Showing posts with label Vladimir Horowitz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vladimir Horowitz. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Happy birthday, Vladimir Horowitz
It is the birthday of pianist Vladimir Horowitz (1903), who is regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Horowitz began performing in 1925. His career spanned 50 years. His repertorie included works of the greatest composers, among them Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky. Here is Chopin's Black Key Étude, so called because the right hand plays exclusively on the black keys.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Happy birthday, Robert Schumann
It is the birthday of German composer Robert Schumann (1810), who wanted to become a great pianist but hurt his and ended his career. He turned to composing instead. Fortunately. Schumann's work, beautiful in itself, also influenced Johannes Brahms and Edward Elgar. Here's one of the world's greatest pianists, Vladimir Horowitz, playing one of Schumann's best known pieces, Traumerei.
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