Arcadi Volodos: Piano Transcriptions
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Composer or Director: Franz Liszt, Sergey Prokofiev, Vladimir Horowitz, Sergey Rachmaninov, Johann Sebastian Bach, Arcadi Volodos, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Label: Sony Classical
Magazine Review Date: 10/1997
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 61
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: SK62691
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Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Variations on a theme from Bizet's "Carmen" |
Vladimir Horowitz, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Vladimir Horowitz, Composer |
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Morning (wds. Yanov) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
(12) Songs, Movement: No. 9, Melody (wds. Nadson) |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
(19) Hungarian Rhapsodies, Movement: No. 2 in C sharp minor |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Franz Liszt, Composer |
(4) Geistliche Lieder (Schubert), Movement: No. 1, Litanei |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Franz Liszt, Composer |
Schwanengesang (Schubert), Movement: No. 3, Aufenthalt |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Franz Liszt, Composer |
Schwanengesang (Schubert), Movement: No. 10, Liebesbotschaft |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Franz Liszt, Composer |
(The) Tale of Tsar Saltan, Movement: Flight of the bumble-bee |
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer |
(3) Pieces from Cinderella, Movement: No. 2, Gavotte |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
(10) Pieces from Cinderella, Movement: No. 6, Oriental dance |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
(6) Pieces from Cinderella, Movement: No. 1, Grand waltz |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique', Movement: Allegro molto vivace |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
(6) Trio Sonatas, Movement: No. 5 in C, BWV529 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
Concert Paraphrase on Mozart's "Turkish March" |
Arcadi Volodos, Composer
Arcadi Volodos, Piano Arcadi Volodos, Composer |
Author: Bryce Morrison
His tributes to Horowitz (the ultimate Russian virtuoso icon) and Cziffra (the ne plus ultra of pianistic necromancy) are as coolly masterful as they are personally engaging and are wholly devoid of wilfulness or undue idiosyncrasy. Those anxious for Horowitz’s splintering treble and thundering bass or for Cziffra’s manic explosions and accelerations will listen in vain. Mercifully, Volodos remains his own man, tempering some heart-stopping octaves and glissandos at the close of Feinberg’s transcription of the scherzo from Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique Symphony with a touch of nonchalance, and in Feinberg’s other arrangement, guiding Bach gently but firmly into the nineteenth century.
Volodos is no less beguiling in his own Rachmaninov song transcriptions; here is that dreamed-of vocal ‘line’, luscious cantabile and aristocratic rather than ostentatious voicing and texturing. Last but far from least his elaboration of Mozart’s “Turkish March” seasons the most decadent and epicurean taste with a teasing wit and insouciance (poor Sir Clifford Curzon, arch-hater of Schubert- Godowsky, must surely be turning in his grave at such unapologetic mischief-making).
Sony’s sound is superlative and this delectable recital makes one long for more substantial as well as glittering fare from a pianist who, as his producer puts it, “never loosens the reins of his guiding intellect”.'
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