Werk: Caresse dansée for piano, Op.57 no.2

Had the piece been much longer, pianist, instrument, audience and hall would surely have been consumed by some Pentecostal fire. Which is more or less what the composer had in mind.

Arcadi Volodos a livré un récital exceptionnel au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Virtuose, prestidigitateur, ascète, le pianiste a happé le public dans Schubert, Rachmaninov et Scriabine.

Armed with extraordinary precision, the Russian pianist brings as much elegance to his compatriots Rachmaninov and Scriabin as he does to Schubert.