The Last Romantic

The Last Romantic is a documentary filmed within the home of concert pianist Vladimir Horowitz. The film contains mainly performances of classical works, but also provides an intimate look into Horowitz's private life.

Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic
Horowitz during the film
Directed byDavid Maysles, Albert Maysles
Produced byPeter Gelb, Susan Frömke
StarringVladimir Horowitz, Wanda Toscanini Horowitz
CinematographyAlbert Maysles
Edited byDeborah Dickson, Patricia Jaffe
Production
company
Release date
15 November 1985
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish[1][2]

Description

The Last Romantic is a documentary filmed at Vladimir Horowitz's townhouse on the Upper East Side of New York. It features many performances of some of the pieces of Horowitz's favorite repertoire and sheds light on his thoughts and opinions on music.

During the film Horowitz often jokes and talks about his favorite composers: his friend Sergei Rachmaninoff, Frédéric Chopin, and Alexander Scriabin. Horowitz's wife, Wanda, also contributes her share to the discussions; she shows photo albums and reminisces about their past.[3]

Performances

These are the pieces performed in the film (In order of performance):

  1. Chorale Prelude BWV659 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Bach arr. Busoni)
  2. Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K330 (Mozart)
  3. Impromptu in A-flat major, D899 No. 4 (Schubert)
  4. Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 (Chopin)
  5. Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 (Chopin)
  6. Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major (Liszt)
  7. Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff)
  8. Novelette in F major, Op. 21 No. 1 (Schumann)
  9. Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C-sharp minor (Scriabin)
  10. Polonaise No. 6 in A-flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' (Chopin)

Outtakes

Three additional performances were released as a bonus DVD from the 2003 release Horowitz Live and Unedited.[4][5]

  1. Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10 No. 5 (Chopin)
  2. Etude in F major, Op. 72 No. 6 (Moszkowski)
  3. Au bord d'une source (Liszt)
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References
  1. Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic at The Internet Movie Database
  2. Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic at Amazon.co.uk
  3. Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic at allmovie
  4. Horowitz Live and Unedited at Amazon.co.uk
  5. Horowitz Live and Unedited at web.telia.com
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