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Release Date: 04 April, 2000 Retail Price: $29.98 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: |
Horowitz in Moscow Reviews
pure Horowitz
I agree this is one of the best concert films around. Horowitz is in fine form, and his playing is fittingly masterful. The Scarlatti's the sparkling best moment in the program; the Mozart won't be for everybody, although I never get why not. Horowitz chooses smaller, personal pieces; yet throughout, he fends off autumnal aspects with characteristic elan, but clearly is profoundly moved by playing again in Russia. A brilliant energy of Reunion blasts every frame and makes it a superb film, far above the ordinary concert document. And, in the Russian way, in the end, what's left unsaid makes the profoundest sound. Horowitz isn't a pianist for just anybody, he was annoying as hell at times, even when he was pointing a way deep into music. He foiled himself time and again as an artist, but then, who's to say. There remain for us lessons of humanity in his art, and if much more is asked, nothing more can be expected of an artist. This is the best, the most ardent, Horowitz video - in a class by itself. Proceed without fear.
Magical Horowitz
Musical Content: Horowitz still surprises me every time I listen to him playing great 'solo' piano works as in this concert, (beautiful ones from Scarlatti, The Rach, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Liszt, Schumman, Scriabin). His magic finger-style was just incredible, so if you are Horowitz fan this is a must-have, there's no reason to keep you from buying a DVD player and experience the way our beloved Horowitz 'utilize' his unique piano (you see, I just don't want to call him pianist).
Sound Quantity: This DVD has pretty good sounding managed by Deustche Gramophone, but the problem came from the audience, it might be heavily cold in Moscow that attendants couldn't help coughing during the performance, and because DG want to keep the sound as natural as possible you will hear at least two annoying coughs in each section of the show. Fortunately, Horowitz was not distracted by that (or it's not perceivable) & as always he was part of the works he's playing.
Video Quantity: the picture quantity of the DVD is quite good, but the view angle should be much better, the camera man does not give us the feeling of vitually attending the performance (theatre atmosphere is unreasonably narrow), he also got incredible mistake when spending maybe half of the time focusing on Horowitz left hand.
Other content on the DVD: There are two interviews with Horowitz, they are about some of his unforgettable memories in Russia, and they are fun & very memorable.
Also, there's brief Horowitz biography, which I found it very concise & should
be particularly impressive for people who are not very familiar with Horowitz.
As a conclusion I highly recommend this DVD to buy as gift for piano/classical music newbies, they will not pay much attention to the weakness of it but will have wonderful time experiencing one of the most successful shows performed by Horowitz.
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