Chopin Scherzo No 3 Op 39 Rec 1957 Horowitz

Notice the judicious use of the pedal in the octave passages. Today, some of our young  pianists (and some that are no longer so young) would have the pedal nailed to the floor so that listeners would not hear the cracks between the keys. They play it as though  it was composed by their misconception of Liszt.  The clarity and poetry of this performance ranks it as one of the very few great recordings of this work.  Thankfully, Horowitz did not re-record this scherzo in his later years.

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