Evenings With Horowitz : A Personal Portrait

Preface xi Acknowledgements xxi Author to Reader xxiii Chronology xxxiii The First Twenty-two Years 3(16) Horowitz Conquers the World 19(16) An Early Retirement 35(4) The Triumphant Return 39(4) The Second Coming 43(4) My First Visit With the Maestro 47(8) The Greatest Paws in the World 55(10) Horowitz Decides to Visit Juilliard 65(8) Horowitz and Schumann Merge 73(2) Getting the Right Tempo 75(4) ``I Like to Improvise'' 79(6) The Cocktail Pianist 85(4) Horowitz Talks Music 89(6) From Darkness to Light 95(4) New Year's Eve 99(2) Hanging by a Thread 101(4) Reconciliation 105(4) The Perfect Encore 109(4) Off to Russia 113(4) The Concert Heard Around the World 117(4) Back Home 121(4) A Presidential Invitation 125(4) A Recital in the White House 129(4) ``I'm a Good American'' 133(4) Mozart in My Life 137(6) The Search for the Perfect Cadenza 143(4) The Arm-Wrestling Champ 147(4) The Bow-Tie Award 151(8) The Rubinstein Rivalry 159(10) Listening With Trepidation 169(6) Rachmaninoff: The Horowitz Icon 175(8) On Old Age 183(6) Horowitz and Rock-and-Roll 189(6) Paderewski: The Noblest Spirit of Them All 195(6) Brahms: The Little B 201(4) Horowitz and I Dine Alone 205(6) Scaling the Ivory Tower 211(6) Murray Perahia Plays for Horowitz 217(4) The Composer Comes First 221(4) Andras Schiff Visits East Ninety-fourth Street 225(4) The Five Hundred Dollar Bet 229(4) The 500,000th Piano 233(10) After the Gala 243(6) Horowitz Teaches 249(14) The Birthday Party: Horowitz at Eighty-Five 263(6) The End of a Friendship 269(4) The Passing of the Maestro 273(6) Afterword: An Appreciation 279(8) Horowitz on Compact Disc: A Discography 287(24) Index 311(20) Compact Disc Program Information 331