Rachmaninov-Volodos Op 21 No 7

[@789armstrong]

Volodos is immortalizing Rachmaninoff's songs. I love Earl Wild, but Volodos may even be a bit more magnificent.

[@zoink5484]

Spotted

[@trblcleft]

I agree. IMO his touch is a bit better than Wild

[@geofffreeburn868]

Volodos Rachmaninov transcriptions are absolutley sublime so inderstated this pianist and composer.

[@barakderfarber]

This beautiful song is now a great piano solo classic in Volodos' extraordinary transcription!

[@elenam5740]

Это так прекрасно, Рахманинов- Володось, что у меня просто слезы на глазах от счастья!

[@paulmetdebbie447]

Magnificent. Currently he is the only pianist who can do this.

[@donkgated8074]

I want to think he isn't the only one who can do it, but the tone and colours he can get out of the piano is truly otherworldy.

[@borisaxelrod7411]

Может! Это Марк Андре Амлен! Амлен с Володосем делят один стул на самой вершине, или вместе сидят! Это два абсолютных художника титаны фортепианного искусства, как в исполнительстве, в интеллекте, высоком образовании, знании нескольких языков в совершенстве, в абсолютной совершенной технике, как в транскрипциях, так и в композиторстве! Оба врывались и завоевывали публику через свою феноменально виртуозную игру, фантастически и с легкостью играя Листа, Алькана, и других виртуозных композиторов романтиков, собственные транскрипции, поражая своей ошеломительной техникой! И оба очень не любят, когда о них думают не как об интересных музыкантах, художниках, а все время делают акценты на их виртуозную игру, их технику, это для них как проклятие, жертвы собственного таланта.. И им от этого грустно, что их воспринимают часто с позиции супер-виртуоза. Потому что они не пустые машины, им есть что сказать кроме техники! Техника лишь средство в их руках! Они художники! Умные интересные музыканты! Тем не менее, их часто пытаются вывести на чистую воду, что они сами выбирали виртуозный репертуар, что бы впечатлить публику в начале своей карьеры, своего пути пианиста, без конкурсов! Что ж сделаешь... Публика любит экшн! Эквилибр! Шоу! Громко, шумно, быстро, кристально чисто, чтоб искры летели и грохотало как можно сильнее! Между ними я никогда не могу выбрать, потому что это тот случай, когда говорят - несравнимые! Потому что каждый особенный! Амлен+Володось=🔥🥰🤪❤️

[@josephsarto2763]

Truly an amazing experience to partake every time we hear his incredible voluptuousness in caressing the melody with such passion and fervor

[@Zurvan101]

This is better than the Ashkenazy rendition. A truly wonderful performance.

[@geofffreeburn868]

Better is a bad word to use at this level a little "different" might be a better choice of words How to say one is better between Ashkanazy, Giliels, Lugansky Juja Wang Richter, Howowitz. ??????

[@masterofsynapsis]

Volodos : “Aujourd’hui encore, quand je vois le nombre de gens qui visionnent ma ‘Marche turque’ sur KZbin, ou qu’on m’en tend la partition après un concert pour que je la dédicace, ça me rend triste.”

[@nadeemlo]

What? Why does it make him sad?

[@KaisarAnvar]

He’s born to play Rachmaninoff. No one surpasses him.

[@LascoDePasco]

Nice to hear this beautiful transcription of this Rachmaninoff´s song, because Rachmaninoff himself was a great master of transcriptions!

[@yesplease6928]

Nostalgia, amore, ricordi dolci, gioia, amarezza, tristezza.... tutto è racchiuso per meno di tre minuti. Volodos è un bravissimo pianista in tutti i sensi.

[@masterofsynapsis]

Volodos said in an interview that seeing people on YT playing his Turkish March made him sad. Same thing with people asking him for the Turkish March score after a concert. So with that being said, this man made a lot of really beautiful transcriptions why not play one of those for a change?

[@shawnmand5607]

I saw the interview too. I think he's sad that most people don't recognize his true intentions as a musician. He has also said that his management all but forced him to perform these virtuosic pieces at the beginning of his career. I think he doesn't mind if people play his transcriptions in general: he himself played Horowitz and Feinberg and Earl Wild transcriptions. He just wants his audience to move on like he has. This particular piece is amazing: every recording seems to have a new harmony or voice brought out. I really hope we get a recording of his new Scriabin and Rachmaninoff program soon. It's been 9 years since his Vienna recording when we last heard Russian music.

[@masterofsynapsis]

Chris Cross I’m seeing him tonight in Brussels, sadly I can’t record the recital.

[@Tompiano999]

interesting, do you know if he has recorded his next cd of schubert d959 and d960 yet, when is it coming out? thanks.

[@masterofsynapsis]

Tompiano999 I don’t know, but we probably have to wait a few years...as usual with him. I compare him with Daniel Day-Lewis, rarely makes a movie but when he does he takes home the Oscar. I think Volodos is in part a bit responsible for the whole Turkish March situation. Yes he makes beautiful transcriptions but how can we share them if he avoids almost every tv appearance?

[@Tompiano999]

hiya, yes i agree. although he does do abit more media these days than years ago when he did absolutely zero. we have him in the studio on some tv show podium witten? playing this rachmaninoff piece also, quite recently.

[@camiloangarita9428]

Dónde puedo encontrar la partitura de este maravilloso arreglo?

[@ДмитрийБазаев-д6л]

Гениальная музыка, равно как исполнитель. Низкий поклон.

[@Households1234]

This is so fabulous thank you. I have looked for this recording on iTunes with no luck . Do you know if it is available to purchase? Thank you.

[@herobrine1847]

1:40 there’s that quintessential Volodos crunch

[@Ктоздесь-э1ы]

Я бы с удовольствием ноты приобрел

[@zinam5795]

Жаль , что квинта в мелодии с кватовогохода ,на последней сильной доле не прозвучала--истончил!😮❤😮❤😮❤

[@richardpogoson]

Why does he always get terrible seats?

[@bestpranks1884]

He feels more comfortable playing on a chair than a piano bench. That is what I heard.

[@KaisarAnvar]

I’ve met him once. He said the chair with a back support like this, helps him to produce better quality sound when he performs literature works such as Schubert and Schumann.