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Article: Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3; Sonata No. 2. Vladimir Horowitz, piano; Eugene Ormandy, New York Philharmonic. RCA 09026-63681-2.(Review)
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- January 1, 2001
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3; Sonata No. 2. Vladimir Horowitz, piano; Eugene Ormandy, New York Philharmonic. RCA 09026-63681-2.
This may be one of the most underrated albums of all time. I don't usually like live recordings, but this one is an exception. Recorded at Carnegie Hall on January 8, 1978, it marked the 50th anniversary of the great pianist Vladimir Horowitz's American debut. He chose his most-beloved piece of music to play, the Rachmaninoff Third Concerto, a notoriously difficult work but one he had long since mastered and made his own.
More than ably assisted by Eugene Ormandy and the New York Philharmonic, Horowitz puts on a dazzling ...