Arcadi Volodos - Horowitz/Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever

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Uploaded by on Apr 12, 2008

This is famed Russian pianist Arcadi Volodos playing the virtuosic Horowitz arrangement of John Phillip-Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever"

those left hand octaves look killer..

God bless this man for conquering this piece!

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  • Such a great song arranged by one of my favorite pianist (Horowitz) played on my favorite instrument played by one of my favorite pianists :D

  • Volodos does a great job playing this.

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  • if Volodos finds it difficult, what chance do us normal mortals have???

  • @meistersinger92 Oh yeah, playing piano like that will get your forearms jacked!

  • I don't ever want to hear that musicians are unathletic ever again. Also, I wonder how out of tune the piano was by the end.

  • 1 person is a bitch ...

  • Awesome!

  • No I wouldn't write the same thing if it were in reverse order.Maybe you can't tell the difference between the two performances. I certainly can.

  • @pvonberg

    And if the two versions had been released in reverse chronology, would you be saying the same thing about the Horowitz version?

  • He shouldn't make such face expressions while playing. One should always make piano playing look easy, I think.

  • Nice try. Reminds me of those painters who produce fake Rembrandts. At first glance you think you're looking at a Rembrandt, the guy reproduced everything perfectly. Then you realize the work is a brilliant imitation.That there is nothing of the artist's

    's own vision. Flying fingers, yes. Horowitz'z demonism, subtlety, sly wit, no.

  • he is a BEAST! damn!

  • steinway rules. any steinway

  • What a masterful video to post on youtube containing one of the most patriotic peices in history. Volodos truely has immense talent to play three and four part melodies at once and at the tempo he preforms at.

  • look at all the stupid slappers with their fans trying to imagine they are in the victorian high class,what a load of toffee nosed snobs-shoot the lot of them

  • one of my fav transcriptions!!!

    bravo! well done!

  • indubitably

  • does anyone know if there exists the whole recording of this concert somewhere?

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