vladimir horowitz

Chopin’s Raindrop Prelude Amplified

Chopin’s Raindrop Prelude Amplified

The repeated tenor notes, which patter underneath all but a few of the measures in the Chopin Raindrop Prelude—first A-flat, then G-sharp, then back to A-flat again, so evocative of raindrops—make the piece almost wholly unique in classical piano music.

The Great Recordings of Scenes from Childhood

The Great Recordings of Scenes from Childhood

Recently I decided to relearn a piece of classical piano music that I had performed in recital some years before, the Träumerei from Scenes from Childhood by Robert Schumann.