Tiempo Gnomenreigen

[parmsib]

For Gnomeregan!

[123mazeppa]

Mixing the salad again, Tiempo?

[crackapolo]

very orginaal and with great speed

[KeithWhalen11]

Cziffra owns this for me and I have a hard time listening to anything else afterwards haha.

[anonymousQ45]

earl wild

[demosj]

There are little micro-hesitations, but this is still a brilliant performance.

[Phi1618033]

Great in parts, but needs to work out some of the kinks.

[oldvlad955]

Very fast indeed, but at numerous places also very unmusical and seemingly out of control of dynamics.

[NOSEhow2LIV]

Hasty,uncuntrolled,sloppy&supe­rficial. Sounds like a plastic piano!

[opus43rhap]

very good facilities but it was more like "Rushed Dance of the Gnomes". Still, he's very good and his etudes were great.

[musicformillions]

I agree that this isn't one of Tiempo's better performances BUT if you want to hear him at his best listen to his own arr. where he combines the Revolutionary Etude with the Etude in Thirds playing both simultaneously. A real tour de force.

Another great reading is his video of the Bbm Chopin Prelude - Op. 28 #16 Excellent.

[Grigor99]

Some parts may even be slightly faster than Cziffra's, but Cziff's has more overall control and therefore bite.

[brahmsian1steve]

its actually bad, hes all over the place and there is very little directions or musical line.

[brahmsian1steve]

adam gyorgy plays it better

[gerardbedecarter]

Tiempo's tempos are very fast. [What an excruciating pun]!! They work well in the beginning but are on the brink of unravelling towards the end!! Mind you -- I wouldn't mind being able to play this piece at that speed -- or at all!!  NB: Liszt himself favoured a "controlled" performance.

[gielah]

almost the same speed as cziffra but certainly less feeling.

[whatsmylogin]

For what it's worth, this is noticeably faster than any of the dozen or so recordings of this piece by famous people that I have heard. (Barere was the second fastest.) But it's also noticeably sloppier and Cziffra is more musically interesting. Tiempo has better recordings. Check his website.

[BachFong11]

I dont really like this piece.

[victorjara23]

music? where is it?...

[lipattihaskill]

So sorry but the best performance of this piece is by Murray Perahia.Mister tiempo is on the way to be a circusartist.A spitting image of his teacher La Argerich.What a ridiculous and pretentious performance.

[faustsaccomplice]

haha nice comment

[3cplantin]

He knows Martha Argerich and has worked with her, but isn't at her level technically or musically. That being said, he isn't as horrible as you make him out to be and the implication that Martha is ever ridiculous or pretentious or otherwise circuslike is unbelievable. She is truly on of the top five pianists of the last 50 years.

[nico22059]

Fast interpretation, but Arrau´s and Cziffra´s interpretation remain the best

[dave231000]

As far as Cziffra is concerned, I agree

[westt1234]

Hey Cziffra was a legend...give others a chance...

[vivacelife]

the acoustic of the piano/recording is a bit out of place, i wish it was better...

[jackewiebohne]

i really prefer cziffras version

[michaelkid13]

yeah, Cziffra is weigh out of this guys league. No match, sure, this guy plays fast, but no musical interpretation.

[sonnym1]

Well said tristano1987! Nowhere near Cziffra's superlative performance!!

[tristano1987]

yeah, no, Cziffra's is way better than this. Tiempo's sound doesn't come close to Cziffra's, and he doesn't play with anywhere near the bravura and abandon. This is not even in the same league, i'm afraid

[pianisamet]

he is very big pianist and very handsom=)

[shilloshillos]

Rivals and even surpasses the performance of Cziffra.

[lipattihaskill]

You are out of your mind!

[shilloshillos]

Why, because Cziffra's is faster? (or is it?... or is that the point at all?)

[tompilk]

whoa... even better than his chopin arrangement...