A question for those who listened to Horowitz in person.

[jaquet]

Is it true the sounds he made at the piano? Was the tone really that soft and could he really make that much noise and was the tone so beautiful in person? I am just wondering if the recordings had anything to affect it, as ive recently expereienced first hand that recordings are quite different from in person especially with these top notch pianists. Any responses would be glady appreciated, thank you.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Tbf he travelled with his own piano and technician

[bryfarr]

Is it true the sounds he made at the piano? Was the tone really that soft and could he really make that much noise and was the tone so beautiful in person? I am just wondering if the recordings had anything to affect it, as ive recently expereienced first hand that recordings are quite different from in person especially with these top notch pianists. Any responses would be glady appreciated, thank you.

I don't think they had the technology to manipulate sound to that degree back then - those are all analog recordings aren't they?  There's a wikipedia page on his discography.  You might find something there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Horowitz_discography

The writer, David Dubal knew Horowitz well and followed his career closely, he wrote about him extensively - you might look up some of his books about pianists, you'll get a lot of info about his technique.

Horowitz travelled with his own piano and I've heard the action was quite light - that's how he was able to play so fast, partly.