<P> In 1965, Horowitz ended his retirement and began performing again . He soon brought back his Carmen Variations and the public heard it for the first time in nearly 20 years . Though this version contained some of the changes made in 1957, it had been restored to its usual encore form with little change from the 1947 version . Horowitz performed the piece at his famous television concert in 1968 on CBS, with some minor changes from the 1967 version, mostly alterations to the coda . </P> <P> In 2009 a recording from 1967 was released with slight differences to the coda . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Carmen Variations 1978 (excerpt) Performed by Giorgi Latso </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Carmen Variations 1978 (excerpt) Performed by Giorgi Latso </Td> </Tr>

Horowitz variations on a theme from bizet's carmen