And please do not forget something that Horowitz himself was adamant about. He was UKRAINIAN.

He was fighting off tears when he said "I miss him to see me here"!

"He was crazy, you know." Damn, yes he was. Good impression.

Scriabin's advice to Horowitz to learn other aspects of music and art reminds me of Scriabin's own teacher who encouraged his students to explore music and art outside of the piano.

This reminds me of that documental on Argerich, in which it's said she choose an apartment close to that of Horowitz so that perhaps a casual encounter would occur. Unfortunately, an encounter never occurred.

The excerpt Horowitz plays is from Scriabin's Etude in C Sharp minor, opus 2, number 1.

I discovered Scriabine when I was in high school. I saw a sign on a building near my school which said "In this house lived Alexander Scriabine". It was in Lausanne, Switzerland. I then read  about his life, he tried to walk on lake Geneva as if he was Jesus… He was a genius and a crazy man!

0:42 "He was crazy, you know" 😄

Imagine being in that room...
Those people...
That time....
Speechless...
❤️🎹

One of the most likeable, sincere and warm-hearted piano virtuosos of the 20th century.

Horowitz playing that Scriabin study is just ultimate and heart-wrenching. Arguably the greates pianist who ever lived. How lucky we are that he lived so far into the recording age and left us such treasures and reminiscences.

This is priceless.
Thanks for the upload.
I wish I could hear more about Scriabin and his 'eccentricities' rather than read about him.

Many pianists hang portraits of the greats in their studios. Horowitz did too, except his were of close friends and his father in law.

I soooo appreciate hearing Horowitz talk about this. I love Skrjabin's and Rachmaninoff's music so much that they seem almost unreal. But this makes them more real

Thank God for closed captions.

In a century not short of great pianists, Horowitz stands tall as one of the most accomplished, together with a very small group of geniuses.
That complex musicality!

If you have never heard Scriabin’s Piano Concerto - do so immediately 🤤

4:26 tinge of sadness shows in his face

An amazing document. I see a physical resemblance btw between the daughter and father Scriabin.

How great VH returned to visit homeland. Folks worldwide loved the Artistry of VH. And VH really understood  Russian Music. Lucky audiences for generations, for both live concerts & historic recordings.