Horowitz in Moscow (1986)

Great Moments In the History of Music

A touching and hypnotic performance by one of the great pianists of our time. The between him and his audience was very touching. February 18, 2008

Do not waist you money and time

I do not like it at all. It has nothing to do with the great pianist, but with the video quality January 12, 2008

a great performance

The great part of this DVD is Horowitz in concert. His mastery and artistry are incredible. The interview stuff isn't that important to me. I was mostly looking for a recording of his playing. January 18, 2007

Great for pianists as well as music appreciators

My only gripe was the unnecessary hushing and shushing from the crowd during the opening number. Even that was only for a few seconds and the sound is great for the rest of the disk. November 5, 2006

Wonderful

My reviews of these violinists and this pianist are becoming redundant. The performers are all so good, that I'm reduced to admiration and have little else to say. I remember many years ago I was listening to NPR, they had a female musical expert on and they were testing her, they had both Rubinstein and Horowitz play something by Chopin, she was supposed to identify the pianist. She guessed wrong both times. I guessed right. I thought at the time that Rubinstein was the supreme player of Chopin, and I thought the Horowitz version was cold. This was many years ago, and while I still prefer Rubinstein's Chopin (warmer), Horowitz is my hero, my favorite pianist, though I'm not nuts about his customary choices of composers. But this flick. It is a perfect gem (and so tragically underpriced, anyone can afford it). The drama of the arrival, Horowitz' conversation, the shots of the audience (some of whom, yes, were crying), the marvelous close-ups of his hands (his nails were unclipped and seemed to be dirty, and he doesn't arch his fingers which my very dim and distant piano teacher used to tell me was imperative, though he does it some on the right hand), and the music. It was glorious. I love Horowitz. One glitch. There would be. My disc was defective, and somewhere during the penultimate piece it screwed up, so I didn't get to see the whole thing, I missed the last 2 pieces of music and whatever dramatic or "human interest" ending was on the film. But good old Amazon is already getting ready to ship me a replacement and tonight I returned the defective copy. I'll have the new one in 2 days. One last note. I've been going broke the passed few weeks buying musical performances on DVD, and one thing I've noticed, it's unmistakable. These people, these musicians, apart from their wonderful skills, are intelligent, humorous and compassionate. All 3, and all of them. It's humbling and refreshing. March 1, 2006

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