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Music : Hommage à Horowitz
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Hommage à Horowitz from: Bis |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0675754449025 Label: Bis Manufacturer: Bis Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Bis Release Date: October 30, 2001 Studio: Bis Sales Rank: 344099 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Horowitz Transcriptions Before VolodosValery Kuleshov, a silver medalist at a recent Van Cliburn Piano Competition, does an excellent job performing original pieces and transcriptions by Horowitz. The huge splash that Volodos made with his Horowitz playing has unnecessarily, it seems, overshadowed Kuleshov and his like (e.g., Ladislav Fanzowitz). Kuleshov has a tremendous technique that brings these transcriptions to light. The only recording of Danse Macabre available is the old Horowitz one from the 1940s or 1950s. Kuleshov's recording of it takes advantage of modern-day equipment and his performance of it is spectacular! Also, the less played Liszt-Horowitz Hung. Rhap 19 is a breath-taking transcription that Kuleshov devours, completely. Some other little known Horowitz ... Read More: Rating:  - Virtuoso Transcriptions for PianoVladimir Horowitz was a musician caught between two eras. At the beginning of his career, arrangements by Liszt and Busoni were still in vogue, and it was expected that touring virtuosi would treat the audience to some of their own. By the time of Horowitz' retirement in 1953, arrangements were beginning to become unfashionable, and with his return to public performance in 1965, Horowitz played fewer of his own arrangements. The art of transcribing works for piano seems to be enjoying something of a comeback these days. A number of pianists have taken to copying Horowitz' transcriptions from recordings or piano rolls (it's also no secret that printed versions of Horowitz' arrangements and original compositions have been circulating ... Read More: |
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