I got a chance to meet him right after a concert - I told him I thought his playing was out of this world, and he kept bowing his head and saying thank you and please when I asked to take a picture :) - and what struck me above all was how humble he was. It was a true experience, almost as amazing as hearing him play.

man . . . I've seen a lot of people play this piece, and man . . . Volodos himself is like the only one who can play it right!

therapist: pianist magnus carlsen doesn’t exist, he can’t hurt you. pianist magnus carlsen:

2:16 - 2:24 that energy, those octaves. my god. Like a machine gun... it sounds so good.

2:42 the camera couldn't handle the awesomeness anymore.

Who knew you only needed two hands for an entire orchestra.

The gravity of his octaves is astounding, I've never heard ANYONE get those tones out of a piano, it was like a whole instrument and the polyphonic voices in his arrangement, mien gott, großartig und wunderbar!

2:08 물아일체 그 자체... 시대에 남을 유려한 연주를 몇 번의 클릭만으로 접할 수 있는 세상에 살고 있다는 것이 감사하다... 카메라가 손가락 움직이는 속도를 따라오지를 못하네

Volodos is not only a virtuoso, but also a great artistic interpreter as well.

Let’s take a minute to admire how well constructed this pianoforte is! The dynamic range is just superb!

The power he delivers, its just insane. Aside from perfect piano techniques, this man has Magnificent power

No joke but actually I have watched this about 200 times now. That's how much I love this piece!!

이 사람 볼로도스가 편곡한 버전 진짜 잘치네 라고생각하고있었는데 이 사람이 볼로도스였어.....

Every time I lose the motivation to practice, I watch this and I'm back on it :)

No one plays the Turkish March better than Volodos--not Yuja Wang and not anyone else. He has the exact right amount of precision, speed and musicality that I would expect out of anyone who takes on a piece like this. I was also here for this performance in person as well.

It’s pieces like this that keep me motivated to get good at piano and to never give up! You da man Volodos!!!

The true power in his playing is incredible. There's a lot of other performances of this arrangement, but nobody can match his sheer power!

I was fortunate to have been in the audience at this concert, at the tail end of the last century. If memory serves me, this was his final encore (our of seven or so -- I lost count).

Level of Piano Piece: VOLODOS ! Words can't describe how insane this Man is, love every single aspect of this Masterwork, thank you soo much. Every 2-3 Month's i am coming back to listen to this Piece over the last 10 years :)

My god what a performance, the power clarity, precise playing. He plays it better than anyone else. I’ve played it many times and it’s pure magic every time.

Fabulous - just love this arrangement! Volodos never fails to impress - he produces a great sound and always shows great flair in his interpretations :-)

OMG, fabulous arrangement only matched by his incredible playing!

this is by far one of the best pieces of music I have ever heard or seen played on the piano transcribed to play more full. I have heard this songthousandsof times

Love the bass on this piano! One of the most powerful and clear bass strings I've ever heard on a piano... Of course, the performance was awesome : ) Thanks for the post.

no doubt he himself plays this one better than anyone else. since I heard this, it's been being played in my head and I am not able to stop it.

Everytime I listen to this, I imagine this is what madness sounds like. And yet, I can't seems to stop listening to it.

The most exciting encore (and end of a presumably excellent recital) you could possibly hope for as an audience member.

This man started playing when he was seventeen. And look at him now. You’re not too late to start playing!

HAHAHA That lag at the end of video. Seems like youtube can't handle this piece.

This is the best piano piece on KZfaq.

The best interpretation I have ever listened to. ❣❤

Absolutely STUNNING! Holy jeepers.. that left hand. Both of them, really.

The bass on that piano :o

Mozart: Turkish March is an intermediate level song. Volodos: Hold my beer.

This is too awesome, he deserves more recognition

My mouth was literally opened nearly throughout the whole video!!!! :O absolutely amazing!!!!! :DDD

One of the most powerful displays on a piano I've found even after watching and listening to well over 10,000 pieces in my life. Very few people REALLY make use of the full dynamic range of a piano. Volodos and Hofmann are the most notable for me. I'd love to hear anyone else's recommendation for some performances as powerful as the two guys I mentioned

Those bass notes! Goosebumps!

Volodos is great. that is for sure. But I just love the piano....it has such beautiful and strong sound. The craftmanship of the creator and tuner....its amazing.

That's marvelous. Unbelievable. What a master!

Impresionante!!! Espectacular!! Magnifico!! No me alcanzan las palabras. Para describir esta Genialidad.

I’ve played piano for 34 years professionally for 15 years started playing at 7 and sir you are absolutely an amazing player. You have mastered the skill of the keys. Such a joy to hear you play. Your technique is flawless. Wow love it all

every single note is played so intelligently, nothing wrong in musicality... profond technic, which allows him to do everything...

Congratz on 100k views! This song is one of my favorites; thanks for posting!

Fucking Arcadi Volodos 🔥🔥🔥🔥. The greatest piano player who's ever lived in my opinion. He's plays piano the way Barry sanders would run a football. With grace and tuning and articulation and wit and build up and tension and meticulousness and dynamic and range, and on the turn of a dime he's twisting your audible senses farther than anyone has ever taken a piano. This man is an underrated genius and he came out before he could have gone viral. I hope he can put out one monsterous well recorded video of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no.3 before he dies because his 2000 release is the pinnacle of classical music to me since its release and I'm dying for a video of him pulling off that feat of master craftsmanship 🙏

2:20 OMG look at his left hand

This guy is an absolute monster. My friend first showed me this piece. He was sort of a piano prodigy and he picked this up after 2 or 3 days of practice... I have it uploaded on my channel if you guys want to see it. Honestly it was amazing to me when I saw him play it and I was completely blown away but of course, the original OG Volodos plays it flawlessly. Amazing.

Incredible,their are many great technicians today ,but because of volodos temperament and incredible sound he is in the top tear ,and what a left hand,,,

Just about the craziest thing I've ever seen or heard.

He has such majestic force and power when he plays

Impressive! and thanks for the sheet music.

i love this masterpiece of volodos, its just amazing !

대애~~~~~박!!!!!!!!!! 역시 원곡자가 치는건 비교불가구나~~~~~~~ 피아노가 아니라 오케스트라 음향이 들림!!!!!!!!!! 짱!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for some reason, i love the sound at 1:39, especially those wicked 8th notes

I just recently put up a pdf of this piece with fingering to make it less brutal for other pianists to learn. It's in the description of my performance of this piece if any of you are interested.

That might just be the best thing I have ever heard.

이 곡을 흉내낸 다른 피아니스트들과는 정말 비교가 안된다 디테일과 힘의 차이..! 최고

The audience did a "'Wombo Combo' OOhhhh" at the end there it was so good...

I heard this more than 20 times,but never fails to wow me everytime

Es un mounstruo!!!!! Love this rock way of playing that piece!

To all those who despise transcriptions: many great composers and performers have made transcriptions - it is quite normal practice. In fact, Liszt himself, who made many transcriptions of works by composers such as Verdi and Bellini, would have been proud of this wonderful transcription. If you don't like it, DON'T LISTEN!

너무너무 잘친다 누굴까 생각했는데 원곡자였구나 역시..

Simplesmente viciante de ouvir. Gênial Volodos!

For me he is the best piano player on this planet!

원곡도 대단하지만 편곡이 어마어마하다.... 너무멋있다. 어떻게 따로놀지. 왼손오른손 자유롭다

Wow! What a virtuoso! Amazing!

it's incredible!!! i hard to think that oneself play this.

No hay un pianista como Arcadi!!! EXQUISITED EN ESTADO PURO!!!!

today it's 10 years old i listen to it almost everyday......

손열음보고 왓는데 창작자는 감정선이 다르네 ㄷㄷ

No one can play this like him 🎹 Just my opinion He did it AMAZING 🎼🎵BRAVO 👏

Superhuman … just astounding virtuosity

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From the way Volodos plays you'd think he had gigantic hands, but he really doesn't.

Man and Instrument in perfect harmony.

Wow...Overhelmingly entertaining! Mozart would have been very proud of such performance.

One of my favorite songs ever. I'm currently learning some parts from this arrangement. Insanely hard...

One of the greatest virtuosi who has ever lived without a doubt. He equals or outshines what Busoni, Hofman, Cziffra, and Horowitz did in this realm and is certainly the equal of Stephen Hough, Evgeny Kissin, Denis Matuev, and Marc André Hamelin. More important, however, is that Volodos plays deceptively simple material like Schumann's Waldscenen with such tender understanding and subtlety he can break your heart. In that regard he and Stephen Hough are on an equal plane. Besides all that Volodos is a lovable Teddy Bear of a man -- a rare quality in coincert artists.

Sacrée transcription jouée par l'arrangeur lui même, avec quel brio !

Bravo, très belle performance et créativité!

I like the chair he's sitting on

2:20 playing the piano is like holding a baby's head

Genialer Pianist !!!!!!!!!!!! Bravo always !!!!!!!!!!!

This performance just blows my mind!

C’est incroyable

Oh, my god!! Volodos player fantastic

Feeling a bit jealous now...wonderful memories for you... I did hear Rubinstein and Horowitz live, and a concert by de Larrocia in Mendelssohn and Debussy will always be unsurpassed in MY memories. The pianists of today I hope will inspire young people like we were by some of the great dead...

The best living pianist.

진짜 깔끔하게 잘친다👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

This is the only recording I could find with strong bass.

This man is really very good!!!!

Great pianist! Pianist and MUSICIAN!

For fuck's sake! THE CAMERA'S FPS IS NOT ENOUGH FOR HIS HANDS!!

If you listen to the 1998 recital in Carnegie Hall, not the cd concert but the one hear on YT , you can hear that this clip is from that concert. The 1996 version on his first cd is about 3 min long, this clip is 2m50sec long and that's exactly as long as the Carnegie Hall performance.

Amazing. I think I might have heard this piece before.

For those who make bad comments to this video, i feel sorry for you. I have been listening to his transcriptions hes made up until this final piece. The young man who posted this video even made a couple of videos of himself plating the piece. I dont think he is even 25 or 30 yet. Volodos looks near 40 or 50. I love the comment, how to debase a steinway in o e easy session. If you fast forward 2:20, i would like to see any critic chop that out like volodos does. Go!

I imagine Volodos thinking something like "What happens if I play the Turkish Marsh twice at the same time?" and coming up with this master piece

Volodos- best pianist

this guy is awesome.

2:33 is probably the hardest part... that double jumping is insane...