Vladimir Horowitz plays Ferruccio Busoni’s transcription for piano of Bach’s Chorale Prelude on “Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland,” BWV 659. This performance, filmed in the pianist’s New York apartment, is drawn from The Last Romantic, a documentary about Horowitz directed by David and Albert Maysles and released in 1985:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)