everbody knows that cziffra is the best liszt performer but in this rhapsody he really didn't find the right moments to express his gypsy feelings like usually
Liszst was certainly a Madgyar at heart although born in that fractious area of Austro/Hungary. The Liszt society believe he spoke good Hungarian, he certainly made wonderful Hungarian music and was the greatest pianist next to Chopin.
Better due to chasteness and excitement?? Is being chaste a mark of superiority? Since when?
Romanticism was about breaking the mold: movement away from the "absolute monarch" and conventional tradition.Freedom was not located in the church, but comming to terms with the alienation of understanding what it means to be human. And that entails all the sensuousness of existence!
Moot point...Liszt wasn't really "Hungarian." Probably German. But it doesn't matter...Cziffra was Hungarian and he knew exactly what Lizst was feeling...I was present for his first American performance of the Fantasia...and, being a Hungarian national song, and he, just freed from prison...you've never heard anything like it..some of us were in tears...the first Angel recording was made in Paris just after his release, and if you haven't heard it, you should...
Ethnic German parentage, but that has never been resolved with certification. As I said, it doesn't really matter. He said of his children, "they are Hungarian, like it or not." Now back to the music, please...sorry I added that, wasn't worth the bother...
ffrugy is right about Liszt's lineage, but there's more. Raiding, Liszt's birthplace, was then in the Hungary, but is now in Austria. German was his first language; he spoke little Hungarian. For all his Hungarian-based compositions, he was no "nationalist," but part of the so-called "New German School" who made his name in Paris. And though Liszt (as you noted) carried a Hungarian passport, he spent most of his adult life elsewhere. Liszt was a complex man in this as in many facets of his life.
I agree konzolmester. Also check out Janos Balazs Jr. Last year he won the international Liszt competition at age 16 at the University of Pecs, Hungary. It is a very exciting time to watch new talents ... but ultimately, we miss the one and only Gyorgy Cziffra ...
Cziffra's recording of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies are fabulous. They have the real gypsy character, passion and improvisatory style. I prefer the late 1950s recordings to his 1974-1976 remake. Just that there is more poetry in the quieter lyrical sections.
everbody knows that cziffra is the best liszt performer but in this rhapsody he really didn't find the right moments to express his gypsy feelings like usually
bojajchris 1 year ago
Liszst was certainly a Madgyar at heart although born in that fractious area of Austro/Hungary. The Liszt society believe he spoke good Hungarian, he certainly made wonderful Hungarian music and was the greatest pianist next to Chopin.
TheCourtwick 1 year ago
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@TheCourtwick What exactly do you mean, "...next to Chopin."?
MrLieblingsessen 6 months ago
Better due to chasteness and excitement?? Is being chaste a mark of superiority? Since when?
Romanticism was about breaking the mold: movement away from the "absolute monarch" and conventional tradition.Freedom was not located in the church, but comming to terms with the alienation of understanding what it means to be human. And that entails all the sensuousness of existence!
lacsoroma 2 years ago
horowitz is superior in chasteness and excitement, but cziffra finds some amazing filigree.
kasyapa 3 years ago
Far better than Hortowitz
alekrussote 3 years ago 5
Yes i agree: better than the Horrowitz-Version!
scriabin007 3 years ago 2
in my opinion, its better then the horrowitz-version!
scriabin007 3 years ago 2
Amazing
AlexPxr8 3 years ago
Cziffra's ideas didn't always come to fruition, but this is fantastic!
toneeeeeee 3 years ago 2
Moot point...Liszt wasn't really "Hungarian." Probably German. But it doesn't matter...Cziffra was Hungarian and he knew exactly what Lizst was feeling...I was present for his first American performance of the Fantasia...and, being a Hungarian national song, and he, just freed from prison...you've never heard anything like it..some of us were in tears...the first Angel recording was made in Paris just after his release, and if you haven't heard it, you should...
ffurgy 3 years ago 3
Interesting. What you mean on "Probably German"? German Citizenship or ethnic German?
He never had other than Hungarian "passport" in his long life.
Sallelaschi 3 years ago
Ethnic German parentage, but that has never been resolved with certification. As I said, it doesn't really matter. He said of his children, "they are Hungarian, like it or not." Now back to the music, please...sorry I added that, wasn't worth the bother...
ffurgy 3 years ago
ffrugy is right about Liszt's lineage, but there's more. Raiding, Liszt's birthplace, was then in the Hungary, but is now in Austria. German was his first language; he spoke little Hungarian. For all his Hungarian-based compositions, he was no "nationalist," but part of the so-called "New German School" who made his name in Paris. And though Liszt (as you noted) carried a Hungarian passport, he spent most of his adult life elsewhere. Liszt was a complex man in this as in many facets of his life.
Galantski 3 years ago
Cziffra is very creative, his No.16 transcriptions is also very awesome!
felix0911176727 3 years ago
Yes.
Ichkovitch 3 years ago
Simplement fabuleux, encore plus fabuleux que la même rapsodie dans la transcription d'Horowitz. Un grand merci pour ce document exceptionnel!!!
didilevolcan 3 years ago
Cziffra was a hungarian so he had Liszt types in his blood. He was the last greatest hungarian pianist,wonder who will be the follower.-_-
konzolmester 3 years ago 3
I agree konzolmester. Also check out Janos Balazs Jr. Last year he won the international Liszt competition at age 16 at the University of Pecs, Hungary. It is a very exciting time to watch new talents ... but ultimately, we miss the one and only Gyorgy Cziffra ...
GeorgeOfZala 3 years ago
Brilliant.
Reaper978 3 years ago
Cziffra's recording of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies are fabulous. They have the real gypsy character, passion and improvisatory style. I prefer the late 1950s recordings to his 1974-1976 remake. Just that there is more poetry in the quieter lyrical sections.
piano345 4 years ago 5
Awesome recording! Thanks for sharing. No one knows gypsy style like ziff
donjuan9012 4 years ago 3
hahaha "ziff" i love it
virtuoso18 3 years ago