Cziffra plays Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

[ClassicalMusicPL]

Just listen to the ending. I wonder why Cziffra played it different way in his later performances, with some strange changes of volume. Here it's just perfect...

[1308SHYAMAL]

how this lady gaga, j lo kind of people survive in front of such a heavenly masterpieces. Really we are at the end of the world if we be really not awake in time.

[takeorockotori]

The best version ever of Liszt's hungarian Rhapsody n2

[MrTIRILLY]

C'est sublime !

[sammarco02]

It's just mind blowing that Cziffra gets only 28 thousand views while that clown maksim has more than 2 million! Even if people didn't know Cziffra's Hungarian this rendition is totally, 100 percent Hungarian, he was really incredible!  I also love Jung Lin's rendition, actually hard to hear much difference from Cziffra's! :D

[musymusic]

This man really understands the piece.

[gyorgyben]

he's Hungarian...

[SsayoODu69]

ow my god thank you , I'm 14 years old and I love it

[0530pianist]

Unplayable!

[giuseppe76761]

e lui on eì di meno di hamelin

[LadyElisabethx]

he is GOD!!!!!!

[tamasmucs]

tom and jerry?

[schlesmail]

@tamasmucs: Subsequently known as Simon & Garfunkel.

[TripleRhu]

9:04 made me say holy crap.

[Graffyish]

OMG cziffra is the fastest pianist I've ever heard !

[TripleRhu]

@Graffyish you mean greatest? :D

[Graffyish]

@TripleRhu Also that ! :D

[Bassoid]

@Graffyish Fast and clear, You can be fast and noisy, but this man is really beyond all standards , he has the feeling and technique of a grand grand master and also a unique touch of his own (probably due to his life experiences). A genius of geniuses.

[ARTEPARALAPAZ]

wooow!!! que gran gran interpretación!!! :) very goood!!!

[36beachbum]

I like his live version on yt better. Cziffra is pure magic, everything he ever performed is purely amazing :) I also like Jung Lin's HR2, also pure magic :)

[ClassicalMusicPL]

This is Cziffra, no doubt. From EMI Classics "Hungarian Rhapsodies", CD relased in 2002. And the recording was made in late 50s (1957-59).

And it's even better than the second one (watch?v=fnChH3cFPnY), which I considered the best version of original HR2, untill I head this one :)

[Asiratani]

What a fucking guy! ;-) O mais grande do mundo!!!!!

[chrism216]

omg.... his friska...

how?!?!!?! is that physically possible?!?!

[tombennettpiano]

God of Piano!

[abracadabranque]

L'âme hongroise... Et son interprète de prédilection!Puissant et délicat,profond.

[777mrpiano777]

people. we have our 20th century liszt. Cziffra!

[anthonyjakes]

@777mrpiano777 Uh u forget Liszt was -as well as being a keyboard genius - was a great composer and left the planet some of the finest piano music ever as well as a variety of orchestral and vocal music. Cziffra was a performance genius but left us nothing other than his performances.

[777mrpiano777]

@anthonyjakes As does any concert pianist.

i havent forgotten anything.

[Bassoid]

@anthonyjakes Please don´t forget that Cziffra spent 10 years in prison for refuising to fight for the russians. It was a miracle he managed to rise from the shadows and found a way to play with a broken finger :).

[Szotyka]

BEST!

[UndyingAnguish]

I must say this is my favorite interpretation of this piece, by far. Bravo, Mr. Cziffra.

[PrincessDesert]

Are you sure it's Cziffra? There's many parts a Hungarian wouldn't do, and plus there's false notes. Was he improvising?

[ClassicMusicOnly]

This surly is Cziffra playing. Its his interpretation .. and Cziffra always improvises on his recordings..

[dbikeguy]

yeah its definitely cziffra. he has a style and this is his definitely. no one else plays like this.

[csaszi68]

This is overreel.

Hungarian's feeling.

[ClassicMusicOnly]

Cziffra has a couple interpretations there is another video that you can listen to and you will find at some parts its different. It might be as well a improvisation. But it looks to obvious and different.I still like this one better :) Its amazing and so is Cziffra.

[Bach251]

Master Cziffra!

Listz God!

[Airliners101]

Since when do we pray to Liszt?

[huughjarse]

incredible !!

- but is that a picture of Spike Milligan ??

( another genius )

[13241231324]

@huughjarse That's the picture of Liszt!!!

[huughjarse]

@13241231324 - I was just messing, - but look up ''Spike Milligan'', - it's like his twin..!!

[malikcpp]

Katiuszkasanda je rajouterais, pourquoi Cziffra n'est plus de ce monde snif snif ... :-) sinon la magnificence de ces interprétations ne cessera jamais de m'époustoufler ! Après 20 écoutes on ne s'en lasse jamais ! Bravo et merci !!

[Katiuszkasanda]

La pus sublime des versions!...La 1ère enregistrée par Cziffra lors de son arrivée en France.Contrastes époustouflants,superbes pianissimi ,délicatesse,poésie,rêverie mais aussi brillance,éclats,accents hongrois explosifs! FANTASTIQUE! Merci.

[utulip56]

Brilliancy!

[Lin6Echo]

Music from an Artist

[CopsHateMe]

weird piano beautiful playing

[Rohit0406]

AMAZING

[jmealonso]

!@#$%^& wow!