Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz in Hamburg '2008

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Rondo in D Major, K. 485: Allegro
02. Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat, K. 333: I. Allegro
03. Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat, K. 333: II. Andante Cantabile
04. Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat, K. 333: III. Allegretto Grazioso
05. Soirées de Vienne: 9 Valses-Caprices After Schubert: No. 6 in A Minor
06. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: I. Von Fremden Ländern Und Menschen
07. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: II. Kuriose Geschichte
08. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: III. Hasche-Mann
09. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: IV. Bittendes Kind
10. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: V. Glückes Genug
11. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VI. Wichtige Begebenheit
12. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei
13. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VIII. Am Kamin
14. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: IX. Ritter Vom Steckenpferd
15. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: X. Fast Zu Ernst
16. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XI. Fürchtenmachen
17. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XII. Kind Im Einschlummern
18. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XIII. Der Dichter Spricht
19. Mazurka No. 25 in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4: Mesto
20. Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat, Op. 53 -"Heroic": Maestoso
21. 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 3 in F Minor (Allegro Moderato)
22. Étincelles, Morceau CarActéristique, Op. 36, No. 6: Allegro
Scherzando

On 21 June 1987, before an ecstatic audience in Hamburg’s Musikhalle,
83-year-old Vladimir Horowitz gave the last concert of a career that stretched
over nearly seven decades. The recital, taped by North German Radio (NDR), lay
in their archives virtually untouched for more than 20 years (one encore was
included in Deutsche Grammophon’s anthology The Magic of Horowitz in
2003). It is now being released in its entirety for the first time in any
format. The repertoire is familiar, with Mozart and Schumann (Kinderszenen op.
15) to the fore. There is a last heroic assault on Chopin’s Polonaise in
A flat op. 53 and the final scintillating encore is Moszkowski’s
Etincelles, a Horowitz evergreen. The recording provides a unique souvenir of
Horowitz’s final public appearance, where the sense of occasion and
immediacy is palpable.

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