Arcadi Volodos - Volodos Plays Brahms (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Four years after his fascinating and highly praised album with works of the Spanish composer Mompou, Arcadi Volodos went into the Berlin Teldex Studio again to deliver another reference recording, this time with the music of Johannes Brahms. Volodos has played the Brahms solo pieces over the past years in places all over the world and received highest critical acclaim for his interpretation. The Brahms solo works are perfect to show Volodos unique ability to create a special and magic sound, a sound “which lifts us, the listener, into the air and which makes us believe that the world is floating" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung). Recorded in the famous Teldex Studios Berlin in three sessions (2015 - 2017) on a great Steinway Grand Piano specially tuned by Michel Brandjes, one of the best tuners in the world. There is no editing in this recording. Volodos played every piece over and over again to develop his idea of structure and sound and chose the best version of each piece after the end of the recording.

TRACKLIST

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

1 Capriccio in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 76, No. 1 03:31
2 Capriccio in B Minor, Op. 76, No. 2 03:33
3 Intermezzo in A-Flat Major, Op. 76, No. 3 02:28
4 Intermezzo in B-Flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4 02:22
5 Drei Intermezzi, Op. 117: I. Andante moderato 05:31
6 Drei Intermezzi, Op. 117: II. Andante non troppo e con molto espressione 05:16
7 Drei Intermezzi, Op. 117: III. Andante con moto 06:39
8 Sechs Klavierstücke, Op. 118: I. Intermezzo in A Minor 01:57
9 Sechs Klavierstücke, Op. 118: II. Intermezzo in A Major 06:18
10 Sechs Klavierstücke, Op. 118: III. Ballade in G Minor 03:23
11 Sechs Klavierstücke, Op. 118: IV. Intermezzo in F Minor 02:45
12 Sechs Klavierstücke, Op. 118: V. Romanze in F Major 04:12
13 Sechs Klavierstücke, Op. 118: VI. Intermezzo in E-Flat Minor 06:10

PERSONNEL
Arcadi Volodos, piano