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Horowitz Encores

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Details

Composer
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ
Artist
Vladimir Horowitz
Format
CD
Label
Sony Masterworks
Released
Mar 13, 1990
Catalog #
77552RG
UPC
078635775525

About

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.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 Variations on Themes from Carmen 03:32
    Track
    1
    Title
    Variations on Themes from Carmen
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Vladimir Horowitz
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  2. 2 Saint-Saens - Danse macabre, S555/R240 08:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    Saint-Saens - Danse macabre, S555/R240
    Duration
    08:11
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  3. 3 Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Rondo alla turca 03:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Rondo alla turca
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  4. 4 Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March and Dance of the Fairies, S410/R219 06:01
    Track
    4
    Title
    Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March and Dance of the Fairies, S410/R219
    Duration
    06:01
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  5. 5 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 7, Op. 85: No. 40 in D Major, Op. 85, No. 4, MWV U190 02:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 7, Op. 85: No. 40 in D Major, Op. 85, No. 4, MWV U190
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  6. 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) 02:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 30 in A Major, Op. 62, No. 6, MWV U161, "Fruhlingslied" (Spring Song)
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  7. 7 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Op. 67: No. 35 in B Minor, Op. 67, No. 5, MWV U184 02:05
    Track
    7
    Title
    Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Op. 67: No. 35 in B Minor, Op. 67, No. 5, MWV U184
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  8. 8 Children's Corner: III. Serenade for a Doll 02:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    Children's Corner: III. Serenade for a Doll
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  9. 9 No. 11 in A-Flat Major 01:21
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 11 in A-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Moritz Moszkowski
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  10. 10 No. 6 in F Major 01:18
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 6 in F Major
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Moritz Moszkowski
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  11. 11 8 Morceaux caractéristiques, Op. 36: No. 6. Etincelles 02:11
    Track
    11
    Title
    8 Morceaux caractéristiques, Op. 36: No. 6. Etincelles
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Moritz Moszkowski
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  12. 12 Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53, "Heroic" 05:56
    Track
    12
    Title
    Polonaise No. 6 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53, "Heroic"
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  13. 13 Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 7. Träumerei (Dreaming) 02:47
    Track
    13
    Title
    Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood), Op. 15: No. 7. Träumerei (Dreaming)
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  14. 14 Scherzo a capriccio in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 5, MWV U 50 05:25
    Track
    14
    Title
    Scherzo a capriccio in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 5, MWV U 50
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  15. 15 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106: No. 15 in A Minor, "Rákóczy March" 05:12
    Track
    15
    Title
    19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244/R106: No. 15 in A Minor, "Rákóczy March"
    Duration
    05:12
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  16. 16 4 Valses oubliees, S215/R37: Valse oubliee No. 1 02:49
    Track
    16
    Title
    4 Valses oubliees, S215/R37: Valse oubliee No. 1
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  17. 17 10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G Minor 04:08
    Track
    17
    Title
    10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G Minor
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz
  18. 18 The Stars and Stripes Forever (arr. V. Horowitz for piano) 03:50
    Track
    18
    Title
    The Stars and Stripes Forever (arr. V. Horowitz for piano)
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    John Philip Sousa
    Performer
    Vladimir Horowitz