Volodos is the best for playing Rachmaninov. I listened almost 100 times his Rach 3 and I always cry of pleasure. (sory for my English spoken I'm french)
by far the best rachmaninoff no.2 version I've ever heard. Love how the piano never gets faded away by the orchestras. The Piano flows very well, and the rest merges and synchronizes in a fantastic way.
I`m breathless after listening to this incredibly moving and powerful performance . Arcadi Volodos is such a gifted pianist, its a pity more of him is not heard via radio or live TV performances. My one ambition is to go to all performances in London for the "Last Night of The Proms:. Only the Brits could pull off such a musical extravaganza.
@@pianosenzanima1 hmm he is still active with concerts and cd’s, released a schubert album etc. But he doesnt get much publicity anymore, maybe its his choice
I was lucky enough to see him live im 2018, in a concert that only costed... 17 euros! I knew that he was going to play there because of a small announcement in the information panel in the place of the performance. Not soon after Lang Lang did a concert on the same place and it was on all the news (also, it costed around 150 euros lol). I would prefer Volodos any day. So maybe it is true that he isn't making much publicity of himself lately... But I can tell you that he is still probably the best living pianist today. His Scriabin was so superb that when he played Vers la Flamme I could feel the temperature of the concert hall rise... Best performance I've experienced.
The whole orchestra as well as Mr. Volodos are in a state of rapture. A moment of utter transcendence that will never be forgotten by any. Truly, one of the all-to-rare transcendent moments. Wish I'd been there. Thank god, it was recorded.
A huge, full bodied and technically amazing performance...by BOTH Mr Volodos and the orchestra..conducted by one of the most savvy Rachmaninoff conductors, Maestry Chailly...who was on the podium for the most exciting young Argerich performance of the 4rd Concerto. Count on Proms to bring us historic performances. Along with th Tube video of Kissin's No2, this is a first choice. Fot me, it's often about the collaboration between pianist/Conductor. In this case, it's all one could ever ask. There are a whole slew of super worthy UA-cam videos of this Concerto. We are blessed.
I think Mr. Volodos was not merely playing this great work for an audience, he was playing this work direct to... Rachmaninov. They were in the room together.
Stupendo.... dopo averlo ascoltato suonare questo concerto per pianoforte di Rachmaninov, continuo a meravigliarmi per l'articolazione nei passaggi veloci ogni nota può essere chiaramente ascoltata, come lampi che volano via !
Saw him on Mondy, 9.12, live in a recital. Stunning and galvanizing Schumann Phantasie C-Major. Maybe the best Ive heard in my short period of hearing this kind of music.
The visual element of this recording is not good. But the audio is truly amazing. Arcadi Volodos. Astounding talent. A truly phenomenal live performance of this masterpiece.
Arcadi Volodos - beyond reasonable doubt with Martha Argerich the two finest pianists of our times. His 3rd Rachmaninov concerto recording made in Berlin is simply amazing.
Rachmaninov is very actual composer for modern life we live in ... His music becomes never old ... His sounds give in us force to survive even if we in deep trouble time and melody is winging with its ambrosia, one can feel air
I absolutely agree. I feel extremely priviledged to have heard (live) Volodos playing Liszt B minor sonata and Bach/ Vivaldis Sicilienne and Scriabin sonata No 7 and the first piano concerto by Tschaikovsky, just to mention a few. So many beautiful moments I'm thankful for! I'm very curious to see where Volodos' genius will lead him ... I think it is what makes him so brilliant that he plays every piece and every note of note with such an incredible passion!
Ich mag es, wie er im Tempo nicht zögert, wie man es viel zu oft hört. Sein Spiel hat Richtung und klingt dabei auch sehr gut. Und natürlich, die nötige Virtuosität ist auch zu Genüge da ;-)
Beyond praise. No superlatives would do this performance justice. Excellent performance by the orchestra, as well. Such an aching beautiful rendition of the second movement. I disagree with 789armstrong, I don't think his, Volodos', genius is going to waste. He is simply following his interests and passions.
I’ve been following Volodos for many many years. Yes, I respect Schubert of Brendel, Richter, and few other pianists, but Volodos is something else. He proved his immense power of musicality just from his Schubert and Schumann, hence his Rachmaninoff is, without a doubt, the most, THE MOST, solid, reasonable, precise, yet free, interpretation out of all other pianists.
Are you sure that he had to drag them out of their beds? Or did they let him do his thing because they recognize his genius to bring out the best of Comp
mais pourquoi s'arrêter avant la fin du deuxième mouvement???? où est le troisième??? Meilleure version ! quel génie ! une sensibilité bouillonnante avec une rigueur richterienne..... ahhhhhh !!!!!
i am pretty sure its a now lost piano technique where you concentrate hard enough for gravity to bend around him, including the sound. I am sure thats how rachmaninoff played too
I asked the same question when there was the whole video somewhere in youtube (and not divided into two parts). I also thought it was some kind of technique. It's not.It's just a recording error. That was the answer I was given.
Loved the unconcealed disdain A.gave to Chailly...merited as Volodos survived the too loud playing...Volodos one of the few that can't be drowned out!!!!! SR learned how to write a more transparent orchestration in his revised 1st Concerto which then is actually his 3rd and last before leaving Russia., much more scintillating than the c and d minor Concerti.
Great Music! As for Marcel Mombeek's comment, you sir, the one who should be ashamed of your comment. I find it not very smart to compare and especially bad-mouth great performers.
Please refer to this page: www.bbc.co.uk/events/erbd4f This historic performance happened in 1997, not in 1998. More exactly, at Prom 60 (19:30 Wed 3 Sep 1997 Royal Albert Hall).
Toute ma jeunesse... lorsque ma soeur ecoutait ce concertot en boucle.. sans compter le generique de l'emission de Bernard pivot!!! Et vous tous les rappeurs de ce monde vous pretendez faire de la musique!!!!
a tip: with Moiseiwitsch, Sergei himself, Byron Janis do find the Russian archive video on UA-cam of Van Cliburn and K.Kondrashin........ t h e n , youll get the ''real thing'.... A.Volodos is the only heir to this repertoire....
This is the greatest performance of Rachmaninoffs Concerto #2 I have ever heard in over half a century! But it is really painful to watch knowing Volodos will probably never record it commercially and instead opt for some late Scriabin that even the composer himself couldnt stand, or an hour long piece by Schumann that Schumann wished he had never written.A genius going to waste.
A combination of Rachmaninov piano concerto 2 and a pop song at The Night Of The Proms 2017 Emily Bear (16) piano & John Miles (68) - All By Myself ua-cam.com/video/abYtjEIpmE8/v-deo.html Standing Ovation for Emily Bear ua-cam.com/video/GxyQSfsaVEs/v-deo.html
@Niiiko08 Yes never to forget Richter and is fabulous DG vinyl disc from the 60´s the first LP I bought. What a festival. I saw him playing a few months before he died.Impossible to forget a pianist like Richter. Still the best interpretation of Rachmaninov IMHO.
You need to cut back on the VIAGRA, bro, and force your- self to concentrate on the music for just a little while!! Too much of the other can make you lose your mind, you know! (sounds like you may already have!)
check out my Rachmaninoff (I am the pianist) on my channel. Theres a little-known song by him I include (no singer included). Can anyone tell me what it is? Go on - let's see how good your early Rachmaninoff is..
If I stretched my imagination I could almost see a chubby Erik Estrada sitting at the piano. But hard as I try I just cannot imagine Volodos dressed in a Chips uniform sitting astride a Kawasaki Z1000 (JJ Townley...also a composer of a neo-Romantic Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor here on UA-cam)
Volodos is the best for playing Rachmaninov. I listened almost 100 times his Rach 3 and I always cry of pleasure. (sory for my English spoken I'm french)
did you even listen to Angheric
Les français ont tous du mal avec l'anglais 😂 !!
@@paoloranuzzi1491 did you ever listen Nobuyki Tsujii (a blind japan pianist)
Totally with you!!
Just listen to Zimerman's performance of Rach 1 and 2 you'll probably change your mind.
by far the best rachmaninoff no.2 version I've ever heard. Love how the piano never gets faded away by the orchestras. The Piano flows very well, and the rest merges and synchronizes in a fantastic way.
"Love how the piano never gets faded away by the orchestras." thought the same
Agree with you in that many performances of this are not well integrated or reproduced. The piano can get lost in the symphonic tutti sea.
沢山のラフマニノフピアノコンチェルト第２番を聞いたが、ヴォロゾス氏の演奏が一番良い、ラフマニノフへの愛が溢れている。まさに至高。これ以上の演奏には未だに巡り会えてない。CDで発売して貰えないものか
まっっったくそうだ。このパフォーマンスの高音質録音をずっと探していたのにまだ見つかっていない。これに比べて、他のすべては明るくなくて響くはないみたいようだ。まさに素敵な演奏だ。
Every note, every phrase has been so perfectly thought out. Mr. Volodos is, obviously, a master of the highest order. The truth is self-evident.
Yes it is. And yes, he is❤️
I`m breathless after listening to this incredibly moving and powerful performance . Arcadi Volodos is such a gifted pianist, its a pity more of him is not heard via radio or live TV performances. My one ambition is to go to all performances in London for the "Last Night of The Proms:. Only the Brits could pull off such a musical extravaganza.
He had it all! Technique, passion, left hand, right hand, musicality, oh what beauty.
Two genius Rachmaninoff and Volodos!!
He still has it all!
@@shawnmand5607 yep but something happened to him along tlhis career/life... he basically shutdown himself from...everywhere.
@@pianosenzanima1 what do you mean? Expend on that please.
@@pianosenzanima1 hmm he is still active with concerts and cd’s, released a schubert album etc. But he doesnt get much publicity anymore, maybe its his choice
I was lucky enough to see him live im 2018, in a concert that only costed... 17 euros!
I knew that he was going to play there because of a small announcement in the information panel in the place of the performance.
Not soon after Lang Lang did a concert on the same place and it was on all the news (also, it costed around 150 euros lol). I would prefer Volodos any day.
So maybe it is true that he isn't making much publicity of himself lately... But I can tell you that he is still probably the best living pianist today. His Scriabin was so superb that when he played Vers la Flamme I could feel the temperature of the concert hall rise... Best performance I've experienced.
The whole orchestra as well as Mr. Volodos are in a state of rapture. A moment of utter transcendence that will never be forgotten by any. Truly, one of the all-to-rare transcendent moments. Wish I'd been there. Thank god, it was recorded.
My favorite pianist of our time.
A huge, full bodied and technically amazing performance...by BOTH Mr Volodos and the orchestra..conducted by one of the most savvy Rachmaninoff conductors, Maestry Chailly...who was on the podium for the most exciting young Argerich performance of the 4rd Concerto. Count on Proms to bring us historic performances. Along with th Tube video of Kissin's No2, this is a first choice. Fot me, it's often about the collaboration between pianist/Conductor. In this case, it's all one could ever ask. There are a whole slew of super worthy UA-cam videos of this Concerto. We are blessed.
Brilliant pianist & excellent orchestra = incredible, unrealistic world 👏👏👏
Orchestra is slow....
The Best pianist !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Mr. Volodos was not merely playing this great work for an audience, he was playing this work direct to... Rachmaninov. They were in the room together.
Stupendo.... dopo averlo ascoltato suonare questo concerto per pianoforte di Rachmaninov, continuo a meravigliarmi per l'articolazione nei passaggi veloci ogni nota può essere chiaramente ascoltata, come lampi che volano via !
Oh my goodness, I LOVE HIS PLAYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the piece is breathtaking!
Stunning techniques and overflowing emotion within!
Absolutely the best Rachmaninov as usual by Volodos! THANK YOU!!!
Superb!!! The Best pianist...Volodos... Bravo!!!
Великий гений, его исполнение очень тягуче и полностью заполняет пространство зала. и очень приятный и скромный человек.
breathtaking and so emotional
Один из лучших пианистов в мире! Люблю)))
He is. Pletnev too. Russian trained great musicians
This is the only recording of this I can listen to anymore. Perfection.
The best nº 2 I've ever heard! Fantastic! Strong. Passionate.
Fantastic, Mr. Volodos.
This is gorgeous. Sweeping, desolate, icy cold and alternately rich and warm.
Saw him on Mondy, 9.12, live in a recital. Stunning and galvanizing Schumann Phantasie C-Major. Maybe the best Ive heard in my short period of hearing this kind of music.
The visual element of this recording is not good. But the audio is truly amazing. Arcadi Volodos. Astounding talent. A truly phenomenal live performance of this masterpiece.
+Robert Newman " talent??" a great pianist/musician !
It is the most beautifulest representation ever made on the earth. Arcadi Volodos is accomplished Genius.
so great passion , perfect!!
Arcadi Volodos - beyond reasonable doubt with Martha Argerich the two finest pianists of our times. His 3rd Rachmaninov concerto recording made in Berlin is simply amazing.
No one can play like that now in this generation
No one ever did. There’s only one Arcadi.
Magnifique! J'adore!
Es uno de mis conciertos favoritos me encanta....
Rachmaninov is very actual composer for modern life we live in ... His music becomes never old ... His sounds give in us force to survive even if we in deep trouble time and melody is winging with its ambrosia, one can feel air
Thanks!
I absolutely agree. I feel extremely priviledged to have heard (live) Volodos playing Liszt B minor sonata and Bach/ Vivaldis Sicilienne and Scriabin sonata No 7 and the first piano concerto by Tschaikovsky, just to mention a few. So many beautiful moments I'm thankful for! I'm very curious to see where Volodos' genius will lead him ... I think it is what makes him so brilliant that he plays every piece and every note of note with such an incredible passion!
Such a long time ago and already then he was so excellent !!A new discovery for me thanks to my brother,s tip off !
Rachmaninoff would be proud
breathtaking!!
Mamma mia!
The best I've ever heard.
Ich mag es, wie er im Tempo nicht zögert, wie man es viel zu oft hört. Sein Spiel hat Richtung und klingt dabei auch sehr gut. Und natürlich, die nötige Virtuosität ist auch zu Genüge da ;-)
Well done .. I love it !
Great!!!
I LOVE THIS
GENIOS, musica de um Mestre; o Maestro Chailly, o interprete Volodos. É um sonho, uma "viagem" ao Belo.
Beyond praise. No superlatives would do this performance justice. Excellent performance by the orchestra, as well. Such an aching beautiful rendition of the second movement. I disagree with 789armstrong, I don't think his, Volodos', genius is going to waste. He is simply following his interests and passions.
That's one of the things I really like about him - the degree to which he just goes where his interests take him, whether it be Bill Evans or Mompou.
Это лучшее, что я слышал в своей жизни!
Ну уж ты и хватил, про лучшее., хотя исполнение действительно хорошее. Другое дело, что запись очень качественная.
A great concert
1악장만 들었음에도 불구하고, 사람이 숨도 못쉬게 벙찌게 되는 동시에 온몸에 전율이 30초간 유지되네요. 이런게 eargasm인 것 같네용
.....what a beautiful flutist....2nd movement....😊
opening of the 2nd movement, oh what an orchestra!
Under 10 minutes for the first movement!!!!!!!! Amazing rendition.
I love this concerto--none more romantic than it!!!!
Oh my god!!!!!!
Beautiful
Браво 👏
라흐 피협 2번 최고의 연주
Володос е несравним талант!!!!!!!!
Genius!!!!!
I’ve been following Volodos for many many years. Yes, I respect Schubert of Brendel, Richter, and few other pianists, but Volodos is something else. He proved his immense power of musicality just from his Schubert and Schumann, hence his Rachmaninoff is, without a doubt, the most, THE MOST, solid, reasonable, precise, yet free, interpretation out of all other pianists.
Completely agree, Volodos is incomparable.
Where do I sign 😁
Extraordinário.
Disappointed in the orchestra, he literally had to drag them out of their beds!!
A brilliant performance Mr. Volodos!!
Are you sure that he had to drag them out of their beds? Or did they let him do his thing because they recognize his genius to bring out the best of Comp
mais pourquoi s'arrêter avant la fin du deuxième mouvement???? où est le troisième???
Meilleure version ! quel génie ! une sensibilité bouillonnante avec une rigueur richterienne..... ahhhhhh !!!!!
How did he manage to bend the sound at 14:52
He is too skillful. He can do this :D
P.s. the best performance for me.
i am pretty sure its a now lost piano technique where you concentrate hard enough for gravity to bend around him, including the sound. I am sure thats how rachmaninoff played too
Because he is god...
I asked the same question when there was the whole video somewhere in youtube (and not divided into two parts). I also thought it was some kind of technique. It's not.It's just a recording error. That was the answer I was given.
WOW!
Loved the unconcealed disdain A.gave to Chailly...merited as Volodos survived the too loud playing...Volodos one of the few that can't be drowned out!!!!! SR learned how to write a more transparent orchestration in his revised 1st Concerto which then is actually his 3rd and last before leaving Russia., much more scintillating than the c and d minor Concerti.
This performance maybe surpasses the famous inerpretation by Rischer and Polish symphpony,
Does anyone know where it would be possible for me to buy this recording?
Beautiful collaboration...true Concerto...😅
The best!!
Great Music! As for Marcel Mombeek's comment, you sir, the one who should be ashamed of your comment. I find it not very smart to compare and especially bad-mouth great performers.
that section appeared in a song called "All By Myself" .. based on that section of music
10:39 2nd movement
the horn solist .....
Please refer to this page: www.bbc.co.uk/events/erbd4f This historic performance happened in 1997, not in 1998. More exactly, at Prom 60 (19:30 Wed 3 Sep 1997 Royal Albert Hall).
Toute ma jeunesse... lorsque ma soeur ecoutait ce concertot en boucle.. sans compter le generique de l'emission de Bernard pivot!!! Et vous tous les rappeurs de ce monde vous pretendez faire de la musique!!!!
With a name like Volodos expect the best!🎹
In your face Tolstoi!!!
All the comercials mids the videos are destroying UA-cam
12:51 / 13:12 - All by myself...
0:30
As is the bane of so
many concerti videos,
far too much time
is devoted to showcasing the orchestrata!!!
Sensational Volodos ! Ps. Is it only me or the cellist guy look just like Andre Rieu. XD
15:50 damn that haircut
a tip: with Moiseiwitsch, Sergei himself, Byron Janis do find the Russian archive video on UA-cam of Van Cliburn and K.Kondrashin........ t h e n , youll get the ''real thing'....
A.Volodos is the only heir to this repertoire....
He's actually sitting on a bench.
Well he was young xD
This is the greatest performance of Rachmaninoffs Concerto #2 I have ever heard in over half a century! But it is really painful to watch knowing Volodos will probably never record it commercially and instead opt for some late Scriabin that even the composer himself couldnt stand, or an hour long piece by Schumann that Schumann wished he had never written.A genius going to waste.
and?
A combination of Rachmaninov piano concerto 2 and a pop song at The Night Of The Proms 2017
Emily Bear (16) piano & John Miles (68) - All By Myself
ua-cam.com/video/abYtjEIpmE8/v-deo.html
Standing Ovation for Emily Bear
ua-cam.com/video/GxyQSfsaVEs/v-deo.html
@Niiiko08
Yes never to forget Richter and is fabulous DG vinyl disc from the 60´s the first LP I bought. What a festival. I saw him playing a few months before he died.Impossible to forget a pianist like Richter. Still the best interpretation of Rachmaninov IMHO.
14:53 - 14:58 what the hell happened to the pitch here? 💀
I was flabbergasted
better than psy? haha i love it too :)
You need to cut
back on the VIAGRA,
bro, and force your-
self to concentrate on
the music for just a
little while!! Too much of the other can make you lose
your mind, you know!
(sounds like you may
already have!)
check out my Rachmaninoff (I am the pianist) on my channel. Theres a little-known song by him I include (no singer included). Can anyone tell me what it is? Go on - let's see how good your early Rachmaninoff is..
Чего они все кашляют?😄
Up there with Ashkenazy and Richter.
If I stretched my imagination I could almost see a chubby Erik Estrada sitting at the piano. But hard as I try I just cannot imagine Volodos dressed in a Chips uniform sitting astride a Kawasaki Z1000 (JJ Townley...also a composer of a neo-Romantic Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor here on UA-cam)
Now all others “best versions” of the 2nd concerto sounds flat and boring to me
hahahahah what the fuck 14:54-15:00??!?!
great performance though, worth the constipation
This Volodos has no idea of Rachmaninoff's aesthetics nor Russian rhythm and he comes from there?
who cares about the 10min?