Mieczysław Horszowski
Polish-born pianist Mieczyslaw Horszowski performed his last recital at age 99, slightly more than a year before his death in 1993. Although his recording career only goes back to 1936, the traditions of playing he represented are much older than that, dating back to the early Romantic era. He was taught to play the piano by his mother, a student of one of Chopin's students, and his main teacher, Theodor Leschetizky, was a protégé of Czerny. Horszowski was playing (and transposing) Bach inventions at age five; at eight he was presented to the public as a prodigy, and at ten he began his formal career. He played for Fauré and perhaps Saint-Saëns in 1905 and made his U.S. debut, at Carnegie Hall, the following year. It was also during 1906 that he met the youthful Pablo Casals and Arturo Toscanini, who became lifelong friends and collaborators. Horszowski was especially noted as a chamber music pianist and became a fixture of Casals' Prades Festival for many years.
Interrupting his high-flying career to pursue a humanities degree at the Sorbonne in Paris from 1911 to 1913, Horszowski moved to Milan during the war and remained there until 1939, touring internationally. As World War II broke out he was appearing in Brazil, and instead of returning to Europe he headed for the U.S., where he remained for the rest of his life. Horszowski quickly found performing opportunities with Toscanini's NBC Symphony, and he began teaching at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute in 1942. He was a fixture of New York's recital scene, performing complete cycles of Beethoven's piano works and Mozart sonatas and concertos, and he appeared at the White House in 1961 and 1978. Horszowski was the first person to record while playing the first known piano constructed, an instrument built in 1720 by Bartolomeo Cristofori and housed in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In 1981, at age 89, Horszowski married for the first time; his wife was Italian pianist Beatrice Costa. His eyesight declined, which put an end to his concerto and chamber music performances, but he continued his solo recital career, performing from memory. At the Curtis Institute he taught an impressive roster of students, including Anton Kuerti, Murray Perahia, and Richard Goode. Horszowski played a range of music but focused on Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin, and even in his last years he essayed difficult works like Beethoven's Diabelli Variations.
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS: Cello Sonatas (Casals) (1930-1939)
Pablo Casals, Mieczysław Horszowski
Concertos - Lançado por Naxos em 14/12/2001
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Brahms: Horn Trio; Violin Sonata No. 2 (Joseph Szigeti – The Mercury Masters, Vol. 1)
Joseph Szigeti, John Barrows, Mieczysław Horszowski
Classical - Lançado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. em 01/01/1962
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Mozart: Trio in E-Flat Major, K.498 - Beethoven: Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 11
Reginald Kell, Lillian Fuchs, Frank Miller, Mieczysław Horszowski
Chamber Music - Lançado por The state51 Conspiracy em 03/04/2020
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Schubert: Trio No. 2 E-Flat Major, Op. 100
Pablo Casals, Alexander Schneider, Mieczysław Horszowski
Classical - Lançado por MVE em 12/02/2016
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Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 13-15 & Piano Quintet, Op. 114 "Die Forelle"
Budapest String Quartet, Georges Moleux, Mieczysław Horszowski, Josef Roisman, Boris Kroyt, Mischa Schneider
Chamber Music - Lançado por Biddulph Recordings em 01/01/2006
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Beethoven: Chamber Works (Live at Beethovenhaus, Bonn, 1958)
Pablo Casals, Sándor Végh, Rudolf Serkin, Mieczysław Horszowski
Chamber Music - Lançado por Andromeda em 02/10/2020
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Mozart: Trio pour piano, clarinette et alto, K. 498 - Beethoven: Trio pour piano, clarinette et violoncelle, Op. 11 (Mono Version)
Reginald Kell, Mieczysław Horszowski
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1953
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R. Schumann, Mozart & Beethoven: Chamber Works
Pablo Casals, Sándor Végh, Mieczysław Horszowski, Rudolf Serkin, Yehudi Menuhin, Ernst Wallisch
Chamber Music - Lançado por Stradivarius em 06/09/2019
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 30 & 32
Classical - Lançado por Vox Legends em 01/01/1992
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Beethoven: Diabelli Variations - Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 & 4 Impromptus
Mieczysław Horszowski, Wiener Symphoniker, Hans Swarowsky
Classical - Lançado por Vox Legends em 01/01/1993
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Chopin: 4 Impromptus & 4 Polonaises (Mono Version)
Mieczysław Horszowski, Grant Johannesen
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1956
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Haydn & Beethoven: Chamber Works (Live)
The Budapest String Quartet, Mieczysław Horszowski
Chamber Music - Lançado por Bridge Records em 01/01/1996
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Collection of Beethoven Sonatas
Pablo Casals, Mieczysław Horszowski, Pierre Fournier, Artur Schnabel
Classical - Lançado por ArnebAudio em 03/11/2023
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Beethoven, Schubert & Brahms: Violin Sonatas
Joseph Szigeti, Mieczysław Horszowski, Myra Hess
Chamber Music - Lançado por Biddulph Recordings em 11/11/2008
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Brahms: Trio pour violon, piano et cor, Op. 40 (Mono Version)
Joseph Szigeti, John Barrows, Mieczysław Horszowski
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1960
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Schubert - Beethoven: Violin Sonatas
Alexander Schneider, Joseph Szigeti, Mieczysław Horszowski
Chamber Music - Lançado por Dynamic em 26/07/2011
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Kegelstatt Trio, K498 (1950)
Reginald Kell, Lillian Fuchs, Mieczysław Horszowski
Classical - Lançado por Classical Moments em 29/11/2012
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Chopin: 3 Impromptus (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1954
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The Lyrinx Archives, Festival Pablo Casals (Prades, 26 July 1986): Mieczysław Horszowski’s historic ‘Retour à Prades’ concert
Classical - Lançado por Lyrinx em 26/01/2024
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Brahms, Rossini & Schubert: Choral Works
Edward H. Tarr, Luzerner Vokalsolisten, Mieczysław Horszowski, Il Divertimento, Franz Xaver Jans
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por Tudor em 15/04/2022
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Festival Strings Lucerne ● Rudolf Baumgartner, conductor : Vivaldi ● Purcell ● Bach ● Mozart ● Bartholdy
Mieczysław Horszowski, Pierre Fournier, Pauls Ezergalis, Roger Pyne, Rudolf Baumgartner, Festival Strings Lucerne
Classical - Lançado por Ermitage Records em 24/04/2023
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