Horowitz

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani discusses Vladimir Horowitz mainly as a figure of piano interpretation. He calls him "the very metonymy of the virtuoso pianist"1 and counts him among the performers who bring out the possibilities of the instrument2. In the session devoted to interpretation, he describes him as a "demonic" performer: Horowitz shows off the instrument while keeping an extreme rigour towards the score3. In the same session, he mentions a meeting at the home of the Princesse de Polignac4. He also links him to a historical question: the emigration of Russian musicians, who took their training with them5, and the fact that Russians became the reference performers of non-Russian music6. Later, he contrasts him with Lipatti and presents him as a demonstrative pianist7. This contrast qualifies the praise of his virtuosity.

1. 1Musicosophie 14. Mozart derechef7 Feb 2021 · 41:19
2. 2Musicosophie 1. Schubert et les maîtres chanteurs3 Dec 2020 · 13:18
3. 3Musicosophie 17. L'interprétation25 Mar 2021 · 1:19:48
4. 4Musicosophie 17. L'interprétation25 Mar 2021 · 1:02:35
5. 5Musicosophie 2. De Lévi-Strauss à Nerval à propos de la musique3 Dec 2020 · 39:19
6. 6La Musique de l'Histoire26 Apr 2015 · 1:33:38
7. 7La maladie, le malheur, le mal20 Sept 2024 · 1:36:15

Summary produced automatically from 7 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.