Vladimir Horowitz, piano: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 (1948)

New York: Bruno Walter conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, April 11th, 1948. I’ve never heard a greater ovation in the middle of a piece; after the first movement. I wonder if this recording gives us a glimpse of the night in 1928 when Horowitz, a last-minute substitute, got his big break in Hamburg so wonderfully described by Abram Chasins in his great book “Speaking of Pianists“: “...After the orchestral opening, Horowitz started. Upon hearing his first crashing chord, the conductor Pabst sp