Horowitz Encores

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Sony Masterworks
Release Date
March 13, 1990
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VLADIMIR HOROWITZ
    • PERFORMER
      Vladimir Horowitz
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 13, 1990
    • UPC
      078635775525
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      77552RG
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Variations on Themes from Carmen

      Composer: Vladimir Horowitz

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    2. Saint-Saens - Danse macabre, S555/R240

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    3. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Rondo alla turca

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    4. Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March and Dance of the Fairies, S410/R219

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    5. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 7, Op. 85: No. 40 in D Major, Op. 85, No. 4, MWV U190

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    6. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 30 in A Major, Op. 62, No. 6, MWV U161, "Fruhlingslied" (Spring Song)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    7. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Op. 67: No. 35 in B Minor, Op. 67, No. 5, MWV U184

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    8. Children's Corner: III. Serenade for a Doll

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    9. No. 11 in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    10. No. 6 in F Major

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    11. 8 Morceaux caractéristiques, Op. 36: No. 6. Etincelles

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    12. Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53, "Heroic"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    13. Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 7. Träumerei (Dreaming)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    14. Scherzo a capriccio in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 5, MWV U 50

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    15. 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106: No. 15 in A Minor, "Rákóczy March"

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    16. 4 Valses oubliees, S215/R37: Valse oubliee No. 1

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    17. 10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G Minor

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    18. The Stars and Stripes Forever (arr. V. Horowitz for piano)

      Composer: John Philip Sousa

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz


Vladimir Horowitz's concerts are the stuff of legends. An excellent showman in addition to being one of the greatest pianists of all time, he always had an answer to the applause and requests for encores. ENCORES is a collection of some of the pieces he prepared for such occasions.
These selections include some of more crowd-pleasing pieces from the classical repertoire, five of which were transcribed for piano by Horowitz himself. The inclusion of "Danse macabre" and "Wedding March and Variations" illustrate his popular approach to encores. His gift for dramatic flourish is particularly evident in the tracks recorded in concert. Horowitz had an uncanny knack for playing off of an audience while performing even the most technically complex pieces. Concluding with his transcription of John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever," this album is a tribute to one of the pianists--and showmen--of the century.