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The early Vladimir Horowitz HMV recordings selected for EMI’s Great Artists of the Century series have had umpteen CD incarnations, legitimate and otherwise. Despite a
Beethoven’s music was an acquired rather than a natural affinity for Vladimir Horowitz, yet his few recorded forays on the composer’s behalf fascinate, even when
This is the very same Horowitz/Rachmaninov coupling that was issued just a few years ago on RCA’s High Performance audiophile series. The current issue boasts
Robert Schumann’s mercurial creative voice found an interpretive soulmate in Vladimir Horowitz, whose own high-strung temperament and bel canto lyrical bent are nothing if not,
Vladimir Horowitz’s 1962 remake of Chopin’s Funeral March Sonata is quicker, lighter in texture, rhythmically steadier, and less pulled about than his earlier RCA mono
Piano legend Josef Hofmann refused to program the complete Chopin Etudes, claiming that no artist could do equal justice to each one. For all his
Between 1962 and 1973 Vladimir Horowitz was under exclusive contract to Columbia Masterworks (now Sony Classical). The relationship resulted in what many piano experts consider
The two concerto recordings Vladimir Horowitz made in the early 1940s under the watchful baton of his father-in-law Arturo Toscanini were best sellers in their
This is not a review, but a warning. If you’re a Vladimir Horowitz fan, you’ve probably heard these recordings elsewhere. The Tchaikovsky Concerto, dated “4
Some years ago Sony brought out a video documentary called Vladimir Horowitz: A Reminiscence, featuring previously unseen footage of the great pianist, rare documentary material,
