Horowitz Plays Mozart (1987)

In March 1987 pianist Vladimir Horowitz embarked on an extraordinary project For the first time in 35 years he agreed to record with a symphony orchestra in a studio He chose the conductor Carlo Maria Giulini the orchestra the La Scala Philharmonic and the location the Abanella recording studio of La Scala in Milan Horowitz steadfastly refused to allow the monthlong sessions to be filmed until the evening before the last scheduled session when he unexpectedly changed his mind His manager Peter Gelb immediately telephoned Albert Maysles and Susan Froemke in New York the cofilmmakers of Vladimir Horowitz The Last Romantic That same night the Maysles film crew flew from New York