Widely regarded as the greatest pianist of the twentieth century, by the time he died in 1989 the charismatic Vladimir Horowitz had been a legend for over six decades, his very name a symbol of pianistic virtuosity and excellence. An American of Ukrainian birth, his playing possessed a unique combination of power, ineffable grace and crystalline delicacy. This collection displays the full range of his genius, from his natural affinity with the Russian repertoire of Rachmaninov and Scriabin and the fullblown Romanticism of Chopin and Liszt to the purity of his performances of Scarlatti and Clementi.