LISZT - CZIFFRA 1963

[@paul7606]

A truly greatest of the greats of Liszt performers.

[@endrenekover9858]

Ez maga a csoda, amig hallgatom, elfeledkezem a sok rosszrol, ami ert az idok soran,,, ilyen hatalmas muvesz nincs meg egy ,,,, koszonom, hogy hallhatom,,,,,,

[@danielenagypataki859]

Merci pour ces merveilleux concerts d un des plus grands si ce n est le plus grand pianiste du 20 eme siecle

[@stefanocerato6931]

"Cziffra is for me the greatest performer of Liszt".

[@davidluther2614]

Cziffra is the best of the 20th century. Liszt would be proud of him!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Cziffra never was the greatest! Come on! Not True! Dimitri Bashkirov her teacher Anastasia Virsaladze teach saying to Bashkirov the most important lesson is the love of beautiful colorful piano sound! More colorful beautiful piano sound than Cziffra=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy Grigory Sokolov! More genius than Cziffra=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin Maria Grinberg Murray Perahia Alexei Lubimov Dinu Lipatti Stanislav Igolinsky! More powerful louder than Cziffra=Mikhail Pletnev! The Second Loudest ever was Lazar Berman! The 3rd Loudest was Erwin Nyiregyhazi! Beethoven wanted louder instruments piano fortes! Horowitz his technique attack better than Cziffra's technique!

[@FireFoxGaming56]

Liszt was experimental as heck.. I like it.

[@r.i.p.volodya]

GREAT performance of the BACH fantasy!

[@piano345]

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[@odilereneleau3464]

It's done for the beginning of your very rich channel my dear piano 345 ! I didn't want to forget it off course !

[@piano345]

Thanks Odile - I know you adore Cziffra's playing as I do.

[@odilereneleau3464]

My dear piano 345 ; both great fans we are forever !

[@pianosenzanima1]

It was Cziffra...and the others.

[@Laurenzatto54]

The greatest liszt player who ever lived

[@Laurenzatto54]

Un sospiro !!!!!!! No words to describe this...

[@michieldpiano]

No words. Cziffra

[@alkanliszt]

Staggering playing. This is Liszt performed as he should be, by an interpreter who has both godly technique and an imaginative expressivity.

[@piano345]

True - thanks for this.

[@Medtszkowski]

His valse impromptu is the absolute best

[@SmeagolTheBeagle]

Cziffra is for me the greatest performer of Liszt. His sonata in B minor sounds nearly like a different sonata. Magical piano playing abilities, god like rhythmical expression riddled with the most powerful and strikingly accurate precision!

[@marksmith3947]

Completely agree about the Sonata. I don't usually care for the piece but Cziffra connects the musical ideas like no one else I've heard

[@josedomingosgiffonirosa8362]

Esse pianista é do outro mundo. Maravilhoso!

[@eurooscar1]

Really a fantastic artist and pianist, technically and musically!

[@dinmamma2604]

Fantasie and Fugue on B.A.C.H. 00:00 Sonetto 123 del Petraca 11:36 Polonaise No.2 in E major 18:27 La Leggierezza 27:05 St. Francis de Paul walking on the waters 31:50 Un sospiro 40:23 Tarantella (Venezia et Napoli) 45:46

[@Florestan1207]

Everything here is remarkable, but I have never heard a more beautiful ”Un sospiro”.

[@GouganeBarra-u4t]

This recital is a 9 on the richter scale. Cziffra chose to specialise in the music of Liszt rather than have a wide repertoire like say Barenboim, and with Liszts music he is the undisputed supreme master. In fact, with his recording of Grand Galop Chromatique he probably surpasses Liszt himself. High praise indeed, yet well deserved !

[@MartinVanBoven]

With that you mean he still is just a bit lesser a pianist than Richter, right?

[@michaeloleary1867]

Beautiful!

[@albertoviader7200]

Great Cziffra!!!

[@davidk7529]

......amazing quality recording of several absolutely phenomenal performances in a row, even for Cziffra! This right here is a recording of life-changing magnitude. Cziffra just keeps inspiring me more the more I listen.

[@piano345]

Yes, he was one of the twentieth centuries greatest pianists and a phenomenal Liszt player as you can hear in this recording from 1963.

[@Laurenzatto54]

Even more important than his incredible technique was the magic purity of his sound ... for me the most beautiful piano sound with that of Michelangeli, the only two pianists who made me hear the sound of water on a keyboard

[@piano345]

For sound, colours, light and shade plus sheer style and personality I like Cherkassky and Horowitz.

[@Laurenzatto54]

@@piano345 I don't like Horowitz'sound which I've always found very hard...any case in Liszt, there is Cziffra and all the others...

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Kempff Gilels Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Ashkenazy more beautiful colorful piano sound than Cziffra and ABM!

[@cziffrathegreat666]

45:03 The most beautiful moment of in entire classical piano literature!

[@Aclusios]

Fantasia and Fugue on the theme of B.A.C.H. : 0:04 Sonetto 123 del Petraca : 11:35 Polonaise No.2 in E major : 18:26 La leggierezza : 27:04 St. Francis de Paul walking on the waters : 31:49 Un Sospiro : 40:23 Tarentelle (Venezia et Napoli) : 45:46

[@crcasti]

an immense ability from the vast cosmos!

[@piano345]

A vivid description but you are right.

[@BelaDuka]

The King!!!!!!!

[@MatzMatz11]

Thank you so much for uploading this to You Tube. I don't think any other of the great pianists understood Liszt as Cziffra did. To me it's like he had a spiritual connection to him or a part of Liszt reincarnated in him.....when I hear him play, it's magic. Not because of the amazing technical proficiency, but the way he interprets, lets the notes count - one by one- in spite of the mind boggling speed. The only thing I don't comprehend is why this video doesn't have millions of views......

[@piano345]

I agree with you. It's not all about virtuosity but the fact his technique enabled him to concentrate on the message behind the notes. It sounds as though he is composing the music at the piano which is the essence of great playing and communication.

[@Patryc]

it will

[@pianosenzanima1]

19:45 rip it was Cziffra...and the others.

[@CziffraTheThird]

I can not believe I just came across an apparent second, separate rendition which so happens to apparently be one year before the master's Torino all-Liszt revelation of a supernatural program, pertaining to the B-A-C-H? Wow! This just made my 2021 so far to discover this!! My goodness. Edit: Sorry, from 59 he was in Torino!

[@odilereneleau3464]

Gorgeous rendition ! Thanks very much dear piano 345 for all your splendid choices as ever !

[@ayoubbougria237]

Sublime !

[@mwworkman]

I have this on LP titled: Virtuoso Piano Recital. Music by Hungarian 19th Century virtuoso pianist-composer played by 20th Century Hungarian virtuoso pianist. And indeed it is. Nobody interpreted and played Liszt as Cziffra.

[@Nickee_Sonicjinn]

My friend and I have realized how awe-inspiring Liszt could be again and again through Cziffra's heavenly interpretations. His Polonaise and Un Sospiro are absolutely sublime. This whole album is a genuine bliss to our ears! Indeed I appreciate your uploading of this album. I'm getting this album on Amazon or somewhere definitely!

[@Laurenzatto54]

Le Liszt le plus surnaturel jamais enregistré

[@MatzMatz11]

I agree 100 %. C'est vrai!

[@cziffrathegreat666]

What piano is this, I'm curious to know? Sounds perfect for Un sospiro

[@georgesandchopin]

@piano345. Thank you for beautiful upload. With all due respect, it would be ... del Petrarca or Petrarqua. Have a nice day!

[@kyungho_seong]

27:05 La Leggierezza

[@Laurenzatto54]

the most fabulous ever recorded

[@SZTANCSEK]

Nagyon természetes, hogy Cziffra Györgynél senki nem képes Lisztet jobban játszani, hiszen Cziffra Liszt reinkarnációja.

[@Felix_Li_En]

There are two amazing interpretations which Cziffra only did once during his life: Un Sospiro and La Leggierezza. I'm wondering do you know whether Cziffra did record or play these 2 etudes in other places, or not ?

[@piano345]

I agree with your that his performances of Un Sospiro and La Leggierezza are wonderful. As far as I know, he didn't record them again or play them in public which is a great pity. I always regret that he never gave another London recital after 1963.

[@johnmerrick9591]

I'm interested to hear that he gave his last London recital in 1963. As a young teenager I attended a recital he gave in the Festival Hall around then - my memory's very hazy, but it did include Chopin's A flat Polonaise, and it was in the afternoon rather than the evening. Might this have been his final London recital?

[@piano345]

@@johnmerrick9591 His 1963 recital had Chopin in the first half which included the Polonaise in A flat and the second half was all Liszt. He only gave two London recitals so I'm pretty sure this is the recital you attended. He did perform a number of concertos at the Royal Festival Hall including Liszt 1 and Hungarian Fantasy plus numerous encores, Grieg's concerto, Franck's Symphonic Variations and the Tchaikovsky B flat minor concerto.

[@johnmerrick9591]

@@piano345 Thank you! I also heard him play Liszt's Hungarian Fantasia in, of all places, Coventry Theatre, probably with the CBSO. I remember his extra bravura flourishes which can also be heard on his recording conducted by his son.

[@Swybryd-Nation]

Performed properly ALL Liszt is MAGIC!

[@syourke3]

For Liszt, there’s only Cziffra.

[@Laurenzatto54]

Oh yes

[@RémyCatteau]

Dommage la publicité en plein milieu des morceaux😒

Comment peut-on mettre un "je n'aime pas" ? Je ne comprends pas.

[@Laurenzatto54]

Il y en a même deux et il n'y a rien à comprendre...paix à leurs âmes damnées...

[@CziffraTheThird]

The Tarentella is from 58, not 63.

[@Laurenzatto54]

Not sure, the 1958 was in mono not this one

[@dd8436]

18:27

[@norichan-d8w]

リストがひけたのは　シフラとリストなのかな　素人考えだけれとわ😅

[@MegaPianogenius]

I'm afraid I disagree with most comments on liszt on b-a-ch marc andre hamelin does a better interpretation

[@Laurenzatto54]

Ha ha Cziffra had one Hamelin in each finger...

[@igorek1982]

sam333 maybe even two Hamelins - and just in the fingertips😂

[@mikloscserhati1480]

Well, I admire Hamelin’s gorgeous technik, but as a musician he can’t reach Cziffra!