Vladimir Horowitz in Moscow

In 1965, Vladimir Horowitz recorded two of his rehearsal sessions at Carnegie Hall. In these recordings, he can be heard improvising three times — and the results are remarkable. He creates a truly distinctive sound world, blending traces of late Romanticism with elements that reflect his own unique influences, including jazz. Toward the end, you can even catch hints reminiscent of Art Tatum — whom Horowitz greatly admired and for whom he even created his own version of Tea for Two — especially