(Polonaise) No.1 !!! Why is that revolutionary music so unknown by the musicians? I agree could be horribly difficult to perform it, has a maybe chaotic-looking-like system, and a very big length, but I would like to hear This piece now for at least through one week from everywhere :)
@mightyaquarium Assuming it hasn't gone a week ;) - the music strongly relates to the feeling melancholy, maybe not everyone can relate to it? (It's a shame!). Now that you mention "chaotic", I also can relate melancholy to carelessness, the piece is slightly uncontrollable as to unpredictable. :D
In my opinion, Polonaise is a dance. Nobody could dance this Polonaise with such exagerated rubato This piece must be played in time, or else, change the name , Phantasy, or Polonaise Phantasy.. I think it is a bad taste, doing limping as a good deal of players do.Pianists must play both hands simultaneously, as the way it were written.
Stephen Hough plays this piece much better in my opinion. But that is my opinion. Cziffra seems to be showing off so much that he misses the beautiful moments.
I do not like this recording.This polonaise is very much a lyrical piece, and the things Cziffra does here would suit better for the 2nd polonaise, here they are not very tasteful. I see also no reason to play so often f instead of p. G. Ginzburg is the best performer of this work.
This polonaise no. 1 is amazingly sensitive and beautiful, and yet no. 2 seems to get all the love! If only more people would listen to this one - much more influence of Chopin than no. 2, and a suitable tribute!
alibeshjr - good call. It is hard to imagine any pianist playing that segment with as much intense energy and passion as Cziffra does in this recording.
Yeah. Good point: Energy/Passion - the thing that makes Cziffra so different from other virtuous playing Liszt... I'd call it a Hungarian spirit that only a few could really understand/reflect when performing Liszt's works...
i have copied the year from the music file I had. Checked the internet and found this: "Rarities form the 1970s/80s include the Polonaise No.1, Ballade No.2" so if the 1978 is really true i will change the description.
In the late 1950s and early sixties Cziffra set the Danube aflame with his passionate playing and like a hurricane blew away the cobwebs from European concert halls. Some of his later recordings like this one were too closely miked for comfort but the thrilling impact of his playing remains the same.
How I love his rubato, his suave and sophisticated touch on keyboard, his exquisite and intricate musical expression and his powerful emotional outpouring. Nobody else can interprete Liszt's music better than Cziffra. He is my idol.
I admire the life he has to go through ... respect.
decemberbenjamin 4 months ago
(Polonaise) No.1 !!! Why is that revolutionary music so unknown by the musicians? I agree could be horribly difficult to perform it, has a maybe chaotic-looking-like system, and a very big length, but I would like to hear This piece now for at least through one week from everywhere :)
mightyaquarium 8 months ago
@mightyaquarium Assuming it hasn't gone a week ;) - the music strongly relates to the feeling melancholy, maybe not everyone can relate to it? (It's a shame!). Now that you mention "chaotic", I also can relate melancholy to carelessness, the piece is slightly uncontrollable as to unpredictable. :D
ImmortalSpecies 2 months ago
@mightyaquarium Cziffra played it like a polonaise should be - although I'm not sure if I want it to sound like one.
ImmortalSpecies 2 months ago
Absolument FABULEUX !!!!!!!!!!!
SELMER1947 11 months ago
Jesus Christ, from 4.59 to 5.39 is the most intense piano playing I've ever heard! CZIFFRA IS THE MAN!!!!!!
Mazeppa6 1 year ago
Perfect .
DadoD999 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this !! Beautiful playing as always!!
cygnusne 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this !!
cygnusne 1 year ago
Limitless and crystalclear playing from Cziffra.
The polonaise itself is also very powerful.
klokheten 1 year ago
The score of this polonaise is totally complicated... Cziffra could play in this speed and tempo is totally... a miracle!!
felix0911176727 1 year ago
I'm looking for a live video version of this Polonaise
zangdaarr 1 year ago
The most beautyful Liszt's piece... fantastic, i love it.
EddyGuido91 1 year ago
In my opinion, Polonaise is a dance. Nobody could dance this Polonaise with such exagerated rubato This piece must be played in time, or else, change the name , Phantasy, or Polonaise Phantasy.. I think it is a bad taste, doing limping as a good deal of players do.Pianists must play both hands simultaneously, as the way it were written.
henrique1944 1 year ago
@henrique1944 I absolutely agree.
RollaArtis 1 year ago
Stephen Hough plays this piece much better in my opinion. But that is my opinion. Cziffra seems to be showing off so much that he misses the beautiful moments.
BosendorferFazioli 2 years ago
I do not like this recording.This polonaise is very much a lyrical piece, and the things Cziffra does here would suit better for the 2nd polonaise, here they are not very tasteful. I see also no reason to play so often f instead of p. G. Ginzburg is the best performer of this work.
clsrp 2 years ago
This polonaise no. 1 is amazingly sensitive and beautiful, and yet no. 2 seems to get all the love! If only more people would listen to this one - much more influence of Chopin than no. 2, and a suitable tribute!
squishym 2 years ago
4:57 to 5:57... Just wow...
I cannot stop listening to that. Such a great work and a great performance...
alibeshjr 2 years ago
alibeshjr - good call. It is hard to imagine any pianist playing that segment with as much intense energy and passion as Cziffra does in this recording.
squishym 2 years ago
Yeah. Good point: Energy/Passion - the thing that makes Cziffra so different from other virtuous playing Liszt... I'd call it a Hungarian spirit that only a few could really understand/reflect when performing Liszt's works...
alibeshjr 2 years ago
My previous comment was a reply to squishym, btw.
alibeshjr 2 years ago
cziffra gives the first polonaise really the honore.....thnaks for posting it!
scriabin007 2 years ago
He looks like Robert Mitchum.
TheCinemaization 2 years ago 2
Amazing! This polonaise is maybe better than the second one but it is unfortunate that this is audio only. Anyway, Cziffra is my favourite pianist.
MultiTpa 2 years ago 6
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chaussonaph 3 years ago
i have copied the year from the music file I had. Checked the internet and found this: "Rarities form the 1970s/80s include the Polonaise No.1, Ballade No.2" so if the 1978 is really true i will change the description.
yogis 3 years ago
Great !! Thankyou !
chaussonaph 3 years ago
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chaussonaph 3 years ago
In the late 1950s and early sixties Cziffra set the Danube aflame with his passionate playing and like a hurricane blew away the cobwebs from European concert halls. Some of his later recordings like this one were too closely miked for comfort but the thrilling impact of his playing remains the same.
piano345 3 years ago
How I love his rubato, his suave and sophisticated touch on keyboard, his exquisite and intricate musical expression and his powerful emotional outpouring. Nobody else can interprete Liszt's music better than Cziffra. He is my idol.
ondinegb 3 years ago 10
@ondinegb yes it's very sensual i love the rubato even if others disagree
afertyus1000 1 year ago
THANK YOU!!!!
goobleglob 3 years ago
superb !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
siebhirn 3 years ago 2