz and responding to his thunderous performance. That is Gary Graffman? Does anyone else think that? He's the guy with the thick black glasses and black hair, just above Horowitz's right hand.

@meredith218461 13 жыл бұрын

Those amazing L.H. octaves!.

@DerDon 14 жыл бұрын

It is hilarious seeing a man (at 1:08) having the same problem as I have! Friends tell me that I move around the same uncontrollable way when I'm in a concert audience. However this is my favourite Horowitz interpretation of this piece; in others he often uses so much sustain. In this one, there are some lovely marcato passages combined with the Horowitz character -- impressive, but not urging to impress. Love it!

@cynthiagonzalez658 2 жыл бұрын

He does touch a bunch of wrong notes but BY GOD!! He can play this piece at his age. I tried this in my 20s & the practice just about killed me. Entire upper body & arms hurt!!!!

@mikeappignani4383 8 ай бұрын

I have recently started to listen 🎶 to classical music this man is Absolutely 💯 % A Gift 🎁 🙌 😍 ❤️ from God.

@louismariepicard 14 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest pianist of all time... He puts music to the other level, where the technic is gone and stays the music.

@marto282 13 жыл бұрын

splendid...absolutely splendid

@sirhonestharry 12 жыл бұрын

You are genius... I been waiting years for someone to say that!

@1xstew 14 жыл бұрын

How wonderful is this . .

@trajan75 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm glad that you took the time to answer my request.

@hap2002hello 14 жыл бұрын

So energetic!!!

@DanielMartinez-nw1pn 4 жыл бұрын

Probably the definitive version of this Polonaise 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

@MrMoman7 3 жыл бұрын

@@redgrapeskins Not really... there are many great pianists who can play this - even at faster tempi and with superior technique. I really like this version from Horowitz, but my favorite is from Kissin.

@MrMoman7 3 жыл бұрын

@@redgrapeskins And I appreciate yours! Won't argue with your elaboration.. I would like to choose Chopin himself for this one!

@ghkypreos1 13 жыл бұрын

Είναι μια από τις μνημειώδεις εκτελέσεις. Υπέροχος!

@robertpope2783 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome.

@MusicTransciption94 11 жыл бұрын

2x4 Don't let his unemotional face mislead you. Listen to this piece with your ears, count how many times there are ppp (pianossimo) and fff (fortissimo) that he could produce with his magical hands.

@yeol1424 5 жыл бұрын

I am exciting to listen to this

@Squeaky1423 13 жыл бұрын

LONG LIVE HOROWITZ!!!

@B61zz13 13 жыл бұрын

Just epic! :D

@pianokd11 13 жыл бұрын

4:51 How dare someone not show up to a Horowitz concert!

@mikeappignani4383 8 ай бұрын

My God This man was A genius 🙌 👏 😭 ❤A true gift 🎁 🙌 👏 🙏 From God.Thank You God Make moore 🙏 please 😢.

@alexdavid6490 6 жыл бұрын

At 4:25 when I listen this video, my goosebumps became active

@michaelreich2306 6 жыл бұрын

bravo!

@cynthiagonzalez658 2 жыл бұрын

I'm watching/hearing this from an Obama phone, yet it's still soul shattering. OMG. Imagining in person performance, maybe I'd die there in ecstasy.

@sirhonestharry 11 жыл бұрын

7:02 he's like... "ya, bitches, sit down and top that."

@dundoderdumme3044 11 жыл бұрын

If i'd had been in that room, my reaction would definatly be harder :D But ofcourse in a public concert you can't explode as a viewer ^^

@sirhonestharry 12 жыл бұрын

Well said, mate

@user-xf4jm5rj9p 2 ай бұрын

豪快！絢爛！敬服しました。😂

@user-nw1yj8xq5b 3 күн бұрын

This performance is too intense for Whit House. But,people who can listen to this performance are so happiness.

@BenSadounJeremie 4 жыл бұрын

Love the shaking cheeks at 4:17 😍😛

@adrianbartholomew3785 4 жыл бұрын

The horowitz jowls!

@Gedakt8 7 жыл бұрын

Anyone notice that man at 01:08 shaking his head?

@hortenseweinblatt1508 7 жыл бұрын

I wonder if that might be Art Buchwald.

@jackko90MI 6 жыл бұрын

actually he's headbanging at chopin, pretty cool if you ask

@TheAvenstar 5 жыл бұрын

That man was NOT Art Buchwald. I remember taping this concert for friends, some of whom didn't yet know what a VCR was, and the big scuttlebutt the next day concerned the jerk in the GREEN jacket leaning in and distracting the viewing audience. In this reproduction his jacket color doesn't stand out. On live TV he looked like the Jolly Green Giant.

@Gedakt8 4 жыл бұрын

@@jackko90MI indeed

@tiromancino_tt 7 жыл бұрын

che dinamismo !

@denilmoss 9 ай бұрын

Che pianista eccezionale

@309hjk 12 жыл бұрын

He looks a little taken aback that he has just given them a peformance beyond human comprehension, and they did not even respond with a standing ovation. Shame, Shame..

@bevster1 15 жыл бұрын

wow never heard the passage from 0:45 to about 0:50 played like that before. Awesome.

@RaoulConstantine 10 ай бұрын

3:11 Franz Liszt once said: “I’m not interested in how fast you can play this octave section, I want to hear the canter of the horses of the Polish cavalry before they gather force and destroy the enemy.” Boy can you hear the cavalry coming in this one!!! from just a small blip on the horizon to massive unstoppable force in just the matter of single moment!!!

@JohnnyStricklett 14 жыл бұрын

@mx19idlewilder ...so many wonderful interprestations where all I hear is Chopin's music. They are beautiful and inspiring. When comparing other's interpretations of the same works, Horowitz dominates. I feel that other people put too much rubato and I don't express Chopin's words. Some of Horowitz's recorings are so accurate and pure! The recording of the Ballade in F Minor I mentioned? There is another recording that is just pure gold!

@mx19idlewilder 14 жыл бұрын

@JohnnyStricklett yes, you're right, i generalized too much. chopin has a great range of compositions, and there are many great pianists that play his works wonderfully but polonaises and mazurkas are especially hard to interpret correctly for non-polish pianists. pollini is so good at them (imo of course) because he plays polonaises very neutrally, straight from the notes, he doesn't try to force his personal interpretation over notation and chopin's intentions.

@0000mare0000 12 жыл бұрын

καταπληκτικός!

@MariaMackiewicz 9 жыл бұрын

2:30 - always crying.

@antoinezygfryd 14 жыл бұрын

@libetta o yes!

@modelstatue 15 жыл бұрын

I LOVE IT!!! He was made for Chopin. :) I would definitely love to meet him in the afterlife.

@calflyboy 12 жыл бұрын

@iamliger hehe. Horowitz is known to make A LOT of mistakes. but his musical tone, character, power, beauty of tone, intelligence, etc..... MORE then make up for wrong notes.

@hernanmonterrey 11 жыл бұрын

Me extraña que El Presidente Carter , su Esposa y nadie más haya aplaudido de pié ante semejante espectáculo musical.

@RogueSilverEgo 14 жыл бұрын

When was this? awesome

@AshtaraktsiTxa 15 жыл бұрын

Today I will remember during the whole my life. I started to play this polonaise!!!! I will upload a video where I play this piece in a year! :)

@jakeforrest 2 жыл бұрын

Now 12 years has passed - where is the piece?

@OctoPlaysPiano 2 жыл бұрын

@@jakeforrest he posted it 9 years ago

@jakeforrest 2 жыл бұрын

@@OctoPlaysPiano I just checked and you are right, he uploaded the piece. But he failed to upload the piece within a year from his original message, as he said he would :)

@beatlessteve1010 6 жыл бұрын

I really love this version of the Polonaise, even though I caught a small mistake in the beginning, Vladimir sure had a special gift to make these pieces sound so unique and the way he kind of struck a note or chord instead of just playing it.

@elizabethdang2269 3 жыл бұрын

Love the part at 6:10

@Svengalish0000 13 жыл бұрын

oh my god... this piece is a pain on the wrists!!!

@sdorr 6 жыл бұрын

There's actually an empty seat or two.... doubtful that many in the room knew what they were hearing, on every level...

@VolaveruntMercadal 14 жыл бұрын

@thecrazymusicman yeah, i think that as well, maybe you'll like as much as I do the version of Erik Berchot. He plays it beautifully.

@cynthiagonzalez658 2 жыл бұрын

Noticed his long fingers, even from afar.

@shrunkensimon 13 жыл бұрын

@ 4:29.. the guy in the background wipes tears from his eyes..

@sizzlinfr 15 жыл бұрын

LOL yeah he totally banged this but still awesome.

@trajan75 11 жыл бұрын

I would be interested for you to expand on your opinion.

@UaM17 4 жыл бұрын

From ppp to ffff !!! Wouaw to play music you need Soul,Power, a Free heart, and be a little crazy

@alpha754293 12 жыл бұрын

Imagine if Horowitz was a ninja??? OMG....you'd NEVER see it coming. Not even the cameras would be able to catch it.

@tocadolly2197 7 ай бұрын

It's not an interpretation at all, it's the truth - Horowitz established it technically!!

@jeffe2222 2 жыл бұрын

Nobody plucks the strings like Horowitz @3:45 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gc9lqNVondDIhYU.html. It is a HARP, after all... Amazing.

@bboymango 14 жыл бұрын

i wonder if horrowitz ever broke a finger.... cuz those chords at the beggining were something else... pure power

@MoonChild87789 9 жыл бұрын

Клас

@trajan75 11 жыл бұрын

So do you.

@renaudgg 13 жыл бұрын

@snuffypoo another reaction on Chopin Piano sonata No 2 4th movmt of the same guy lol, near 24:47-24:50 hes doing like a "No way dude..." with his head

@thaiguy20fromla 15 жыл бұрын

it helps with the flow, and also, the piano is a very... i guess, visual instrument.

@writerspleasure 15 жыл бұрын

1978.

@user-jXuELydMX4rX 3 жыл бұрын

Permanent preservation

@JohnnyStricklett 14 жыл бұрын

@mx19idlewilder Sure, I can go with that. I'm glad I didn't start an argument with my previous comments.

@AnonYmous-ry2jn Жыл бұрын

This makes me think of "The Emperor's New Clothes." Horowitz had a lot of talent, but this seems like a kind of extroversion at odds with Chopin's introspective, poetic, anti-flamboyant aesthetics.

@ImmortalSpecies 13 жыл бұрын

@Squeaky1423 Lived :p

@olegpush 14 жыл бұрын

Непревзойденно!!! Это, безусловно, был гений!

@geertdehoux8257 6 жыл бұрын

A brilliant performance, compared to those horrible later ones!

@8636daniel 14 жыл бұрын

Bravo!! Maestro... wonderful interpretation of the theme at 3:15..I admire Rubenstines' rendition but I have never heard him like this....clear and precise!!!

@antoinezygfryd 14 жыл бұрын

@ibclappin Right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@TheNLCrane 15 жыл бұрын

You listened to this, which I thought was beautiful. Please explain your criticisms.

@plipstaticfildip 15 жыл бұрын

you would know

@trajan75 11 жыл бұрын

Actually my mom died a few years ago. I myself am a grandfather of two lovely grandchildren, I've been married for 37 years to the same beautiful woman, and I'm at the top of my profession. Thanks for asking