| Vladimir Horowitz - Chopin Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 |
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This is Vladimir Horowitz playing Chopin's
"Heroique" A-flat major Polonaise, Op. 53 as
only Vladimir Horowitz could!
Correction! This is Horowitz in Musikverein,
Vienna, Austria on May 31, 1987 which makes
him 84 years old. Two years before his death
on November 5th, 1989.
Sorry for the wrong info and thanks for the
correction :)
God bless Horowitz.
"there are three types of pianists.
Jewish pianists.
Homosexual pianists.
and bad pianists." -Vladimir Horowitz
I know this is a repost, but I will not deny
my video collection of the great Horowitz, I
don't care if this is the only video on
youtube 60 million times. make it 60 million
and one!
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Affichage : 87118
Durée : 444 s |
| Vladimir Putin / Такого как Путин (English version) |
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Russian lyrics:
Мой парень снова влип в
дурные дела
Подрался, наглотался
какой-то мути
Он так меня достал и я
его прогнала
И я хочу теперь такого,
как Путин
Такого как Путин полного
сил
Такого как Путин чтобы
не пил
Такого как Путин чтоб не
обижал
Такого как Путин чтоб не
убежал
Я видела его вчера в
новостях
Он говорил о том, что мир
на распутье
С таким как он легко и
дома, и в гостях
И я хочу теперь такого,
как Путин
Такого как Путин полного
сил
Такого как Путин чтобы
не пил
Такого как Путин чтоб не
обижал
Такого как Путин чтоб не
убежал
Someone Like Putin
Author: Singing Together (Poyushchiye Vmeste)
I want someone like Putin.
My boyfirend has got himself into trouble
again,
Had a fight, downed a lot of crap.
I'm so fed up with him, I dumped him,
And now I want someone like Putin.
Someone like Putin, full of strength,
Someone like Putin, who doesn't drink,
Someone like Putin, who doesn't hurt me,
Someone like Putin, who won't run away.
I saw him yesterday on the news,
He said that the world is at a crossroads.
Someone like him is easy to be with at home
and with friends,
And now I want someone like Putin.
Someone like Putin, full of strength,
Someone like Putin, who doesn't drink,
Someone like Putin, who doesn't hurt me,
Someone like Putin, who won't run away.
In This version:
My boyfriend is dumb, he smokes and he's
drunk
My boyfriend is dumb, more than Powers Austin
I told him get out, I need a new boy
I thought and I know he must be like Putin.
He must be like Putin, that to begin
He must be like Putin, then I'll give in
You must be like Putin, there's just one way
You must be like Putin, you'll not run away.
Tags : putin poutine russia russie moscou moscow Поющие Вместе Poyushchie Vmeste english version |
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Affichage : 78118
Durée : 198 s |
| Vintage Vladimir Horowitz Home Movie |
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This 1928 & 1929 home movie was fillmed in
Cincinnati, Ohio at the home of Dr. Karol
Liszniewski, my late father's (pianist David
Edward Smith's) music teacher.
Horowitz made his debut in New York in 1928
and then came to Cincinnati for a concert
with the symphony and this home movie was
filmed at a party after the concert.
In 1944, music critic J. Harold Harder,
writing for the Toldeo Blade newspaper
(April 17, 1944) after a concert by my
father, (who was then 19 years old) said
:"The best title to give him is the 'American
Horowitz". See:
http://www.drslawfirm.com/toledoblade1944.jpg
See also 1951 review of David Smith's concert
at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
DC where critic Glen Dillard Dunn, of the
Times-Herald said his playing "belongs in the
same category with Solomon, Curzon, and even
the venerable Arthur Rubenstein".
http://www.drslawfirm.com/natlgallery51review
.pdf
My father played Horowtiz's variations of
Bizet's theme from Carmen several times in
concert to very great reviews. I have the
sheet music (notes/fingering) he prepared.
Horowitz's "Carmen variations" was never
published. My father wrote and asked Horowitz
for the music/fingering but Horowitz
declined, albeit respectfully. So my father
had an sound engineer at the college where he
was teaching in Oregon slow down the music so
he could listen to the notes. He then
prepared sheet music and played the piece. If
anyone would like a copy of this music I
would be happy to provide a copy. He said (my
father) it was very difficult to play. But I
would love to see/hear it played again.
Some of you have commented or e-mailed me as
to my father's style of play. A bit of
history. David Edward Smith, studied piano
from the age of 12 (1936) until age 20 (1944)
with Dr. Karol Liszniewski of the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music. What is no doubt lost
to history is Dr. Liszniewski's exceptional
background and lifestyle that so suited him
to be a master teacher of the piano. Born in
Poland, in his youth Liszniewski studied
with Mikuli who had studied with Chopin.
After receiving a law degree he went to
Vienna to study with Leschetitsky, the great
teacher of piano. There Liszniewski fell in
love with another student (who was
English)--Marguerite Melville--whom he
married. Liszniewski was then involved in a
duel--a matter of honor--and tendons in his
right hand were severed, ending his concert
career. Eventually he and his wife were both
asked to join the faculty at the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music. My father became a
pupil at the age of 12.
My father wrote in a letter: "All the Polish
celebrities knew Dr. Liszniewski (who speaks
Polish besides the Poles?). Arthur Rubinstein
and Mieczyslaw Munz often stopped by when
they were on tour. So did Rachmaninoff and
Paderewski. I would be allowed to sit right
next to them--only inches from the
keyboard--to watch them practice by the
hour--preparing for their solo recitals and
concerto performances. They would give me
lessons and sometimes, when I was practicing
in my room upstairs, they would open the door
at the bottom of the stairs and yell such
things as 'Practice SLOWLY' or, for example,
'Who told you to do that crescendo in the
left hand' (I had done something terrible, no
doubt). 'That's good-don't ever change that!'
(What a pleasant surprise). Sometimes they
would come to my room to watch me
practice--stopping me to show better
fingering, a more beautiful interpretation,
or how to solve some difficult problem 'at
hand'. To an artist there is nothing quite so
satisfying as the solving of an 'aesthetic
problem'."
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Durée : 178 s |
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