I just love watching Cziffra play - there's nothing as beautiful as someone who loves the music. You can just feel that he does.

@ckchang-wg2lw

3 жыл бұрын

How are you, my friend? It's been 13 years.

@Ethan-ib5hk

3 жыл бұрын

@@ckchang-wg2lw damn he is part of some of the oldest comments of KZread really... first ever KZread comment was in 2005

@Ace-dv5ce

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ethan-ib5hk Jesus that’s the same year it was made right? I was born when you made your first yt comment 🤣

@tomowenpianochannel

2 ай бұрын

That is true with every second!

4:37 absolutely love how, unlike any other pianist, cziffra choses to play that part with only one hand, such a flex of his amazing technique

@aozora9059

6 ай бұрын

What's funny though is that he hated the word "technique".

@duartevader2709

6 ай бұрын

@@aozora9059 idk il go with dexterity then

@tomowenpianochannel

2 ай бұрын

Totally agree, although reckon Cziffra made this a speciality

@eduardmiklenda1252

Ай бұрын

What do you mean by playing it with two hands xd, that at least explains why it felt so hard to play it with only one hand. This comment is not meant to brag about my skills, that part sucks when I play it with one hand, I just never knew it was possible to play it with both hands, I will try it next time I am re-learning this rhapsody, thanks for enlightenment.

This is so clean, it's almost too perfect.

Liszt as a travelling virtuoso had felt a temperamental affinity with the wandering gypsy settlers of his native land, Hungary. His aim in writing a series of Hungarian Rhapsodies was to preserve in permanent form some of the wild melodies he'd heard the gypsies play. Cziffra ends his recital with one of the most exciting and difficult of the Rhapsodies.

@despaiirx5487

2 жыл бұрын

thank you for captions.

@thenotsookayguy

2 жыл бұрын

@@despaiirx5487 Cheers mate, took me forever to figure out exactly what he was saying.

@Ace-dv5ce

Жыл бұрын

@@thenotsookayguy Lol I thought you were doing a random speech about Liszt

@thenotsookayguy

Жыл бұрын

@@Ace-dv5ce Na, I couldn't be bothered to come up with my own fancy essay bout some dude's greatness. But I'd waste a good portion of my day trying to transcribe a person talking with a decently thick accent and mediocre audio quality.

@LTD-Limited

Жыл бұрын

@@thenotsookayguy strange, I seemed to understand perfectly well, maybe it’s the accent 🤷‍♂️

To me, Cziffra always makes Liszt sound exciting and fun, with a fair dose of danger, and the unexpected! The chances he takes - so wild and daring! And the slow sections are so tender, too. He is the perfect Liszt performer, imo. He had it all.

He made it like a beginner-level piece for him, look so easy and effortless hahaha. Superhuman pianist. Bravo!

Old videos: Video Quality: 10% Sound Quality: 80% Talent: 100000000000000000000000000000000000%

@udhi_gn3893

2 жыл бұрын

New videos: Everything else: 99.9 percent Talent: almost none I mean Live performance: suck AutoTune: 100000000000000000000000000% Midi post editing: infinite

@matmm75006

2 жыл бұрын

The "talent" does not exist, it's an impression, only work matters.

I love how Cziffra uses Liszt's score as the starting point for his interpretation. Breathtaking.

@sparkydogsparky2992

Жыл бұрын

Yes, kinda like a little-known pianist by the name of Horowitz.....

@dwacheopus

10 ай бұрын

​@@sparkydogsparky2992yeah. Horowitz is 100% little-known. P.s. of course not! Cziffra is less popular than him! What are you talking about?

@tomowenpianochannel

2 ай бұрын

also Actually the right answer. Liszt was constantly evolving, constantly writing new pieces, and the Hungarian Rhapsodies went through many versions (previously Magyar Rhapsodiak), so they are the essence of improvisation and jazz, they could also be chamber music with double bass, violin, drum and piano, similar to a jazz quartet.

Those octaves are cleaner than heaven.

The strength Cziffra has in his 4th & 5th RH just blows me away. An absolute class act

@tomowenpianochannel

2 ай бұрын

His RH cadenzas are out of this world; and the double octaves (LH supporting RH) in the last section, at that speed, are unbelievable. What a performer Liszt must have been!

i loves how he switchin finger is from 1-5 ,1-4 feels so nice

@Frohicky1

3 жыл бұрын

Feels so nice to see

@Rajsadaye

2 жыл бұрын

That's how I play it. lol

@gratefulpianist8640

2 жыл бұрын

my teacher suggest me to do it like this, feels strange

@thenotsogoodpianist4706

2 жыл бұрын

its actually hard to do that , it depends on ur hand span if ur handspan is good it is ok if not then its not ezy at all

@Franz_Liszt_Korean

2 жыл бұрын

Agree

The best performance of Hungarian rhapsody no. 6 no one can beat this!

@cziffrathegreat666

Жыл бұрын

check out his performance in the live 1964 recital. The best of all!

@ronalda.saname396

4 ай бұрын

I like Martha Argerich version better.

@cheezeeeboi8699

3 ай бұрын

I feel like her ending lacks the same energy Cziffra has

@user-hc3ey5ql7u

Ай бұрын

Martha Argerich.

He is superhuman.No question about e that.And we have him on film,amazing.

I was able to reborn by his performance of this tune when he played in Tokyo in 1964. I am extremely grateful to him.

impossible to count how many times i rewatched this masterpiece....

No wonder nineteenth century audiences were utterly astounded. Still impressive.

How are those octave runs even physically possible. That's the most insane piece of piano playing I've ever watched.

@jponz85

Жыл бұрын

Go watch volodos Hungarian rhapsody 13 and 15 lol

@chipan9191

Жыл бұрын

You have to work out your wrist muscles to play those notes that quickly. His hands were a blur in that section.

What a brilliant virtuoso and refined musician!

This is my favorite piece ever because its so epic.

its good to be cziffra plays every thing

After 6:30 I thought he was going to break the piano in half. They say Liszt broke plenty of strings, I think Lizst played like this. AMAZING Czyffra !!!

@simonmountford1511

2 жыл бұрын

Makers' techniques improved hugely because of him.

@nickjgunning

2 жыл бұрын

Actually liszt only broke on piano. In Ireland the movers dropped his Erard grand into a bog, so he had to play a square Thompson piano designed for accompaniments rather than concert performances and it couldn't take the force.

Cziffra was actually the Pianist Whom His teacher Actually said Sounded like Franz Liszt Himself (One of His teachers Was taught by Liszt Himself And actually was a favorite student Of the composer) And further took on Cziffra for a period of years I'm not sure if anyone here Is aware of that...

@tomowenpianochannel

2 ай бұрын

Good comment... there is a connection for sure, although Liszt was many things at many times.

Cziffra - one of the history's giant here proves it! Perfection!

@franksmith541

3 жыл бұрын

Simon Barere had a greater technique.

@zsuzsannakovacs1116

3 жыл бұрын

Cziffra played that music as it should be. Many others, including Argerich played it, there’s no one like Cziffra. Go to Hungary and listen to the local music and you’ll hear that no one plays the slow parts as musically as Cziffra does. Listen to 2:18 many great technicians fail to capture the true spirit of the music

@franksmith541

3 жыл бұрын

@@zsuzsannakovacs1116 But Barere played such monster pieces as the Godowsky Passacaglia, that requires both a massive technique and great musicality. His Liszt Sonata is unmatched. Cziffra was mainly flash.

@zsuzsannakovacs1116

3 жыл бұрын

@@franksmith541 you changed the topic. I was referring to Rhapsody #6. Unquestionably there’s no one like him.

@SELMER1947

3 жыл бұрын

@@franksmith541 You talk about music like sport, Cziffra had something else to give than pure virtuosity...

He’s the greatest that ever played

@AugustoLopezLeon

3 жыл бұрын

And Liszt himself I suppose

OH my goodness. He's doing for 4-5 on those repeated octaves! That's insane!!!

@angelobonacci461

2 жыл бұрын

Il massimo dell'interpretazione di questo difficile brano

@livschakoff

Жыл бұрын

This is only way to play it fast with ease.

@FutureAbe

Жыл бұрын

You’re right, I never noticed that before.. Holy shit

@fredericchopin2593

Жыл бұрын

@@FutureAbe that's how you play octaves though...

@dwacheopus

10 ай бұрын

Dude! This is really hard to do!

Это грандиозно!!! И ,есть ли какие то ,правильные слова ,которыми можно было бы оценить этот невероятный талант Циффра . Браво! Спасибо ,что делитесь такими шедеврами!

You can just tell he really enjoys what he's playing, nothing more beautiful than that.

I LOVE YOU CZIFFRA. MORE CZIFFRA!!! I CANT HAVE ENOUGH OF YOU

@joethompson1724

4 жыл бұрын

popololopopolo you still active on this account

@Alin71718

3 жыл бұрын

Are u alive? 😳

@simpyoungyuk3885

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alin71718 Yes.

@nazomius7033

2 жыл бұрын

@@simpyoungyuk3885 No one asked you.

@simpyoungyuk3885

2 жыл бұрын

@@nazomius7033 Do I care? Also, no one asked you, too.

This is raw talent!!!!!

lol, i have to perform this piece next week, and watching this made me feel like a piece of... crap.

@Rajsadaye

4 жыл бұрын

It's been 13 years. I wonder how good you must be playing now. 🤔

@giaco2971

4 жыл бұрын

Raj Sadaye 😂😂👍

@CalamityInAction

4 жыл бұрын

Bhim Sen Hansda Bruh he might’ve stopped using KZread. He could be gone forever. 13 years is a long-ass time

@kevinhartmemes3821

4 жыл бұрын

Calamity In Action if you’re 13, yea

@Rajsadaye

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinhartmemes3821 😂😂😂

I wished i knew the notation he used from 1:40-1:50. I think it was beautiful. So what if it's not the way others believe it should be. Only the best can play at this level. He earned the right to do it his way.

i will argue that he was the greatest pianist in all of history.

@jameslorenz3718

3 жыл бұрын

You could argue that he was the greatest technichian, but greatest interpreter is entirely subjective.

@wnsbug

3 жыл бұрын

@@jameslorenz3718 the greatest technician is Richard Kastle! 🤯

@jameslorenz3718

3 жыл бұрын

@@wnsbug I need to check them out then. I also just wanted to say my comment left a bad taste in my mouth, and I think it was a bit unecessary. On another note, YOU RESPONDED AFTER 11 YEARS!? wow Edit: he looks kind of crazy and there are so few videos of him that I am wondering if I fell for a joke, were you being serious? Or were you messing with me? Edit 2: I think you were messing with me (;

@wnsbug

3 жыл бұрын

@@jameslorenz3718 i pride myself on quick replies. And yea Mr Kastle is a god isn’t he?! Lang Lang is a joke compared to him!

@Paroles_et_Musique

2 жыл бұрын

@@wnsbug I listened to Liszt rhapsody by Kastle, is good but nothing special. Considering that he has basically no classical repertoire, he shouldn't even be put in any list.

The octaves...awesome!!

6:43 Best musician ever!

Amazing😂😂😂 I'll listen this video again and again!

Great performance!

There is no better performer than this man right here for almost anything Liszt.

@nozomi696

Жыл бұрын

argerich

@mazeppa1231

Жыл бұрын

@@nozomi696 Argerich's HR 6 started off safe and boring. Cziffra is so much better and more exciting. He even captures the spirit of the piece.

@nozomi696

Жыл бұрын

@@mazeppa1231 no, argerich's hr6 didin't star safe and boring, reverse, it stared with so much energy and passion by her part. also, argerich captures the spirit of the piece, even if u don't want to accept it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@SalahuddinAyyubi-tu1pu

10 ай бұрын

yes.

Simply impressive 💕

Cziffra- wonderful playing.

WOOW!!! That's impossible (or even not), he starts the octaves with highspeed 120 and goes up to 130!!! I can't have enough of cziffra...

@jesemepardens9151

2 жыл бұрын

Go check Argerich or Grynyuk on this rhapsody, they play even faster those octaves.

@mazeppa1231

Жыл бұрын

@@jesemepardens9151 Argerich played this way too safe and starts off boring. Grynyuk is impressive, but he's just playing the piece, that's all he did... he didn't really immerse the piece like Cziffra did here.

6:57 The Last Chord is from Cziffra, and Rousseau did it!! 🤣

@Prod.Protonic

3 жыл бұрын

There is something known as inspiration!

@MilAS829

4 ай бұрын

I believe some of Rosseau's performance is actually inspired by Cziffra's performance. Most notably 6:02, this is very identical to what Rosseau does. Both are splendid pianists. It's almost as if Rosseau is some sort of robot for how good he is, yet his pieces have so much style and flair to them which draw him to the human side.

semplicemente una meraviglia!!!!!!!

A unique, skilled and elegant musician

FINALLY! I found the version where they play the extra notes 6:01. Apart from Rousseau of course.

@yahyaajinah9833

2 жыл бұрын

I really love those extra notes

@ValzainLumivix

2 жыл бұрын

Ok

It’s not my favorite recording, but wow, I have never heard the faster section played like a dance before.

@kofiLjunggren

4 жыл бұрын

What is your favorite racording of Hr 6?

@angelob.1089

4 жыл бұрын

Kofi ljunggren - Has to be Martha Argerich. I love that Cziffra is very straight to the point here, but Argerich’s build up is fantastic.

@kofiLjunggren

4 жыл бұрын

Thats true

@mynameis3ama

4 жыл бұрын

Friska you mean.

@angelob.1089

4 жыл бұрын

MyNameIs3ama - I wasn’t aware there was a term for the fast sections. Thanks! Makes the listening more interesting.

All the improvisation is great, too bad it's not at all practiced by today's pianists. I think it really adds a lot of excitement to a piece like this.

@789armstrong

2 жыл бұрын

This is the way Liszt would have played it.

@micheldraybi3159

2 жыл бұрын

Well, he's the student of Liszt's student afterall...

@joshffa3855

2 жыл бұрын

Search up Roseau’s rendition of this. I’m sure you’ll be pleased!

@Franz_Liszt_Korean

2 жыл бұрын

@@789armstrong Exactly

@Franz_Liszt_Korean

2 жыл бұрын

@@micheldraybi3159 Wow?

That was breathtaking! His skill with octaves is amazing!

@jameslorenz3718

3 жыл бұрын

His skill with every piano technique that exists is amazing

I’ve never heard anybody play this better than Cziffra-this is only my opinion-it isn’t just virtuosity, it’s consummate musicality.

It was Cziffra, and the others.

What Cziffra does at 6:35 makes this interpretation unique from others, because the sheet music asks that the left hand jump between the chord and bass octave.. However, Cziffra adds in the extra bass melody as well, and still keeps the pace!

@niccolopaganini4268

4 жыл бұрын

He doesn't add any melody, but he plays the jumps one octave apart as in the score which is extremely hard

@Wosudhehqaxb9169

4 жыл бұрын

@@niccolopaganini4268 what I meant is that in the second last display of the main theme regarding the baseline, usually the octave jump is met with a small (there's no other way to put this lmao) Du du Du and then bang the octave ( bang Du du Du bang Du du Du) and the last reiteration of the melody is supposed to be just (Bang Du Bang Du bang Du) [I bet I sound a bit crazy a this point lol] However when I listen closely, Cziffra in the last reiteration still does (bang Du du Du) whilst keeping the faster pace in the base (im sorry) kzread.info/dash/bejne/jGeKlMlum9TKfZc.html This is another, more clear recording of his playing. Of course I could be wrong, but I don't just hear the simple two step leaps that others play in the baseline

5:29 and onward always makes me so happy fsr. Not just the music, but the video as well. Even the framing helps lol.

it looks like his fingers just live on their own.I wish I could have fingers like that.flying over the piano with such a confedence. like liszt's hands were reborn in cziffra...hahaha

@vladimirhorowitz6646

3 жыл бұрын

I even think Cziffra might be better than Liszt technically

The cadenza starting at approximately 1:40 blows me away.

beautiful tune miraculously played and looks very difficult

Egi csoda cziffra gyorgy, soha senkit nem hallottam igy jatszani ,,, koszonom

I love this spontaneous playing. his cimbalom effects are different from the 'live' French performance also on this site. terrific octaves. exciting as Liszt Rhapsodies should be.

alucinanteeee!!!!!!

A GREAT PERFORMANCE.

here is what we (hungarians) were, and what we will be again soon, hopefully

Amazing octaves!

Now I know where Rosseau got his octave part from 6:05

Amazing

I play the way I play. This song has feeling and depth...not just play as fast as you can. If you like that, then like I said before to each his own.

@leemotosuwa

3 жыл бұрын

Tottaly agreed

I'm playing this piece for a competition. The octaves are the BEST part!

@roadtogod6556

3 жыл бұрын

how did it go?

@sebthesong2625

2 жыл бұрын

Mans better have won

Those hands move like a tarantula

A virtuoso performance, by all means.

I love how the friska theme in octaves looks as easy to him as the theme with single notes.

5:38 his right hand looks like an alien spider devouring its victim happily. And he's only looking at his left hand.

@altaiaurelius

3 жыл бұрын

He’s looking at his left hand because there are jumps and chords that have to be done correctly, while the right hand mostly does scales.

i like the piece its good

6:52 to 6:57 is BRILLIANT!

@ValzainLumivix

2 жыл бұрын

@Schuyler Bacn ok

Awsome!!!

@MEPLUSMEEQUALSME I think that conventionally, you usually use that particularly with black notes - 4 plays black keys, 5 plays white keys. Quite helpful.

4:57 Just marking for myself

i like his improv-ish section at 1:37+ and his ending haha

@CalamityInAction

4 жыл бұрын

beyond9001 That’s called a cadenza, and I think it sounds good as well

@ludwig4029

4 жыл бұрын

Calamity In Action same

wow, just wow

Phenomenal. We have posted the entire recital on our channel.

@pjbpiano

3 жыл бұрын

Great!

seriously, that's intense!!!!!

You people that negatively criticize this performance are trying to turn art into science, GIVE IT UP! This performance was incredible. Apparently with hyper critical piano critics perfection is in the eye of the beholder; though I think a lot of people would agree with me and say that there really isn't a perfect performance, so leave it alone. :)

Un grande

So much heart on sleeve! Cziffra at 1.38 plays the first cadenza impossibly well with RH only! then doubles down the LH surge up several times. Perhaps he loved this this moment so much - little trills and shifts in harmony suddenly lead to an almost unrivalled explosion of virtuosity, colour and sound. 1.50 onwards - Cziffra plays 2nd little dance section with flair. But he omits the repeat. Not sure the 2nd section adds anything at all to the 1st... 2.13: Cziffra emotes fully in 3rd section; wonderful sense of improvisation. There is a massive RH run at 3.36 which expands the moment again... fully Lisztian 4.37 again Cziffra unleashes an impossible RH for the next cadenza (two hands make this easier)! 5.30 to end (4th section); hyperspeed octaves, beyond belief. In this video you can see however that Cziffra alternates the RH octave fingering between 1-5 and 1-4, essential to make it through this extended passage. Can't pretend to approach Cziffra's technique but agree with decision to shorten 2nd section, in fact cut - interferes with the flow of this immensely enjoyable piece. kzread.info/dash/bejne/onefz5Kum5CXn5M.html

@itsjustnopinionok well a lot of liszts rhapsodies are improvisational in nature esp runs like that one so Cziffra was just doing something quite natural. I think it sounds great.

If somebody...some scholar or musicologist...tries to question Liszt's Hungarian nationality, they're morons lol. I have been convinced that Liszt's 'percussive' approach to the piano is something distinctly Hungarian. You don't have to look into his family background, etc. to find out. Go look at other Hungarian pianists - Kocsis, Nyireghazi, CziffraTheThird, Peter Bence...they ALL have that rhythmic sound!

In the 1930es, as a wunderkind, Cziffra was taught piano, among others, by an old master, Istvan Thoman, who, in turn, had been the student (and pallbearer) of the old Liszt himself. And it shows.

If you want to listen to a "master record" just search for one. You can find enough. Its special and uniqui because he was Cziffra. Just listen how he gives the real hungarian gypsy effects in the piece. That is why its so goooood.:)

omg...that looks like it would kill the wrist >.

BEST EVER VERSION

He has the greatest pianist ever

@russellthompson9271

2 ай бұрын

Is, not 'has'. Something wrong with you? Forgotten how to respect another language? Nice try at trolling. Now go back to your sad little pathetic bitter life.

Damn I enjoy Cziffra a lot. If we only had perfect audios...

What did you mean cheat? Your supposed to play every black note octave with 1-4. And if your good enough like Cziffra, he can do 1-4 on white notes perfectly also, (and faster). When I used to play this piece, I would play it slower then build up to presto. But Cziffra does like double presto lol

@Mereaux

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@stacia6678

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mereaux Ok

@Chipsomedip

24 күн бұрын

​@@Mereauxagree

Did anyone notice that the camera is to slow for his speed. You just cant see where he is putting his fingers.

great

can't believe no one's talking about the lassan, every performance he plays it uniquely.

5:30～右オクターブ345指で引き分けている。6:20～左オクターヴもキレイに入っている。コーダはおまけに一音多く弾いてサービスしている。貴重な映像。

reductivecat: you have made some excellent points. It's all preference people. Why compare anyway? Enjoy what you like. Live and let live. Rachmaninoff once said that Moiseivitsch played his music even better than he himself did.

Commentaire élégant et raffiné.

His hands were just like *SNAP* !!!

Besides, since 4th finger is longer, when playing octaves on black keys, you can hold thekeys easier.

5:30 Can't believe he's doing 5-4-5-4 for the repeated octaves 😳

I love the trill at 01:32

I agree