HOROWITZ AND IMPRESSIONISM (DEBUSSY,RAVEL)
dh...@lehigh.edu
I have many Cd's and other recordings of Horowitz and none contain any
impressionistic pieces such as those by Debussy and Ravel. It seems like he
skipped this group of music completely.
Is there any reason for this or are these pieces on some other rare
recordings. Did he find these composers "boring" and uninteresting or what?
I know he once said in an interview that he skipped many composer's music
mainly because he felt they did nothing to improve on the piano? Is this the
case for Debussy and other impressionistics? Any help appreciated.
See ya
dan
dh...@lehigh.edu
Sangbum Cho
dh...@Lehigh.EDU wrote :
>
>
> I have many Cd's and other recordings of Horowitz and none contain
any
> impressionistic pieces such as those by Debussy and Ravel. It seems like
he
> skipped this group of music completely.
I have a live recording CD which contains "L'Isle joyeuse" by Debussy.
This is quite an outstanding performance. I think that Horowitz didn't
ignore
Debussy.
Noel Sturtz
There is indeed a handful of Impressionist recordings by Horowitz. RCA
has recently released a series of CDs entitled The Private Collection,
containing performances from Carnegie Hall recitals from the 1940s to
early 1950s. Among them are some etudes and preludes by Debussy --
absolutely beautiful, almost classically rendered as opposed to a
"keep-the-right-pedal-down" conception of French music. He also recorded
some Faure some years ago. An album from the late 1960s has three
preludes from Debussy.
--
Noel Sturtz
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In article <5b4gta$7...@nntp.seflin.org>, med...@dc.seflin.org (Noel
Sturtz) writes:
> He also recorded
>some Faure some years ago.
is this commercially available???
Scott Graham
Max Schmeder
In article <5apndr$q...@ns4-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU>, dh...@Lehigh.EDU wrote:
> I have many Cd's and other recordings of Horowitz and none contain any
> impressionistic pieces such as those by Debussy and Ravel. It seems like he
> skipped this group of music completely.
> Is there any reason for this or are these pieces on some other rare
> recordings. Did he find these composers "boring" and uninteresting or what?
> I know he once said in an interview that he skipped many composer's music
> mainly because he felt they did nothing to improve on the piano? Is this the
> case for Debussy and other impressionistics? Any help appreciated.
>
> See ya
>
> dan
> dh...@lehigh.edu
>
>
I'm told that a famous pianist (I can't remember whom) was reduced to tears
upon hearing Horowitz play Ravel's "Gaspard." I wish it had been recorded.
Max Schmeder
mmsc...@cats.ucsc.edu
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In article 19970112055...@ladder01.news.aol.com,
asgr...@aol.com wrote:
In article 5b4gta$7...@nntp.seflin.org, med...@dc.seflin.org (Noel
Sturtz) writes:
He also recorded
some Faure some years ago.
is this commercially available???
Scott Graham
Horowitz playing impressionists:
Debussy:
Etude #01, Bk I 1/17/49 RCA 09026-62644-2
Etude #04, Bk I 1/17/49 RCA 09026-62644-2
Etude #06, Bk I 4/2/48 RCA 09026-62644-2
Etude #11, Bk II 5/6/34 EMI CDHC 63538
1/7/65 Sony SK 53471
Prelude, Bk II #7 12/10/66 Sony SK 53471
Prelude, Bk II #4 11/4/63 Sony SK 53457
Prelude, Bk II #5 11/4/63 Sony SK 53457
Prelude, Bk II #6 11/4/63 Sony SK 53457
L'Isle Joyeuse 11/27/66 Sony SK 53461
Serenade for the Doll 5/9/65 Sony SK 53461
10/5/33 Danacord DACOCD 303
2/25/53 RCA 09026-60463-2
5/16/47 RCA 7755-2-RG
3/26/28 APR CDAPR 7014
3/26/28 RCA 09026-60526-2
Faure:
Impromptu in f#, Op. 102 9/9/77 RCA 09026-60463-2
Nocturne in b, Op. 119 6/22/76 RCA 60377-2-RG
Poulenc:
Intermezzo #2 in Db 3/28/47 RCA 09026-62644-2
Novellette #1 in C 3/21/49 RCA 09026-62644-2
Pastorelle 11/11/32 EMI CDHC 63538
Presto in Bb 5/16/47 RCA 60377-2-RG
Toccata 11/11/32 EMI CDHC 63538
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