Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Horowitz Plays Great Sonatas (10CDs, 2014)
Classical
Label: Sony Classical

German pressings of the immense Sony Classical Masters Catalog in smart, desirable and collectible multi-disc editions – The Sony catalog is replete with legendary artists and many of the greatest recordings of the classical repertoire – Box fronts feature large, prominently displayed photo of the featured artist – Slender, shelf-friendly boxes; CD's housed in space-saving slipsleeves.
Russian-born Vladimir Horowitz (1904-1989) was one of the most acclaimed pianists of the modern age, a formidable virtuoso whose inimitable artistry and technique were rooted in the grand Romantic tradition.
Horowitz's flamboyant personality and charisma only added to the mystique created by his performances. His long career, which began in the West with his departure from the Soviet Union in 1925, lasted right up to his death in New York in the fall of 1989.
Horowitz enjoyed one of the longest and most distinguished recording careers in classical music during the 20th century, winning a total of 25 Grammy Awards. Between 1962 and 1975, he recorded exclusively for Columbia Masterworks, the forerunner of Sony Classical, a period in which he made definitive stereo recordings of the solo literature most closely associated with him – most notably, the music of Chopin, Schumann, Scriabin, Scarlatti and Rachmaninoff.

Tracklist:

CD 1 :

Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor, S178

Sergei Rachmaninov
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36

CD 2 :

Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'

Robert Schumann
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14 'Concerto Without Orchestra'

CD 3 :

Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata K33 in D Major
Keyboard Sonata K54 in A minor
Keyboard Sonata K525 in F major
Keyboard Sonata K466 in F minor
Keyboard Sonata K146 in G major
Keyboard Sonata K96 in D major
Keyboard Sonata K162 in E major
Keyboard Sonata K474 in E flat major
Keyboard Sonata K198 in E minor
Keyboard Sonata K491 in D major
Keyboard Sonata K481 in F minor
Keyboard Sonata K39 in A major
Keyboard Sonata K547 in G major
Keyboard Sonata K197 in B minor
Keyboard Sonata K25 in F sharp minor
Keyboard Sonata K52 in D minor
Keyboard Sonata K201 in G major
Keyboard Sonata K303 in C minor
Keyboard Sonata K319 in F sharp major
Keyboard Sonata K260 in G major

CD 4 :

Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata K380 in E major
Keyboard Sonata K55 in G major
Keyboard Sonata K531 in E major
Keyboard Sonata K322 in A major
Keyboard Sonata K455 in G major
Keyboard Sonata K127 in A flat major
Keyboard Sonata K101 in A major
Keyboard Sonata K184 in F minor
Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor
Keyboard Sonata K135 in E major

Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 59 in E flat major, Hob.XVI:49
Piano Sonata No. 38 in F major, Hob.XVI:23
Piano Sonata No. 58 in C major, Hob.XVI:48

CD 5 :

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K331 'Alla Turca'

Muzio Clementi
Sonata in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3
Sonata in B flat Major, Op. 25 No. 3 II Rondo. Vivace
Sonata in A major Op. 50 No. 1 II Adagio sostenuto e patetico
Sonata in E flat Major, Op. 12 No. 2 III Rondo. Allegro assai

CD 6 :

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'

CD 7 :

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101

CD 8 :

Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 53
Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass'
Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23

CD 9 :

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332

Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960

Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata K46 in E major
Keyboard Sonata K20 in E major

CD 10 :

Samuel Barber
Piano Sonata, Op. 26

Dmitri Kabalevsky
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F major, Op. 46

Serger Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83

Vladimir Horowitz – piano