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The great performers of the past truly make you love them. From their hands exudes a love for music; it is impossible to be envious of them, one can only esteem them and take them as an example.
Enjoy this recording of Mozart's concerto K 488 for piano and orchestra, played by a Horowitz who had well passed the age of 80!
The cadenza should be by Busoni, if I am not mistaken.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHpVUVxcY1I
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I remember seeing this 1986 recording broadcast by RAITV, struck by the extraordinary interpretation
by Horowitz and also by Giulini's conducting style, which possessed a disarming simplicity.
In this Concerto No. 23, I appreciate in equal measure the interpretation by Maurizio Pollini, with the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by
Karl Böhm.
Horowitz opts for the Busoni cadenza, while Pollini performs Mozart's original one.
The choice of the cadenza is usually made by the pianist, but it is interesting to note that the cadenza of this very concerto
last year caused the "breakup" (?) between Claudio Abbado and the French pianist Hélène Grimaud.
Abbado insisted on the Mozart cadenza, while the lovely Hélène wanted nothing to do with it and preferred the Busoni one.
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I apologize, the recording dates back to March 1987, Milan outskirts.
Horowitz was born in Kiev on October 1, 1903, so he was eighty-three and a half years old.
He would pass away two and a half years later, on November 5, 1989.
He was buried in the Monumental Cemetery of Milan, in the Toscanini family tomb.
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Boesendorfer wrote:The choice of the cadenza is usually made by the pianist, but it is interesting to note that the very cadenza of this concerto
last year caused the "break" (?) between Claudio Abbado and the French pianist Hélène Grimaud.
Abbado insisted on Mozart's cadenza, while the beautiful Hélène wanted nothing to do with it and preferred Busoni's.
I am convinced that a version was given (by those directly involved) that identified the cadenza as the reason for the "break," which likely had its roots in a musical distance that was difficult to bridge. In such cases, due to the rule of being "politically correct," one cannot tell the truth and must find a justification that satisfies the press and the questions of the public.
