Editing Vladimir Horowitz (section)

===Recordings===
{{See also|Vladimir Horowitz discography}}
[[File:Vladimir Horowitz LOC 3b00629.jpg|thumb|Horowitz in 1931]]
{{external media | float = right | width = 270px | audio1 = You may hear Vladimir Horowitz performing [[Johannes Brahms]] "Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major" with [[Arturo Toscanini]] conducting the [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]] in 1940.  [https://archive.org/details/BRAHMSPianoConcertoNo.2-Horowitz-NEWTRANSFER/02.Ii.AllegroAppassionato.mp3 Link.]}}

In 1926, Horowitz performed on several [[piano roll]]s at the [[Welte-Mignon]] studios in [[Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg]], Germany. His first recordings were made in the United States for the [[Victor Talking Machine Company]] in 1928. Horowitz's first European-produced recording, made in 1930 by [[Gramophone Company|The Gramophone Company]]/[[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master's Voice]] RCA Victor's UK based affiliate, was of [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Rachmaninoff]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 3]] with [[Albert Coates (musician)|Albert Coates]] and the [[London Symphony Orchestra]], the world premiere recording of that piece. Through 1936, Horowitz continued to make recordings in the UK for HMV of solo piano repertoire, including his 1932 account of [[Franz Liszt|Liszt's]] [[Piano Sonata in B minor (Liszt)|Sonata in B minor]]. Beginning in 1940, Horowitz's recording activity was again concentrated for RCA Victor in the US. That year, he recorded [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms)|Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2]], and in 1941, the [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1]], both with Toscanini and the [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]]. In 1959, RCA Victor issued a live 1943 performance of the Tchaikovsky concerto with Horowitz and Toscanini; generally considered superior to the 1941 studio recording, it was selected for induction into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]]. During Horowitz's second retirement, which began in 1953, he made a series of recordings for RCA Victor in his New York City townhouse, including [[LP record|LPs]] of [[Alexander Scriabin|Scriabin]] and [[Muzio Clementi|Clementi]]. Horowitz's first stereo recording, issued by RCA Victor in 1959, was devoted to Beethoven piano sonatas.

In 1962, Horowitz embarked on a series of recordings for [[Columbia Records]]. The best known are his 1965 return concert at [[Carnegie Hall]] and a 1968 recording from his television special, ''Vladimir Horowitz: a Concert at Carnegie Hall'', televised by [[CBS]]. Horowitz continued making studio recordings, including a 1969 recording of [[Robert Schumann|Schumann's]] ''[[Kreisleriana]]'', which was awarded the Prix Mondial du Disque.In 1975, Horowitz returned to RCA and made live recordings for the company until 1983. He signed with [[Deutsche Grammophon]] in 1985, and made studio and live recordings until 1989, including his only recording of Mozart's [[Piano Concerto No. 23 (Mozart)|Piano Concerto No. 23]]. Four documentary films featuring Horowitz were made during this period, including the telecast of his April 20, 1986 Moscow recital. His final recording, for [[Sony Classical]] (formerly Columbia), was completed four days before his death and consisted of repertoire he had never previously recorded.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schonberg |first=Harold C. |date=April 22, 1990 |title=Recordings; Horowitz's Parting Gift: Charming Novelties |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/22/arts/recordings-horowitz-s-parting-gift-charming-novelties.html |access-date=2010-03-18 |archive-date=2011-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218093640/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/22/arts/recordings-horowitz-s-parting-gift-charming-novelties.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

All of Horowitz's recordings have been issued on compact disc, some several times. In the years following Horowitz's death, CDs were issued containing previously unreleased performances. These included selections from Carnegie Hall recitals recorded privately for Horowitz from 1945 to 1951.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sony Masterworks to Release Unprecedented Series of Horowitz Recordings... |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sony-masterworks-to-release-unprecedented-series-of-horowitz-recordings-documenting-legendary-pianists-greatest-years-as-an-interpretive-artist-78539857.html |access-date=2010-03-18 |publisher=[[PR Newswire]] |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172729/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sony-masterworks-to-release-unprecedented-series-of-horowitz-recordings-documenting-legendary-pianists-greatest-years-as-an-interpretive-artist-78539857.html |url-status=live }}</ref>