Gyorgy Cziffra - Liszt "Grand Galop Chromatique"

Pianist: Gyorgy (Georges) Cziffra playing Liszt's "Grand Galop Chromatique," in E-flat major S. 219. I read on someone elses video that this was live from Japan.. thats incorrect. This was filmed on September 25th, 1963 at the "ORTF," (Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française) in Paris.
Cziffra was mostly affiliated with Liszt seeing as how he had the immense technical prowess necessary to play such "romps" as this. He was big headed too, hahaha.
this piece was composed in 1838, same year as "La Campanella," guess Liszt was feeling FRISKA baddum tshh! (bad joke) :/
p.s. - this piece annoys the HELL out of me!

[@mobeck]

Even the reflection in the piano is having a hard time keeping up...

[@AsrielKujo]

xD Trueeee

[@Ivan_1791]

Lmao.

[@Alwpiano]

Speaking of reflection, I wonder what this piece would sound like if the keys were arranged in mirror image and he still played as normal. It's been done with La Campanella. It sounds amazing!

[@GregoryPLoomis]

👍😂

[@akihana4113]

The reflection had to lose frames while keeping up the speed😂

[@smh1851]

Cziffra always plays Liszt exactly how I imagine Liszt would play.

[@JimSmithOfficial]

I know i'm 2 years late, but one Cziffra's teachers was a student of Liszt. If I recall correctly, Cziffra is the closest to how would have played.

[@goognamgoognw6637]

@@JimSmithOfficial To be quite reasonable, LIszt would have to be either equal to this or slightly less, there is no room above this.

[@luisevanperezbasanez944]

@@goognamgoognw6637dont forget that liszt is literly the composer of this peace

[@goognamgoognw6637]

@@luisevanperezbasanez944 That does not seem to count for more virtuosity based on many composers playing their composition on record. But more musicality yes (for example Rachaninov playing his 2nd concerto).

[@luisevanperezbasanez944]

@@goognamgoognw6637 Still, he was better than Cziffra Mabye in terminal of acuracy (Less Rong Notes).

[@davisatdavis1]

I'm over 200 years old and I remember when I heard Liszt play it just like this.

[@glenngouldschair390]

And the piano burst into flames afterwards I was there too!

[@xxmeliozxx1160]

Says the cat

[@clayliu]

@@glenngouldschair390 yes! The friction cause by the strings made his Erard burst into flames, the fire almost ended Weimar!

[@elijaguy]

liszt, I remember him saying in the interview he gave me, never succeeded playing it so fast, but he said, one day there will come the pianist who will.

[@Johanna650]

Doncs ha arribat a vell per sentir a aquest compositor genial com ell mateix

[@bigPianist99]

1:30 left hand like god

[@amgx9670]

1:32 u mean

[@bropy3470]

wow...

“OK... who’s next? “

[@pianosenzanima1]

I dont understand your comment

[@fitahr4525]

Next impossible music ... done too. 😅

[@davisatdavis1]

Omg underrated comment of the decade 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pianosenzanima1]

@@davisatdavis1 i doubt Cziffra ever had in mind...ok whos next...but i also bet he practiced to be number freaking 1 so yeah, he bet his life on being no 1...ever. and he was.

[@markkovrizhkin7441]

@@pianosenzanima1 I am pretty sure the joke was that its like a competition or like a multi pianist performance and someone has to play after him

[@EnriqueGiliOrtiz]

We are so fortunate having recordings of true legends like Cziffra. Pity that recordings were not yet created or developed when Bach, Beethoven, Paganini, Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin and all the great masters lived. What a crazy experience that would have been!

[@pianosenzanima1]

There is a lot of Scriabin playing his own works...if im not mistaken

[@EnriqueGiliOrtiz]

@@pianosenzanima1 Just piano rolls, I love them all, but they are not real recordings. Regards.

[@Trooman20]

Thankfully there are actual Rachmaninoff recordings

[@PrinceFlynnRider]

Liszt remarked that Chopin could strike a note in 20 different ways. Chopin replied, "I wish I could play my music as well as you do."

[@Иосифроник]

@@pianosenzanima1 same with Rachmaninoff. I found very big spotify playlist of Scriabin and Rachmaninoff played by themselves.

[@Mazeppa6]

There can truly be no doubt after watching this that Mr. Cziffra was THE pianist of the twentieth century and possibly the closest thing we will experiance to the playing of Liszt himself. Anyone that thinks he was just a piano athlete, watch him play the valse impromptu...transfigureing beauty...

[@Santosificationable]

Beginner Easy Intermediate Advanced Professional Master Grandmaster Superhuman Chuck Norris Gyorgy Cziffra

[@my2l]

u forgot ling ling at the bottom

[@Dany715gd]

Chuck Norris = Valentina lisitsa

[@AsrielKujo]

What is Chuck norris doing there xD?? And Liszt?

[@AsrielKujo]

@@my2l Mah, ling ling is not better than Cziffra, but hes still second for sure (ok hamelin should be second and ling ling 3rd and some ppl consider Listisa good, shes actually just average concert pianist)

[@AsrielKujo]

@@Dany715gd Listisa is good, but there are a ton of concert pianist 10 times better than her for ex Hamelin, Lang Lang, Horowitz, Argerich, Kissin, Trifonov and maybe Glenn Gould, even if he concentrated mostly on Bach. So Listisa is good, but she's not the best pianist in the world. She's just famous, and everyone just thinks she's the best in the world.

[@juansolo6434]

Definetely the fastest and more powerful horse in the race. Amazing Cziffra!

[@Micha1127]

His playing at 1:32 is absolutely amazing

[@simpyoungyuk3885]

I wonder if you're alive.

[@Benjamin-fk2yo]

@@simpyoungyuk3885 hahahaha he must be still out there

[@AntorasStudio]

Oh my god this is one of only a couple thousand KZbin comments that have a timestamp that doesn’t work

[@yanfangshen4356]

1:32

[@MiloPaulus]

@@AntorasStudio Probably because this comment is so old

[@AnAmericanComposer]

It's incredible that THIS would get any thumbs down and yet crap like Justin Bieber and Fred would get so many thumbs up!

[@giuseppeagresta1425]

Actually the "crap like Justin Bieber" has a higher dislike/like ratio

[@ValzainLumivix]

Who is Fred?

[@AnAmericanComposer]

@@ValzainLumivix haha, what a blast from the past. Fred was a popular KZbinr from the old days. He'd make sped-up videos of him that made him sound really squeaky and weird. I'm sure if you looked up "Fred the movie" you'd find his content. He had a made-for-TV movie that aired on Nickelodeon.

[@ValzainLumivix]

@@AnAmericanComposer haha, thanks, you're the most subscribed KZbinr to ever respond to a comment of mine.

[@Rhys5945]

@Alexander Scriabin I think he’s referring to that fact that modern society doesn’t favor skill anymore

[@dustovshio]

the comments on cziffras videos are the funniest because the rational mind is in total shock from witnessing something so amazing.

[@kpokpojiji]

perfectly said!

[@libEluLLah]

on god

[@Grndr101]

I think even more impressive than his technical skill is his feeling for rythm. Those notes are perfectly timed.

[@teftae]

Cziffra is absolutely god tier. Any modern top tier technician like Lisitsa and Lang Lang (go watch their vids on YT too) can play as fast (or almost) given a single phrase. BUT only Cziffra can do so in a consistent manner throughout and sustaining finger stamina the WHOLE piece. That's why other pianists play it softer or slower, so their fingers can take breaks every now and then.

[@서연우-l7p]

Yes. other pianists play slow than Cziffra 20~40 seconds

[@goktugblack]

Lisitsa and Lang Lang have ZERO expressive depth.

[@Justin-ou6gq]

​@@goktugblackLang Lang sure, but definitely not Lisitsa

[@goktugblack]

Lisitsa has even less expressive depth she rushes EVERYTHING from slow Chopin waltzes to Hammerklavier third movement as if she has forgotten something in the oven. Go listen to her 64/2 waltz or Hammerklavier 3rd movement. Very hard to listen to her Chopin or Beethoven. She has a massive left brain and immense mechanical skill but that's it. @@Justin-ou6gq

[@LUIGInator2109]

This is just about the most impressive thing you could ever watch

[@pianosenzanima1]

it was Cziffra...and the others.

[@ulfnorberg]

pianosenzanima Yeah!!!

[@artisial]

the best artist for Listz

[@gggggg-ik7fc]

Liszt*

[@hyoseonl11]

ggg9779309ggg I could make a whole list of the times Liszt has been spelled wrong on this video.

[@allons-y3376]

Alain Jochum totally agree with you

[@davidk7529]

And Chopin as well. Cziffra takes what others generally play as wishy-washy romantic crap and makes it deep, rich, and profound.

[@pianosenzanima1]

@horatiodreamt really???

[@themimes92]

I thought this impossible until I asked my teacher, without answering he sat down and played it! Along with Cziffras transcription of flight of the bumblebee. I feel honoured to have a teacher who was a student of Cziffras student for a time...

[@Silvermoonmaker]

Student of student of student of cziffra

[@Deluca-Piano]

That was superior to any modern pianist I've ever seen play.

[@6funswede]

He is playing those double octaves with his left hand as if some invisible devil is holding a gun to his neck. Gotta love Cziffra, and especially when he is doing Liszt.

[@TJMalana]

As big of a fan as I am of Valentina Lisitsa. I love Cziffra's version a whole lot better. I saw Cziffra's version on a VHS tape that my piano teacher recorded from a PBS special back in the day and I thought I was never going to see this version again until KZbin came around. Whoever uploaded this thank you so very much.

[@braceyourself3537]

Lisitsa has no soul. Have never felt anything from any one of her performances, she's basically a robot.

[@miguelknight.8553]

Brace Yourself i think same

[@oliverthomson3843]

Brace Yourself true words

[@llwydanwyl]

she's Eastern European.. their soul is hard to see, but when you see it, it's just the best

[@oliverthomson3843]

llwyd anwyl daniil trifonov is also Eastern European?

[@spikeydykey350]

Unreal. Cziffra was a God.

[@SamWatts89]

Not just pianistic fireworks but such a fantastic sense of pulse and tempo!!

[@nolsjawline]

This man would've been an absolute gamer with his accuracy on key jumps, if he was born in this era. Not to take away the light he deserve tho, he is amazing! A genius

[@andrewzhang8512]

cziffra osu

[@MattBonk991]

@@andrewzhang8512magine an osu style game with a midi keyboard and this is one of the levels... would be fun

[@KegPatcha]

I hope that piano was at least 18 :)

[@HN-bv7li]

@the result of a birth dude i think you miss the joke

[@edge3220]

How glorious is it that video recording existed in Cziffra's time? What a magnificent gift he gave to the world, which not many can do.

[@alexbrk1157]

I just love those enthralling dynamics Czifra manages to emphasize. This recording of that piece is pure excitement. Awesome!

[@KingYahshua]

liszt was from mars actually, not hungary.

[@chaikhaneh]

Then Alkan has to be from a different galaxy.

[@bburago9]

direnis81 Jewish...

[@veronikakincses4352]

Seggfej!

[@bburago9]

Veronika Kincses hdeuhfuiehde

[@Adamov1]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_%28group%29 Hungarians=Martians

[@khurmiful]

If a horse ran this fast, it won't last 3 minutes. Virtuosity superman style.

[@dee-wc2hd]

I don't study classical music or music at all. But I've been listening to some composers like Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, etc. I enjoy it. But when it comes to Liszt, I can feel my heart getting excited and sometimes I get chills. Am I falling in love with his music or that's a normal reaction when it comes to his masterpieces? Tell me, please.

[@artygunnar]

Yes

[@karhonglooi7485]

I'm not too sure but it was called lisztomania

[@AnAmericanComposer]

@gougi77 "Look at me, I rock at the piano!" (goes on youtube, finds song....listens) "Oh my, God. I suck"

[@Twitchte]

yep.

[@JeffreyPhamigo]

this will never die and I think that nobody can beat him with this hardcore piece...

[@NoferTrunions]

Even so often I watch/listen to this just as a remind me of what level of technique human evolution has reached. And this is the top of the Food Chain kiddos. This is mind boggling. It makes one question what the data stream capacity of the human nervous system is. Does Cziffra utilize some of his visual cortex for this supercharged processing speed? And how easily he does it! It gives me goose bumps when he embellishes with bursts of speed on top of a speed which is basically unattainable for even the best. And every so often, I am compelled to lavish him with praise and thanks, so much thankfullness.

[@pianosenzanima1]

Lots of physical strength too...nowadays pianists dont push themselves above the limits because "tendinitis" (+when you feel pain stop etc), but they also dont feel the need to. Only Cziffra felt it, had it in him, and he went full berserk like a mad posessed man. God bless his memory and legacy for ever!

[@pianosenzanima1]

Also he had resistant hands for it, if you have spaghetti fingers and hands and never lifted more than 5kg in your life you will never in your life be able to reach this level of keyboard mastery. Actually it's inhuman. Idk. He was insane...

[@ОскарПитерсон-я7г]

@@pianosenzanima1 in ANY training, including the top range sports, you must not train through pain. It’s simple math: no gain is enough to compensate for 1 month of recovery. But yes, physical strength is needed to play like this, and we must not forget to build it.

[@JoJo-jt1tf]

@@ОскарПитерсон-я7г he train to the gym?

[@ОскарПитерсон-я7г]

@@JoJo-jt1tf there is pain and pain, if you know what I mean. Muscle pain is 100% ok, that stuff regenerates, but if the tendons and joints hurt, it’s dangerous and doesn’t cure itself as effectively.

[@ramaxx]

still watching in 2016 its been10 years(almost) and still this great music :D

[@paulwilson2204]

Well this was recorded 43 years ago and written 170 years ago, which is far more impressive.

[@charlesthomas5956]

Now its almost 50 years ago. And it was composed like 176 years ago now. Crazy how this video was also posted almost 17 years ago. Imagine what else Cziffra would play if he was still alive

[@christian_florez]

I've watched this video so many times over several decades. Never fails to blow my mind. I can't begin to imagine a more perfect interpretation of this.

[@Reaper978]

This is an interesting piece because I think it can be interpreted on so many different levels depending on how it is performed. The chromaticism is so intense that it seems to reach the point of rage in certain places. I notice this a lot with Liszt, he seems to have too many emotions to express just one at at a time...

[@mrbluebob1066]

When he pauses for a split second a 2:32 I get chills

[@ThePianoPlayer4Ever]

For me it's the entire video

[@rookietomato9125]

How is THAT possible?

[@CalamityInAction]

N-jin Kang 20 Robotic Fingers

[@philip.stigaard]

Practicing 14 hours a day

[@marcoinspiaggia]

Is the real recorded video Speed?

[@ArtOfPlaying]

Just made this tribute to the Maestro: a video collection of his practice sessions. In the description you can find the timestamps titles that i wrote for each piece he's practicing. Share this precious document! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoSUh3R6m6yWbLs

[@MsFloopdedoop]

I wish I could have lived to see Liszt actually play...not just hear what he wrote being played, but listen to him just improvise and go crazy at the piano

[@bigdick3228]

That would be awesome

[@thenotsookayguy]

Happy 100th Birthday, man. Shame you aren't here to celebrate it with us.

[@allanthenotsogreat2039]

1:32 the jumps one the left hand are huge

[@hansoobae1574]

I can't find any better play of this piece than he did

[@GloriaMorris33]

@Lang99Lang . Spot on. There has never been a pianist like Cziffra... it's not only speed and technique, but depth of feeling and coloring.... Bravo

[@Mariuk1]

It is just unbelievable what he does with the 3rd, 4th and 5th fingers. What a power! I would say if Liszt stand and listened it, he would die again.

[@SludgeMcPoople]

Cziffra played with a sheer joyful madness that makes on glad to be alive!

[@craggymcgill]

I’ve rarely seen such clearly manifested genius as this, just breathtaking.

[@MasterKosie]

Oh my word, I agree with you, sacredcriminal. This is the most perfect interpretation of a musical genius' work I have ever seen. I have the DVD aswell.

[@charlesthomas5956]

Didn't know they could record videos then. Great job Liszt!

[@pianosenzanima1]

Yess indeed!!!

[@charlesthomas5956]

​​@@pianosenzanima1I feel like I've seen you somewhere

[@MessiahGaming1080p]

Put speed to 1,5 in settings for Goulds interpretation. =)

[@Ivan_1791]

MessiahGaming1080p xD

[@GeometryDashDyno]

Either that or 0.005 speed

[@pavlosgermanidis2754]

you mean 0,0005 speed

[@abrahamespinosapiano]

¡Impresionante! Cziffra toca endiabladamente rápido, quizá demasiado, se podría decir,...pero aun así resulta hipnótico el contemplar la brillantez y agilidad de su técnica. Cabría decir que da la impresión de que hace alguna ''trampa'', pues en la parte de ''campanella'', en la partitura los saltos son a 2 octavas y él hace 1 octava en el final de la frase, en el 0:58. Pero qué importa eso: el resultado final es genial.

[@TheGoldberg1984]

Creo que tienes razón. Para compensar, en el minuto 1:32 toca en la mano izquierda intercalando saltos de octava desde el si bemol 1 al si bemol 2. Simplemente un prodigio virtuosístico. En cualquier caso, buena observación y por supuesto magnífica interpretación la de Cziffra. Saludos.

[@lorranybarros7307]

O cara é um gênio! Sensacional!

[@ArthurCz-A990]

O melhor que temos gravação

[@diapasonabsolu]

La vitesse de la Lumière, c'est ça ! La grande virtuosité de CZIFFRA..

[@4musikable]

Literally breathtaking 😍

[@kpokpojiji]

pardon me while I pick my jaw up off the floor.

[@RemovdSande11]

years of practise and talent is shown here! greatness in it's grand form.

[@christianvennemann9008]

1:32 That left hand!!! 😵😵

[@amgx9670]

this is how this piece should be performed

[@ralphmichael8769]

Franz Liszt: Acceptable, but should be performed more presto.

[@amgx9670]

@@ralphmichael8769 lol this is like prestissimo

[@Zn0rkus]

Ahh, you edited out the magnificent proudish smile at the end ;-)

[@AmritaVetticadenLovesShibes]

Chuck Norris must be secretly living inside Cziffra's fingers.

[@jenniejcao]

Headflip Amrita Vetticaden n

[@Galantski]

For the record, that blood on the keys after the performance isn't from Cziffra's fingers, it's from the piano!

[@aaronslens]

Chuck Norris could play this with 1 finger

[@lincolny2220]

Liszt, not Chuck Norris.

[@lionelrosano303]

Incroyable, fantastique, fou.

[@caphaddock1126]

Another underrated pianist

[@goognamgoognw6637]

The pitch is exactly on Cb4 in the repeated first note, i verified with a tone generator and my excellent pitch. This means there is no cheap audio speed up but it's still sped up. The undetectable way is to tune down the whole piano by some negative %, say -10%, which is one full tone down and record the piece on tape then very easily play the recorded tape sped up by +10% and re-record it to get all the pitches back in tune and the playing is accelerated by the same 10%. This would have required no digital technology at all (in fact digital technology cannot do it, i am a signal processing engineer, i have expertise in that domain). Unfortunately it is highly probable hat this was done here, as it was done for Richter as well. The givaway is not in the audio but in the visuals, just like silent black and white early movies played at the wrong speed the movement will look abnormal for normal gravitation force on earth. But very difficult to detect if only a 10% speed up which is more than enough if the pianist is already a titan of fast playing. It's a pity that they did that because Cziffra didn't need that extra speed up of maybe 10% to sound amazing. Another far more obvious downtuned piano + sped up re-recording of the master tape is Richter playing Op 25 no 11 by Chopin in black and white video, there they sped up by a good +20% (piano tuned down by two full tones then playing the tape sped up and re-recording on second master tape, then destroy the first tape). Years later he appeared on color TV and played the etude live -20% slower which was still extremely fast however. The givaway are when he throws the handkerchief on the piano before he starts playing. The movement and fall are not the normal 9.81 meter/sec^2 gravitational acceleration you can see it looks accelerated. Once he starts playing it is much more difficult to tell.

[@NatashaSallesSoprano]

the composer and the pianist meet after some hours of sniffing =P

[@pianosenzanima1]

I dont think Cziffra ever did drugs beside alcohol and cigs, but imagine him playing on coke Oo

[@davisatdavis1]

I can see him sniffing, as he was tortured in war and he went through lots of grief. So sniffing might have helped him during those times. But I think as he pursued being a professional pianist, he'd want to stop that. There's no evidence that he actually did it, but it's a possibility.

[@davisatdavis1]

@@pianosenzanima1 how about, let's not imagine it 😜

[@NatashaSallesSoprano]

It was just a joke because of the character of the music 😕

[@TheMrFunGuy]

Everytime I watch this it makes me want to quit the piano completely.

[@kandutery]

I don’t understand why people get impressed with left hand at 1:30 when on 2:08 it’s so fast that is not possible see his fingers

[@marcoinspiaggia]

Probably this is not the real recorded video Speed?..even the cameraman movement look fast

[@chickenman9059]

@@marcoinspiaggia no this is actually how fast cziffra played lol. No camera magic here.

[@JramLisztfan]

@@marcoinspiaggia you can very easily tell when something is sped up. This is just how insanely good cziffra was

[@candycaroli]

Interpretar esta obra exige un gran virtuosismo. Gracias por compartirlo.

[@liam5075]

Franz Liszt: Hum, can I do a quick warm up? :

[@VladislavGomulka]

Fantastic! How human hands are able to obey the will and the talant of the performer? Incomprehensible!

[@goktugblack]

Only a handful of today's pianists would even dare to even try this monster, let alone play it perfectly like Master Cziffra.

[@01AlexZor]

i love his face at the end ! Great artist !

[@SmeagolTheBeagle]

magical

[@trevjr]

This piece is supposed to be played in a crazy manner and he does it effortlessly. I am amazed that he doesn't flub more notes, I heard maybe 2 or 3, jeez man. Amazing playing.

[@turcudianamaria]

Said Mahler…😅

[@estebanaureliogalindorosas5746]

Magnifico, maravilloso !!!!!!!!!!!

[@resborzage]

22 people don't like this? To the guy who objects (in a respectful way though) to the tempo, I suggest the piece is clearly pure circus bravura and that Cziffra's attack brings out all the thrills and chills in the music. It's supposed to be crazy exciting and this performance certainly is that. To the person who can't count all the mistakes...that's pretty funny considering that there aren't 10 people (ok...100) who ever lived who can really play this and Cziffra just demonstrated he is the first person on that list...sorry, Liszt. Like some Alkan and some Liszt, one can argue that this piece is designed to be beyond playable....and then, a few people come along who can actually play it. They make a few mistakes amidst the 32nd notes? .

[@davidk7529]

Exciting is right! It's pieces like this that aren't done justice until they're played fast enough that you can hear all of the harmonic progressions and intertwined arpeggios linked as one melodic flow.

[@eustacequinlank7418]

@@davidk7529 I hear this very little nowadays, there's no roar or tension with the instrument anymore. No timbre just rubato and sentiment. Maybe it's out of fashion, the greater pianists to me bring out something that isn't written that only the composers and the players with the right ear get. Cziffra and Lizst are two that match perfectly for me.

[@robertofuentesgarciateruel4393]

Los que dicen que comete muchos errores no conocen en absoluto a Liszt y en particular ésta obra!! En efecto quizas la interpreta demasiado rápido.. pero sin errores.

[@Santosificationable]

Truly at the top echelon of pianistic virtuosity in Western Classical music. Yet I know of one - and maybe only one - non-classical pianist who perhaps had matched his virtuosic power - Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. His Eight Bar Boogie performance can perhaps compare to this astounding display of technical prowess.

[@pacifictrading]

If we are splitting musical hairs, it would not be not Peterson but rather, it is Tatum, who is the Virtuosic God. Perhaps, Zciffra occupies a similar musical horizen? Also since you mentioned Peterson, when he first heard Tatum, he was in such awe, it is said that he isolated himself for months, initially in deep depression and then ultimately in order to immerse to approach his genius. All three are astounding!

[@Santosificationable]

@@pacifictrading I am a fan of Art Tatum as well, my channel is full of Tatum transcriptions. Yet Peterson is in a way Cziffra's "cousin" so to speak. Did you know that Oscar Peterson studied under a Hungarian teacher - Paul de Marky - and this de Marky trained under Istvan Thoman who taught Cziffra (and was Liszt's pupil)? So Oscar Peterson has a dose of Liszt's style in his jazz! I think Art Tatum fascinating as he is, his brand of virtuosity draws closer parallels to JS Bach's - notice how he improvises in a very "linear" fashion and does a lot of counter melodies! His treatment of the keyboard is also very harpsichord-like, as if Scarlatti learned jazz. And, of course, both he and Bach became blind.

[@mtamburini]

He's not a machine, he's a real virtuoso.

[@giuseppe76761]

FRANZ LITZZZZZ IO TI EVOCOOOO SCENDI E NOMINA CZIFFRA L UNICO PIANISTA DEGNO DEL TUO GENIO UNIVERSale E INarrivabile tagliando fuori tutti questi pianistini contemporanei asiatici e non che fanno della velocita'la loro tecnica virtuosistica con interpretazioni meccaniche e dii che se cziffra voless fare delle gare di velocita' rinunciando alla bellezz del pezzo li straccierebbe tutti come ha dato gia' dimostrazione in video che ho io dove suona etude un m unuto in meno degli attual detentori

[@Lisztomaniac1022]

Fun Fact: During Liszt's "Virtuosic years" this was one of his most popular pieces among his audiences. Also, I know this is old but what do you mean it annoys you? Like learning iy? Cause I agree with you.

[@feifeskufus]

one of THE ultimate piano videos

[@vtroester]

it sounds and looks easy and impressive at the same time... amazing how fast he is! amazing pianst

[@MARTIN201199]

Unbeatable

[@zaf511]

I think even Liszt would be envious of Cziffra's speed. There's fastest and then there was Cziffra...

[@pianosenzanima1]

Yesss

[@icedolphin9999]

Every time I watch this video I cant believe what i am seeing. Musical and technically amazing. The other recording on youtube is even faster..

[@Miikeeeyyyy]

its lit

[@salrigatti]

+Mike E haha or as He put it at the end of his "improv" video " I am done, thankyou"

[@1Jiller]

Just keeps gettin' better...

[@keestel6975]

Word says that just after he finished te piano caught fire.

[@glenngouldschair390]

Firemen: What happened? Cziffra: I was playing Grand Galop Chromatique! This song is fire!

[@gerardmerovee2199]

Monsieur l'Abbé Frantz LISZT voulait devenir le Paganini du PIANO- C'est Réussi - et MERCI à Monsieur GYORGY CZIFFRA POUR CE RENDU EXCEPTIONNEL -

[@erkhesgalindev3629]

GERARD MEROVEE l

[@artyzach]

BRAVOOO!!!!

[@yimuxiao8941]

upper bound of human piano technique

[@superman1113215]

wow i cant believe all you people pay attention to is speed, anyone can move their fingers fast, the amazing thing here is that he put his own twist to this piece and made it more attractive to the ear

[@garamondsv]

just extraordinary

[@TVaDaR]

@superman1113215 I'm impressed by his internal balance. Fast is fine, but I feel that the second, third or n-th order timing would still be a smooth curve. Some comes with personal ques, some with talent, some with inherited skills, exceptional school etc. He had it all.

[@wyssi]

liszt couldn't imagine that somebody like Cziffra was ever born; able to play his pieces faster than himself

[@pianosenzanima1]

Yesss!!!!

[@ineedacat9]

Can you imagine how bad the poor man's arthritis must have been?! I am so envious of his skill!

[@DanielCharry1025]

Happy St Valentine's day Cziffra. We LOVE YOU!

[@feno5383]

Incredible

[@mihana1996]

Incredible.

I would like to move to Mars to get some hands like that!

[@doktorzo1]

Obratite pažnju! Ovo bi trebalo da se izvodi u četiri ruke! Svojom brzinom izvođenja, on vrlo uspešno zamenjuje drugog pijanistu. Fantastično!