In 1986, the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz, who left his homeland 61 years ago, announced that he would return to the Soviet Union for the first time since 1925 to give recitals in Moscow and Leningrad. This sensational historic recital from Moscow includes works by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin, whom Horowitz knew both, Domenico Scarlatti, W.A. Mozart, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann and Moritz Moszkowski. The disc too contains additional documentary footage with Horowitz. “Horowitz, playing with a clarity and dynamic range that friends said he had not matched in many years“ (New York Times) made an outstanding performance of musical, as well as political, significance.
At home with Daniil Trifonov
Captivating his audience with passionate but perfectly controlled energy, Daniil Trifonov is a true musical phenomenon. Wishing to get away from the concert halls he is accustomed, we follow this great pianist on an intimate journey, from a Parisian Jazz Club to the streets of New York via the peace and quiet of his home in the Connecticut forest. A. SCRIABIN Sonata No. 9; P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY Children’s Album; S. RACHMANINOFF Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14; M. RAVEL Gaspard of the Night J. S. BACH/S. RACHMANINOFF Partita No. 3 in E major. Prelude; S. PROKOFIEV Sarcasm, Op. 17