Vladimir Horowitz: the Chopin Collection / Sony Classical Masters

The new Sony Classical box gathers together solo Chopin recordings that the piano wizard Horowitz set down for RCA and CBS/Sony between 1928, when he was 25, and 1989, the year he died. Horowitz looked on the wild side, avidly seeking a 'romantic agony' of the most vibrant passion and colour. In such music Horowitz's audacity and, indeed, outrageousness knew no bounds, and the communicative force of his playing drove his audiences near to hysteria. Hear for yourself in this new 6-CD set, the most comprehensive collection of Horowitz's Chopin ever released : Ballades/Etudes/Mazurkas/Scherzi/Walzer/Nocturnes/Piano Sonata 2