I was actually thinking about this some days ago. When Volodos plays a transcription he is always in technical command of it, it sounds very natural, and his sound is extremely good, and it all sounds good. But he never goes or crazy and plays in a really devil - may - fuckin - care style, so it never becomes as interesting as or . Still I like him alot, and thinks he is one of the best living pianists. Strangely I didn’t like him at all before.
For those who are Volodos fans, I heard an advance copy of his new Liszt cd (due out probably sometime next month). He does some extensive textual emending in the Vallee D’obermann, and espeicially the 13th HR–very impressive pianism.