VLADIMIR HOROWITZ PLAYS CONCERTI

On this page, Horowitz plays concerti by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. We have examples of the Rachmaninoff third concerto from the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and 70s; of the Tchaikovsky first from the 1930s, 40s and 50s; a titanic recording with Rodzinski from 1952 of the Beethoven "Emperor", and a wonderful glimpse of Horowitz, the pianist and the man, at the end of a glorious 50 plus year career as one of the world's leading pianists as he rehearses and performs the Mozart A major.

Though I do not think of Brahms when I think of Horowitz, the recordings from the 30s and 40s of the D minor and B♭ major concerti make me wish he had recorded and performed more of this great composer's works.

But the 1943 excerpt from the Rachmaninoff D minor under Rodzinski is Horowitz at his ferocious best.

Rachmaninoff  Piano Concerto 3 in D minor, Op 30
i Allegro ma non tanto
ii Intermezzo: Adagio
iii Finale: Alla breve
Albert Coates conducting the London Symphony Orchestra

recorded in 1930