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Vladimir Horowitz is one of the most famous and important pianists of the 20th century. So which pianists was Horowitz inspired by? Which pianists did he admire? I created a list based on Horowitz's views. The books by David Dubal and Harold C. Schonberg on Vladimir Horowitz have been my main sources.
00:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff
Beethoven - 32 Variations in C minor (R. 1925)
07:39 Alfred Cortot
Schumann - Des Abends from Fantasiestucke (R. 1937)
10:54 Ignaz Friedman
Chopin - Nocturne in E flat Op. 55 No. 2 (R. 1936)
15:33 Simon Barere
Blumenfeld - Etude for the Left Hand Alone, Op. 36 (R. 1935)
19:32 Sviatoslav Richter
Scriabin - "Ninths" Etude, op 65, No. 1 (R. 1952)
22:18 Walter Gieseking
Debussy - Pagodes from Estampes (R. 1953)
26:33 Alicia de Larrocha
Manuel de Falla - Danza del Terror from El amor brujo (R. 1959)
28:43 Wilhelm Backhaus
Chopin - Études, Op. 10: No. 1 in C Major (R. 1927)
30:42 Josef Lhevinne
Chopin - Études, Op. 25: No. 6 in G# Minor (R. 1935)
32:35 Emil von Sauer
Chopin - Waltz, Op. 34 No. 3 (R. 1940)
34:58 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Chopin - Mazurka Op. 59 No. 2 (R. 1930)
37:31 Ferruccio Busoni
Bach Fugue in C major, WTC, Book 1 (R. 1922)
39:43 Heinrich Neuhaus
Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 9 (Black Mass)
46:39 Artur Schnabel
Brahms - Intermezzo op.116 n°2
49:56 Edwin Fischer
Mozart - Piano Concerto in D Major K. 537, Movment I
50:53 Sergio Fiorentino
Liszt - Consolation No. 3
Vladimir Horowitz is one of the most famous and important pianists of the 20th century. So which pianists was Horowitz inspired by? Which pianists did he admire? I created a list based on Horowitz's views. The books by David Dubal and Harold C. Schonberg on Vladimir Horowitz have been my main sources.
00:00 Sergei Rachmaninoff
Beethoven - 32 Variations in C minor (R. 1925)
07:39 Alfred Cortot
Schumann - Des Abends from Fantasiestucke (R. 1937)
10:54 Ignaz Friedman
Chopin - Nocturne in E flat Op. 55 No. 2 (R. 1936)
15:33 Simon Barere
Blumenfeld - Etude for the Left Hand Alone, Op. 36 (R. 1935)
19:32 Sviatoslav Richter
Scriabin - "Ninths" Etude, op 65, No. 1 (R. 1952)
22:18 Walter Gieseking
Debussy - Pagodes from Estampes (R. 1953)
26:33 Alicia de Larrocha
Manuel de Falla - Danza del Terror from El amor brujo (R. 1959)
28:43 Wilhelm Backhaus
Chopin - Études, Op. 10: No. 1 in C Major (R. 1927)
30:42 Josef Lhevinne
Chopin - Études, Op. 25: No. 6 in G# Minor (R. 1935)
32:35 Emil von Sauer
Chopin - Waltz, Op. 34 No. 3 (R. 1940)
34:58 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Chopin - Mazurka Op. 59 No. 2 (R. 1930)
37:31 Ferruccio Busoni
Bach Fugue in C major, WTC, Book 1 (R. 1922)
39:43 Heinrich Neuhaus
Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 9 (Black Mass)
46:39 Artur Schnabel
Brahms - Intermezzo op.116 n°2
49:56 Edwin Fischer
Mozart - Piano Concerto in D Major K. 537, Movment I
50:53 Sergio Fiorentino
Liszt - Consolation No. 3
