Volodos plays LISZT-VOLODOS

[008doomguy]

liszt was a genious!!

[afertyus1000]

most of the people there are plebs and have no real appreciation for this

[kamotzboyz]

STEINWAY!!! gosh.....great performer,great piece,very nice piano sound

[kamotzboyz]

Nice piano sound...whats the brand?

[omguanyin]

since theres SOPA, its too late for me to download all of volodos' pieces. fml.

[xstelladanzante]

number one in the world

[pianotalent]

Liszt Came Back Alive!

[agniky]

thats frighteningly good...

[Will84ABA]

3:12 chillaaaa boat!

[prince2000ful]

Just phenomenal interpretation.

[masterofsynapsis]

if you listen very good you can hear Bang Bang crying...

[KhagarBalugrak]

@masterofsynapsis, hahaha Bang Bang. Volodos is alot better than Lang Lang. Every real musician knows this. But Lang Lang has a better sense of lyricism than Volodos. Nevertheless, Lang Lang's playing ends up saying nothing most of the time. Volodos can express things through music, and that makes him better.

[pianojoseph84]

Amazing expression. His touch is excellent.

[lourak]

Another mind-bending performance from Volodos!

[TheOzzieJohnFerguson]

What a brilliant pianist, the music just pours from his fingers. I'd pay any money to see him 'live'.

[norbertcsampai]

crap 

[1037lex]

I wanna be just like him

[cmk3001]

And my face just melted off....

[K189T]

6:12 The camera pans to his face, because the site of his fingers at that particular moment would make everyones' head explode.

[q0zi]

No, I think he's the Horowitz of this generation

[Eztoez]

Incroiable

[Laudan08]

0:44

-Daughter, please care of my seat, i'm orgasmic.

-Ok Mom.

[zachariusz]

@Laudan08 hahahaha

[bethanylovesdan]

he is so good i want to see him

[guitarfish97]

Idiot.....idiot.

[Ravel87]

Vuvuzelas = Epic Pianist

[ryohitotsu]

It should be better to be fix camera position.

[principecalaf]

I love volodos but I think marc-andre' hamelin has the best technique of all!

[hjiuhfhrehui]

@principecalaf i dont think that.. i think volodos has a greater technique.

but hamelin is one of my favourites to :). he plays alkan superb !

[principecalaf]

@hjiuhfhrehui yes, it's very difficult to judge such monsters!

Czyffra was un-human too..

[hjiuhfhrehui]

@principecalaf

your right. cziffra is one of my favourite to :D

you know his flight of the bumble bee ?? or tritsch tratch polka.. or blue danube?

amazing xD

[afertyus1000]

@hjiuhfhrehui i think hamelinhas beter technique even volodos admitted to it

[hjiuhfhrehui]

@afertyus1000

i know hamelin.. i dont know if thats true. but one things for sure. there both fantastic

[afertyus1000]

@hjiuhfhrehui yes true!!!

[belialah]

@principecalaf Marc-Andre is just AMAZING.....but i think volodos has more accuracy, he alwais plays clean...but W T HELL....both are huges

[afertyus1000]

@belialah MAH plays more difficult music than volodos both are equal in different ways to me

[belialah]

@afertyus1000 well that dependes...whats difficult music?lol its complicated....u know, the hardest style is Mozart...and if u heard it it seems pretty easy to play..but it doesnt....Hammelin its amazing I just think that Volodos has a finer technique, polished but not necessarily more virtuous, both can be just as virtuous and talented, but I think that Volodos plays cleaner.Where can i see Volodos admitting that Hammeling has a better

technique?

[afertyus1000]

@belialah mozart is difficult to play cleanly but most pianists rate more modern music as difficult eg sorabji alkan etc Mah has a far wider repertoire than volodos i don't understand when you say volodos has a finer technique but not as virtuous? surely virtuosity is inextricably linked to technique? it is difficult to judge on their few recordings on Yt as to the better pianist and it is mainly subjective

i read in a book somewhere that volodos suggested that he wished he had hamelins' ability

[ChrisWatch]

@principecalaf hamelin does have good technique but some times he's too mellow with some pieces that beg for virtuousi power and stamina.

[afertyus1000]

@ChrisWatch he has plenty of stamina i assure you volodos said he wished he had his technique!!!

[G33kz0r]

Incredible performance, but please, no comparisons to Liszt. That's just silly.

[afertyus1000]

@G33kz0r thats so true as a performer once said to ravel 'we have choices' he replied no you have'nt!

[XxXxLosLobotomyxXxX]

He is not human! I've seen him live in Munich concert hall, he played with so much heart and so powerful, after finishing Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 the crowd went totally wild, 10min standing ovations, it was almost like being in a Rock concert, I've never seen people screaming like that in a classical concert! Amazing!

[stevemaster247]

you stupid director....why show his face?!

[AngusKrueger]

it is a miracle that nobody in the crowd died when he played this piece

[lizardpoison]

Why embarrass yourself with such childish and pathetic comments. There is no performance in the world that would merit death. When someone makes this kind of comment I generally think that they are either 8 years old or using their older brother's computer? I thought the guy who talked about someones life changing; when all they were doing was listening; was childish but your comment really sets a new level. I hope that when you reach puberty you can be more mature with your comments

[AngusKrueger]

haha and so you lost 5 minutes of your cocksucking life because you wrote this totally unnecessary comment.... man get a life

[gerhold101]

Yes - all very well but it's obvious you find his interpretation impressive. Now try to understand why. None of us who make less than objective comments on this area of YouTube have a life - and "cocksucking" as a pejorative term - how totally gay!

[MrRosfordKjaerulff]

If classical music like this, hasn't changed your life yet, you better start listening.

[bakes789]

you can actually see how the guy at 5:20 's life is changing with this performance

[StanislavRodionov]

-порядок!()

[f1f1s]

After listening this genious arrangement, can we assert that Volodos is a XXI century Cziffra?

[hjiuhfhrehui]

is there a CD with this on it ?

[f1f1s]

4:30 - 4:31 - a great SHAME to the spectators for the epic fail. Go study etiquette books. =p

[f1f1s]

6:11 - 6:13 - Volodos is accepted to the Del Arte Italian theatre without any makup or masks! :D

Indeed, a very powerful perfomance. He's a fury of perfect shaped steel boulders, while Hamelin is a whirl of thinnest pins...

[hollaa19]

@f1f1s lol - that's mean! :p

[HHRoblox]

I'm surprised the Piano's left side didn't shatter when he hit it at 6:27

:P

[spludgee]

love how everyone is completely transfixed by his playing

[anonymousQ45]

hes what you call super virtuoso

[KhagarBalugrak]

Well yes, Volodos is definitely a million times better than Lang Lang. His technique blows Lang Lang's technique out of the water. It might be the best technique of any pianist alive today.

That said, Volodos does not play expressively. He plays in a very showy style, full of incredible feats of speed, but lacking in musicality.

[madlovba2]

You're right. Volodos is one of the very bests and only very few living pianist can reach this level of virtuosity (such as Hamelin). In my option Volodos has Horowitz's incredible power and playing mood and Cziffra's hair-raising technique. Lang Lang just learned a finger-twister fingering, and this (and his clowning) cause that all of his playing looks virtuoso, while it isn't (at least it's non even close to Volodos' virtuosity).

[KhagarBalugrak]

Don't get me started on Lang Lang. Yes, he plays scales and arpeggios incredibly well, but absolutely fails to play other kinds of passages with any finesse at all. Just search for him playing Chopin Concerto 2 on Youtube, and watch the end of the 3rd movement to see just how awful Lang Lang often is.

[KhagarBalugrak]

I didn't misunderstand you; I was agreeing with you. Lang Lang is a joke. He can't shape a phrase, or imbue any passage with any feeling other than something forced and totally contrived. Even worse, his gawking and grimacing makes him look like he has a seizure disorder of some sort.

[mrkwonsony]

I'm not gonna say anything, or anyone's better or worse, I just want you to compare Marc Andre Hamelin's Hungarian Rhapsody #2 at cadenza part with octave glissando and his railway piece performance. Also Valentina Lisitsa's Islamei and Berezovsky's performance of Liszt transcendental etudes from 1 to 12 straight kick in one concert. I'm not saying anyone of these are better or worse than Volodos, just want you to compare if you like to taste. :D chio oh and maybe Kissin's la campanella too.

[KhagarBalugrak]

Well yes, Hamelin is a great virtuoso as well. Hamelin's technique is second to none. He doesn't really move me that much though...

I love Lipatti, Helena Czerny Stefanska, Ingrid Haebler, Lev Oborin, mostly all the pianists that have been dead for a long time...

[DonFrankos]

I agree with Volodos being a million times better than Lang Lang, and his technique being the best out there. but I absolutely disagree if you state that Volodos doesn´t play expressively, because you´ve obviously never heard him live, and you obviously have only heard him on youtube videos where they often post virtuoso pieces. search for Volodos playing Scriabin or tchaikovsky and reconsider what you said. the man can play so beautifully, it´s out of this world.

[afertyus1000]

@DonFrankos i disagree with his technique being the best out there,what about MAH etc

[hjiuhfhrehui]

@DonFrankos

your sooo right... i saw a live preformance of him in amsterdam.. it was soooo beautiful. and his encores where just amazing :O !!

after concert he signed cd's and ive helt his right hand xD.. when he was done. i asked him if i could take a picture with him.. and i was actualy able to sit next to him :D :D !!. that was the greatest day in my life. for so far xD.

[espp87]

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VOLODOS "KING"

[Zhyhm]

4:30 sounds like Zigeunerweisen by Sarasate

[KhagarBalugrak]

He often looks like he's chewing something in this video.

[KhagarBalugrak]

Volodos is a highly skilled performer, but he is not a profound musician. He is someone that can play anywhere, any time, under any circumstances, but he does not evoke deep beauty when he plays.

[lacrymosa85]

He has the ability to do so though. If his repertoire had more variety, you'd weep at every performance.

[mestreliszt]

Are you better?

[KhagarBalugrak]

Are you better than me?

[codonauta]

Probably not. I don't play piano.

[DonFrankos]

do some more homework, and reconsider your comment.

[codonauta]

I see, you have recordings of Liszt playing, so you know Liszt was much better.

[KhagarBalugrak]

Liszt was definitely as technically skilled as Volodos. How can I tell? I can tell because of the monstrously difficult things he wrote, because he traveled all around Europe playing these monstrously difficult works.

[ZaffiroO]

ad un certo punto hanno inquadrato delle persone sedute ad un tavolino

( 1:24) ...sembrava stessero ad un pic-nic...

[Artexanis]

5 stars is not enough

[TrueDiligence]

wow

[callenishss]

wow it is truly amazing that his weight is not a hindrance. i congratulate him

[gsbach]

So incredible, Liszt reincarnated? looks like he must get the women like Liszt as well, wow at 3:00 and 3:30. Guess I need to practice more. Seriously, great playing that is hard to believe if you didn't see it.

[tough0crowd0eh9]

I agree with you. He is the most Liszt-like performer I've ever seen. He blows Lang Lang away in showmanship and technique. From what I've seen he could do anything he wants at the piano. Also the most powerful player I've ever seen.

That said, he probably doesn't get as much tang as Liszt. He's not nearly attractive enough. He may play as well as Liszt did though.

[vincentws03]

yes, at least LIszt has a slimmer body than him....

[concerto35]

Volodos is the Liszt of this modern age.

[codonauta]

Did Liszt play much as Volodos? That is my question.

[AmericanCars101]

Liszt is regarded as the worlds greatest piano virtuoso. Even his pupils who lived into the early 1900's and heard the current best pianists of that time still believed liszt could out do them all.

[TheMadman2006]

I believe one of his pupils believed Horowitz could have beaten Liszt.

[supersmashmike45]

@concerto35 eve better!

[afertyus1000]

@concerto35 yes but liszt will still be remembered in 100 years and volodos will be consigned to great performers of the intervening 100 years [not quite as good:)

[gohanisbuckethead]

@concerto35 No way , Liszt was handsome and women liked him whereas Volodos is just a fat piece of shit.

[anonymousQ45]

@gohanisbuckethead god that was mean

[ViolinMaster007]

the best ever!

[rachmaninov1873]

incredibly performanced! thx for post!