Monday 22 July 2002

Bravo Akady Volodos! I have really enjoyed this CD over many hearings. Above all, perhaps, for the Liszt second Hungarian Rhapsody, the Schubert-Liszt Liebesbotschaft and the Tchaikovsy-Feinberg scherzo from the Pathétique Symphony. Virtuoso stuff, and quite exhilarating. Why on earth hasn’t Volodos made more virtuoso CDs? (Silly question; he is grossly overweight, and is recorded by Sony. Wrong image. Woe unto us!)

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