Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2, etc

Such commanding playing is hardly to be assessed, rather to be absorbed and awed by. Even Horowitz’s questionable taste hardly counts when one is so riveted by the completeness with which he realises his peculiar vision of these great works. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:04 pm

COMPOSERS: Chopin
LABELS: Sony BMG
ALBUM TITLE: Chopin
WORKS: Piano Sonata No. 2, etc
PERFORMER: Vladimir Horowitz (piano) (1962-71)
CATALOGUE NO: 82876 78769 2

Such commanding playing is hardly to be assessed, rather to be absorbed and awed by. Even Horowitz’s questionable taste hardly counts when one is so riveted by the completeness with which he realises his peculiar vision of these great works. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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