Vladimir Horowitz - Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon

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Horowitz was born in Kiev in the Russian Empire (now the capital of Ukraine) into the assimilated Jewish family of Samuil Horowitz and Sophia Bodik, the youngest of 4 children. Samuil Horowitz was a well-to-do electrical engineer and the distributor of electric motors for several German manufacturers. Horowitz's grandfather Joachim was a merchant (and an arts-supporter), belonging to the 1st Guild. This status gave exemption from having to reside in the Pale of Settlement. Horowitz was born in 1903, but in order to make him 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 pianist. In 1912 he entered the Kiev Conservatory, where he was taught by Vladimir Puchalsky, Sergei Tarnowsky, and Felix Blumenfeld. He performed Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor at his graduation in 1919. His first solo recital was performed in Kharkiv in 1920. Horowitz's fame grew, 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. During the 1922-1923 season, he performed 23 concerts of eleven different programs in Leningrad alone. Despite his early success as a pianist, Horowitz maintained that he wanted to be a composer, and only undertook a career as a pianist to help his family, who had lost their posessions in the Russian Revolution. In December, 1925, Horowitz crossed the border into the West, ostensibly to study with Artur Schnabel. Privately intending not to return, the pianist had stuffed American dollars and British pound notes into his shoes to finance his initial concerts.

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CD 1

Track List

01 Bach - Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
02 Mozart - Piano sonata K330-1.Allegro moderato
03 Mozart - Piano sonata K330-2.Andante cantabile
04 Mozart - Piano sonata K330-3.Allegretto
05 Chopin - Mazurka op.17-No.4
06 Chopin - Scherzo No.1 Op.20
07 Schubert - Impromptu D.899 No.4
08 Liszt - Consolation No.3
09 Schumann - Novellette Op.21-No.1
10 Rachmaninov - Prelude Op.32-No.12
11 Scriabin - Etude Op.2-No.1
12 Chopin - Polonaise No.6 Op.53
13 Moszkowski - Etude Op.71-No.6




CD 2

Track List

01 Schumann: Kreisleriana (op.16) - 1
02 Schumann: Kreisleriana (op.16) - 2
03 Schumann: Kreisleriana (op.16) - 3
04 Schumann: Kreisleriana (op.16) - 4
05 Schumann: Kreisleriana (op.16) - 5
06 Schumann: Kreisleriana (op.16) - 6
07 Schumann: Kreisleriana (op.16) - 7
08 Schumann: Kreisleriana (op.16) - 8
09 Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor (K 87)
10 Scarlatti: Sonata in E major (K 135)
11 Liszt: Impromptu ('Nocturne') in F sharp
12 Liszt: Valse oubliee no. 1
13 Scriabin: Etude in D sharp minor (op.8 no.12)
14 Schubert: Impromptu in B flat major (D 935-3)
15 Schubert: Military March in D flat (D 733-1) (arr. Carl Tausig)





CD 3

Track List

01 Scarlatti: Sonata in E, K. 380 (L. 23)
02 Mozart: Sonata in C, K. 330 - 1 Allegro Moderato
03 K. 330 - 2 Andante Cantabile
04 K. 330 - 3 Allegretto
05 Rachmaninov: Prelude in G, op. 32 no. 5
06 Rachmaninov: Prelude in G sharp minor, op. 32 no.12
07 Scriabin: Etude in C sharp minor, op. 2 no. 1
08 Scriabin: Etude in D sharp minor, op. 8 no. 12
09 Liszt: Soirees de Vienne - Valse-Caprice no. 6
10 Liszt:Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
11 Chopin: Mazurka in C sharp minor, op. 30 no. 4
12 Chopin: Mazurka in F minor, op. 7 no. 3
13 Schumann: Traumerei
14 Moszkowski: Etincelles op. 36 no. 6
15 Rachmaninov: Polka de W.R.





CD 4

Track List

01 Mozart - Piano Concerto no.23, Allegro
02 Mozart - Piano Concerto no.23, Adagio
03 Mozart - Piano Concerto no.23, Allegro assai
04 Mozart - Piano Sonata no. 13, Allegro
05 Mozart - Piano Sonata no. 13,Andante cantabile
06 Mozart - Piano Sonata no. 13,Allegretto grazioso





CD 5

Track List

01 Mozart - Piano Sonata in B flat major, K. 281 (189 ff)
02 Mozart - Piano Sonata in B flat major, K. 281 (189 ff)
03 Mozart - Piano Sonata in B flat major, K. 281 (189 ff)
04 Mozart - Adagio in B minor, K. 450
05 Mozart - Rondo in D major, K. 485
06 Schubert - Moment musucal in F minor, D 780 no. 3 (op.94 no. 3)
07 Liszt - Ständchen (Serenade, from 'Schwanengesang')
08 Liszt - Soirees de Vienne: Valse-Caprice no. 7
09 Liszt - Soirees de Vienne: Valse-Caprice no. 6





CD 6

Track List

01 Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata in B flat major, D 960; 1. Molto moderato
02 Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata in B flat major, D 960; 2. Andante sostenuto
03 Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata in B flat major, D 960; 3. Scherzo: Allegro viv...
04 Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata in B flat major, D 960; 4. Allegro ma non troppo
05 Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15; 1
06 Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15; 2
07 Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15; 3
08 Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15; 4
09 Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15; 5
10 Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15; 6
11 Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15; 7
12 Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15; 8
13 Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15; 9
14 Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15; 10
15 Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15; 11
16 Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15; 12
17 Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15; 13




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