Sunday, April 6, 2008

Hofmann: Chopin Scherzo No. 1 (1923)

Duration: 05:41 minutes
Upload Time: 2007-08-11 07:20:56

Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, op. 20 Frederic Chopin Józef Hofmann, piano

Comments

rhadamanthes82  2008-03-31 16:16:05

You're rigth. In the Glenn Plaskin Horowitz Biography, it's is said that when Horowitz was a child in "Ukraine", he goes to listen Hoffmann. He was his first piano Idol.
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NuclearTide  2008-03-25 20:59:52

This is the best rendition of the scherzo I've ever heard! Brilliant!
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63Attila  2008-03-08 22:18:31

LovesGenet I agree with you about Hoffman even most fellow pianists praise him. First time I ever heard Sauer and Rosenthal mentioned on music posts. Sauer's recording of Liszt's piano concerto #1 is magnificent. Rosenthal's performance of Chopin's Nocturne Op 27 #2 is one of my favorites. I particpate in some other music sites and it seems if someone praises a performance recorded before the biofonic recording era I am labeled a dinosaur. John
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snaaptaker  2008-02-16 11:34:26

CoolWJL, you are 100% correct. I've known this for many years and you're the first person I've found who realizes it. Congratulations!! I have always felt that Horowitz really wanted to be Hofmann. Of course, he was not.
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CoolWJL  2008-02-10 21:51:15

If you wonder where Horowitz was coming from. Just Listen to Hoffmann.
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