Horowitz
At Carnegie Hall
REHEARSAL JANUARY 7, 1965, CARNEGIE HALL
Horowitz improvising · Bach/Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564 · Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie in A-flat major, op. 61 · Debussy: Pour les arpèges composés (Étude No. 11)* · Schumann: Fantasy, op. 17 (first movement) · Chopin: Nocturne in F minor, op. 55/1
RECORDING SESSION, JANUARY 26, 1965, COLUMBIA 30th STREET STUDIO
Moszkowski: Etude, op.72/11 · Chopin: Nocturne, op. 55/1 · Schumann: Fantasy, op. 17 · Debussy: Étude pour les huit doigts · Chopin: Mazurka, op. 56/3 · Chopin: Ballade No. 1, op. 23
REHEARSAL JANUARY 13, 1965, CARNEGIE HALL
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie, op. 61 · Nocturne, op. 55/1 · Ballade No. 1, op. 23* · Mazurka, op. 41/1 · Mazurka, op. 33/4 · Mazurka, op. 59/3
REHEARSAL APRIL 7, 1965, CARNEGIE HALL
Horowitz improvising · Bach/Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564 · Schumann: Fantasy in C major, op. 17 · Scarlatti: Sonata in E major, K 380 (L 23) · Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G-sharp minor, op. 32/12 · Chopin: Nouvelle Étude No. 2 in A-flat major, op. posth.* · Moszkowski: Etude in A-flat major, op. 72/11 · Liszt: Valse Oubliée No. 1 · Chopin: Etude in F major, op. 10 No. 8 (fragment-ending) · Scriabin: Sonata No. 9, op. 68 “Black Mass”
REHEARSAL APRIL 14, 1965, CARNEGIE HALL
Bach/Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564 · Schumann: Fantasy in C major, op. 17
Scriabin: Sonata No. 9, op. 68 (Black Mass) · Poème in F-sharp major, op. 32/1* · Chopin: Etude in F major, op. 10/8 · Mazurka in C-sharp minor, op. 30/4 · Mazurka in B minor, op. 33 No. 4 · Moszkowski: Etude in A-flat major, op. 72/11 · Scriabin: Etude in C-sharp minor, op. 2/1 · Debussy: Serenade for the Doll
RECITAL MAY 9, 1965, CARNEGIE HALL “THE HISTORIC RETURN”*
REHEARSAL, NOVEMBER 9, 1965, CARNEGIE HALL “BLACKOUT CONCERT”
Scarlatti: Sonata in A major K 101 (L 494) · Sonata in F minor K 466 (L 118) · Sonata in G major · K 455 (L 209) · Beethoven: Sonata No. 7 in D major, op. 10/3 · Scriabin: Sonata No. 10, op. 70
RECORDING SESSION, MAY 18, 1966, COLUMBIA 30th STREET STUDIO
Mozart: Sonata No. 11 in A major, K 331 (300i)
REHEARSAL APRIL 5, 1966: CARNEGIE HALL
Scriabin: Sonata No. 10 in C major, op. 70 · Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie, op. 61 · Nocturne, op. 72/1* · Scarlatti: Sonata in E major K 380 (L 23) · Liszt: Valse oubliée No. 1 · Mendelssohn: Song without Words · “The Shepherd’s Complaint”, op. 67/5 · Rachmaninoff: Étude-tableau in D major op. 39/9
Scriabin: Sonata No. 10 in C major, op. 70 · Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie, op. 61 · Nocturne, op. 72/1* · Scarlatti: Sonata in E major K 380 (L 23) · Liszt: Valse oubliée No. 1 · Mendelssohn: Song without Words · “The Shepherd’s Complaint”, op. 67/5 · Rachmaninoff: Étude-tableau in D major op. 39/9
RECITAL APRIL 17, 1966: CARNEGIE HALL*
JUNE 1965, HOROWITZ’S HOME
Interview with Abram Chasins
Sneak into Carnegie Hall…
…and become a member of the few Horowitz confidants who were allowed to attend the rehearsals in the darkened, almost deserted hall.

The Historic Return recital
May 9, 1965 (unedited)





Hear the pianist talk about self-doubts, not being ready yet to perform, self-criticism and memory loss.