rochelimit55555 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

OMG THAT IS SO AWESOMEYLICIOUS

tchebinai71 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

no grimaces . never . one at the end, he often does that kind of " well, not so bad "

tchebinai71 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

hm I was to say it ...magical.

steinwaygrande1 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Unfortunately I never got to see Horowitz play, so thanks for clearing up any misconceptions about him playng with flat fingers. I wonder how his hands compared to Rachmaninoff, as he had huge hands as well

nino0057 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Well Horowitz has to play with flat fingers because his hands are so big, the smaller the more curve your fingers will have.

John19182004 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

grade 8? What does that mean?

John19182004 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

What an idiot! He had a heart attack in his living room and died; the sole reference is true in so far as it was the last thing he ever said.

brassection (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

it's a genius!!!!!

steinwaygrande1 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Yes Rubenstein always tended to play with flat fingers which I find most surprising, yet he does it extremely well. And in this video vliip he wasnt a youngster by any means.

steinwaygrande1 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I wish I knew how to transcribe these videos into MPEG or even MPG. I have to software programs VideoPiggy and Free Music Downloader which I think might do the job. Have had time to explore the possibilities with Downloader, But what I have done is record all of my favourites onto cassette tapes and then taken them to be put onto CD. But thats here in Australia where I had it done so now I have over four hours of non stop classical and ragtime on a 4GB CD !!!