- Actors: Vladimir Horowitz, Charles Kuralt, Wanda Toscanini Horowitz
- Directors: Brian Large
- Producers: Peter Gelb, Robert Northshield
- Format: Classical, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
- Release Date: April 4 2000
- Run Time: 85 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 6305755175
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Must have!,
By BLee "bpslee" (HK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In Moscow (DVD)
In this DVD, viewers can have sight of Tsaichovsky's home and his piano with the Maestro playing a few phrases on it. We see what comes of Horowitz's niece left behind in Russia. We also see the actual weeping of the Russians, invoked by Horowitz's playing, lamanting their own sufferings and that of the fate of their motherland in the face of Communism... I have watched this for a dozen times for a decade or two ( first on LP and than DVD ) and I still find it untiring or even inspiring... But as far as music or the ingenuity of the design of the repertoire is concerned, I believe Horowitz's "Concert in Vienna", filmed at about the same time, is even better. There Horowitz had this best Mozart to offer, with a lot of colours: definitely more than Mozart could have contemplated, a new dimension available only to the very previleged few. True, those who can play Chopoin can play Bach or even Mozart. Horowitz by this stage surely would be able to win back Lipatti's admiration.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A treasure that you will view on and on and .....,
By Kersi Von Zerububbel "Kersi" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In Moscow (VHS Tape)
I have the VHS format of this magnificient recital. You will be hard pressed to see and hear better versions of Scarlatti and Mozart. In viewing this video you sense that there is something special in the air. The master returns to his homeland one last time and leaves a SUPERB recital for us to cherish. I am not musically trained and therefore probably missed some of the intricate aspects of the recital. Even if you are one of those that occasionally dabbles in classical music, get this video. I found the audience interaction, yes coughing, quite genuine and moving. To see a great artist perform in his homeland and see the audience reactions, faces, and emotions, makes this a truly memorable performance. Can you believe that I found this jewel perchance in the dollar bin at a video store in 1999? I am told this is now available in DVD. Excellent!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Possibly the greatest recital captured on film,
By A Customer
This review is from: In Moscow (VHS Tape)
Here we see the most controversial and greatest pianist of all time play live at a recital in moscow. What more could you ask for? His selections are almost perfect, spanning from early classicism to the late romantic period. Volodya Horowitz touches on Scarlattie's beautiful piano sonata minatures. As he plays them, jaw clenched, his hands roll quite shockingly so down the piano, ever so delicately. The Mozart is wonderful too, as he plays one of Mozart's famous sonatas. He manages in everyone of the classical compositions to play so unbroken and so legato that i wonder how he does it. His flat finger technique is also delightful to watch. As the program moves on he masterfully sings with the voice of the piano two of Scriabin's most popular etudes. The first is done very well and the second,... well lets just say he morphs suddenly into the devil himself. And if you listen ever so closely you may be able to hear a piano string pop and break at the first thunderous base note. I noticed this listening to an audio digitally remastered version. Following the scriabin is Liszt, the virtuoso, Chopin ,the poet of the piano, and Rachmanninoff, the king of the romantics. The movie also features one of Horowitz's most playfull encores Enticelles by mozkowski. As the program comes to an end Horowitz ends with perhaps the most popular work he is known for, Schumman's Trauemere. The camera focuses completely on the auidience at this point where we see a man remove his glasses and display a single tear that rolls down his cheek. The emotion is so apparrent in the auidence that it shows a person, who has never seen him play before, how truly a gift he is. His breathtaking speeds and rhythms and his flawless angelic touch create both the devil and the angel which join to form what he calls "electricity".
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