Of all the Volodos recordings ( and a live concert I have been in the Philarmonie hall of Paris ) , this is probably his best ! Right up there with Perahia/Maazel , Serkin/Szell and Gilels/Reiner . Even if Zhukov , Anda and Hamelin are not on the same league because the orchestra aren't as good as the ones mentionned before , they are still worth a shot .
Grigory Sokolov Brahms piano concerto no 2 with The Finnish Radio Symphony video from 1987. Sokolov the most titanic the most vital. S.Richter with The Paris Orchestra with Lorin Maazel
The Truth is Murray Perahia his Best Concertos playing are Mozart piano concerto no 25 and Mendelssohn piano concerto no 1! Marc Andre Hamelin THE HUMAN MACHINE KING ROBOT PIANIST EVER NO 2 ABM THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE KING ROBOT PIANIST EVER NO 1 THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE KING ROBOT PIANIST EVER NO 3 Krystian Zimerman! Rudolf Serkin The cold raw rough piano sound Ever! Why The second-rated Geza Anda! Dezo Ranki is The Best from Hungary! Cziffra plays The Mad Catz Roar fashion! The Best Brahms concerto no 2 players Are really=Grigory Sokolov with The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra video RU-vid) The Best piano sound Ever! Sokolov The most vital rhythmic Beat! Unbeatable vitalness) 2: Sviatoslav Richter with The Paris Orchestra conductor Lorin Maazel! Richter The Genius Brahms 2 players) 3: Edwin Fischer from 1942! 4:Van Cliburn in Moscow in 1962! Why Van Cliburn because Van Cliburn better than The stiff Claudio Arrau Brahms concerto 2! Van Cliburn better than The Mechanical Boring dull stiff machine player Ever Krystian Zimerman! Van Cliburn better than The cyborg The human machine Wilhelm Backhaus!
The correction! Perahia not The Best Mendelssohn piano concerto no 1 but Perahia The King playing Mendelssohn piano concerto no 2! Dimitri Bashkirov with The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra video RU-vid!! Bashkirov a class of his own playing Mendelssohn piano concerto no 1! Bashkirov The Best piano sound Ever!!
Es klingt etwas distanziert. Es braucht mehr Leidenschaft, und vielleicht mehr Tempo im 1. Satz. Aber generell, dieses Konzert wird heutzutage eh zu langsam gespielt. Volodos ist dabei eher flüssig im Tempo im Vergleich zu einigen anderen. Derjenige der dem von Brahms gewünschten Tempo am nächsten stand war der Rubinstein. Allerdings ist das Werk dann fast nicht mehr spielbar, wenn man wirklich fehlerfrei spielen will.
Possibly the most gorgeous new encore in a pianist's concert repertoire in many, many years. The trivia question would be when this work was last performed as an encore by a different pianist - whereas most of the other top pianists simply play commonly played encores or works from the standard repertoire. Volodos (and Kissin used to at some level) are possibly the only major pianists of this era who have introduced encores that have not been played for decades, if at all.
classicalalways And not new as in newly written, but as in this encore not being on the concert stage for decades, if at all. As of course, this work is hundreds of years old, and Vivaldi should thank Bach for taking to his music. Vivaldi would likely be obscure today otherwise.
He played with the Gewandhausorchestra Leipzig and R. Chailly in Vienna on November 5 2013. I was there, beautiful concert!! After intermission, second symphony by Brahms.
Probably. At least I have nothing to do with it. Back to topic, I think this live performance of last year in Köln is very beautiful. I will see Volodos playing the same concerto in 2.5 weeks in Vienna :-)
Are you mad?? This is a live recoding with the WDR orchestra and J.-P. Saraste and A. Volodos, recorded in Köln 2012. I recorded the live stream myself. C.
Jay music, look for Victoria der los Angeles singing this with Mompou accompanying. It's marvellous, moving and much more intimate than this rendition.
This is because it is an own transcription by Volodos of the song « Sólo las flores sobre ti" by Mompou. Another time showing how fantastic Volodos is also as composer...
Yes, the concert was wonderful and deeply moving! It's interesting that you ask for the Kinderszenen. For me, the Highlight of the concerts. Of course, the Brahms Intermezzi were great too. But this, I expected from Volodos. Kinderszenen have always been rather boring to me. In this concert the were soo much alive. I could nearly see my 2 children in front of me, so close ...
Gilels/Reiner or Gilels/Jochum? I really like Andre Watts and Artur Rubinstein on this, but I will definitely hear Khatia Buniatishvili.I have Zimerman/Bernstein on DVD and it sounds great to me.
You have to listen Khatia Buniatishvili playing Brahms 2 in thhe Rubinstein competion finals.Buniatishvili an amazing!! a mind blowing!!! out of this world.Buniatishvili plays with a golden tone.All the rest plays an anti romantic fashion with a sticky a stiffy an ice cold tone
i like the most s.richter brahms 2 piano concerto with lorin maazel and paris orchestra from 1971 i have lp record. Also grigory sokolov played in finland 1987. They both plays difficult parts fast enough.Volodos is too slow after 7.26 in 1st mvt
Wie speelde er ? Arcadi of Volodos ? Daarvoor moet ik eerst de hele opname beluisteren en... "ne Mensch kan zich vergissen, he!", zei der ieëne over Horowitz tegen de legendarische NEKEARBREV! Groetje, Geert.
Ho, sorry, I hadn't looked well and thought it was my friend masterofsynopsis who had uploaded this video. Thanks for posting this document! Regards, Geert Dehoux.
Het is een heel mooi concerto, ik hou wel van die "Brahms harmonieën". Wie speelde er nu eigenlijk die dag Arcadi of Volodos? Ik verkies dit concerto boven het Tchaikovsky concerto wat waarschijnlijk meer met smaak heeft te maken dan met welk nu beter is. Ben benieuwd hoe Brahms dit zelf tot leven bracht. Brahms behoort voor mij tot de drie grote B's : Bono, Beethoven en Brahms euh ik bedoel Bach, Beethoven en Brahms ;-)
Danke! Heb zojuist enkele fragmenten beluisterd en het lijkt mij een uitvoering op - op z'n minst pianistiek - topniveau. Persoonlijk verkies ik hier en daar wat langer rechterpedaalgebruik (zoals Emil Gilels), maar goed, dit klinkt typsich Volodos. Indertijd zei Arcadi me: "Waarom zou ik aan dit concerto studeren ? Na een week kan ik het immers uitvoeren!" Tja, niet iedereen heeft zijn talent. Groetje, Geert.
