I love and am curious what the look on the performer's face at the end meant. "Whew, that was a wild ride." "Whew, I'm done." "Okay, there's all those months of work." or was he (as I do) counting back all the flubs and wrong notes? lol.
Amazing piece, and amazingly played. Probably the only pianist today who comes close to Horowitz in terms of power. Such few pianists today use such force and power in the bass today. But I still prefer Horowitz's playing, because Horowitz was... just Horowitz.
It's obvious that one can act with a certain freedom in playing Liszt's Rhapsodies. That does not justify such a triumph of improvisative bad taste and compositional unskilfulness, shown by this man in other devastating operations on (against) Mozart. It's very sad to read exalting comments by -presumably- young people. Please don't mention Horowitz in relation to this, and study, look for Truth in Music, stop being victims of the collective hypnosis.
funny, people always argue on youtube at classical videos in favor of some other pianist, who is not the one playing on the video. This is the only possibilty to make other people see the actual performance inferior. And they need this because of envy of course..
This is my favorite Horowitz transcription, simply because it's not being played every time I turn around. Volodos adds a transition in the middle of it that I really like too. I don't think that part of it was Horowitz, I think Volodos added it.
Someone said everyone has better technique than Horowitz. It is definitely true that probably after age 50 or so, Horowitz played increasingly more wrong notes than would normally be tolerated at the elite level, but Horowitz had such a style and a range. Volodos' performance may have perfect notes but the dynamics (and one very incredible fortissimo!) made Horowitz's performance of this piece much better and much more exciting than Volodos' (and Volodos' performance was great too.)
@8Ho03EdONl1liL Volodos is one of those extraordinary pianists who play in the tradition of Rachmaninoff, Gilels, Horowitz, Moiseiwitsch, Weissenberg, now it's Volodos, Argerich and Jung Lin. It is the surreal artistry that matters the most. Horowitz after age 50 became God-like in his artistry and expression, some of the greatest performances of all time were Horowitz's, just listen to his entire Moscow concert :-))
@65coro pfft you really think I care what anyone thinks. I respect this man as much as he respects music, and by that I mean I view him as more than a musical prodigy/genius.i don't believe i have to be passive and well mannered when I comment, i really think this guy is a step above so many artists today. My opinion, so fuck off :)
this hungarian rhapsody by the genius Liszt is a transcription of Berlioz Rakoczy march from his extraordinary work the damnation of Faust, beautiful piece of music
@beethomozart Liszt's arrangement on the Rákóczi March is not based on Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust. Berlioz did not write the piece. The original March is written by some anonymous composer.
@runeweb as you might notice I said that this march was a transcription from his extraordinary work La Damnation de Faust , that doesn´t mean he compodes it , in fact this march was an anonymous song dated from around 1740but it´s been made famous worldwide by the work from the french composer
@beethomozart Liszt did not actually transcribe the March from La Damnation de Faust, he merely included the Rákóczi March in his Hungarian Rhapsody. Anyway, both are extraordinary pieces of music.
The main reasons for Vladimir Horowitz's greatness was his unique sound, guided by his phenomenal ear. As Horowitz himself said, other pianists had a better technique than he, but he very politely left out the more important part of the equation, the sound.
Volodos a fine pianist. But Horowitz is the only one who could transform a mere keyboard instrument into an orchestra. No one can match Horowitz's limitless variety of timbres or his matchless control of the rhythm. NO one.
@demosj HV did not list names. It was a well-known statement that he made in a TV interview, and in print interviews. It is also very easy to see what he meant. As I said in my earlier posting, VH put sound, color, nuance, and interpretation above mere note counting. As a musician with perfect pitch, I can assure you that VH missed notes! Many pianists today play "cleaner" than VH, but without passion or knowledge of what the music is about. Proof: classical piano concerts are disappearing.
Like who? Michelangeli or Hofmann? All of his colleagues either publicly envied his technique or criticized him for having TOO magnificent a technique.
Volodos isn't even close. He doesn't even keep up with Horowitz in this rhapsody right here, or the No. 2, or the Carmen variations, the Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff concertos, the Rachmaninoff etudes, the list just goes on endlessly.
Fortunately, I can dismiss your eccentric opinion as invalid and as intended parody.
@demosj Yeah parody spot on. horowitz is great technique, but his ability to do practically anything he wants dynamically/interpetively no matter how difficult the passage is underrated and even more pro than this technique. ITs hard to play the notes fast but way harder to install a decent original interpretation&dynamic progression among that. But IDK probably cziffra or richter, hameling, hofmann could play faster.
He's possibly the best pianist in the world, technically speaking. Period. Beside this, and of course IMHHHO, his touch is always incredibly heavy and i can't see emotion in his playing, but just a personal amusement, like «ah ah, it's really fun to play piano! See this! *little giggle during a really hard ultra-rapid scale*».
how the fuck can you listen to both Horowitz and Volodos and say Horowitz is better? Ive listened to both and almost have the same style, yet Volodos puts in his own interpretation and style and adds more to it by making it more difficult to play. There are some stuff here not in original script, yet still this is "VOLODOS" interpretation of this piece. You bunch of lil fags should stop fighting about whose better and look at the fact that BOTH can play each others style, making both a champ...
@damgoodballers dude it isn't just volodos eiher though.... what Horowitz does with his transcriptions are equally brilliant..... not meaning anything in the slightest against Volodos, but I would be interested to see what Volodos can accomplish when he's past 80...
@1234567bryce Yeah but you can already see he has potential to surpass Horowitz by the time he reaches his age... Notice i said POTENTIAL... i didn't say he WOULD/ WILL pass Horowitz... either way, both are truly phenomenal pianists!
I can't bring myself to like this guy, however hard I try. I mean, he's impressive, I acknowledge that. He can get more notes under his hands than the average pianist. But he just rarely plays anything other than the flashiest material he can find, and even when he's dealing with subtler material, I still find the performances pretty glazed-over. Pretty, but nothing special.
Granted, when I want fireworks, I need only type "Volodos" into the search bar. I just don't always want fireworks.
The name in the title is Rákóczi (ending in an 'i' and not a " y "). Ferenc Rákóczi was a famous figure in Hungarian (my country's) history fighting for freedom and independence from Habsburg Monarchy. Next year will mark the bicentennary of Ferenc Liszt's birth. And b.t.w. Volodos is really a virtuoso!
It was not intended as a putdown. Volodos is a great pianist but it took 60 years for anyone to almost catch up to Horowitz. I listened to both men play the Rhapsody and in my opinion Horowitz is better.
I'm diong a project on Franz Liszt. With your permission(Volodos or whoever posted this)I would like to include this music video in my documentary. P.S. please answer back soon !
voilà la meilleure interprétation d'une rhapsodie de liszt jamais entendue: clarté, vérité, évidence (pas de chichis), un jeu infaillible et supérieur au service d'une partition. Un grand virtuose qui restitue l' expression sauvage et abrupte de liszt ici.
Beautiful interpretation! You've gotta love the sudden change of expression on his face (from special to happy smile) as he reached for the higher notes at 1:19
pianist Richard Meyrick has an interesting video on this piece on you tube, if you see this one than maybe you can start to comprehend how overloaded with talent Volodos is, he and Horowitz himself are indeed two completely different musicians but they are in my opinion the only two persons that can play these pieces really musically, Misha Dacic for eg is a liszt wannabee for him it's about impressing the audience I never have that feeling with Volodos or Horowitz....
I completely agree. The original score takes such virtuosity to perform. Hearing this after the original almost sounds simply like a simplified version.
However, I'm sure Volodos AND Horowitz were and is more than capable to play the original.
This is still a great performance by a true pianist.
Why must all the good pianists nowadays be Russian? I mean, Volodos isn't even the best in my opinion. Mikhail Pletnev is phenomenal, and Konstantin Scherbakov is just off the charts.
Volodos is still good, though. It just seems that most other pianists have this pushed sound... Nice to hear good playing, though.
I'm not a big fan of Hamelin, personally... but I don't know what about my comment you're replying to, and, um... someone marked it as spam, so I can't really see it. And there's no "show" button next to it. So...
Elsewhere, Volodos is described as the greatest living pianist, and on this showing he'll take some beatingI Yes, it is the Horowitz version, tweaked a bit by Volodos.
Horowitz showed a similar facial expression of relief after he finished playing the Carmen Fantasy - Both have tricky endings and both Horowitz and Volodos I'm sure were glad to get them out of the way!
That's his opinion. you don't have to get "flamed" as he says by this comment. All you have to you have to do is politely disagree like the above. Personally I disagree with you and think Horowitz is unmatched but oh well.
What a cyborg ...funny this guy finds all regular music way too easy so he plays mainly transcriptions lol and still executes all this madness with grace ...freak lol but good freak
I agree, he's a lot of fun to watch and he really kills those pieces that most pianists save for the encores. But I'm not sure I'd like to hear him play, say, Debussy...
Amazing interpretation of the Hungarian March. I did the arrangement by Hector Berlioz in a band with the 2007 Oregon Ambassadors of Music Europe tour. This piano piece is fantastic I listen to this a lot :)
Absolutely terrific performance by Mr. Volodos! His playing has some almost unbelievable moments. It's also wonderful that he is not jsut mere virtuoso like some other guys who mistaken themselves for arstist (and they also mistaken this piece for nothing more than stunning show).
By the way, those who haven't heard the Horowitz's studio recording (his only one of this piece) from 1950... they just haven't heard anything.
Horowitz is a genius if he did arrange this piece. So much creativity from him. Re-arranging a high quality rhapsody to such an amazing result is no small feat!
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he missed a lot of notes in the key at times, but maybe its just cuz he was going friggin hyperspeed. lol im good at piano, but holy shit i've never heard licks like that. woooo good job dude whom i dont even know your name. ur awesome!
You must not be a very good pianist if: 1) You think he missed a lot of notes because "he was going friggin hyperspeed" and 2) If you've never heard "licks like that."
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in fact i am good at piano you cocklick. and im drum major of my band, and im also a 5A all state trombone player. so you should STFU because i do in fact know a thing or two about music. asshole
On the Sony cd,'Volodos - live at Carnegie Hall' the track is listed 'Liszt apres Horowitz' so yeah, its horowitz's arrangement of Liszt's 15th Hungarian Rhapsody. Phenomenal playing and he plays it better than Horowitz.
Executing Liszt's piece at the piano isn't killing him. It's a compliment. 'Execution' means he's pulling it off, like when an ice skater executes a jump.
No, it's really just for show. Soloists sometimes wipe the sweat from their palms and fingers with a handkerchief between pieces during their program. Every time I've performed a concerto, my teacher's made me bring up a handkerchief onstage, even if I'm not nervous, it's what "the pros" seems to all do. The handkerchief isn't on the strings, so it wouldn't affect the sound.
You're kidding me? The cloth isn't even on the wires so it would have no impact on acoustics. It's just to wipe the keys down & dry hands between performances.
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Yes, that is because this is Liszt's piano transcription of Berlioz' Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust. He wrote it before he went to Hungary to win over his audience (automatically done when paying homage to their country) and later incorporated it into the opera. He wasn't all that pleased with piano transcriptions of any of his work, but he and Liszt were friends so he didn't stop him.
I'm Hungarian, and prince Rakoczi is a symbol of freedom in hungary. I just can't comply with the Horowitz-version, because this music got too far from the original "Rakoczi feeling". The "Rákóczi feeling" is of war and exile, and not a virtuoso-harmonic painting of mountains and rivers.
I agree. The original is to be preferred. I cannot understand why some pianists play Horowitz's versions of certain pieces. They always sound inferior.
not agree! Liszt did also transcriptions like that ! It's a great tradition from 19th century, all the best pianists did that on this time! Horowitz like Volodos continue this tradition!If you are not pianist, you can't understand...
If I am not a pianist, I cannot understand? Then I guess Liszt and Horowitz wrote their music only for pianists, like you. You understand--you're part of that inner circle. They wrote for the few, then, not for the massses. They were inferior, then. That would have to be your stance here. To me, the Liszt original is to be preferred. What Volodos and the others write is, frankly, crap. I'm not a doctor, but I know when I'm taking bad medicine, and I'm not a pianist, but I UNDERSTAND.
Amazing! I have to be a pianist to understand? I'm always intrigued by that kind of remark. So, I guess Horowitz and Liszt wrote music only for pianists. And so Horowitz must have written his inferior transcriptions for inferior pianists. I don't want to sound so sarcastic, but Horowitz was not a composer of merit, and his transcriptions, showy as they are, are musically inferior. Liszt's are not.
I said this : you don't have the same perception of music if you are or not a musician or a pianist.Liszt was not only a great pianist but also a great composer. It's true that Horowitz was not a great composer that's why he's only known as a transcription's composer and not like a true composer.Their interest is only pianistic. Anyway, they are fantastic in virtuosity and sound effects. So in this way, they are as great as Liszt'ones.
this is HOROWITZ'S INTERPRETATION of this piece. thank you very much for posting it but PLEASE WRITE SOMEWHERE WHOSE PIECES THESE REALLY ARE. some people don't know and think they're listening to Liszt's original writings.
would anyone know where i can find Liszt's original version?
ttention instant culture: je me trompe ou on entend cette musique dans la grande vadrouille, Y atil un âme suffisamment franchouillarde pour me répondre
Mon sens de la camaraderie franchouillarde me fait te répondre que ce morceau est effectivement présent dans la Grande Vadrouille, au début du film mais dans sa version orchestrale, "dirigée" par Louis de Funès et le brio qu'on lui connait.
Give that man a burger! And extra fries if he wants - this is just about the most fun you can have without laughing. I thought Gilels took liberties, but Arcadi goes further and gets away with it.
cmon, this is one viruouso's interpretation of another virtuoso's (Horiwitz's) riff of another virtuouso's (Liszt's) basically improvised piece. There aren't any liberties to be taken- this isn't Mozart, you're supposed to show your chops and your heart in this piece, not your polished lyricism. He plays the right notes, and he plays them with a hell of a lot of heart. bravo
I love and am curious what the look on the performer's face at the end meant. "Whew, that was a wild ride." "Whew, I'm done." "Okay, there's all those months of work." or was he (as I do) counting back all the flubs and wrong notes? lol.
thy393 6 hours ago
He looks kinda like Josh from Drake and Josh.
forgottenbooks 1 month ago
Amazing piece, and amazingly played. Probably the only pianist today who comes close to Horowitz in terms of power. Such few pianists today use such force and power in the bass today. But I still prefer Horowitz's playing, because Horowitz was... just Horowitz.
forgottenbooks 3 months ago
相撲の「武蔵丸」みたいな顔してとてもピアニストには見えないところが素晴らしい！！
0912056 4 months ago
Beautiful interpretation of Franz Liszt's march!
EllyKayeLA 4 months ago
HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS GUY IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!
maestroanth 5 months ago
I have never heard such dynamics from a piano. Arcadi Volodos is the finest I've ever heard.
TheOzzieJohnFerguson 5 months ago 2
It's obvious that one can act with a certain freedom in playing Liszt's Rhapsodies. That does not justify such a triumph of improvisative bad taste and compositional unskilfulness, shown by this man in other devastating operations on (against) Mozart. It's very sad to read exalting comments by -presumably- young people. Please don't mention Horowitz in relation to this, and study, look for Truth in Music, stop being victims of the collective hypnosis.
RosenfingerWebcast 6 months ago
funny, people always argue on youtube at classical videos in favor of some other pianist, who is not the one playing on the video. This is the only possibilty to make other people see the actual performance inferior. And they need this because of envy of course..
carlosgabor642 6 months ago
Every pianist searches for the soul of his predecessors.
And they bang the keys trying to find them.
Devoraak 6 months ago
4:31-4:35
That's volodos' signature trademark. Lol =D
123mazeppa 7 months ago
Horowitz arranged it.
0530pianist 7 months ago
I like and appreciate Arcadi Volodos so much. Never heard such a precise technick with such a wonderful articulation on piano. But Volodos does.
Ramination 8 months ago
This is my favorite Horowitz transcription, simply because it's not being played every time I turn around. Volodos adds a transition in the middle of it that I really like too. I don't think that part of it was Horowitz, I think Volodos added it.
MrStrav81 9 months ago
Someone said everyone has better technique than Horowitz. It is definitely true that probably after age 50 or so, Horowitz played increasingly more wrong notes than would normally be tolerated at the elite level, but Horowitz had such a style and a range. Volodos' performance may have perfect notes but the dynamics (and one very incredible fortissimo!) made Horowitz's performance of this piece much better and much more exciting than Volodos' (and Volodos' performance was great too.)
8Ho03EdONl1liL 10 months ago
@8Ho03EdONl1liL Volodos is one of those extraordinary pianists who play in the tradition of Rachmaninoff, Gilels, Horowitz, Moiseiwitsch, Weissenberg, now it's Volodos, Argerich and Jung Lin. It is the surreal artistry that matters the most. Horowitz after age 50 became God-like in his artistry and expression, some of the greatest performances of all time were Horowitz's, just listen to his entire Moscow concert :-))
Bret6464 9 months ago
oh liszt, your compositions sound like randomly pieced together exercises for virtuosos........music?
tahirthebad 10 months ago
monumental,,,..
my back is shaking....
Szotyka 1 year ago
is this an arrangement or original from Liszt?
mayorde18 1 year ago
@mayorde18 This is Vladimer Horowitz version of this piece,
AmericanCars101 1 year ago
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VOLODOS SHITS ON ALL MOTHERFUCKERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
ftballfrk 1 year ago
@ftballfrk Careful, your IQ is showing
65coro 11 months ago
@65coro pfft you really think I care what anyone thinks. I respect this man as much as he respects music, and by that I mean I view him as more than a musical prodigy/genius.i don't believe i have to be passive and well mannered when I comment, i really think this guy is a step above so many artists today. My opinion, so fuck off :)
ftballfrk 11 months ago
Thanks a lot!
anamasuf 1 year ago
démonstration technique égocentrique, musicalement nul
Horowitz et Cziffra, au secours !!!!!
SELMER1947 1 year ago
this hungarian rhapsody by the genius Liszt is a transcription of Berlioz Rakoczy march from his extraordinary work the damnation of Faust, beautiful piece of music
beethomozart 1 year ago
@beethomozart Liszt's arrangement on the Rákóczi March is not based on Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust. Berlioz did not write the piece. The original March is written by some anonymous composer.
runeweb 1 year ago 5
@runeweb as you might notice I said that this march was a transcription from his extraordinary work La Damnation de Faust , that doesn´t mean he compodes it , in fact this march was an anonymous song dated from around 1740but it´s been made famous worldwide by the work from the french composer
beethomozart 1 year ago
@beethomozart Liszt did not actually transcribe the March from La Damnation de Faust, he merely included the Rákóczi March in his Hungarian Rhapsody. Anyway, both are extraordinary pieces of music.
runeweb 1 year ago 6
The main reasons for Vladimir Horowitz's greatness was his unique sound, guided by his phenomenal ear. As Horowitz himself said, other pianists had a better technique than he, but he very politely left out the more important part of the equation, the sound.
Volodos a fine pianist. But Horowitz is the only one who could transform a mere keyboard instrument into an orchestra. No one can match Horowitz's limitless variety of timbres or his matchless control of the rhythm. NO one.
Caocao8888 1 year ago
@Caocao8888 MAH can
afertyus1000 1 year ago
@Caocao8888 Who did Horowitz say have a better technique than he did?
Source please.
demosj 1 year ago
@demosj HV did not list names. It was a well-known statement that he made in a TV interview, and in print interviews. It is also very easy to see what he meant. As I said in my earlier posting, VH put sound, color, nuance, and interpretation above mere note counting. As a musician with perfect pitch, I can assure you that VH missed notes! Many pianists today play "cleaner" than VH, but without passion or knowledge of what the music is about. Proof: classical piano concerts are disappearing.
Caocao8888 1 year ago
@demosj everyone has better technique than horowitz, but music is hardly about technique...
Gargantupimp 1 year ago
Like who? Michelangeli or Hofmann? All of his colleagues either publicly envied his technique or criticized him for having TOO magnificent a technique.
Volodos isn't even close. He doesn't even keep up with Horowitz in this rhapsody right here, or the No. 2, or the Carmen variations, the Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff concertos, the Rachmaninoff etudes, the list just goes on endlessly.
Fortunately, I can dismiss your eccentric opinion as invalid and as intended parody.
demosj 1 year ago
@demosj Yeah parody spot on. horowitz is great technique, but his ability to do practically anything he wants dynamically/interpetively no matter how difficult the passage is underrated and even more pro than this technique. ITs hard to play the notes fast but way harder to install a decent original interpretation&dynamic progression among that. But IDK probably cziffra or richter, hameling, hofmann could play faster.
Gargantupimp 1 year ago
OMG he makes trills look like a piece of cake!!!!! This man is simply amazing!!!
bermudachick 1 year ago
magnificent! he is tremendously precise, like Pollini, the difference is that Pollini is a machine and Volodos can actually play with feeling
ThePhilosorpheus 1 year ago
He0s no better than horowitz
richclayderman 1 year ago
Amazing song! This is truely the song of my family! :)
Lolatcrazyoldmen 1 year ago
caprone..........................
Darrning 1 year ago
słynny efekciarz.
Katamanteuomos 1 year ago
He's possibly the best pianist in the world, technically speaking. Period. Beside this, and of course IMHHHO, his touch is always incredibly heavy and i can't see emotion in his playing, but just a personal amusement, like «ah ah, it's really fun to play piano! See this! *little giggle during a really hard ultra-rapid scale*».
doctorkozi 1 year ago
how the fuck can you listen to both Horowitz and Volodos and say Horowitz is better? Ive listened to both and almost have the same style, yet Volodos puts in his own interpretation and style and adds more to it by making it more difficult to play. There are some stuff here not in original script, yet still this is "VOLODOS" interpretation of this piece. You bunch of lil fags should stop fighting about whose better and look at the fact that BOTH can play each others style, making both a champ...
damgoodballers 1 year ago
@damgoodballers dude it isn't just volodos eiher though.... what Horowitz does with his transcriptions are equally brilliant..... not meaning anything in the slightest against Volodos, but I would be interested to see what Volodos can accomplish when he's past 80...
1234567bryce 1 year ago
@1234567bryce Yeah but you can already see he has potential to surpass Horowitz by the time he reaches his age... Notice i said POTENTIAL... i didn't say he WOULD/ WILL pass Horowitz... either way, both are truly phenomenal pianists!
damgoodballers 1 year ago
@damgoodballers yes of course haha I'm trying not to be judgemental, but yes... Volodos and Horowitz are both brilliant pianists =)
1234567bryce 1 year ago
@damgoodballers volodos is not making the piece more difficult to play. He is making it more beautiful.
bagongman 1 year ago
Just out of curiosity...
...who else creamed their pants after listening?
5/5
mdeonx16 1 year ago 5
@mdeonx16 i reserve my cream for yuja...
utubuser10 11 months ago
I can't bring myself to like this guy, however hard I try. I mean, he's impressive, I acknowledge that. He can get more notes under his hands than the average pianist. But he just rarely plays anything other than the flashiest material he can find, and even when he's dealing with subtler material, I still find the performances pretty glazed-over. Pretty, but nothing special.
Granted, when I want fireworks, I need only type "Volodos" into the search bar. I just don't always want fireworks.
BenMcCormack91 2 years ago
The name in the title is Rákóczi (ending in an 'i' and not a " y "). Ferenc Rákóczi was a famous figure in Hungarian (my country's) history fighting for freedom and independence from Habsburg Monarchy. Next year will mark the bicentennary of Ferenc Liszt's birth. And b.t.w. Volodos is really a virtuoso!
mediglott 2 years ago 2
A strong shadow of Horowitz but still just a shadow.
jhoward1957 2 years ago 5
@jhoward1957 What a ridiculous put-down. Using the same logic, you could say that Horowitz was just a shadow of Liszt...
cfwpiano 2 years ago 12
It was not intended as a putdown. Volodos is a great pianist but it took 60 years for anyone to almost catch up to Horowitz. I listened to both men play the Rhapsody and in my opinion Horowitz is better.
jhoward1957 2 years ago 4
I'm diong a project on Franz Liszt. With your permission(Volodos or whoever posted this)I would like to include this music video in my documentary. P.S. please answer back soon !
CoultonBecker 2 years ago
bravo Volodos!!! I like this performance.
MartynaMiau 2 years ago
voilà la meilleure interprétation d'une rhapsodie de liszt jamais entendue: clarté, vérité, évidence (pas de chichis), un jeu infaillible et supérieur au service d'une partition. Un grand virtuose qui restitue l' expression sauvage et abrupte de liszt ici.
MYRHAH 2 years ago
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It's the Hungarian March by Berlioz.
LukasSchuch 2 years ago
huh? explain...
addeex1 2 years ago
'fraid not
ytfarmer90 2 years ago
this gives me carple tounel just watching it lol amasing
TryingUnique 2 years ago 2
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madlovba2 2 years ago
Beautiful interpretation! You've gotta love the sudden change of expression on his face (from special to happy smile) as he reached for the higher notes at 1:19
Egide0 2 years ago
pianist Richard Meyrick has an interesting video on this piece on you tube, if you see this one than maybe you can start to comprehend how overloaded with talent Volodos is, he and Horowitz himself are indeed two completely different musicians but they are in my opinion the only two persons that can play these pieces really musically, Misha Dacic for eg is a liszt wannabee for him it's about impressing the audience I never have that feeling with Volodos or Horowitz....
Jerrez 2 years ago
'Amazing video of Arcadi Volodos executing liszt'
When I read the description a morbid picture popped up in my head of Volodos taking an axe to Liszt. He absolutely dominated this piece.
He also recorded it for his Transcriptions CD. It's impeccable as always, but nothing can compare to the excitement of a live performance.
demosj 2 years ago 2
Ain't it something how he has all of Horowitz's technique yet none of his sound. Makes you wonder how the piano knows who's playing it
xylilyx 2 years ago 3
the original score by liszt seems better than horowitz's arrangement for this one
IsamuTakekura 2 years ago 2
I completely agree. The original score takes such virtuosity to perform. Hearing this after the original almost sounds simply like a simplified version.
However, I'm sure Volodos AND Horowitz were and is more than capable to play the original.
This is still a great performance by a true pianist.
lentoagitato 2 years ago 2
this...Is...VOLODOS!!!!!
mdeonx16 2 years ago
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Why must all the good pianists nowadays be Russian? I mean, Volodos isn't even the best in my opinion. Mikhail Pletnev is phenomenal, and Konstantin Scherbakov is just off the charts.
Volodos is still good, though. It just seems that most other pianists have this pushed sound... Nice to hear good playing, though.
BenMcCormack91 2 years ago
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mdeonx16 2 years ago
I'm not a big fan of Hamelin, personally... but I don't know what about my comment you're replying to, and, um... someone marked it as spam, so I can't really see it. And there's no "show" button next to it. So...
BenMcCormack91 2 years ago
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PeiD0nG 2 years ago
Elsewhere, Volodos is described as the greatest living pianist, and on this showing he'll take some beatingI Yes, it is the Horowitz version, tweaked a bit by Volodos.
Wilsenda.
artleyb 2 years ago 3
Wonderful pianism.
JPConnolly2 2 years ago
this isn't the original #15... or am i that wrong? :P
lottoformulier 2 years ago
ur right..
this is the horowitz's version of Hungarian rhapsody #15
beramod5185 2 years ago
orgasmic.
ryu23121993 2 years ago 33
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matteomartizensky 2 years ago
3 gallons
matteomartizensky 2 years ago
@ryu23121993 yes!
ReturnOfTheStienway 1 year ago
awesome. I ve never seen a pianist playing with such virtuosism!!
Wes1456 3 years ago 3
Virtuosity.
lscully3 2 years ago 3
and then some :3
mdeonx16 2 years ago
klasse wie er spielt. kann mir jemand sagen wann das war, in welchem jahr?
mel1309 3 years ago
Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
piazzonga 3 years ago
Ich freue mich auf das Konzert in Graz
90xardas90 3 years ago
He even copies the face of Horowitz when he finishes the piece :p
Volodya1988 3 years ago 5
Yes you're right!
Horowitz showed a similar facial expression of relief after he finished playing the Carmen Fantasy - Both have tricky endings and both Horowitz and Volodos I'm sure were glad to get them out of the way!
acorntechnique 3 years ago 2
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Awesome Performance!!! Outstanding Pianist!!!
ByronJanis 3 years ago
Awesome performance!!! Outstanding pianist!!!
ByronJanis 3 years ago 2
This guy's a genious. My favourite pianist, no doubt.
MeTaLoRgY 3 years ago
FABULOUS!!!!!!
bubylugo88 3 years ago
look at his face up to 1:18 ^^
He is sooo go(o)d
JakWho92 3 years ago 3
Nagyon szépen adja elő a darabot /sry for hungarian/
mickyss18 3 years ago
i know i get flamed every time i say this, but i honestly think arcadi volodos is better than horowitz was
petethepianist 3 years ago 4
Mmh, quite a strong statement, to say that Volodos is better than Horowitz. Why do you believe this?
dpkaiser 3 years ago
He is not better than Horowitz.
maxi937 3 years ago
That's his opinion. you don't have to get "flamed" as he says by this comment. All you have to you have to do is politely disagree like the above. Personally I disagree with you and think Horowitz is unmatched but oh well.
werq34ac 3 years ago
I think they are both amazing! different type of pianists, but i have to say, i think Volodos has a slight advantage with the sound quality...
I cant believe this was the opening to his Carnegie Hall debut concert.... (volodos that is)... amazing...
birminghamcritic1987 3 years ago
I agree, that he is better
Also say it honestly)
m04gigdeadmoroz 2 years ago
What a cyborg ...funny this guy finds all regular music way too easy so he plays mainly transcriptions lol and still executes all this madness with grace ...freak lol but good freak
VioletKIng69 3 years ago
I agree, he's a lot of fun to watch and he really kills those pieces that most pianists save for the encores. But I'm not sure I'd like to hear him play, say, Debussy...
exackerly 2 years ago 2
i'm dogs
Ashby92 3 years ago
This guy is great. I like the way he combines delicacy with power.
genevieve70 3 years ago 5
He is incredibly good!
wnxg4nd4lf 3 years ago
This sounds like fun:)
luvmoosic 3 years ago 2
This is the Liszt/Horowitz arrangement of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15.
ExVash 3 years ago
i thought that there was another march by liszt with that name, what an ignorant i am
legnaaaa 3 years ago
I like how he added to the transition in the middle from what Horowitz did.
barnold81 3 years ago
Amazing interpretation of the Hungarian March. I did the arrangement by Hector Berlioz in a band with the 2007 Oregon Ambassadors of Music Europe tour. This piano piece is fantastic I listen to this a lot :)
Sharmanator55 3 years ago
Absolutely terrific performance by Mr. Volodos! His playing has some almost unbelievable moments. It's also wonderful that he is not jsut mere virtuoso like some other guys who mistaken themselves for arstist (and they also mistaken this piece for nothing more than stunning show).
By the way, those who haven't heard the Horowitz's studio recording (his only one of this piece) from 1950... they just haven't heard anything.
Spiritakis 3 years ago
Great!!!! I love his technique, no matter how hard of the pieces, just take it easy.
essenchua 3 years ago 2
Anyone who can criticise this must be a hell of a pianist. This guy is unbelievable.
re6356 3 years ago
Horowitz is a genius if he did arrange this piece. So much creativity from him. Re-arranging a high quality rhapsody to such an amazing result is no small feat!
killergirls 3 years ago
awesome!!
themfromspace 3 years ago
its not really a transcription of Berlioz Faust: both composers used a traditional Hungarian song written C.1730
hetybo 3 years ago
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he missed a lot of notes in the key at times, but maybe its just cuz he was going friggin hyperspeed. lol im good at piano, but holy shit i've never heard licks like that. woooo good job dude whom i dont even know your name. ur awesome!
jcrixell92 3 years ago
You must not be a very good pianist if: 1) You think he missed a lot of notes because "he was going friggin hyperspeed" and 2) If you've never heard "licks like that."
robotchicken415 3 years ago
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in fact i am good at piano you cocklick. and im drum major of my band, and im also a 5A all state trombone player. so you should STFU because i do in fact know a thing or two about music. asshole
jcrixell92 3 years ago
you might be smart in music, but you should learn manners.
barrister2u 3 years ago 45
On the Sony cd,'Volodos - live at Carnegie Hall' the track is listed 'Liszt apres Horowitz' so yeah, its horowitz's arrangement of Liszt's 15th Hungarian Rhapsody. Phenomenal playing and he plays it better than Horowitz.
SJM1977 3 years ago 2
but why is he 'executing Liszt'? Did Liszt do something wrong, is he a terrorist?
HavocVulture 3 years ago
if you say the transcription is not liszt, its horowitz/liszt, i saw a vid of guy playing original version, :D
heroicpolonaise 3 years ago
Executing Liszt's piece at the piano isn't killing him. It's a compliment. 'Execution' means he's pulling it off, like when an ice skater executes a jump.
Entertainer114 3 years ago
lol
SuperIby 3 years ago
why is there a piece of toilet tissue in the piano? does it improve the acoustics?
i'm going to try it on my piano right now
hughyughy 3 years ago
lol
craigsunny198 3 years ago
No, it's really just for show. Soloists sometimes wipe the sweat from their palms and fingers with a handkerchief between pieces during their program. Every time I've performed a concerto, my teacher's made me bring up a handkerchief onstage, even if I'm not nervous, it's what "the pros" seems to all do. The handkerchief isn't on the strings, so it wouldn't affect the sound.
Entertainer114 3 years ago
You're kidding me? The cloth isn't even on the wires so it would have no impact on acoustics. It's just to wipe the keys down & dry hands between performances.
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wkk94 4 years ago
why is this song sounds exactly like Berlioz's hungarian march in damnation of faust?
xxpockyluverxx 4 years ago
because it's a folkloric thema!
Nrj71 4 years ago 3
Yes, that is because this is Liszt's piano transcription of Berlioz' Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust. He wrote it before he went to Hungary to win over his audience (automatically done when paying homage to their country) and later incorporated it into the opera. He wasn't all that pleased with piano transcriptions of any of his work, but he and Liszt were friends so he didn't stop him.
aretrospection 4 years ago
oh... thnx for the information :]
xxpockyluverxx 3 years ago
it is not a "song"
waldoelchulo 3 years ago
i totaly agree whith you dear getayuizv. a radetzki marsnak mas a szelleme!!!
boercsilla 4 years ago
I hope I can see Cziffra or Horowitz himself play this...
felix0911176727 4 years ago
Range of Volodos:
{Volodos l nobody>Volodos>Horowitz, Cziffra, VolodosER}
you understand?
eeevildictator 4 years ago
It's great violinist Itzhak Perlman in disguise!!
DevilViolinist 4 years ago
sounds alot like the Berlioz damnation of faust
hungarian dance
onaip80 4 years ago
I'm Hungarian, and prince Rakoczi is a symbol of freedom in hungary. I just can't comply with the Horowitz-version, because this music got too far from the original "Rakoczi feeling". The "Rákóczi feeling" is of war and exile, and not a virtuoso-harmonic painting of mountains and rivers.
qetayuizv 4 years ago
I agree. The original is to be preferred. I cannot understand why some pianists play Horowitz's versions of certain pieces. They always sound inferior.
ssprokofiev 4 years ago
not agree! Liszt did also transcriptions like that ! It's a great tradition from 19th century, all the best pianists did that on this time! Horowitz like Volodos continue this tradition!If you are not pianist, you can't understand...
Nrj71 4 years ago
If I am not a pianist, I cannot understand? Then I guess Liszt and Horowitz wrote their music only for pianists, like you. You understand--you're part of that inner circle. They wrote for the few, then, not for the massses. They were inferior, then. That would have to be your stance here. To me, the Liszt original is to be preferred. What Volodos and the others write is, frankly, crap. I'm not a doctor, but I know when I'm taking bad medicine, and I'm not a pianist, but I UNDERSTAND.
ssprokofiev 4 years ago
Technically Liszt didn't write the original as this is a transcription of a Hungarian folk song, like all the hungarian rhapsodies.
VikingBerserker 4 years ago 2
Amazing! I have to be a pianist to understand? I'm always intrigued by that kind of remark. So, I guess Horowitz and Liszt wrote music only for pianists. And so Horowitz must have written his inferior transcriptions for inferior pianists. I don't want to sound so sarcastic, but Horowitz was not a composer of merit, and his transcriptions, showy as they are, are musically inferior. Liszt's are not.
ssprokofiev 4 years ago
I said this : you don't have the same perception of music if you are or not a musician or a pianist.Liszt was not only a great pianist but also a great composer. It's true that Horowitz was not a great composer that's why he's only known as a transcription's composer and not like a true composer.Their interest is only pianistic. Anyway, they are fantastic in virtuosity and sound effects. So in this way, they are as great as Liszt'ones.
Nrj71 4 years ago
The arrangement is flashier and more impressive to an audience I'm afraid.
SJM1977 3 years ago
VOLODOS YOU ARE THE BEST!!!
xxxxxolguxxx 4 years ago 3
Bravoo Volodos .. Bravooooo!!! Horowitz must be really proud! ;)
nightblade37 4 years ago 4
this is HOROWITZ'S INTERPRETATION of this piece. thank you very much for posting it but PLEASE WRITE SOMEWHERE WHOSE PIECES THESE REALLY ARE. some people don't know and think they're listening to Liszt's original writings.
would anyone know where i can find Liszt's original version?
ibclappin 4 years ago
i can pretty much close my eyes and pretend Horowitz is playing this; in this performance Volodos shows nothing less than a legend.
ibclappin 4 years ago
Awesome, but the version Tamas Vasary made for DG was much more intense!
vezzmon 4 years ago
Hats off and a deep bow in awe to maestro Volodos !!!
What can anyone say... Simply awesome !!!
Regards for the post !!!
GEMIDZIJA 4 years ago
je te remercie camarade gaulois (Flouip)
Djulso 4 years ago
Kirk Hammett of Piano!
hammettalica 4 years ago
Hammett sucks
johndoe1990 4 years ago
Funny boy.
hammettalica 4 years ago
LOL
johndoe1990 4 years ago
wooooooooooooooow A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
bubylugo88 4 years ago
ttention instant culture: je me trompe ou on entend cette musique dans la grande vadrouille, Y atil un âme suffisamment franchouillarde pour me répondre
Djulso 4 years ago
Mon sens de la camaraderie franchouillarde me fait te répondre que ce morceau est effectivement présent dans la Grande Vadrouille, au début du film mais dans sa version orchestrale, "dirigée" par Louis de Funès et le brio qu'on lui connait.
flouip 4 years ago
Great piano player.
nico22059 4 years ago
bravissimo...sopra lo stesso Horowitz...
keyplay89 4 years ago
Kapayazi808...eres un poco cortito...Creo que frío tienes tú el cerebro...
Maguelis 4 years ago
Wonderful, too bad I can't understand that.
kapayazi808 4 years ago
Lol wtf, why are you making fun that he's a little overweight. Id like you to go up there and play that well skinny boy.
thunder1909 4 years ago
Give that man a burger! And extra fries if he wants - this is just about the most fun you can have without laughing. I thought Gilels took liberties, but Arcadi goes further and gets away with it.
edgeley8 5 years ago
cmon, this is one viruouso's interpretation of another virtuoso's (Horiwitz's) riff of another virtuouso's (Liszt's) basically improvised piece. There aren't any liberties to be taken- this isn't Mozart, you're supposed to show your chops and your heart in this piece, not your polished lyricism. He plays the right notes, and he plays them with a hell of a lot of heart. bravo
jamespmul123 4 years ago