Horowitz in Moscow

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In 1986, the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz, who left his homeland 61 years ago, announced that he would return to the Soviet Union for the first time since 1925 to give recitals in Moscow and Leningrad. This sensational historic recital from Moscow includes works by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin, whom Horowitz knew both, Domenico Scarlatti, W.A. Mozart, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann and Moritz Moszkowski. The disc too contains additional documentary footage with Horowitz. "Horowitz, playing with a clarity and dynamic range that friends said he had not matched in many years" (New York Times) made an outstanding performance of musical, as well as political, significance.

Die Disc enthält auch zusätzliches dokumentarisches Material mit Horowitz. "Horowitz, der mit einer Klarheit und Dynamik spielte dynamische Bandbreite, die er nach Meinung von Freunden seit vielen Jahren nicht mehr erreicht hat" (New York Times). von musikalischer wie auch politischer Bedeutung.