Horowitz - Live And Unedited - The Historic 1965 Carhegie Hall Return Concert (豆瓣)

表演者: Vladimir Horowitz
专辑类型: Stereo
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 09/30/2003
出版者: SONY Classical
唱片数: 3
条形码: 0827969302323

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　　Vladimir Horowitz's May 9, 1965 Carnegie Hall return marked the legendary virtuoso's first recital following a 12-year absence from playing in public. Columbia Masterworks recorded the concert, and the resulting album became an instant classic. The present reissue differs from past incarnations in that for the first time we hear the concert remixed from original three-track t... (展开全部) 　　Vladimir Horowitz's May 9, 1965 Carnegie Hall return marked the legendary virtuoso's first recital following a 12-year absence from playing in public. Columbia Masterworks recorded the concert, and the resulting album became an instant classic. The present reissue differs from past incarnations in that for the first time we hear the concert remixed from original three-track tapes, with no editing whatsoever. Previous releases include post-production edits and inserts not generally acknowledged at the time. Horowitz, for instance, remade the coda to the central movement of Schumann's C major Fantasy. According to Horowitz, heat from the stage lights caused perspiration to fall into his eyes at a moment when he needed to see the keyboard, resulting in a momentary stumble. Other finger slips and wrong notes were left intact, although astute listeners might have noticed occasional ambient changes masking nips and tucks (notably at 5:57 in the Bach-Busoni Toccata, where Horowitz originally struck a particularly exposed wrong chord). The bottom line is that Horowitz's corrections were cosmetic, not interpretive in nature, and thus easily justifiable. By the same token, the unedited "Historic Return" does not tarnish Horowitz's reputation one iota. And the aforementioned Schumann boo-boo, by the way, ranks hardly a blip on the disaster radar. For repeated listening, however, I agree with Horowitz's decision. In any event, it's the music that counts, and every Horowitz fan should know these recordings, edited or not.
　　
　　Some listeners may find Horowitz's conception of the Schumann Fantasy more sectionalized and detail-oriented than the flowing, symphonic game plan of, say, Pollini, Arrau, Fiorentino, or Perahia. Others might be bothered by the Bach/Busoni's first-movement tempo gearshifts (I'm reminded of my colleague Harris Goldsmith's priceless epithet: "Bach-maninov!"), although the central Adagio's hushed aura and melting legato makes time stand still.
　　
　　No stylistic issues bear upon Horowitz's utterly internalized and soul-bearing Scriabin, and if Chopin's G minor Ballade leaves an unsettled taste, the Mazurka and Etude sing and soar. The Debussy is more relaxed and limpid than the pianist's earlier recordings of this favorite encore, and if the Moskowski A-flat Etude's ticklish scales don't make you smile, than what will? Horowitz closes with his signature Schumann Träumerei. Its 1962 studio counterpart is included within the complete Kinderszenen that fills out Disc 2. Given that Sony also re-released this performance to celebrate the pianist's centenary, its inclusion here makes little A&R sense. Couldn't the label instead have unearthed some interesting, unreleased material from rehearsal tapes made prior to the concert?
　　
　　A bonus DVD offers three priceless outtakes from the 1985 film The Last Romantic. How Horowitz could negotiate Chopin's "Black Key" Etude so effortlessly with flat, extended fingers is one of piano playing's unsolved mysteries. Notice also how his fast, blurry fingers and relaxed hands zip through the Moskowski F major Etude. He paints Liszt's "Au Bord d'une Source" in broader brush strokes, warmer tones, and more flexible lines than in his late-1940s RCA recording. This is a fascinating reissue designed to tempt Horowitz connoisseurs.
　　
　　--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com

曲目 · · · · · ·

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Phantasie for Piano in C major, Op. 17 by Robert Schumann
Sonata for Piano no 9 in F major, Op. 68 "Black Mass" by Alexander Scriabin
Poèmes (2) for Piano, Op. 32: no 1 in F sharp major by Alexander Scriabin
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 105/Op. 30: no 4 in C sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 8 in F major by Frédéric Chopin
Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23 by Frédéric Chopin
Children's Corner: no 3, Serenade for the Doll by Claude Debussy
Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 2: no 1, Etude in C sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Etudes (15) de virtuosité, Op. 72 "Per aspera ad astra": no 11 in Ab major by Moritz Moszkowski
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: no 7, Träumerei by Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 by Robert Schumann
(Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City, November 6, 13 & 29, 1962 and December 18, 1962)
Disc 3 - Bonus DVD
"Outtakes" - Never-before-seen footage from the film, "VLADIMIR HOROWITZ: THE LAST ROMANTIC"