CZIFFRA Plays Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso

[thesatana12]

beautifull



[benien22]

why are people only interested in the Presto?

personally i think the most beautiful part is the Andante.

[AkaMouTinn]

@benien22 andante exists only as a preparation to presto. The whole is always more than the sum of its parts - Aristotle

[predoje]

2:23 presto

[BassicStorm]

15 years old Felix wrote this Genial work

[Renesmee1101]

wow!!

that is so......good!!

[riafeco]

Egy csodálatos mű egy csodálatos előadótol!

[utoob4227]

4:38 holy shit

[Niodo]

Way too easy for Cziffra...awesome performance nonetheless

[baroque500]

So am I! ...I don't need your name for security, just tell me what you won and I'll check it. I won second place in the Junior category, I live in NY.

[baroque500]

Love his interpretation of the fast part.

I'm playing this piece in Carnegie Hall on December 21!!!!!!

[Chakiejan]

@baroque500 That's funny, I am playing at Carnegie Hall on December 21 too.

[baroque500]

@Chakiejan Are you playing in the Winner's Recital for the American Protege Romantic Music Competition?

[Chakiejan]

@baroque500 Why yes... yes I am.

[utoob4227]

That is sooooo boss. What is that like 150 on the metronome? I'm learning this piece and I could never even play that in my dreams. This is a wonderful rendition of Mendelssohn's work

[comicy2]

Incredible! this man does not belong to this planet.

[OrangeSodaKing]

Amazing technique, specifically the control in the fast notes! Also, a very musical and convincing performance! A+ to Cziffra!

[TaiwanesePride523]

when was this performed/recorded?

[Corellon27]

@TaiwanesePride523 I''m guessing 1954/56 as it says on the cd cover...

[piano345]

Combines poetry and virtuosity in equal measuure.

[pianomagghy]

splendido

[Chakiejan]

what clarity.... christ man.

[YUNGKA22]

I'm so excited to learn this :D

[tastetacticiansl]

I LOVE mp3iffy it WORKS just google mp3iffy.

[itaiGUITAR]

I dont like him.. he played very boring for me.. this is my opinion

[MishaTandler]

@itaiGUITAR

1.) What don't you like?

2.) What do you find boring?

3.) Do you play this piece?

4.) What would you do differently to Cziffra and why?

[papayaberry315]

@MishaTandler

i finished this piece a few months ago, and i also find this a bit boring. not the whole thing, but his exposition. i also think he rushes in the wrong places and uses rubato in the wrong places. the ending chords aren't brillant as they should be. i'm no cziffra, but that's what i think.

[Chakiejan]

@itaiGUITAR lol?

[blazedlush]

Wow, fantastic!

CHeck out my channel and see how i do! :D

[byronh29]

Dear god, that is fast. Never heard those middle sections played that fast before.

[Will84ABA]

Cziffra I miss you...and the other Piano Legends too :(

[andygs15]

Best performance i've ever heard! It's so virtuoso and ambitious! It's definately worth listening!!!

[cocoaorange]

amazing performance! very inspiring for me to practice more on this piece! *winks*

[danedaworld]

clean...nuff sed

[ultracoolhomies]

The beginning is great.

[danedaworld]

so is the middle...and the end =)

[organistin1001]

와우..프레스토 템포가 정말 프레스토네요..ㅋㅋ 이곳으로 시험보는데...넘 좋아요~!

[KarrotKun1]

I think the presto is played very well and he brings out the melody very well.

[MALBGM]

i've never very much liked cziffra. his technique is excellent, his bravura is unequaled, his presto's are amazing. but he insists on playing everything as if it's liszt! for the love of god cziffra cut back on the freaking rubato's and 20th century pedaling! the andante is just empty. no feeling whatsoever(which just goes to show that if it's not fast he can't do it).

his piano playing upsets me.

[thelord2000]

I don't think he will be reading your plea for less rubato.

He's dead

[MALBGM]

sad but true.

if only they could play from beyond the grave i'd sit next to gould's piano till i died and asked him if i could play it myself as a ghost and he'd say no because my bach is worse than richter's and then i'd be sad but then i'd fly over to horowitz and we'd play his danse exotique together and make passionate piano love

i smell a fanfic!

[Ang3lus2006]

@MALBGM

passionate piano love? haha :)

[MALBGM]

@Ang3lus2006

waaaaaay ahead of me

:P

[dpalavi]

Interesting interpretation of this piece. I did feel some measures were rushed for my taste, but I couldn't play it as clean as he did.

[Yeiv16]

First two minutes were awesome.

I didn't like the rest so much, I felt it was extremely nervous, too many strettos.

It is just an opinion, though.

[musicmaniacfreak]

the andante is horrifically fast

[dashidash]

this is pretty pimp

[Liptonater]

unbelievable.. his piano is to weak and his forte to fast. this man is to fast for this piece

[ccen1]

bravo Cziffra!

[Liptonater]

he sounds more like startrek in some measures

[4unvme4amazing4race]

everything is executed with such precision and perfection, splendid. I understand why cziffra is so highly regarded

[devonunitedkingdom]

Very well play. I once had a closer look at Cziffra's thumbs. They are slightly out of joint, kind of like eisbein one gets in Prussian countries.

[Syterion]

I've listened to so many versions of this composition and this is the best one on youtube. It has all the elegance and grace in the beginning and lightness in the middle without feeling frantic, and power at the end. Fantastic.

[OrangeSodaKing]

This is great. Cziffra did a good job in this one. 5 stars.

[rehkevin]

good!!!!!!!!!!!!

[morvensky]

The introduction was a little mechanical although he had a very nice touch. His rondo was energetic but not aggressive enough for me. Good, a video I will comeback to in the future.

[zamyrabyrd]

How can you say "mechanical" when there was such tasteful phrasing together with the well considered rubatos? The mistake that Russians make (as far as I could tell) is that Mendelssohn and Grieg should be played aggressively. Not at all.

[morvensky]

By mechanical I meant not enough pedal. To clear almost.

[zamyrabyrd]

On the contrary, clarifying the musical line above all the other competing notes is quite an accomplishment. He also performs the miracle of revealing the forest through the thick trees and bushes of 16th notes in the Rondo section.

[annpham]

I love this piece. My sister just started playing it for her secondary school performance. Very nice melody!

[Pischnaholic]

I doubt if we'll ever hear it played any better. The introduction is played with deep feeling and great affection, and then the Rondo just sparkles and crackles fairy-like with a lightness and speed that seems never to touch the earth.

Discovering Cziffra's fine artistry at this very late date is an unexpected pleasure.

[PeiD0nG]

Amazing dexterity as always

[ThePro911]

Don't you think this sounds just a bit fast at the adante in the beginning? Everything else was wonderful! Just wasn't sure about the beginning, but I guess he can play however he likes since he's so good.

[Greavily]

Yes, I think he's a little fast, but that doesn't really matter I think. Wonderfully played.

[Scampdude]

Amazing sudden crescendos and diminuendos in the syncopated octave part in the presto.

Love the pedalling at the beginning of the presto section. Truly individual.

[barneyfifty]

does anyone else think that at 3:30 he looks a lot like francesco totti (the footballer)?

awesome performance - unbelievably clear rendition

[klenti]

Arrau also plays this beautifully, Too bad the sound quality isn't as nice as this. Definitely going in my favourites.

[jmiller4020]

this is the best rendition I have heard.

[mybotteghino]

wanderful!!

[valsilan]

exelente

[wawasesame]

i am currently working on this piece. What a nice reference!

[moicmoua]

Oh mon dieu ce morceau est le plus magnifique des morceaux !!

Cziffra est un maître, j'adore sa façon de jouer. Il y met des sentiments...

Vive ce morceau ! =)

[Xantuscateus]

Quels sentiments est ce qu'il met?

[moicmoua]

Eh bien, les sentiments qu'on peut mettre en jouant un morceau...

Chacun a un point de vue différent quant à la manière de jouer.

[Jenjoliveur]

Nice pedals in the presto, never heard such an interpretation of this piece.

[Waldszenen]

Cziffra's fingernail clippings are more worthy of the piano than I ever will be. :(

[lilfuzziebear]

amazing! =]

[steinwaygrande1]

The consumate pianist if ever there was one

[myomartyboy]

It's amazing when you listen to the adequate performance of those young prodigies and then listen to the consumate rendering of the master.

[zamyrabyrd]

Aha, so THAT is HOW a mature musician plays this work without undue drama in the introduction played as an improvisation and the allegro part with impeccable voicing and speed! This must be the GOLD standard that others can only aspire and dream about.

[marcelkarlsruhe]

genial leicht, durchsichtig,luftig und der bogen stimmt von der ersten bist zu letzten note.

[Tiszt]

Extraordinary techique, extraordinary interpretation

[egonsky]

who would say that?

thx god my opinion counts still more for me as otherones...!

[beethovenbd]

excellent performance:D

a prove that this man was more then just "virtuosic ramblings" as some would like to say.

[petrof4056]

@beethovenbd exactly, some people see Cziffra as a brilliant technical pianist icon, but we forgot he was a very sensible musician as this record justified it.

[pastafantastica]

@beethovenbd illtenigent MF

[EasyListeningLounge]

@beethovenbd I think Cziffra was the greatest classical pianist of all time. Hofmann probably being next. I just purchased the 40 CD box set of Cziffra's EMI and Philips recordings. It is absolutely fabulous! I think the box set is pretty much out of print. I was lucky to find a set for sale.