Vladimir Horowitz discography
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2013

Vladimir Horowitz - A Television Concert at Carnegie Hall

Chopin: Ballade in G minor, Op. 23 / Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1 / Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44

Scarlatti: Sonata in E major, K. 380 / Sonata in G major, K. 55

Robert Schumann: Arabeske, Op. 18 / Traumerai

Scriabin: Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 10

Horowitz: Variations on a theme from Bizet's Carmen

January 2, February 1, 1968

Sony

1982

Horowitz in London[83]

Traditional: God Save the Queen

Scarlatti: Six sonatas

Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61 / Ballade in G minor, Op. 23 / Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69 No. 1

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15

Rachmaninoff: Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. 36 / Polka de W. R.

Scriabin: Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12

May 22, 1982

Sony

1986

Vladimir Horowitz – The Last Romantic[84]

Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude "Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland"

Mozart: Sonata in C major, K. 330

Chopin: Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4 / Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20 / Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53

Schubert: Impromptu in A-flat major, D. 899, No. 4

Liszt: Consolation No. 3 in D-flat major, S. 172, No. 3

Schumann: Novelette in F major, Op. 21, No. 1

Scriabin: Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2, No. 1

Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12

Moszkowski: Etude in F major, Op. 72, No. 6

April 1985

Pioneer

1986

Horowitz in Moscow[85]

Scarlatti: Sonata in E major, K. 380

Mozart: Sonata in C major, K. 330

Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G major, Op. 32, No. 5 / Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12

Scriabin: Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2, No. 1 / Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12

Liszt: Soirées de Vienne, Valse Caprice No. 6 (after Schubert) / Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104

Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 30, No. 4 / Mazurka in F minor, Op. 7, No. 3

Schumann: Träumerei

Moszkowski: Étincelles, Op. 36, No. 6

Rachmaninoff: Polka de W. R. (not included in the Pioneer version)

April 20, 1986

Pioneer / Sony

1988

Horowitz Plays Mozart[86]

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 (La Scala Philharmonic / Carlo Maria Giulini, Conductor)

March 1987

Deutsche Grammophon

1991

Horowitz in Vienna[87]

Mozart: Rondo in D major, K. 485 / Sonata in B-flat major, K. 333

Schubert: Impromptu in G-flat major, D. 899, No. 3 / Moment Musical in F minor, D. 780, No. 3

Liszt: Soirees de Vienne, Valse caprice No. 6 (after Schubert) / Consolation No. 3

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15

Chopin: Mazurka in B minor, Op. 33, No. 4 / Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53

Moszkowski: Étincelles, Op. 36, No. 6

May 31, 1987

Deutsche Grammophon

1993

Vladimir Horowitz – A Reminiscence[88]

Documentary containing interviews with Wanda Toscanini Horowitz and various clips of Horowitz performing.

N/A

Sony Classical / Kultur

1995

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

New York Philharmonic / Zubin Mehta, Conductor

September 24, 1978

Deutsche Grammophon

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Frédéric François Chopin ( UK : /ˈʃɒpæ̃/ , US : /ʃoʊˈpæn/ , French : [ ʃɔpɛ̃ ] , Polish : [ ˈʂɔpɛn ] ; 1 March 1810 - 17 October 1849 ) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano . He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era , one whose poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation . Chopin was born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin in the Duchy of Warsaw and grew up in Warsaw , which in 1815 became part of Congress Poland . A child prodigy , he completed his musical education and composed his earlier works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at the age of 20 , less than a month before the outbreak of the November 1830 Uprising . At 21 , he settled in Paris . Thereafter - in the last 18 years of his life - he gave only 30 public performances , preferring the more intimate atmosphere of the salon . He supported himself by selling his compositions and by giving piano lessons , for which he was in high demand . Chopin formed a friendship with Franz Liszt and was admired by many of his other musical contemporaries ( including Robert Schumann ) . After a failed engagement to Maria Wodzińska from 1836 to 1837 , he maintained an often troubled relationship with the French writer Amantine Dupin ( known by her pen name , George Sand ) . A brief and unhappy visit to Majorca with Sand in 1838-39 would prove one of his most productive periods of composition . In his final years , he was supported financially by his admirer Jane Stirling , who also arranged for him to visit Scotland in 1848 . For most of his life , Chopin was in poor health .
Frédéric Chopin 's four ballades are single-movement pieces for solo piano , composed between 1831 and 1842 . They are considered to be some of the most challenging pieces in the standard piano repertoire . The term ballade was used by Chopin in the sense of a balletic interlude or dance-piece , equivalent to the old Italian ballata , but the term may also have connotations of the medieval heroic ballad , a narrative minstrel-song , often of a fantastical character . There are dramatic and dance-like elements in Chopin 's use of the genre , and he may be said to be a pioneer of the ballade as an abstract musical form . The four ballades are said to have been inspired by poet Adam Mickiewicz . The exact inspiration for each individual ballade , however , is unclear and disputed . Though the ballades do not conform exactly to sonata form , the ballade form created by Chopin for his four ballades is a distinct variant of sonata form with specific discrepancies , such as the mirror reprise ( presenting the two expositional themes in reverse order during the recapitulation ) . [ citation needed ] The ballades have directly influenced composers such as Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms who , after Chopin , wrote ballades of their own . Besides sharing the title , the four ballades are entities distinct from each other . According to composer and music critic Louis Ehlert , Each [ ballade ] differs entirely from the others , and they have but one thing in common - their romantic working out and the nobility of their motifs . Modern theorists have shown , however , that the ballades do have much in common , such as the ballade meter ( 64 or 68 ) and certain formal practices like the mirror reprise and delaying the structural dominant . The four ballades are among the most enduring of Chopin 's compositions and are frequently performed in concerts .
God Save the Queen ( alternatively God Save the King , depending on the gender of the reigning monarch ) is the royal anthem in a number of Commonwealth realms , their territories , and the British Crown dependencies . The author of the tune is unknown , and it may originate in plainchant ; but an attribution to the composer John Bull is sometimes made . God Save the Queen is the national anthem of the United Kingdom and one of two national anthems used by New Zealand since 1977 , as well as for several of the UK 's territories that have their own additional local anthem . It is also the royal anthem - played specifically in the presence of the monarch - of all the aforementioned countries , as well as Australia ( since 1984 ) , Canada ( since 1980 ) , Barbados and Tuvalu . In countries not previously part of the British Empire , the tune of God Save the Queen has provided the basis for various patriotic songs , though still generally connected with royal ceremony . The melody continues to be used for the national anthem of Liechtenstein , Oben am jungen Rhein , and the royal anthem of Norway , Kongesangen . In the United States , the melody is used for the patriotic song My Country , 'T is of Thee ( also known as America ) . Beyond its first verse , which is consistent , God Save the Queen/King has many historic and extant versions . Since its first publication , different verses have been added and taken away and , even today , different publications include various selections of verses in various orders . In general , only one verse is sung . Sometimes two verses are sung , and on rare occasions , three . The sovereign and her or his spouse are saluted with the entire composition , while other members of the royal family who are entitled to royal salute ( such as the Prince of Wales , Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex along with their spouses ) receive just the first six bars .
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti ( Naples , 26 October 1685 - Madrid , 23 July 1757 ) was an Italian composer . He is classified primarily as a Baroque composer chronologically , although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style and he was one of the few Baroque composers to transition into the classical period . Like his renowned father Alessandro Scarlatti , he composed in a variety of musical forms , although today he is known mainly for his 555 keyboard sonatas . He spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families .
The Polonaise-fantaisie in A-flat major , Op . 61 , is a composition for piano by Frédéric Chopin . It was dedicated to Mme A. Veyret , written and published in 1846 . It opens with Allegro maestoso , 34 time . This work was slow to gain favor with musicians , due to its harmonic complexity and intricate form . Arthur Hedley was one of the first critics to speak positively of the work , writing in 1947 that it 'works on the hearer 's imagination with a power of suggestion equaled only by the F minor Fantasy or the fourth Ballade ' , although Arthur Rubinstein , Leff Pouishnoff , Claudio Arrau and Vladimir Horowitz had been including it in their programs some decades earlier . It is intimately indebted to the polonaise for its metre , much of its rhythm , and some of its melodic character , but the fantaisie is the operative formal paradigm [ clarification needed ] ( Samson , 1988 ) , and Chopin is said to have referred initially to the piece only as a Fantasy . Parallels with the Fantaisie in F minor include the work 's overall tonality , A-flat , the key of its slower middle section , B major , and the motive of the descending fourth .
Waltz in A-flat major , Op . 69 , No . 1 , is a waltz composed by Frédéric Chopin . It is also called The Farewell Waltz or Valse de l'adieu .
Robert Schumann ( German : [ ˈʃuːman ] ; 8 June 1810 - 29 July 1856 ) was a German composer , pianist , and influential music critic . He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era . Schumann left the study of law , intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist . His teacher , Friedrich Wieck , a German pianist , had assured him that he could become the finest pianist in Europe , but a hand injury ended this dream . Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing . In 1840 , after a long and acrimonious legal battle with Wieck , who opposed the marriage , Schumann married Wieck 's daughter Clara . A lifelong partnership in music began , as Clara herself was an established pianist and music prodigy . Clara and Robert also maintained a close relationship with German composer Johannes Brahms . Until 1840 , Schumann wrote exclusively for the piano . Later , he composed piano and orchestral works , and many Lieder ( songs for voice and piano ) . He composed four symphonies , one opera , and other orchestral , choral , and chamber works . His best-known works include Carnaval , Symphonic Studies , Kinderszenen , Kreisleriana , and the Fantasie in C. Schumann was known for infusing his music with characters through motifs , as well as references to works of literature .
Kinderszenen [ a ] ( German pronunciation : [ ˈkɪndɐˌst͡seːnən ] , Scenes from Childhood ) , Op . 15 , by Robert Schumann , is a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written in 1838 .
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff [ a ] ( English : /rɑːxˈmɑːnəˌnɔːf , -ˌnɒf , rɑːk-/ rahkh-MAH-nə-nawf , -⁠nof , rahk- ; Russian : Серге́й Васи́льевич Рахма́нинов [ b ] , tr . Sergei Vasilyevich Rakhmaninov , IPA : [ sʲɪrˈɡʲej vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪt͡ɕ rɐxˈmanʲɪnəf ] ; 1 April [ O.S . 20 March ] 1873 - 28 March 1943 [ c ] [ d ] ) was a Russian composer , virtuoso pianist , and conductor of the late Romantic period . The influence of Tchaikovsky , Rimsky-Korsakov , Balakirev , Mussorgsky , and other Russian composers is seen in his early works , later giving way to a personal style notable for song-like melodicism , expressiveness and rich orchestral colors . Born into a musical family , Rachmaninoff took up the piano at the age of four . He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1892 , having already composed several piano and orchestral pieces . In 1897 , following the negative critical reaction to his Symphony No . 1 , Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little until successful therapy allowed him to complete his enthusiastically received Piano Concerto No . 2 in 1901 . In the course of the next sixteen years , Rachmaninoff conducted at the Bolshoi Theatre , relocated to Dresden , Germany , and toured the United States for the first time . Rachmaninoff often featured the piano in his compositions , and he explored the expressive possibilities of the instrument through his own skills as a pianist . Following the Russian Revolution , Rachmaninoff and his family left Russia ; in 1918 , they settled in the United States , first in New York City .
Piano Sonata No . 2 , Op . 36 , is a piano sonata in B-flat minor composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1913 . Rachmaninoff revised it in 1931 , with the note , The new version , revised and reduced by author .
Sergei Rachmaninoff 's Polka de W.R. is a virtuoso piano arrangement of Franz Behr 's Lachtäubchen ( Scherzpolka ) in F major .
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin ( /skriˈɑːbɪn/ ; Russian : Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Скря́бин [ ɐlʲɪˈksandr nʲɪkəˈɫaɪvʲɪtɕ ˈskrʲæbʲɪn ] ; 6 January 1872 [ O.S . 25 December 1871 ] - 27 April [ O.S . 14 April ] 1915 ) was a Russian composer and pianist . Scriabin , who was influenced early in his life by the works of Frédéric Chopin , composed works that are characterised by a highly tonal idiom ( these works are associated with his first stage of compositional output ) . Later in his career , independently of Arnold Schoenberg , Scriabin developed a substantially atonal and much more dissonant musical system , which accorded with his personal brand of mysticism . [ citation needed ] Scriabin was influenced by synesthesia , and associated colours with the various harmonic tones of his atonal scale , while his colour-coded circle of fifths was also influenced by theosophy . He is considered by some to be the main Russian Symbolist composer . Scriabin was one of the most innovative and most controversial of early modern composers . The Great Soviet Encyclopedia said of Scriabin that no composer has had more scorn heaped on him or greater love bestowed . Leo Tolstoy described Scriabin 's music as a sincere expression of genius . Scriabin had a major impact on the music world over time , and influenced composers such as Igor Stravinsky , Sergei Prokofiev , and Karol Szymanowski . However , Scriabin 's importance in the Russian and then Soviet musical scene , and internationally , drastically declined after his death .
Étude in D-sharp minor , Op . 8 , No . 12 , is an étude for piano composed by Alexander Scriabin in 1894 . It features many technical challenges , including treacherous stretches with intervals up to an eleventh , numerous jumps in the left hand , repetitive chord strikes , and abundant octaves . It is a particular favorite among pianists and audiences alike . This piece was a favorite encore of Vladimir Horowitz .
Johann Sebastian Bach [ a ] ( 31 March [ O.S . 21 March ] 1685 - 28 July 1750 ) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period . He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations , and for vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor . Since the 19th-century Bach Revival he has generally been regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time . The Bach family already counted several composers when Johann Sebastian was born as the last child of a city musician in Eisenach . After being orphaned at age 10 , he lived for five years with his eldest brother Johann Christoph , after which he continued his musical formation in Lüneburg . From 1703 he was back in Thuringia , working as a musician for Protestant churches in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen and , for longer stretches of time , at courts in Weimar , where he expanded his organ repertory , and Köthen , where he was mostly engaged with chamber music . From 1723 he was employed as Thomaskantor ( cantor at St. Thomas ) in Leipzig . He composed music for the principal Lutheran churches of the city , and for its university 's student ensemble Collegium Musicum . From 1726 he published some of his keyboard and organ music . In Leipzig , as had happened during some of his earlier positions , he had difficult relations with his employer , a situation that was little remedied when he was granted the title of court composer by his sovereign , Augustus , Elector of Saxony and King of Poland , in 1736 . In the last decades of his life he reworked and extended many of his earlier compositions .
Ferruccio Busoni ( 1 April 1866 - 27 July 1924 ) was an Italian composer , pianist , conductor , editor , writer , and teacher . His international career and reputation led him to work closely with many of the leading musicians , artists and literary figures of his time , and he was a sought-after keyboard instructor and a teacher of composition . From an early age , Busoni was an outstanding if sometimes controversial pianist . He studied at the Vienna Conservatory and then with Wilhelm Mayer and Carl Reinecke . After brief periods teaching in Helsinki , Boston , and Moscow , he devoted himself to composing , teaching , and touring as a virtuoso pianist in Europe and the United States . His writings on music were influential , and covered not only aesthetics but considerations of microtones and other innovative topics . He was based in Berlin from 1894 but spent much of World War I in Switzerland . He began composing in his early years in a late romantic style , but after 1907 , when he published his Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music , he developed a more individual style , often with elements of atonality . His visits to America led to interest in North American indigenous tribal melodies which were reflected in some of his works . His compositions include works for piano , among them a monumental Piano Concerto , and transcriptions of the works of others , notably Johann Sebastian Bach ( published as the Bach-Busoni Editions ) . He also wrote chamber music , vocal and orchestral works , and operas - one of which , Doktor Faust , he left unfinished when he died , in Berlin , at the age of 58 .
The Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes , BWV 651-668 , are a set of chorale preludes for organ prepared by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig in his final decade ( 1740-1750 ) , from earlier works composed in Weimar , where he was court organist . The works form an encyclopedic collection of large-scale chorale preludes , in a variety of styles harking back to the previous century , that Bach gradually perfected during his career . Together with the Orgelbüchlein , the Schübler Chorales , the third book of the Clavier-Übung and the Canonic Variations , they represent the summit of Bach 's sacred music for solo organ .
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [ a ] ( 27 January 1756 - 5 December 1791 ) , baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , [ b ] was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period . Born in Salzburg , Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood . Already competent on keyboard and violin , he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty . At 17 , Mozart was engaged as a musician at the Salzburg court but grew restless and travelled in search of a better position . While visiting Vienna in 1781 , he was dismissed from his Salzburg position . He chose to stay in the capital , where he achieved fame but little financial security . During his final years in Vienna , he composed many of his best-known symphonies , concertos , and operas , and portions of the Requiem , which was largely unfinished at the time of his early death at the age of 35 . The circumstances of his death have been much mythologized . He composed more than 600 works , many of which are acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic , concertante , chamber , operatic , and choral music . He is among the greatest and most enduringly popular of classical composers , and his influence is profound on subsequent Western art music . Ludwig van Beethoven composed his early works in the shadow of Mozart , and Joseph Haydn wrote : posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years .
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's Piano Sonata No . 10 in C major , K. 330 / 300h , is one of the three works in the cycle of piano sonatas K.330-332 . The sonata was composed in 1783 , when Mozart was 27 years old . It was published , with the other two sonatas by Artaria in 1784 . A typical performance of this sonata lasts around twenty minutes . The work is one of Mozart 's most popular piano sonatas , [ citation needed ] and has been featured in classical music-related films , such as Sparky 's Magic Piano . Mozart 's autograph of the sonata is held in the Jagiellonian Library , Kraków .
Mazurkas , Op . 17 is a set of four mazurkas for piano by Frédéric Chopin , composed and published between 1832 and 1833 . A typical performance of the set lasts about fourteen minutes .
The Scherzo No . 1 in B minor , Op . 20 , is a composition for solo piano written by Frédéric Chopin between 1831 and 1832 and dedicated to Thomas Albrecht . The piece begins with the tempo marking Presto con fuoco . The piece is dark , dramatic , and lively . It is complex and considered to be one of Chopin 's more difficult works .
The Polonaise in A♭ major , Op . 53 ( French : Polonaise héroïque , Heroic Polonaise ; Polish : Heroiczny ) for solo piano , was written by Frédéric Chopin in 1842 . This composition is one of Chopin 's most admired compositions and has long been a favorite of the classical piano repertoire . The piece requires exceptional piano skills and great virtuosity to be interpreted at a high degree of proficiency . It is also very physically demanding , and according to his student Adolphe Gutmann , Chopin played it more gently than most performers . The polonaise was dedicated to Auguste Léo , a German banker and friend of Chopin .
Franz Peter Schubert ( German : [ ˈfʁant͡s ˈpeːtɐ ˈʃuːbɐt ] ; 31 January 1797 - 19 November 1828 ) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras . Despite his short lifetime , Schubert left behind a vast oeuvre , including more than 600 secular vocal works ( mainly lieder ) , seven complete symphonies , sacred music , operas , incidental music and a large body of piano and chamber music . His major works include the Piano Quintet in A major , D. 667 ( Trout Quintet ) , the Symphony No . 8 in B minor , D. 759 ( Unfinished Symphony ) , the Great Symphony No . 9 in C major , D. 944 , the three last piano sonatas ( D. 958-960 ) , the opera Fierrabras ( D. 796 ) , the incidental music to the play Rosamunde ( D. 797 ) , and the song cycles Die schöne Müllerin ( D. 795 ) and Winterreise ( D. 911 ) . Born in the Himmelpfortgrund suburb of Vienna , Schubert 's uncommon gifts for music were evident from an early age . His father gave him his first violin lessons and his older brother gave him piano lessons , but Schubert soon exceeded their abilities . In 1808 , at the age of eleven , he became a pupil at the Stadtkonvikt school , where he became acquainted with the orchestral music of Haydn , Mozart , and Beethoven . He left the Stadtkonvikt at the end of 1813 , and returned home to live with his father , where he began studying to become a schoolteacher ; despite this , he continued his studies in composition with Antonio Salieri and still composed prolifically . In 1821 , Schubert was granted admission to the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde as a performing member , which helped establish his name among the Viennese citizenry . He gave a concert of his own works to critical acclaim in March 1828 , the only time he did so in his career . He died eight months later at the age of 31 , the cause officially attributed to typhoid fever , but believed by some historians to be syphilis .
Franz Schubert 's Impromptus are a series of eight pieces for solo piano composed in 1827 . They were published in two sets of four impromptus each : the first two pieces in the first set were published in the composer 's lifetime as Op . 90 ; the second set was published posthumously as Op . 142 in 1839 ( with a dedication added by the publisher to Franz Liszt ) . The third and fourth pieces in the first set were published in 1857 ( although the third piece was printed by the publisher in G major , instead of G♭ as Schubert had written it , and remained available only in this key for many years ) . The two sets are now catalogued as D. 899 and D. 935 respectively . They are considered to be among the most important examples of this popular early 19th-century genre . Three other unnamed piano compositions ( D. 946 ) , written in May 1828 , a few months before the composer 's death , are known as both Impromptus and Klavierstücke ( piano pieces ) . The Impromptus are often considered companion pieces to the Six moments musicaux , and they are often recorded and published together . It has been said that Schubert was deeply influenced in writing these pieces by the Impromptus , Op . 7 ( 1822 ) of Jan Václav Voříšek and by the music of Voříšek 's teacher Václav Tomášek .
Franz Liszt ( German : [ ˈlɪst ] ; Hungarian : Liszt Ferencz , in modern usage Liszt Ferenc [ ˈlist ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ] ; [ n 1 ] 22 October 1811 - 31 July 1886 ) was a Hungarian composer , virtuoso pianist , conductor , music teacher , arranger , and organist of the Romantic era . He was also a writer , a philanthropist , a Hungarian nationalist and a Franciscan tertiary . Liszt gained renown in Europe during the early nineteenth century for his prodigious virtuosic skill as a pianist . He was a friend , musical promoter and benefactor to many composers of his time , including Frédéric Chopin , Richard Wagner , Hector Berlioz , Robert Schumann , Camille Saint-Saëns , Edvard Grieg , Ole Bull , Joachim Raff , Mikhail Glinka , and Alexander Borodin . A prolific composer , Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the New German School ( German : Neudeutsche Schule ) . He left behind an extensive and diverse body of work which influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated 20th-century ideas and trends . Among Liszt 's musical contributions were the symphonic poem , developing thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form , and radical innovations in harmony .
The Novelletten , Op . 21 , is a set of eight pieces for solo piano , written by Robert Schumann in 1838 . This composition is dedicated to Adolf von Henselt .
Étude in C-sharp minor , Op . 2 , No . 1 , is an étude for piano , written by Russian composer Alexander Scriabin in 1887 .
Thirteen Preludes ( Russian : Тринадцать прелюдий , Trinadtsat ' prelyudiy ) , Op . 32 , is a set of thirteen preludes for solo piano , composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1910 . It complements his earlier Prelude in C♯ minor , Op . 3/2 , and 10 Preludes , Op . 23 , to complete the full set of 24 Preludes in all 24 major and minor keys .
Moritz Moszkowski ( French : Maurice Moszkowski ; 23 August 1854 - 4 March 1925 ) was a German composer , pianist , and teacher of Polish-Jewish descent . [ n 1 ] His brother Alexander Moszkowski was a famous writer and satirist in Berlin . Ignacy Paderewski said : After Chopin , Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano , and his writing embraces the whole gamut of piano technique . Although less known today , Moszkowski was well respected and popular during the late nineteenth century .
Années de pèlerinage ( French for Years of Pilgrimage ) ( S.160 , S.161 , S.163 ) is a set of three suites for solo piano by Franz Liszt . Much of it derives from his earlier work , Album d'un voyageur , his first major published piano cycle , which was composed between 1835 and 1838 and published in 1842 . Années de pèlerinage is widely considered as the masterwork and summation of Liszt 's musical style . The third volume is notable as an example of his later style . Composed well after the first two volumes , it displays less virtuosity and more harmonic experimentation . The title Années de pèlerinage refers to Goethe 's famous novel of self-realization , Wilhelm Meister 's Apprenticeship , and especially its sequel Wilhelm Meister 's Journeyman Years
Étincelles , Op . 36 , No . 6 ( Sparks ) is a piece for solo piano by Moritz Moszkowski . It is the 6th piece from Moszkowski 's 8 Characteristic Pieces set .
The Piano Concerto No . 23 in A major ( K. 488 ) is a composition for piano and orchestra written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . It was finished , according to Mozart 's own catalogue , on March 2 , 1786 , two months prior to the premiere of his opera , Le nozze di Figaro , and some three weeks prior to the completion of his next piano concerto . It was one of three subscription concerts given that spring and was probably played by Mozart himself at one of these . The concerto is scored for piano solo and an orchestra consisting of one flute , two clarinets , two bassoons , two horns and strings .
Carlo Maria Giulini Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( Italian pronunciation : [ ˈkarlo maˈriːa dʒuˈliːni ] ; 9 May 1914 - 14 June 2005 ) was an Italian conductor . From the age of five , when he began to play the violin , Giulinis musical education was expanded when he began to study at Italy 's foremost conservatory , the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome at the age of 16 . Initially , he studied the viola and conducting ; then , following an audition , he won a place in the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia . Although he won a conducting competition two years later , he was unable to take advantage of the prize , which was the opportunity to conduct , because of being forced to join the army during World War II , albeit that he was a pacifist . As the war was ending , he hid until the liberation to avoid continuing to fight alongside the Germans . While in hiding , he married his girlfriend , Marcella , and they remained together until her death in 1995 . Together , they had three children . After the 1944 liberation , he was invited to lead what was then known as the Augusteo Orchestra ( now the Santa Cecilia Orchestra ) in its first post-Fascist concert , and quickly other conducting opportunities came along . These included some of the world 's major orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , London 's Philharmonia Orchestra , and the Vienna Philharmonic . His career spanned 54 years with retirement coming in 1998 . He died in Brescia , Italy , at 91 years of age .
Deutsche Grammophon ( DGG ) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram . Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain , it is now part of Universal Music Group ( UMG ) since its merger with the UMG family of labels in 1999 . It is the oldest surviving established record company .
The Piano Sonata No . 13 in B-flat major , K. 333 / 315c , was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Linz at the end of 1783 .
Six moments musicaux , D. 780 ( Op . 94 ) is a collection of six short pieces for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert . The movements are as follows :
Mazurkas , Op . 33 are a set of four Mazurkas for piano by Frédéric Chopin , composed and published in 1838 .
Wanda Giorgina Toscanini Horowitz ( December 7 , 1907 - August 21 , 1998 ) was the daughter of the conductor Arturo Toscanini and the wife of pianist Vladimir Horowitz . As a child , Wanda studied piano and voice . She never pursued a professional music career , fearing she could never live up to her father 's exacting standards . Despite this , she was one of the few people who was willing to stand up to her father . When Arturo Toscanini refused to speak with her sister , Wally , following her affair with a married man , it was Wanda who confronted her father and insisted he reestablish contact . At a Toscanini concert , she spotted the critic Virgil Thomson dozing during the performance . Knowing that Thomson frequently gave her father negative reviews , she approached him and announced , I am Wanda Toscanini Horowitz , and I saw you sleep from the first note to the last . I hope you enjoyed the performance .
Sony Classical Records ( also known simply as Sony Classical ) is an American record label founded in 1924 as Columbia Masterworks Records , a subsidiary of Columbia Records . In 1948 , it issued the first commercially successful long-playing 12 record . Over the next decades its artists included Isaac Stern , Pablo Casals , Glenn Gould , Eugene Ormandy , Danny Elfman , Vangelis , Elliot Goldenthal , Leonard Bernstein , John Williams and Ricky Martin . Columbia Records used the Masterworks brand name not only for classical and Broadway records , but also for spoken-word albums such as Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly 's successful I Can Hear It Now series . Parent CBS also featured the Masterworks name on its consumer electronics equipment . In 1980 , the Columbia Masterworks label was renamed as CBS Masterworks Records , but in 1990 , after CBS Records was acquired by Sony , it was renamed Sony Classical Records ; its logo echoes the Magic Notes logo that was Columbia 's emblem until 1954 . During the 1990s , the label attracted controversy under the leadership of Peter Gelb , as it emphasized crossover music over mainstream classical releases , failing to make available much of its archive of great recordings . Going back to the future , the Masterworks name lives on in its series of Broadway cast albums released through Masterworks Broadway Records , and as the name of Sony Music Entertainment 's classical music division , Sony Masterworks . The Sony Classical label is listed today as a sister label of Masterworks .
The New York Philharmonic , officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York , Inc. , globally known as New York Philharmonic Orchestra ( NYPO ) or New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra , is a symphony orchestra based in New York City . It is one of the leading American orchestras popularly referred to as the Big Five . The Philharmonic 's home is David Geffen Hall , located in New York 's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts . Founded in 1842 , the orchestra is one of the oldest musical institutions in the United States and the oldest of the Big Five orchestras . Its record-setting 14,000th concert was given in December 2004 .
Zubin Mehta ( born 29 April 1936 ) is an Indian conductor of Western and Eastern classical music . He was the music director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra ( IPO ) and is Conductor Emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic . Mehta 's father was the founder of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra , and Mehta received his early musical education from him . When he was 18 , he enrolled in the Vienna state music academy , from which he graduated after three years with a diploma as a conductor . He began winning international competitions and conducted the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic at age 21 . Beginning in the 1960s , Mehta gained experience by substituting for celebrated maestros throughout the world . Mehta was music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1961 to 1967 and of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra from 1962 to 1978 , the youngest music director ever for any major North American orchestra . In 1969 , he was appointed Music Adviser to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and in 1981 he became its Music Director for Life . From 1978 to 1991 , Mehta was music director of the New York Philharmonic . Since 1985 , he has also been chief conductor of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence , Italy . He is an honorary citizen of both Florence and Tel Aviv and was made an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera in 1997 and of the Bavarian State Opera in 2006 . The title of Honorary Conductor was bestowed on him by numerous orchestras throughout the world .