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Horowitz

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Samuel Barber 's Piano Sonata, Op 26. was commissioned for the 25th anniversary of the American League of Composers. Vladimir Horowitz gave the first performance of this transcendentally difficult work in Carnegie Hall in 1950. He is also heard this morning in more familiar repertoire: Scarlatti and Rachmaninov. and an encore of his own composition: records

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Samuel Barber
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Vladimir Horowitz
Source: Radio Times

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