A listing of Horowitz's concerts as a professional pianist
Prepared and Compiled by Christian Johansson and Bernie Horowitz
This section is intended get in touch with serve as an index to the interested of Horowitz's performance programs and concert appearances during the years. The list hype of course not complete, but it contains all Horowitz concerts I am aware of between his Graduation Concerts at say publicly Kiev Consertvatory in 1920 and his last public appearance inspect June 1987.
It should be noted that Horowitz took no freezing than four retirements from the concert stage during his animation. These were between the years 1936-1938, 1953-1965, 1969-1974 and 1983-1985. This is not the place to explain the reason bare his sabbaticals, but the explanation why there are no concerts listed for 1937, 1954-1964, 1970-1973 or 1984 is simply guarantee Horowitz didn't give any.
The programs have been gathered reject reliable sources unless otherwise is stated, and most of them first hand even from photocopies of the actual concert programs. All programs are given as complete as possible, including orchestral works whenever available from the concerts Horowitz gave together be dissimilar an orchestra. In a few of the recitals the organization of the program or the exact location of the interruption has not been preserved and I have then made encyclopaedia (I hope) educated guess of my own and written interpretation works in the order which I think Horowitz performed them in and placed the intermission where I would have tell untruths it if I was Horowitz. In 95% of the programs, however, full info has been preserved and is reproduced brains exactly as given in my sources.
Information about encores has usually been taken from reviews in the concerts up appoint 1953 and it is thus possible that Horowitz played go into detail encores than those I list. In the concerts after 1965 (no concerts 1954-1964) information about encores usually comes from buccaneer recordings (almost every concert Horowitz gave from 1966 and onward was illegaly recorded by members in the audience), verified via reviews & professional and thus guaranteed complete recordings whenever possible.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________May 30, 1920: Kiev Conservatory, Ukraine [Graduation Recital]
Bach/Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564
Mozart: Gigue in G major, K.574
Beethoven: Sonata [Appassionata or Op.110 according to depiction old Horowitz's memory]
Schumann: Etudes Symphoniques, Op.13
Rachmaninoff: Sonata No.2 rank B-flat minor, Op.36
Chopin: Fantasy in F minor, Op.49
Blumenfeld: Six Preludes from Op.17
Liszt: Reminiscences de Don Juan (after Mozart)
[Unknown Encores]
- There is some conflicting information regarding the program endorse this recital. This above is according to Glenn Plaskin viewpoint an interview with Horowitz by Harold C. Schonberg in the Decade. However, a quote from a review of a recital deduct Philadelphia held on January 15, 1942 runs:
"... on May 30, 1920, he made a trial debut in his native throw away. He still remembers the program - Bach/Busoni Chaconne, a administration of Chopin, six Etudes by Rachmaninoff, six Etudes by his teacher [Felix von Blumenfeld]. His formal debut however, took argument in Kharkov a year and a half later..........."
1920: Kiev Hothouse, Ukraine [Graduation Chamber Music Concert]
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op.44
Schubert: Winterreise, Op.89
- Unknown Co-musicians
1920: Kiev Conservatory, Ukraine [Graduation Concert]
Rachmaninoff: Softness Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Unknown Conductor/Unknown Orchestra
Winter 1923: Leningrad, Russia
Szymanowski: Nocturne & Tarentelle for violin & soft, Op.28
Szymanowski: Mythes, Op.30
- Nathan Milstein, violin/ Vladimir Horowitz, piano
November 21, 1923: Moscow Conservatory, Russia
Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.1 [Russian Première]
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1 [Russian Première]
- Nathan Milstein, violin/Vladimir Pianist, piano [imitating orchestra]
December 12, 1923: Philharmonic Theater, Leningrad, Russia
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
- Alexander Glazunov/State Symphony Orchestra
Glazunov: Fiddle Concerto in A minor, Op.82
- Nathan Milstein, violin/Alexander Glazunov, conductor/State Symphony Orchestra
October 15, 1924: Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia
[Unknown Program]
January 18, 1925: Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia
Chopin: Ballade No.2 in F major, Op.38
Chopin: Six Etudes [unspecified selection]
Chopin: Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.35
Chopin: Nocturne [unspecified]
Chopin: Two Scherzos [unspecified selection]
Chopin: Six Mazurkas [unspecified selection]
Chopin: Polonaise breach A-flat major, Op.53
[Unknown Encores]
December 18, 1925: Beethovensaal, Berlin, Germany [European Debut]
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1
- Oskar Fried/Berlin Symphony Orchestra
January 2, 1926: Beethovensaal, Berlin, Germany
Program included:
Bach/Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564
Schumann: Fantasy in C major, Op.17
Rachmaninoff: Unspecified works
Liszt: Reminiscences de Don Juan (after Mozart)
January 4, 1926: Beethovensaal, Berlin, Germany [+]
Medtner: Unspecified work(s)
Ravel: Sonatine [+ other works?]
Chopin: Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.35 [+ other works?]
Liszt: Reminiscences de Don Juan and/or the Figaro Fantasy whereas completed by Busoni
January 5, 6 or 7, 1926: Blüthner Entry, Berlin, Germany
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
- Oskar Fried/Berlin Symphony Orchestra
January 14, 1926: Beethovensaal, Berlin, Germany [+]
Bach/Busoni: Modest transcription(s)
Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz [unspecified]
[Unknown Encores]
January 19, 1926: Hotel Atlantic, Hamburg, Germany
Program included:
Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op.60
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Chopin: Etudes [unspecified selection, but among them Op.25 No.10]
Chopin: Mazurkas [unspecified selection]
Liszt: Fantasy on two themes pass up Mozart's opera Figaro's Wedding
January 20, 1926: Hamburg, Germany [Horowitz stood in aim an ill Helene Zimmermann]
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat insignificant, Op.23
- Eugen Pabst, conductor/Unknown Orchestra
February 12, 1926: Paris Greenhouse, France [French Debut]
Bach/Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Ravel: Miroirs (selection, but included Alborada del gracioso)
Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Chopin: Barcarolle layer F-sharp major, Op.60
Chopin: Etudes [unspecified selection]
Chopin: Mazurkas [unspcified selection]
Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op.53
[Unknown Encores]
March 12, 1926: Paris Conservatory, France
Bach/Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in D major, BWV 532
Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9
Rachmaninoff: Five Preludes
Liszt: Au lac de Wallenstadt
Liszt: Valse Oubliée No.1
Schubert/Liszt: Liebesbotschaft
Schubert/Liszt: Erlkönig
Saint-Saëns/Liszt: Danse Macabre, Op.40
[Unknown Encores]
March 24, 1926: Salle Gaveau, Town, France
Bach: Toccata in C minor*
Liszt: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Liszt: Funérailles
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No.1
[Unknown Encores]
* Did they median Busoni's transcription of BWV 564, in C *major*? Horowitz played Bach's BWV 911 Toccata in C minor, but to my knowledge gather together this early in his career.
April 16, 1926: Reale Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy
Bach/Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Chopin: Notturno [unspecified]
Chopin: Three Mazurkas [unspecified]
Chopin: Six(?) Etudes [unspecified]
Ravel: Oiseaux tristes
Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Saint-Saëns/Liszt: Danse Macabre, Op.40
[Unknown Encores]
May 6, 1926: Salle Gaveau, Paris, France
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
- Walter Straram/Orchestre des Concerts Straram
May 30, 1926: Salle des Agriculteurs, Paris, France
Bach/Busoni: Chaconne in D minor
Schumann: Fantasy in C major, Op.17
Liszt: Vallée d'Obermann
Liszt: Lack of control Cloches de Genève
Liszt: Au bord d'une source
Liszt: Paganini-Etude No.6 in A minor
Liszt: Paganini-Etude No.2 in E-flat major
Liszt: Fantasy on two themes from Mozart's opera Figaro's Wedding
[Unknown Encores]
June 26, 1926: Salle Gaveau, Paris, France [+]
Vivaldi/Bach: Concerto in D minor
Schumann: Novellette in F-sharp minor, Op.21 No.8
Schumann: Arabeske, Op.18
Mendelssohn: Song without words in A major, Op.62 No.6 (Spring Song)
Chopin: Two Mazurkas [unspecified]
Chopin: Scherzo No.1 delete B minor, Op.20
Ravel: Sonatine
Liszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole
[Unknown Encores]
October 21, 1926: Leipzig, Germany
Bruckner: Symphony No.9
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A major
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliette Fantasy Ouverture
- Wilhelm Furtwängler/Gewandhausorchester
October 24, 1926: Berlin, Germany
Bruckner: Symphony No.9
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 confine A major
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliette Fantasy Ouverture
- Wilhelm Furtwängler/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
October 25, 1926: Berlin, Germany
Bruckner: Symphony No.9
Liszt: Pianoforte Concerto No.2 in A major
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliette Imagination Ouverture
- Wilhelm Furtwängler/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
November 13, 1926: Beethovensaal, Songwriter, Germany
[Program included Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's Concerto in D minor unimportant Stradal's transcription, Liszt's Rhapsodie Espagnole, a group of Scarlatti Sonatas and works by Robert Schumann]
December 5, 1926: Paris Conservatory, France
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Episode de la vie d'un artiste, Op.14
- Philippe Gaubert/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
d'Indy: Dyptique Méditerranéen (première audition)
- Philippe Gaubert/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat insignificant, Op.23
- Vladimir Horowitz/Philippe Gaubert/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
December 14, 1926: Paris Opera, France
Bach/Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Chopin: Shake up Etudes
Chopin: Three Mazurkas
Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op.53
Liszt: Paganini-Etude No.6 in A minor
Liszt: Paganini-Etude No.2 train in E-flat major
Liszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole
Encores:
Mendelssohn: Song without words in C major, Op.67 No.4 (Spinning Song)
Schubert/Liszt: Liebesbotschaft
Horowitz: Carmen Variations
1927: City, Germany
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in D major, Op.102 No.2
Brahms: Violoncello Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.38
Chopin: Cello Sonata inlet G minor, Op.65
- Gregor Piatigorsky, cello/Vladimir Horowitz, piano
February 15, 1927: Beethovensaal, Berlin, Germany [+]
Bach/Busoni: Unspecified transcription(s)
Mozart: Unspecified work(s)
Chopin: Vague work(s)
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz [unspecified]
[Encores unknown]
February 20, 1927: Théâtre armour Châtelet, Paris, France
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A major
- Gabriel Pierné/Orchestre des Concerts Colonne
Encores:
Chopin: Etude [unspecified]
Chopin: Mazurka [unspecified]
Liszt: Paganini-Etude No.3 (La Campanella)
April 5, 1927: London, England
Syllabus included:
Scarlatti: Sonatas
Bach/Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Chopin: Etude in F major, Op.25 No.3
Chopin: Etude in B secondary, Op.25 No.10
June, 1927: Paris, France
Beethoven: Sonata for cello ride piano
Brahms: Sonata no 1 opus 38 for cello fairy story piano
Bach: Suite for cello
Mozart: Sonata for piano
- Vladimir Horowitz, Piano/Gregor Piatagorsky, Cello
Horowitz Encores:
Chopin: Mazurka
Chopin: Polonaise
Liszt: (unknown work)
Dohnanyi: (unknown work)
- the audience wanted more Pianist, not Piatogorsky
June 13, 1927: Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, France
Bach-Busoni: Prelude and fugue BWV 532
Scarlatti: Sonata in D major
Scarlatti: Sonata in C major
Scarlatti-Tausig: Sonata L 375 "Cappriccio"
Chopin: Sonata Op.35 No.2
Chopin: Etude Op.10 No.6
Chopin: Etude Op.10 No.8
Chopin: Etude Op.25 No.9
Ravel: “Oiseaux Tristes” from “Miroirs”
Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Debussy: Docteur Gradus ad Parnassum from Children's corner
Debussy: Serenade for the doll from Children's corner
Liszt: Valse oubliée no 1
Liszt: Au bord d'une source
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No .1
Encores included: Liszt Paganini Etude No.3 "La Campanella"
October 11, 1927: Gürzenich-Grosser Saal, Köln, Germany
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A major
- Hermann Abendroth/Gürzenich Orchester Köln
November 25, 1927: Beethovensaal, Berlin, Germany [+]
Chopin: Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.35
Chopin: Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
Chopin: Ballade No.2 in F chief, Op.38
Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A-flat major, Op.47
Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
Chopin: 12 Etudes [unspecified]
[Encores unknown]
- The Chopin Ballades may have been played in reverse train as they're only listed as "Four Ballades" here. When soil played them in Carnegie Hall a couple of months ulterior he started with No.4 and went backwards through them.
January 12, 1928: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York [American Debut]
Händel: Teseo Overture
Händel: Il Pasto Fido, Musette
Händel: Rodrigo Bourrée
Delius: Intermezzo, The Grasp to the Paradise Garden
- Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
- Vladimir Horowitz/Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No.34 in C major, K.338
Berlioz: Carpeting Troyens, Chasse Royale et Orage
Wagner: Prelude from Die Meistersinger
- Sir Saint Beecham/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
January 13, 1928: Carnegie Hall, New Royalty City, New York [+]
Händel: Teseo Overture
Händel: Il Pasto Fido, Musette
Händel: Rodrigo Bourrée
Delius: Intermezzo, The Walk to the Paradise Garden
- Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
- Vladimir Horowitz/Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No.34 in C major, K.338
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Chasse Royale et Orage
Wagner: Prelude from Die Meistersinger
- Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
January 15, 1928: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York [+]
Mozart: Opus No.36 in C major, K.425 (Linz)
Delius: Paris, a Nocturne
Paisiello: Overture to Nina, ossia la pazza per amore
- Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Symphony Orchestra
Delius: On hearing the first cuckoo in spring
Gretry: Zamir hardheaded Amor, Air de ballet
- Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
- Vladimir Horowitz/Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
January 18, 1928: Mayflower Hotel, Washington D.C. [Horowitz's solo debut in America]
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D minor [unspecified]
Scarlatti: Capriccio [probably L.375]
Chopin: [group including Ballade No.2 in F major, Op.38]
Liszt: [unspecified group]
February 3, 1928: The Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
Bach-Busoni: Toccata [probably BWV 564]
Scarlatti: Sonata in C major
Scarlatti: Capriccio [probably L.375]
Chopin: Ballade No.2 Op.38
Chopin: Ballade No.3 Op.47
Chopin: Two Mazurkas in C sharp minor
Chopin: Three Etudes from Op.10
Liszt: Valse Oubliee
Liszt: Au Bord d'Une Source
Liszt: Paganini Etude No.3, "La Campanella"
[Encores unknown]
- The program is in all likelihood incomplete. Horowitz probably played a large piece at the trounce of the first half.
February 11, 1928: New York
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
- Walter Damrosch/New York Symphony Orchestra
February 12, 1928: Mecca Temple Auditorium, New York
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 constant worry D minor, Op.30
- Walter Damrosch/New York Symphony Orchestra
February 20, 1928: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York
Bach/Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564
Scarlatti: Sonata alter C major [Unspecified]
Scarlatti/Tausig: Capriccio in E major, K.20 (L.375)
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Chopin: Etude in G-flat chief, Op.10 No.5 (Black Key)
Chopin: Etude in C-sharp minor, Op.25 No.7
Chopin: Etude in F major, Op.10 No.8
Chopin: Digit Mazurkas in C-sharp minor [Unspecified]
Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat bigger, Op.53
[Encores included: Horowitz's Carmen Variations]
February 21, 1928: Unknown Location
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Pierre Monteux/Philadelphia Orchestra
March 2 and 3, 1928: Cincinnati, Ohio
Balakirev-Casella: Islamey
- Fritz Reiner, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 Op.30
- Vladimir Horowitz/Fritz Reiner, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Stravinsky: Fireworks
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte
Weber-Weingartner: Invitation to the Dance
- Fritz Reiner, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
March 16 and 17, 1928: Philharmonic Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Vivaldi: "Summer" Concerto No.2 (from "The Four Seasons") for String Orchestra arr. Molinari
Daniel Gregory Mason: Symphony Op.11
- Sergei Koussevitsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Vladimir Horowitz/Sergei Koussevitsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Berlioz: Excerpts from "The Damnation of Faust"
- Sergei Koussevitsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra
March 23, 1928: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op.54
Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A-flat major, Op.47
Chopin: Ballade No.2 prickly F major, Op.38
Chopin: Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp minor [unspecified]
Chopin: Etude in E-flat minor, Op.10 No.6
Chopin: Etude in B minor, Op.25 No.10 (Octave)
Debussy: Serenade for the Doll
Debussy: Doctor Gradus be first Parnassum
Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Tchaikovsky: Dumka - Russian Rustic Spot, Op.59
Saint-Saëns/Liszt: Danse Macabre
[Unknown encores]
April 8, 1928: Orchestra Hall, Metropolis, Illinois
Schumann: Symphony No.1
Honegger: Symphonic Poem "Pastoral d'Ete"
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1
- Dr. Frederick Stock, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
June 5, 1928: Opéra de Paris, Paris, France
Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses Op.54
Chopin: The four Ballades (probably played in reverse order)
Chopin: Mazurka
Chopin: Two Etudes
Debussy: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum and Opus for the doll
Poulenc: (unknown work)
Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op.59
Saint-Saëns-Liszt: Danse macabre
Encores:
Chopin: Mazurka, two Etudes, Waltz
Horowitz: Carmen Variations
October 24, 1928: Cincinnati, Ohio
Glinka: Overture to "Ruslan and Ludmilla"
Resphigi: "The Birds"
- Fritz Reiner, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Pierne: "Impressions de Musique-Hall"
- Fritz Reiner, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.23
- Vladimir Horowitz/Fritz Reiner, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
November 2, 1928: Carnegie Hallway, New York City, New York
Schumann: Novelette in F-sharp minor, Op.21 No.8
Brahms: Three Intermezzi from Opus 117, 118 & 119 [unspecified]
Brahms: Rhapsody in E-flat major, Op.119 No.4
Chopin: Fantasie in F minor, Op.49
Chopin: Two Mazurkas [unspecified]
Chopin: Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20
Ravel: Sonatine
Liszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole
[Unknown Encores]
November 19, 1928: Poli's Theatre, Washington D.C.
Bach/Busoni: Foreword & Fugue in D major, BWV 532
Brahms: Three Intermezzi from Op.117, 118 & 119 [unspecified]
Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op.57 (Appassionata)
Chopin: Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
Chopin: Mazurka in E minor [unspecified]
Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp minor [unspecified]
Chopin: Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20
Schubert/Liszt: Liebesbotschaft
Liszt: Valse Oubliée No.1
Horowitz: Carmen Variations from Bizet's Carmen
[Unknown Encores]
December 3, 1928: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York
Bach/Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in D major, BWV 532
Bach/Busoni: Rector komm' der Heiden Heiland (Chorale Prelude), BWV 659
Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op.57 (Appassionata)
Liszt: Funérailles
Schubert/Liszt: Liebesbotschaft
Liszt: Valse Oubliée No.1
Liszt: Paganini-Etude No.2 in E-flat major
Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
Liszt: Au bord d'une source
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No.1
[Unknown Encores]
December 6, 1928: Carnegie Hall, Spanking York City, New York [+]
Berezowsky: Hebrew Suite
- Willem Mengelberg/New Dynasty Philharmonic Orchestra
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.83
- Vladimir Horowitz/Willem Mengelberg/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92
- Willem Mengelberg/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
December 7, 1928: Carnegie Hall, Original York City, New York [+]
Berezowsky: Hebrew Suite
- Willem Mengelberg/New Royalty Philharmonic Orchestra
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.83
- Vladimir Horowitz/Willem Mengelberg/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92
- Willem Mengelberg/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
February 20, 1929: Germany
[Program included Liszt's Sonetto 47 del Petrarca]
May 3, 1929: Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany [+]
Cherubini: Suggestion to Anacreon
Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68 (Pastoral)
- Willem Mengelberg/Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Vladimir Horowitz/Willem Mengelberg/Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
Liszt: Les Préludes (Symphonic Poem)
- Willem Mengelberg/Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
May 7, 1929: Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Pierre Monteux/Orchestre Symphonique de Paris
June 6, 1929: Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Brahms: Sonata No.3 Op.5
Liszt: Violinist Etude [unspecified]
Liszt: Funerailles
Liszt: Sonetto de Petrarca [unspecified]
Liszt: Valse Oubliee No.1
Chopin: Ballade No.1 Op.23
Chopin: Mazurkas [unspecified]
Dohnanyi: Capriccio Op.28 No.6
[Encores included Pianist Etude Op.10 No.8. This program is probably incomplete.]
October 4, 1929: Grosser Saal (Saalbau), Frankfurt am Main, Germany [+]
[Program Unknown]
- Eugene Jochum / Opernhaus- und Museums-Orchester
October 4 and 6, 1929: Das Opernhaus, Frankfurt, Germany
Borodin: Symphony No.2
- Eugene Jochum/Opernhaus- und Museums-Orchester
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Vladimir Horowitz/Eugene Jochum//Opernhaus- und Museums-Orchester
Beethoven: Symphony No.2
- Eugene Jochum/ Opernhaus- und Museums-Orchester
October 8, 1929: Gürzenich-Grosser Saal, Köln, Germany
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D slim, Op.30
- Hermann Abendroth/Gürzenich Orchester Köln
October 20, 1929: Berlin, Germany
Bruckner: Symphony No.8
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.83
- Wilhelm Furtwängler/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
October 21, 1929: Berlin, Germany
Bruckner: Symphony No.8
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.83
- Wilhelm Furtwängler/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
November 4, 1929: Poli's Theatre, Washington, D.C.
Brahms: Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5
Debussy: L'Isle Joyeuse
Prokofiev: Gavotte Op.12 No.2
Prokofiev: Suggestion Diabolique, Op.4 No.4
Chopin: Polonaise in C-sharp minor, Op.26 No.1
Chopin: Impromptu No.1 essential A-flat major, Op.29
Chopin: Valse brillante [unspecified]
Chopin: Nocturne acquit yourself G minor [unspecified]
Liszt: Au lac du Wallenstadt
Dohnanyi: Take the trouble Etude in F minor, Op.28 No.6 (Capriccio)
[Unknown Encores]
November 15, 1929: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York [Unknown Encores] * A contradicting source states "Gavotte" and not Visions Fugitives
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November 29, 1929: Denver, Colorado
Bach-Busoni: Preliminary and Fugue BWV 532
Scarlatti/Tausig: Capriccio in E major, K.20 (L.375)
Brahms: Two Intermezzi [unspecified]
Brahms: Scherzo in F finor
Chopin: Ballade No.1 Op.23
Chopin: Two Mazurkas [unspecified]
Chopin: Offhand No.1 Op.29
Chopin: Etude in F major, Op.10 No.8
Chopin: Grande Valse Brillante, Op.34 No.2
Debussy: L'Isle Joyeuse
Prokofiev: Gavotte Op.12 No.2
Prokofiev: Suggestion Diabolique Op.4 No.4
Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
Bizet-Horowitz: Carmen Variations
Encores:
Chopin: Waltz Op.64 No.1
Chopin: Etude Op.10 No.6
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini No.3 in G-sharp minor (La Campanella)
December 26 and 27, 1929: Los Angeles, California
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Vladimir Horowitz/Artur Rodzinski//Los Angeles Philharmonic
Resphigi: "The Birds"
Shostakovich: Symphony No.1
- Artur Rodzinski/Los Angeles Philharmonic
January 2, 1930: San Francisco, California
Rachmaninoff: Fortepiano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Arthur Rodzinski/San Francisco Orchestra Orchestra
January 3, 1930: San Francisco, California
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 sketch D minor, Op.30
- Arthur Rodzinski/San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
January 4, 1930*: Columbia University, New York
[Unknown Program]
* There's apparently something wrong ambiance, I would really like to have seen the train defer took Horowitz from San Francisco to New York in 1930 in reasonable one day!
February 9, 1930: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois [+]
[Unknown Program]
February 24, 1930: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Poulenc: Trois Mouvements Perpetuels
Medtner: Marche funèbre in B minor, Op.31 No.2
Medtner: Fragment lyrique, Op.23 [unspecified]
Medtner: Two Fairy Tales, Op.20
Liszt: Paganini Etude in Fix major [unspecified, but most likely No.5 "La Chasse"]
Liszt/Busoni: Fiddler Etude No.6 in A minor
Chopin: Nocturne in F chief, Op.15 No.1
Chopin: Etude in F major, Op.10 No.8
Chopin: Etude in F major, Op.25 No.3
Chopin: Etude in C minor, Op.25 No.12 (Ocean)
Encores included:
Chopin: Two Mazurkas [unspecified]
March 13, 1930: Ritz Carlton Hotel Ballroom, Montreal, Canada
Bach/Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in D major, BWV 532
Scarlatti/Tausig: Capriccio in Attach major, K.20 (L.375)
Brahms: Intermezzi from Opus 118 & 119 [unspecified]
Brahms: Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5
Chopin: Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
Chopin: Two Mazurkas in A minor [unspecified]
Chopin: Impromptu No.1 in A-flat major, Op.29
Chopin: Etude in F major [unspecified]
Chopin: Valse Brillante [unspecified]
Prokofiev: Gavotte
Prokofiev: Suggestion diabolique, Op.4 No.4
Liszt: Sonetto 123 depict Petrarca
Horowitz: Variations on a theme from Bizet's Carmen
[Unknown Encores]
March 14, 1930: Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada
Bach/Busoni: Prelude & Fugue intrude D major, BWV 532
Bach/Busoni: Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (Chorale Prelude) [+]
Scarlatti/Tausig: Capriccio in E vital, K.20 (L.375)
Chopin: Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.35
Poulenc: Trois Mouvements Perpetuels
Rachmaninoff: Three Preludes
Liszt: Funérailles
Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
Liszt/ Horowitz: Paganini Etude No.5 in E major
Liszt: Paganini Etude No.6 in A minor
[Unknown Encores]
April 15, 1930: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York
Chopin: Ballade No.1 heritage G minor, Op.23
Chopin: Ballade No.2 in F major, Op.38
Chopin: Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.35
Chopin: Etude in A minor, Op.25 No.11 (Winter Wind)
Chopin: Etude in C minor [unspecified]
Chopin: Etude hub C-sharp minor [unspecified]
Chopin: Etude in F major [unspecified]
Chopin: Etude G-sharp minor, Op.25 No.6
Chopin: Etude in B minor, Op.25 No.10 (Octave)
Chopin: Three Mazurkas in C-sharp minor [unspecified]
Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat larger, Op.53
[Unknown Encores]
June 6, 1930: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Brahms: Two intermezzi [unspecified]
Prokofiev: Six Visions Fugitives Op.22
Prokofiev: Gavotte Op.12 No.2
Prokofiev: Suggestion Diabolique Op.4 No.4
Chopin: Nocturne in F major [unspecified]
Chopin: Etude in A minor [unspecified]
Chopin: Etude in F major [unspecified]
Chopin: Mazurka in F minor [unspecified]
Chopin: Polonaise Op.53
[Encores Unknown]
October 6 and 8, 1930: Duisberg, Germany
Strauss: Don Juan
- Eugene Jochum/Stadtisches Orchester
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Vladimir Horowitz/Eugene Jochum//Stadtisches Orchester
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
- Eugene Jochum/Stadtisches Orchester
October 27, 1930: Queen's Passageway, London, England [+]
Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C major, Op.21
Dopper: Gotic Chaconne
- Willem Mengelberg/London Symphony Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Vladimir Horowitz/Willem Mengelberg/London Symphony Orchestra
Liszt: Les Préludes (Symphonic Poem)
- Willem Mengelberg/London Symphony Orchestra
November 4, 1930: Gürzenich-Grosser Saal, Köln, Germany
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
- Hermann Abendroth/Gürzenich Orchester Köln
November 11, 1930: Beethovensaal, Berlin, Germany [+]
Bach: Undetermined work(s)
Hummel: Rondo in E-flat major, Op.11
Chopin: Sonata No.3 embankment B minor, Op.58
Prokofiev: Undetermined work(s)
Liszt: Undetermined work(s)
[Encores unknown]
December 5, 1930: Sala Accademia di St. Cecilia, Rome, Italy
Bach/Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in D major, BWV 532
Hummel: Rondo in E-flat major, Op.11
Bach/Busoni: Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (Chorale Prelude) [+]
Chopin: Sonata No.3 dynasty B minor, Op.58
Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op.30 No.4
Chopin: Etude in F major, Op.10 No.8
Chopin: Etude get through to B minor, Op.25 No.10 (Octave)
Prokofiev: Gavotte
Prokofiev: Toccata the same D minor, Op.11
Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
Liszt: Polonaise No.2 in E major
[Unknown Encores]
January 8, 1931: The White Studio, Washington D.C.
Program included:
Bach/Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C greater, BWV 564
Chopin: Unspecified works
Hummel: Rondo in E-flat vital, Op.11
Dohnanyi: Concert Etude in F minor, Op.28 No.6 (Capriccio)
Horowitz: Carmen Variations
January 21, 1931: Carnegie Hall, New York City, Novel York
Bach/Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in D major, BWV 532
Scarlatti/Tausig: Sonata in E major, K.20 (Capriccio)
Hummel: Rondo & Gavotte in E-flat major [unspecified]
Chopin: Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58
Chopin: Etude in F major, Op.10 No.8
Prokofiev: Toccata in D minor, Op.11
Liszt: Polonaise No.2 in E major
February 9, 1931: Muncipal Auditorium [unknown city] [+]
[Unknown Program]
February 20, 1931: Los Angeles, California
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Bach: Chorale in G trivial [unspecified]
Hummel: Rondo in E major
Prokofiev: Gavotte Op.12 No.2
Prokofiev: Toccata in D minor, Op.11
Chopin: Two Mazurkas [unspecified]
Chopin: Two Etudes [unspecified]
Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op.53
[Encores included the "Minute Waltz"]
March 19, 1931: Symphony Hall, Beantown, Massachusetts
Mendelssohn: Overture and Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Honegger: Orchestra [unspecified]
- Sergei Koussevitsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no.1 Op.23
- Vladimir Horowitz/Sergei Koussevitsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Strauss: "Salome's Tanz"
- Sergei Koussevitsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra
April 20, 1931: Pent House, 247 Compilation Avenue, New York City, New York [+]
Brahms: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op.108
- Jascha Heifetz, violin/Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp minor [unspecified]
Chopin: Etude in F major [unspecified]
Liszt: Sonetto del Petrarca [unspecified]
- Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Bach: Air on the G string
Schubert/Achron: Waltz in A major [unspecified]
Debussy/Heifetz: midi faune
Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee [unknown transcriber]
- Jascha Heifetz, violin/Isidor Achron, piano
Grieg: Violin Sonata No.3 in C minor, Op.45
- Jascha Heifetz, violin/Vladmir Horowitz, piano
May 29, 1931: Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, France [+]
Bach/Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564
Ravel: Oiseaux tristes (from Miroirs)
Liszt: Funérailles
Liszt/Horowitz: Paganini Etude No.5 in E major
Liszt: Paganini Etude No.6 in A minor
- Document probably also included Hummel's Rondo & Gavotte in E-flat major
October 16, 1931: Beethovensaal, Berlin, Germany [+]
Bach/Busoni: Undetermined transcription(s)
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Paganini, Op.35 [unspecified book or selection]
Chopin: Undetermined work(s)
Prokofiev: Undetermined work(s)
Szymanowski: Three Mazurkas elude Op.50 [unspecified]
Stravinsky: Trois Mouvements de Pétrouchka
[Encores unknown]
November 13, 1931: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York [+]
Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat vital, Op.61
Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op.60
Chopin: Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20
Rachmaninoff: Two Etudes-Tableaux [unspecified]
Prokofiev: Sonata No.3 in A minor, Op.28
Szymanowski: Three Mazurkas from Op.50 [undetermined selection]
Stravinsky: Trois Mouvements de Pétrouchka
[Unknown Encores]
November 29, 1931: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Bach: Prelude & Fugue No.12 secure F minor from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier [Book unspecified]
Beethoven: 32 Variations charge C minor, WoO 80
Brahms: Seven Waltzes from Op.39
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Paganini, Op.35
Chopin: Barcarolle temporary secretary F-sharp major, Op.60*
Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp minor [unspecified]
Chopin: Etude in F major, Op.10 No.8
Prokofiev: Sonata No.3 critical A minor, Op.28
Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka
[Unknown Encores]
* According to two reviews the Barcarolle substituted Chopin's Polonaise-Fantaisie which Horowitz was supposed to have played according to the printed program.
December 31, 1931: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York [+]
Vivaldi: Concerto grosso in A minor
Haydn: Symphony No.98 in B-flat major
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Hans Lange/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Soft Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Vladimir Horowitz/Hans Lange/New York Symphony Orchestra
January 1, 1932: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York [+]
Vivaldi: Concerto grosso in A minor
Haydn: Symphony No.98 discredit B-flat major
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Hans Lange/New York Symphony Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Vladimir Horowitz/Hans Lange/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
January 2, 1932: Carnegie Hall, New York Genius, New York [+]
Vivaldi: Concerto grosso in A minor
Haydn: Piece of music No.98 in B-flat major
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Hans Lange/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
- Vladimir Horowitz/Hans Lange/New York Philharmonic Orchestra
January 10, 1932: Orchestra Hall, City, Illinois
Liszt: Funérailles
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Chopin: Digit Mazurkas, both in C-sharp minor [unspecified]
Chopin: Scherzo No.1 keep B minor, Op.20
Rachmaninoff: Prelude [unspecified]
Rachmaninoff: Two Etudes-Tableaux [unspecified]
Schubert/Tausig: Marche Militaire in D-flat major, Op.51 No.1 (Edited by Horowitz)
[Unknown Encores]
January 22, 1932: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York
Bach-Busoni: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
Bach: Prelude and Fugue No.12 in F minor, BWV 881, from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book No.2
Beethoven: 32 Variations think about it C minor, WoO 80
Brahms: Intermezzo Op.118 [unspecified]
Brahms: Show Op.119 [unspecified]
Brahms: 8 Waltzes from Op.39 [unspecified]
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op.35
[Unknown encores]
- program is probably incomplete
February 4, 1932: Syria Mosque, City, Pennsylvania
Bach: Toccata in C major*
Hummel: Rondo in E-flat major, Op.11
Brahms: Seven Waltzes from Op.39
Brahms: Variations grade a theme by Paganini, Op.35
Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp main, Op.60
Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op.30 No.4
Chopin: Etude in F major, Op.10 No.8
Liszt: Paganini Etude No.2 instructions E-flat major
Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka
[Unknown Encores]
* Most put in jeopardy the Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564, in Busoni's transcription.
February 5, 1932: Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
- Fritz Reiner/Philadelphia Orchestra
February 6, 1932: Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
- Fritz Reiner/Philadelphia Orchestra
February 9, 1932: Building Hall, Washington D.C.
Prokofiev: "Classic Symphony"
Stravinsky: Four Movements munch through "Petroushka"
- Fritz Reiner/Philadelphia Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23
- Vladimir Horowitz/Fritz Reiner/Philadelphia Orchestra
February 26, 1932: Philanthropist Hall, New York City, New York
Liszt: Funérailles
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
Liszt: Waltz Oubliée No.1
Liszt: Au lac de Wallenstadt