Vladimir Horowitz live in New York

April 24, 1946: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York A. Toscanini was present at this recital. Toscanini told reporters that this Prokovieiv Sonata is not great music. But this is not too serious, because Volodia is the world’s greatest pianist Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses, Schumann: Arabesque, Prokofiev: Sonata No.7 in B-flat major, Chopin: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante, Chopin: Etude in E major, No.3 Chopin: Etude in C minor, (Revolutionary) Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp minor, No.1 Chopin: Mazurka in E minor, No.2 Liszt/Horowitz: Wedding March & Variations (after Mendelssohn) Encores: Scarlatti: Sonata in E major, Schumann: Träumerei, No.7 Kabalevsky: Prelude Brahms: Waltz in A flat, Sousa/Horowitz: The Stars and Stripes Forever
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