Horowitz's 1965 return to public performance after 12 years of just studio work is presented here as originally recorded, including the wrong notes he played. Yes, nervousness is a problem even for such a well-known and expert musician. For previous releases of this Carnegie Hall recital, Horowitz re-recorded a few of the more obvious errors. The album begins with the storm of applause that greeted Horowitz when he stepped (or was gently pushed, according to some) out on-stage. Within the very first notes of Busoni's ...
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Horowitz's 1965 return to public performance after 12 years of just studio work is presented here as originally recorded, including the wrong notes he played. Yes, nervousness is a problem even for such a well-known and expert musician. For previous releases of this Carnegie Hall recital, Horowitz re-recorded a few of the more obvious errors. The album begins with the storm of applause that greeted Horowitz when he stepped (or was gently pushed, according to some) out on-stage. Within the very first notes of Busoni's transcription of Bach's Toccata, Adagio & Fugue, BWV 564, there is a major clinker. However, he continues, and the beautiful Adagio alone is reason enough for the second shower of applause at the end of the work. There is another major loss of concentration in the second movement of the Schumann Fantasy, but by the Scriabin, Horowitz is himself, subtly interpreting the shifting moods of the Black Mass Sonata, and he finishes with the beautiful Chopin piece. The encores, which begin with...
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