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Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989). My favourite Horowitz recordings from the 30s. "In searching for tone-quality — after pedaling, the second of the most difficult factors in playing — it is helpful to think of the instruments of the orchestra. Some people say, "A piano is only a piano". But I do not feel it so. I think forte, and think "orchestra". I think of many instruments when I play. I do not mean that one should try to imitate, for the timbre of the piano is not the timbre of the violin nor the bassoon nor the flute. But if one thinks of the quality or the sonority of the various instruments, one is helped to play more beautifully." (Vladimir Horowitz, The Etude, 1932)