I think this video shows how unjust are those who think that Maestro Cziffra was just a virtuoso performar: he was a brilliant, sensitive, emotional performar indeed. He went through terrible things during his life, I recommend everyone to read his autobiographical book 'Guns And Flowers'.

@bhh1988

4 жыл бұрын

'Guns and Flowers' is my favorite book. His life story is unbelievable. Made me both cry and laugh.

@preludio423

4 жыл бұрын

bhh1988 Amazing book right??? It’s incredible how he managed to play piano even after going through intensive labor and torture while captured by soviet forces.

@themoroccanpianist8953

4 жыл бұрын

Cannons & Flowers: The Memoirs of Georges Cziffra

@zzambezi1959

4 жыл бұрын

@@themoroccanpianist8953 Thanks for the correction. I knew only the Hungarian title "Ágyúk és virágok".

@themoroccanpianist8953

4 жыл бұрын

@@zzambezi1959 no problem

Ilyen könnyedséggel, pontossággal, szabadsággal, fegyelemmel és játékossággal egyszerre, még senkitől sem hallottam. Mester, köszönjük!

Simply outstanding. Cziffra was probably the most virtuoso pianist of the 20th century, but also a musician of tremendous depth and expressiveness. What fantastic and emotional interpretations. Sober, yet very expressive. Bravo, Maestro Cziffra.

@RaineriHakkarainen

2 жыл бұрын

NOT TRUE! Cziffra The raw rough ice cold hammer! Cziffra The Mad crazy Roar fashion bashing playing! Cziffra his Mendelssohn piano concerto no 1 is The most awful trash empty low art Ever! The Best greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein ( The GOD) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan of The piano The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff ( The most beautiful piano sound Ever) Sviatoslav Richter Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Ever) Alexei Lubimov Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin Stanislav Igolinsky Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg! Proffesor Malinin Said that Mozart playing is The most difficult! The Best greatest Mozart piano concertos players Are really=Mozart 17 Dezo Ranki Mozart 18 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 19 Radu Lupu Mozart 20 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 21 Radu Lupu ( The others The Good=Artur Rubinstein Murray Perahia Vladimir Ashkenazy Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin) Mozart 22 Laura Mikkola Natalia Trull Jörg Demus Robert Casadesus Mozart 23 Solomon Cutner ( The others The Good=Grigory Sokolov Wilhelm Kempff Vladimir Horowitz Radu Lupu Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin) Mozart 24 Grigory Sokolov Maria Grinberg ( The Good=Wilhelm Kempff Mikhail Pletnev Gina Bachauer) Mozart 25 Murray Perahia Mozart 27 Alexei Lubimov ( The others=Emil Gilels Vladimir Ashkenazy Murray Perahia Stanislav Bunin Natalia Trull)

@CasaBlanca1337

2 жыл бұрын

@@RaineriHakkarainen I think you might have a stroke

@Itemtotem

7 ай бұрын

That's why the video is 1337 long

The noted Hungarian-born French pianist, Georges [originally György Cziffra. He became noted at the age of 5, improvising on popular tunes in bars and circuses. His teachers at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest included Ernő Dohnányi. His education was interrupted by World War II, when he served in the Hungarian army. After the war he continued his studies at the Franz Liszt Academy with Ferenczi, but was once more distracted from music when he was arrested in 1950 for his rebellious political views, and was held under forced labour. He was released from jail in 1953, but was again endangered by the abortive Hungarian revolt in 1956. In 1956, convinced that he could have no peace under Communist rule, on the eve of the Hungarian insurrection and after a stunning account of Béla Bartók's second piano concerto (EMI References), György Cziffra escaped with his wife (Soleilka - of Egyptian origin) and son to Vienna where his recital at the Brahmsaal caused a sensation. News of this event reached The New Yorker. His Paris debut the following year caused a furore - his London debut at the Royal Festival Hall in Franz Liszt's first concerto and Hungarian Fantasy similarly. His meteoric career continued with concerts throughout Europe and debuts at the Ravinia Festival (Grieg and F. Liszt concertos with Carl Schuricht) and Carnegie Hall New York with Thomas Schippers. He always performed with a large leather wristband, as a memento of his years in labour. In 1968 he became a naturalised French citizen. In 1973 he founded the St.-Frambourg Royal Chapel Foundation in Senlis, France to assist young musicians and artists. He died in Senlis, 72 years old, from a heart attack resulting from series of complications from lung cancer. ** György Cziffra was best known for his interpretations of works of the Romantic repertoire. He is most known for his brilliant and extravagant recordings of Franz Liszt's virtuoso works. Cziffra had a remarkable virtuoso technique and was a master at improvisation.

@bogdanpaul8043

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this biopic...

@MessianicMTPianist

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this chronology of Cziffra's life --well written and very informative. Are these your own words? In any case, thank you. What a delight to learn more details about this remarkable man. And, we must realize how much he suffered during his years in forced labor --that his hands were broken and that he had to set out to strengthen them again through much physical therapy and will-power in order to resume his career ...and, because with all true musicians, going on with life without playing one's instrument would be a bleak existence, can we imagine Cziffra resigning himself to never play again?! God forbid. What he gift and source of inspiration he has given the world.

What a pianist. Astounding!

Probably the best rendition of the fantasy Impromptu possible

@MessianicMTPianist

3 жыл бұрын

Sublime and magnificent

Imádom !!! -mint EMBERT és mint MŰVÉSZT...az én " listámon " Világelső !!!!

MERCI À MAÎTRE GYÖRGY CZIFFRA pour son immense travail. Sa musique interprétée avec tant d'émotion qui adoucit les coeurs meurtris. Quel TRÉSOR ! ---

Ez egy csoda. Egyetlen, megismételni nem lehet.💞🙏

12:32 - 12:40 you can hear cries of desperation here, it's like someone begging for forgiveness... this is beyond a transcendental performance of this impromptu. the best ever.

Croiser ne serait que 20 secondes cette un interprétation magnifique c'est donner un déjà un sens à sa vie... Le souffle dune extase

C est la perfection incarnée ,pour moi c est lui le meilleur car il peut jouer fortissimo sans oublier les pianissimi et il vit ce qu il joue avec une sensibilité et une Musicalité parfaite ! À ce niveau là c' est un Virtuose et je dirai même un génie ! de plus il joue sur un Steinway et le son est beaucoup plus beau que sur un piano forte ! Un Virtuose de ce niveau ne devrait jamais mourir ! pour continuer d' enchanter le monde entier !!!!

Je ne me lasse pas de l'écouter. Un grand parmi les grands. Et j'ai eu le bonheur de le connaître et d'assister à ses concerts. Un grand Monsieur

this video is just too magnificent!!!!!

I love this performance of Schubert's Impromptu above all others, even Rachmaninoff's. The Chopin also is incomparable and eclipses everyone else. This video is priceless.

Super clean articulation yet also warmly expressive.

Quelle poésie ! Un génie du piano,à tous points de vue. Le plus grand des grands.

I loved listening this piece in my tweenies. It's hard to find the "perfect performance" for any tune, but geez this is as close as it gets.

Ifju korom egyik legszebb élménye volt őt hallgatni.Egyik legzseniálisabb zongora múvészünk volt.

@botondzagoni550

5 жыл бұрын

Nekem is! 1986 febr. Sopron!

non solo il Leone della Tastiera lisztiano.. : meraviglioso musicista e poeta.

Beautiful!

Aujourd'hui 15 janvier 2019 -25ième anniversaire de son décès. Je veux lui rendre hommage . Je crois qu'il est le pianiste du XXième siècle . R.I.P.

@botondzagoni550

5 жыл бұрын

J'ai eu l'occassion d'assister a son récital a Sopron (Hongrie) en février 1986, - un pianiste fantastique... Il a parcouru une carriere incroyable. Il a été emprisonné par le régime communiste dans les années '50 en Hongrie... Au début des années '50 il a travaillé dans un bar a Budapest comme pianiste, il était banni des salles de concert. En octobre 1956 il a quitté la Hongrie et il s'est installé a Senlis.(F)

One of the best fantasies impromptu like a real maestro, some of the other ones are too theatrical & the Schubert song was just beautiful

Wow Chopin is simply marvellous.....

Thank you piano345 for upload. Thank you, dear Georges, you will live for ever in our hearts and minds.

Wow! Great dynamics, he has great touch as well. He’s going on my list of best performers

8:10 fantaisie impromptu

Marvellous 😊❤👍

So strong and beautiful

Splendid as ever ! Thanks very much piano 345 for your choices !

@piano345

8 жыл бұрын

+Odile Reneleau Well Odile, we both admire Cziffra's wonderful playing.

@odilereneleau3464

8 жыл бұрын

Absolutely dear piano 345 ! we ' re fans for ever !

greatest pianist of XX.s. Everebody else alike as imitation.

best

Una maravilla !! Gracias

nice

Bravo!!!!!!!

Какой он замечательный!

It was Cziffra, and the others.

@joethompson1724

4 жыл бұрын

pianosenzanima why do you keep saying this

Cziffra György szerintem a XX. sz. legjobb magyar klasszikus zongoristája volt,-improvizációi is bámulatosak,- vagy legalábbis Liszt és Chopin vonalán!

E X C E L E N T E !!!!!!!!

@piano345

7 жыл бұрын

Yes - a complete contrast to Cziffra the fiery Lisztian.

Ez azért olyan gyönyörű mert mintha az egész életének öröme, bánata szenvedése benne lenne a darabban, a játékában

@czror

3 жыл бұрын

I used google translator , sorry man . And yes, you are right ... joy and sadness and everything in his interpretation...Gyorgy was only one.

@szilardpetrik90

Жыл бұрын

Nagyon illik hozzá Hamvas Béla írása Wordsworth költészete kapcsán, "a halhatatlanság híradása" címmel, különösen, amikor az örömet tárgyalja benne.

What incredible phrasing. The pace (tempo) isn't rushed as it sometimes is by other performers. Not sure I'd 'always' want to hear the impromptu this slow, however, the tempo allows the expressive elements to shine through with clarity!

@syourke3

5 жыл бұрын

Dennis J. P. Costanzo It’s an allegretto, not allegro. This the a good tempo for it although I think the middle section could be more exciting, it drags a bit.

@damiangilz

5 жыл бұрын

Well, in reality Cziffra couldn't play it fast. He's not that kind of a pianist.

@ustadspencertracy7195

5 жыл бұрын

@@damiangilz Hah!! Good one.

@SamTahbou

3 жыл бұрын

@@damiangilz this joke is priceless. I'm glad I came to the comment section.

Боже какой контраст с вечно потным и тучным Гилельсом и деревяным идолом Рихтером!,,В его черепе как под куполом Микельанжело..." провозгласил вечно пьяный Нейгауз!

Je parlais de l'Impromptu n°4 opus 90 de Schubert et de la Fantaisie de Chopin .

this song is childs play for cziffra

10:55 What did he play here? Never heard this version before 🤔

@musical_lolu4811

3 жыл бұрын

Why does it have to be a 'version'?

I love how he looks at the audience while playing😆at 8:40

Meg tudja mondani valaki, melyik évben játszik itt?

If you would play like this you would get kick out of any conservatory which i see as a problem...

@cziffrathegreat666

Жыл бұрын

WHAT nobody in your damned conservatory will ever interpret this piece better than cziffra did here.

La publicité au milieu c'est vraiment un choix de merde.

C'est au dessus de tout commentaire

@bernardghibaudo1068

5 ай бұрын

Dont acte.

Compared with Cziffra, Horowitz is a silly little boy, with skill at the keyboard. We're still waiting for soul and passion from H.

@leot7

6 жыл бұрын

What

@jamesfrank5271

6 жыл бұрын

Was that a question?

@leot7

6 жыл бұрын

I guess I'm confused by your comment. I didn't mean to sound critical or aggressive, but maybe you could elaborate for me?

@nihilistlemon1995

6 жыл бұрын

U must have never heard of Horowitz in the 1930s . He was a titan .

@philipdecker789

3 жыл бұрын

was fuer ein Bloedsinn