Cziffra - Chopin Scherzo Nr.2

Cziffra, Senlis, 7/88

[@piano345]

This is Cziffra towards the end of his life playing with as much if not more energy than when he was younger. Thanks for this remarkable very rare film footage.

[@frederick-alexandrepelissi8965]

Beautiful...

[@ChesterFanningChorno]

I recently resurrected this difficult piece (for me) to play on my Yamaha baby grand. To hear and see this giant of the keyboard play and completely conquer it on his Yamaha is a very humbling yet exhilarating experience.

[@77robric]

Beautiful playing. I"ve never heard a pianist with this kind of clarity. He works magic with the damper pedal. His technique is enormous, bur also so expressive.

[@brianbixler5665]

I see him, after he has performed, fold his hands, pray and thank GOD for the gift he was given !!!

[@isaacthrpenquinez1098]

1:32 uncommon usage of 1 hand for that ascending and descending arpeggio

[@cowboytim98]

If this was recorded in 1988, it was 7 years after his son's tragic death. I've heard that his playing changed after that, but I haven't studied him enough to know. I think he carried the weight of the world, so to speak, and suffered alot. There is a longing quality here -- as well as his usual sense of architecture, cohesion and purpose. He was certainly one of the greats.

[@all7509]

Thank you for uploading it. Cziffra's marvelous extraordinary pianist. 💐💐💐

[@klasszikuszene7434]

Hányszor játszhatta már ezt a darabot életében és még mindig tele érzelemmel, szenvedéllyel

[@samanthajb5736]

Someone I was seeing practiced this a lot..He loved Cziffra. One time we were close to separating. His apartment was right outside the mailboxes. We were exchanging our things and I didn't want to see him. So of course, when I walk in to get my things, he's playing this on the other side of the door. The striking notes and harsh sounding rhythms and swirls in the melody personified his instability in emotions and behavior. I picked up my things, listened for a minute or so, and then was about to leave...until the piece progressed into its softer melody. The gentleness, fragile, delicate notes, so soft and quiet. And for a moment, I hesitated. It reminded me of...all the soft, tender moments we had shared together. Whenever I hear this, I think back and become soft. So I can never listen to it, or it will remind me of him.

[@TheRedNinjaMouse]

Interesting, thanks for sharing your experience with this piece!

[@bludika]

Why did you still leave him

[@brozors]

I'm not that much of a fan of this particular scherzo, but I think this performance changed my mind. What a stunning performance.

[@markswanson549]

I love it. It's definitely one of my favorite Chopin pieces.

[@Deibler666]

I don't blame people who dislike this scherzo, simply because it has been recorded by eccentric or frankly low-level pianists, usually young scholars from the Chopin Piano contests or with Lang Lang's unfortunate style. Even this is a heavy interpretation, one which probably Chopin would've neglected (but not Liszt). I'm in a quest to find the finest interpretation for this Scherzo, and Zimerman has the best so far.

[@한다됐다]

Cziffra는 아들의 비극적 죽음으로 너무나도 큰 슬픔과 고통을 안고 여생을 살아갔던것 같다. 그의.예술적 천재성과 Liszt감성은 더이상 연주되지않았고 .전쟁과 프랑스망명 ,다시찾는 조국으로의 귀환 등등.그의 굴곡진 인생사의 희노애락과 특히나 뼛속깊은 슬픔과 비애가 느껴져서 연주를 듣고있자면 아름다워서 울고, 슬펴져서 울게된다. I love Cziffra, RIP.

[@namsuo]

my right ear loves this ;-)

[@AngeloDeAngelis748]

...Grande Cziffra!!! *****

[@chezbe]

Genius!

[@pablojuancoru]

Bravo!!!!

[@brianbixler5665]

Heroic Content !!

[@MrClassicalMusic1]

@mikex01234 Mike, it might make the sound a little better but, it will still be mono.

[@AlexanderArsov]

Fascinating performance, as usual with Cziffra and Chopin, but absolutely dreadful sound, picture and camera work. It looks and sounds like 1948, not 1988. Watchable and listenable, but only just.