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Vladimir Horowitz plays Tchaikovsky:Piano Concerto No. 1/Brahms:Piano Concerto No. 2

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Get Set for an Amazing Ride!
 
Review Date: August 16, 2003
Reviewer: D. J. Zabriskie, Park Ridge, NJ USA
I'm not sure that these recordings are what you would call the
"definitive" performances of these two giants of the piano
repetoire, but they are certainly the most exciting and galvanic
performances of them you will find anywhere. Okay, so the
recordings date from 1941 and the sound is somewhat scratchy and
flat. So what? This is Horowitz at his absolute peak as a performer and Toscanini, while placing his orchestra completely
at the service of his soloist, makes sure Horowitz never engages
in the eccentricities, neuroses or exhibitionism that marred some of his subsequent concerto recordings.
There may be a few minor mistakes in the orchestra here and there
but I can't hear them. Horowitz is flawless and and daring to a
degree that only he could pull off. Certainly, you will never hear anyone take these two concertoes at a faster clip, and yet,
for all their formidable technical difficulties, not a single
note is missed or out of place. Every phrase is articulated with
incredible precision, nuance and feeling. You can actually start chuckling at how IMPOSSIBLY good it all is! The Brahms
Concerto is particularly astounding. The story goes that Horowitz heard a performance of this piece once in Berlin, fell in love with it, but thought he could do it better and taught it
to himself in six weeks! I believe it! His playing here is that
masterful and that sensitive!
This is the Horowitz of legend. Thank God these performances
were recorded! Compared to these HEROIC interpretations of these
two great concertoes, everybody else (and I mean that) simply
WIMPS out!
There are a lot of great recordings of these two pieces out there
by some truly great pianists, and they may have better sound, but
nothing matches this for its combination of technical brilliance,
daring and emotional commitment. There is a FIRE to these
recordings that simply has no equal.
Horowitz and Toscanini
 
Review Date: December 30, 2005
Reviewer: Robert E. Nylund, Ft. Wayne, Indiana United States
For interpretation, I prefer the live concert performance that Vladimir Horowitz and Arturo Toscanini gave of the Tchaikovsky first piano concerto in 1943. That performance has also been digitally remastered by RCA Victor and it is very exciting, even including the applause at the end of both the first and third movements. That event took place in Carnegie Hall, as did the 1941 recording session included on this CD.

For many music lovers the 1941 recording, long available on 78-rpm discs and later on vinyl LPs, was the benchmark for interpretation of the Tchaikovsky concerto. It has been digitally remastered and remains an exciting, dramatic performance. Yes, there is some surface noise from the original sources (presumably 78-rpm disks since relatively few of RCA Victor's metal masters still remain from that era), but the performance more than makes up for any scratches or blemishes. This is one of the very Romantic interpretations of the concerto and it is an absolute treasure. It certainly shows how well Toscanini and Horowitz worked together.

The Brahms second piano concerto was recorded in 1940, also in Carnegie Hall, and this, too, is the epitome of Romantic performances. This is another extremely difficult work for the soloist and Horowitz was more than equal to the tasks. It is a wonderful recording of one of the longer piano concertos from the Romantic Era, a virtual symphony since it is in four movements rather than the usual three.

These are performances to enjoy over and over from two exceptional musicians, working with the top-notch orchestra that David Sarnoff assembled in 1937 for Toscanini.
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