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.

Awards
Presto Editor's Choice April 2017
Presto Recordings of the Year Finalist 2017
BBC Music Magazine November 2017 Instrumental Choice
Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2017 Winner - Piano
Gramophone Magazine June 2017 Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards 2018 Winner - Instrumental

Arcadi Volodos (piano)

Composers

Brahms, Johannes (1833-97)

Works

Brahms: Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 No. 2
Brahms: Capriccio in F sharp minor, Op. 76 No. 1
Brahms: Intermezzi (3), Op. 117
Brahms: Intermezzo in A flat, Op. 76 No. 3
Brahms: Intermezzo in B flat major, Op. 76 No. 4
Brahms: Klavierstücke (6), Op. 118

Since his debut recording released in 1997, Arcadi Volodos, is celebrated as a keyboard genius, and is without a doubt one of today's most outstanding and internationally interesting pianists. His unlimited virtuosity along with his unique sense of timing, colour and poetry made him a romantic narrator of intensive stories.

On March 1st 2009 Volodos played at the Musikverein in Vienna, and subsequently toured the Vienna concert program in several German cities such as Essen, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Baden-Baden, Schwetzigen, and has received sensational reviews.

Awards
Gramophone Awards 2010 Winner - Instrumental

Arcadi Volodos (piano)

Composers

Liszt, Ferencz (1811-86)
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Schumann, Robert (1810-56)
Scriabin, Alexander Nikolayevich (1872-1915)
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich (1840-93)

Works

Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 7)
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82
Scriabin: Danse languide, Op. 51 No. 4
Scriabin: Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1
Scriabin: Guirlandes, Op. 73 No. 1
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 'White Mass'
Scriabin: Prelude, Op. 11 No. 16 in B flat minor
Scriabin: Prelude, Op. 37 No. 1 in B flat minor