One of the greatest recitals on record.

@carlokazaku5381

3 жыл бұрын

@Frank Romano I totally agree with you. This is indeed the greatest recital on record. I'm enjoying every bit of it.

Cziffra rimarrà per sempre un fenomeno pianistico-interpretativo unico e assolutamente irraggiungibile.

Please note that I have never put ads in the middle of any uploads.

Cziffra's legacy = a reason to live on.

@davidk7529

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a strange thing to say....... but it is absolutely true! I was discouraged and depressed at not having been able to start learning piano until the best learning years were long gone, but listening to Cziffra’s magical interpretations has given me the desire to both keep on living and to passionately pursue developing my own skill on the piano, even if I can never quite reach that level of versatility. Even the process is worth it, thanks to this pianist who showed me how to truly feel the music.

FRANZ LISZT: 0:00:00 - Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este , S.163/4. 0:07:17 - Transcendental Etude No.10, in F minor, "Appassionata", S.139/10. 0:12:44 - Valse Impromptu , S.213. 0:19:04 - Transcendental Etude No.5, in B flat major, "Feux-follets", S.139/5. 0:22:49 - Grand Galop Chromatique, S.219. 0:26:09 - Valse Oubliee No.1, S.215/1. 0:29:15 - Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 in D flat major, S.244/6 0:36:02 - Le Rossignol (Alabieff/Liszt), S.250/1 0:39:03 - Funerailles, S.173/7 0:50:20 - Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254 1:02:25 - "Aprés una lecture du Dante", Fantasia quasi sonata, S.162/7 GYORGY CZIFFRA, piano (...Be sure to check my channel, if you can! ;)...)

His Feux follets in this is absolutely inspired! His voicings and left hand are genius and are parts that I've never even heard in any other recording. Just...incredible personified!

Cziffra my best pianist ❤❤❤

@dwacheopus

10 ай бұрын

Mine as well!

Cziffra, a true genius at the piano, playing the Master Genius, Liszt!

CZIFFRA RESTERA' PER SEMPRE UN FENOMENO PIANISTICO-INTERPRETATIVO UNICO E INEGUAGLIABILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perfect touch. The Waltz Impromptu is a delight. More beautiful than his other "less romantic" recordings. Phrasing and tempos perfect as well.

He plays as if every strand of pearls on Earth suddenly broke and he gathered them all, with their lustrous skin, and dropped them as musical tones on silver. Merci beaucoup, M. piano345!! May you have the best life has to offer for giving us all the epitome of pianism personified.

When at his best, Cziffra was simply unbeatable

@davidk7529

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think I've ever heard anything less than his best

@olivierpelerin272

3 жыл бұрын

Il dit qu'à cette période "il avait la maîtrise absolue" !

@Whaijorhujishkomunyk

3 жыл бұрын

He is Liszt incarnation

@ciararespect4296

Жыл бұрын

Marc Andre Hamelin.. Hold my beer...

@cziffrathegreat666

Жыл бұрын

@@ciararespect4296 nope

A staggering performance, the ne plus ultra of transcendent pianism.

Au delà de la technique surnaturelle, la spontanéité et l'instinct musical donnent à ce récital une dimension musicale et pianistique universelle qui souligne et préserve dans le même temps l' humanisme unique de Cziffra. Alain Blanc.

@marioargentieri1778

2 жыл бұрын

.assolutamente vero,solo una grande anima può suonare in questo modo!!!!!!

Великий пианист с неординарным мышоением и грациощной виртуозностью,эмоциональной силой воздействия. Браво. Lovely pianist with great music talant.Bravo!

For big Cziffra's fan, speechless ……miss Cziffra, thank you.

Utterly beautiful!!

Grande, grande Cziffra

By far the greatest Liszt player who ever lived

@Damian_Theodoridis

Жыл бұрын

and the greatest of the 20th century

@ronwilsontringue6574

Жыл бұрын

You should hear his Rock and Roll - Elvis style !!!

Never fails to blow my mind.

wow!!...divine...

Couldn't stop listening! The Etude No.10 is the best I've ever heard. Even better than the video of him.

beautiful!! Thank you!!💕💕

Wow ...!

Fountains of villa d'este...🎹😜

Thank you piano345. That sure is a lot of music!

Transcendental pianism at the highest level.

@789armstrong

6 жыл бұрын

Some people expect pianists to play every composer superbly 24 hrs a day 7 days a week, but that's not realistic thinking. Horowitz and Richters Beethoven is no match next to Serkin or Brendel yet they are still geniuses. Cziffra plays Liszt the way Liszt himself would have played it. The horrendous suffering Cziffra went through during the war and even afterward, left a genius unsurpassed in virtuoso showpieces as well as romantic masterpieces.

Liszt as he must be played... and as you say in your presentation, a pianist who could to be so marvellously virtuoso and also delicate and so poetic... a detail that many criticists forget to mention... Cziffra was unique

@piano345

6 жыл бұрын

Yes , poetry, passion and virtuosity. Cziffra, as you say, was unique.

the rhapsodie espagnole is such well done that even the most virtuous pieces of Vladimir Horowitz are far away from these acrobatic tempi. and at thesame time he did it with such a precise rythm and control of sound. he uses the piano as an orchestra as Horowitz did.

Amazing playing......and supported by these photos, wonderful

I don't know many pianists who can get away with playing the Transcendental n. 10 like that.

Incredible beauty!

INCREÍBLE SONIDO

I personally consider this recital as one of the best ever by Cziffra. He was at his best, I don't know how many times he played such an amount of Liszt's piece in one night.This is the only live recording of Cziffra where he doesn't play the B flat one octave lower (alternate) at the end of the 6th. Rhapsody...(35:24). By the way, I prefer this way ( original). Rhapsodie Espagnole is the best ever recorded, even if I can recognize it from the wrong chord (E instead of D at 1:00:11)...

Awesome!

superb

@piano345

7 жыл бұрын

A time when Cziffra's star dazzled worldwide.

@jiggsuhhh

7 жыл бұрын

His is a star which will never go supernova, but continue to shine until the last photon disperses and light leaves.

@Santosificationable

5 жыл бұрын

@@jiggsuhhh Poetic comment.

Thank you for uploading

uno dei più bei concerti sconosciuti della storia secondo me... circa Cziffra non ho parole...

@sergiocattapan1192

2 жыл бұрын

Il top del virtuoso e della velocità, ma siamo sicuri che non sia accelerato?

@fabriziogarzi9892

2 жыл бұрын

Maestroberti, ora invece lo conosceranno in molti.

Piano345, thank you! It redefines the contours of Liszt EVEN by Cziffra's standards. What a marvellous document!!! Thank you!!!

No.1

Wow, the rhapsodie espagnole!

@steinwaygrande3971

7 жыл бұрын

and the Grand Galop Chromatique

3:23 is the most incredible thing I've ever heard on a piano ! we can hear water flawing !!!

@Santosificationable

5 жыл бұрын

Funny because I was listening to that exact segment when I saw this comment.

@RandomButBeautiful

8 ай бұрын

If you think this is like water flowing, listen to Arrau's 1929 recording and you will fall into the fountain!

@SELMER1947

8 ай бұрын

@@RandomButBeautiful Sorry not to give you this pleasure but I didn't fall in the fountain... I know very well this Arrau record, great record but in Debussy, Michelangeli is above and in Liszt...nobody can approach Liszt's hungarish and gypsy soul like Cziffra did...the only one could was Simon Barere...

@RandomButBeautiful

8 ай бұрын

@@SELMER1947 very interesting.. well, you are a connoisseur. Full agreement on the 'hungarish and gypsy soul', for which Cziffra is without question the one.. but there are so many facets to Liszt; Arrau captures some of his noble aspects, and there are others but I won't ramble on.

Cziffra fut également un artiste Gaveau, Il enregistra tous ses disques Philips avec cette firme.

That nr.1 and 2 was so brilliant. omg.

It could have been on February 22nd 1959 at the "Circolo degli Artisti"

@piano345

3 жыл бұрын

Did you know someone who attended the concert?

@mlaux72

3 жыл бұрын

​@@piano345 No unfortunately, i just looked on a local newspaper archive (La Stampa) and I found the concert notice

Exhilarating.

1:01:31 nice little touch

Solidifies the reality that Cziffra was an alien... not of this world!

@davidk7529

5 жыл бұрын

Or a mutant @.o heh

No one has ever touched a piano with so much sensitivity, passion and virtuosity combined

@ciararespect4296

2 жыл бұрын

Except Marc Andre hamelin

@SELMER1947

Жыл бұрын

Sorry but not the same level !! Cziffra was a giant along side with Michelangeli, Horowitz, Richter, Argerich and very few others...

@Damian_Theodoridis

Жыл бұрын

@@SELMER1947 cziffra was better than all of them

@Damian_Theodoridis

Жыл бұрын

@@ciararespect4296 cziffra is kinda better than him. hamelin makes more mistakes than him

@ciararespect4296

Жыл бұрын

@@Damian_Theodoridis err beg to disagree especially in the mistakes dept. Hamelin rarely makes mistakes and Cziffra changes rhythm a lot including composers intentions. Also Cziffra didn't have anywhere near the repertoire Hamelin has. So MAH for the win

💕🎶⚘🎶💕

So very very sad that the g d ads keep popping up in the middle of such beautiful music only to destroy it. I hate KZread ads!

Oh, the Valse Impromptu is so beautifully articulated. As a very bad pianist, but one who still practices 3-4 hours every day at 70 years old, this is like heaven.

@piano345

7 жыл бұрын

I also practice most days for an hour or so. Cziffra was a real workman and kept his amazing technique well into his late sixties and early seventies.

@piano345

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexAlcyone I understand that he practised at least 8 hours a day. Most pianists like to warm up before going on stage.

Cziffra is God

Muy buenos todos los temas, e interpretado por este talentoso pianista.

@howljackful

6 жыл бұрын

hector guilermo Wierna ewqrtyi9opadfhjkkllkkkqrtyyuuuuioooppasdfgohjklZxcvbnmvgvcffccxxfvcbhhhhjjjjupuhhyihm My eefffd Hello

And when you think that less than 10 years before he was in a Stalinist labour camp!

@piano345

6 жыл бұрын

Yes he must have had amazing stamina. He strained his wrists being made to lift heavy lumps of marble and concrete and that's why in the early film clips you see him wearing a leather wrist band.

@davidk7529

4 жыл бұрын

So many good things were lost, delayed, or suppressed during that dark time. The survival of Cziffra and his amazing hands is a blessing to humankind that lives on thanks to recording technology that was developed just in time to effectively capture some of the best of it for future generations like us to be inspired again and again. There is joy, hardship, grief, and hope played delicately into every note. We are truly fortunate to be able to hear this epitome of musical beauty.

@piano345

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexAlcyone If you see the later video clips, he no longer wears a wrist support.

Please visit my Facebook page dedicated to Gyorgy Cziffra.

Greatest liszt pianist.

Gorgeous and magical play ! Thanks very much for this video dear piano 345 ! It's sure , I 'm going to listen to this "live" over and over again and I add it on my own chanel too !

@piano345

7 жыл бұрын

Yes Odile - astonishing virtuosity yet tender lyricism and passion in the quieter moments.

@odilereneleau3464

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot , the real happyness dear piano 345 !

I believe the climaxes might be described as other than "orgasmic". Transcendent, perhaps.

Открыла для себя этого пианиста в прошлом году. Очарована. Как можно было его не знать!

@piano345

3 ай бұрын

Yes, an amazing pianist. Please check all my uploads on KZread and my Facebook pages on Cziffra and Cherkassky.

@Marinavalerevna

3 ай бұрын

@@piano345 Спасибо Вам!

I am biased towards Cziffra as I honestly believe that he was the greatest master of the keyboard in the 20th Century. No one has dare what he can do . Take his Grand Galop Chromatique. No one comes close to Cziffra and the same goes for all his improvisations, and transcriptions, particularly the Blue Danube and Die Fledermaus

@piano345

7 жыл бұрын

Apparently Cziffra was admired by Horowitz as well as Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire and Nikita Magaloff to name but three. Of course his amazing gifts made some pianists very jealous.

@steinwaygrande3971

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed he was admired by Horowitz and many others . His legend still lives on thank goodness. Iwonder if todays young pianists can match his skill and technique ?

@DaHeichef

7 жыл бұрын

I think that his Beethoven and Chopin are generally unsatisfying, but his Liszt is legendary. He was the greatest Liszt player, in my opinion. His own transcriptions were also outstanding.

@piano345

7 жыл бұрын

Cziffra's Beethoven was stylish but rather reserved as though afraid to overdo it. He once said during an interview, 'I cannot play Beethoven so leave it to those who can.' Some of his Chopin playing is very beautiful especially the four Impromptus and the fourth Ballade.

@DaHeichef

7 жыл бұрын

piano345 I find his Beethoven to be a little bland and superficial, probably for the reason you mentioned. I like some of his Chopin, like the 4th Ballade, his earlier recordings of the A-flat major Polonaise and the 24 études (for their raw, unapologetic virtuosity and creativity), but his Chopin Waltzes are very bad, in my opinion. They lack finesse and lightness. Compare them to Kocsis' for instance. It's a staggering difference. Of course I still consider Cziffra one of the greatest, but there are no perfect pianists. Cheers

I only had a vinil (LP) recording of this amazing concert: Cziffra played almost everytime some works by Liszt in the 2nd. part of his programmes or at the end of them, but very seldom a complete Liszt recital; it was rare, so this document is amazing, thank you.

@steinwaygrande3971

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Rudel23. I to have this LP recording . Cziffra was an incredible and outstanding pianist. I must get the LP out and have another listen again

@Rudel23

7 жыл бұрын

I recognized it because at 1:00:11 of your video Cziffra ( in complete virtuosistic trance...) plays in the Rhapsodie Espagnole an E Major chord instead of a D major one...:)

Cziffra was and always will be the greatest pianist of all time. Every time you listen to the same piece played by him, it's always different, indeed always new, with new nuances, new timbres. Especially when the Spanish Rhapsody plays. How In this recording ( I put the channel link I didn't know this recording) what I can say is.... monstrous. kzread.info/dash/bejne/k5Vn2bumf6y-fZs.html&start_radio=1&ab_channel=organum1000

@RandomButBeautiful

8 ай бұрын

Cziffra might have been his equal in technique, but in all other regards, Liszt was miles ahead. There was a saying in Europe of the mid 19th century "Hear Liszt and die". I don't think that has ever been said of any other pianist. We don't have recordings but there are so many anecdotes of his outlandish abilities. Sight reading: Liszt stands as the only pianist of all time who could sight read the 1st set of Chopin studies. Memorization: In the 1840s in Berlin he did 20 recitals on 20 consecutive days with an entirely different program every night. 80 pieces from memory plus encores. There was one night he was scheduled to play a Beethoven concerto and his barber accidentally cut one of his fingers. He played the concerto on 9 fingers without problems. Improvisation; his standard concert trick was to improvise 3 pieces on the spot on themes chosen by the audience and then create a final improvised piece from all three woven together. And the catalogue goes on. People don't really grasp how far ahead Liszt was from all other musicians.

@cziffrathegreat666

4 ай бұрын

Yes ! I came across that about a year or two ago and as you say its stupendous and gives a whole new dimension to the piece !

36:03 Le Rossignol

The recital also included the concert study, Gnomenreigen.

Bonjour, puis-je me permettre de vous demander où vous avez trouvé les images pour l'illustration ? Merci, cordialement

Arkadia CDGI 905 (CD) also missed the Gnomenreigen too - kzread.info/dash/bejne/moWHs9JmetOaibA.html Complete recital can be found from Fonit Cetra LAR 35 (LP)

@piano345

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information. I have the Fonit Cetra box set.

I saw he played all 24 chopin etyds what also Pollini Ashkenazy Lisitsa managed to

where's gnomenreigen

Arrau's 1929 recording of Les Jeux is still the greatest.... but otherwise Cziffra kicks pretty much everyone's ass!

Virtuoser hat noch kein Mensch Klavier gespielt.

Where is the B-A-C-H?

@piano345

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I don't have it. I do mention that in my notes.

@CziffraTheThird

3 жыл бұрын

@@piano345 Ah! Yes yes! Please forgive me my friend! I see it now!....have a wonderful day!

pff merde ! is this legal ?? :)

Marc Andre hamelin is far better technically. Cziffra is good but even his Liszt can be too showy for liszt himself

@frankromano9064

Жыл бұрын

This is for you imbecile:kzread.info/dash/bejne/hIqbkrl6mLCtoZM.html&ab_channel=JDG

@cziffrathegreat666

Жыл бұрын

how does degree of "showiness" relate to technicality? Plus I don't think Hamelin, or any other pianist for that matter have EVER given a more thrilling recital than this

@ciararespect4296

Жыл бұрын

@@cziffrathegreat666 showiness in his efforts are in poor taste. Hamelin Liszt concert (not on yt now) is far more exciting

@pianisthenics

11 ай бұрын

I don’t think Hamelin is “far better” technically. He is definitely super clean and polished but in the live concerts he sometimes also lost the grip of his absolute controls at the instrument (still 99.9999% better than us mortals) but he’s not far better technically and Cziffra

@ahvidharris3732

10 ай бұрын

Technique is more than digital, Hamelin (great as he is!) is not this stirring of a virtuoso - Sheer musicianship that seems out of this world!