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American presidents and their vulgar wives, simply quiver in awe at real Majesty.

Sad day when the wreched labour party put him out of power. Look at what they have achieved

since then. Churchill whould have turned in his grave.

Oh just get on with it!

Cziffra in his time in Paris and around the world, played many pianos and was happy to do so.

These included Steinway, Baldwin, Beckstein and Gaveau. In Budapest he had a Yamaha.

A true Hungarian, Liszt interpreter. Every note played. No back hand scrolles as some of the modern pianists do. Sad he died so early, brought on by the tragic death of his talented son.

There isn't a lot, good that comes out of America. But the Baldwin piano is amazing!

What a gentleman Claudio Arrau was and a very fine maestro.

Rachmaninoff makes something out of the Polish prime minister's minuet. Rachmaninoff's real pleasure in life was to own and drive smart and fast cars.

The wrong notes in the right order, but just wonderfull. Forget the Lang Lings!

Robin Saunders was my piano teacher in the late 60's and he was resident pianist at the national film theatre in London together with Florence de Jong. Rob was a pupil of B.M. and inherited his Gors & Kallmann upright. Rachmaninoff regarded him as his only interpreter.

Astonishing!!!

@TomBarrister Hi, Just noticed your question. I was refering to Piatigorsky and 'bar one' Casals himself.

Reference to Toscanini attending the funeral is not correct, sorry about that.

Who are these peasants that critiscise one of the greatest pianists of all time/

Who the hell is gordan watson? This is a fun piece as a take off from wagner who knew little about the pianoforte. Cziffra has transformed a mediocre overtue into a masterpiece.

If you like Cziffra, just listen to Beethovens variation of God Save The King. After years of torture by the soviets where they tried to crush his hands; he came to England and his debut at the Festival Hall was the Beethoven Var.

Poor Cziffra, having to play that awfull french gaveau. His technique should be displayed on a company tuned Steinway or Bosendorfer.

brokenneckygor: Hahn was a homophobic, who later had an affair with marcel proust.

'une voix hypocrite'

Wonderful. Butt and Galli-Curci should be listened to. Both sincere renderings.

Netboko wouldn,t stand a chance with Caruso and Gili. Just listen to her pre electric recordings; no dubbing or mixing, just pure quality.

Do take note of the greatest clarinettist of all time: Charles Draper. Son of the Draper tool company founder and a good old fashioned Surbiton, Surrey, family.

Quite remarkable Budapest players, most of their recording was done in London for Columbia. They frequently invited noted English soloists; Claud Hobday, Bass. Charles Draper, the man that changed clarinet playing for all time. Totally underestimated Quartet.

I have never seen such a lot of rubbish put into cooking any dish.

Why not just use fresh ingredients, except for the chilli powder and paprika.

A very remarkable and cultured man.

Simply, delightful !

The Bosendorfer deserves better.

kasyapa. I must add that the posture Horowitz used throughout his career was an excellent one and one young pianists should emulate. Yes I said that he was a showman, but because of this posture it wasn't necessary for him to fling his arms about like so many modern prodigy's.

Dreadful, the the matrix introduction was better to listen too

This was Stalin & Lennin's regime, just like hitler. Sad nothing has changed. Great people are tortured for the sake of greed and ignorance. He left Hungary very sadly, not because of his own people but of the russians.

This poor man was tortured by the communists because of his supposed gipsy background.

His right hand was crushed as a torture to end his performing, hence the black wristband always worn as a reminder of oppresion, however this did not stop him becoming probably one of the greatest perfomers of ...

Horowitz had fears about playing Schumann-unfounded of course. Every finger was

an instrument on its own, note the right hand little finger; curls up when not required.

Years of experience and expertise. Life wasn't easy for Wanda Toscanini, but she simply adored this great artist and husband, mu...

guyosborn: A complete PRATT

Itachi GT: Lang lang was born in 1982 in a communist state.

I remember the great Constance Shacklock-the most famous of Last Night of The Proms. Her Rule Brittania could be heard in India.

Remember, a variation is a tribute to another composer.

Not only Beethoven loved the English National Anthem but Haydn was inspired by it and wrote The Emporer concerto for the Emporer of Austria and King of Hungary. The 2nd movement became the Austrian NA, before the nazis stole it.

The world be a better place with so much fun. What agreat man he was and his pal!!!.

Wonderful pianist who played the right notes in the wrong order. His protegie was Horowitz.

Cortot played the right notes in the wrong order but he was great in his interpretation unlike junk lin. The greatest Liszt exponent was Cziffra Gyorge and now Leslie Howard.

A cynical person may wonder at the Bassettes Liquirish Allsorts- To remind you which notes are black and so forth. Very well played and rarely performed which is a pity. Bravo.

I do not know this pianist, but I think he has exactly the right tempo for this composition. My tutor Robin Saunders one of the first silent movie accopanyists of the British Film Institute taught me this and he was a pupil of Benno Mosewich. Brilliant and rarely plyed.

Horowitz played this, but with the notes in the wrong order!

Until I was 12 years of age we lived next door to Mr Cutner in North London. We never met, but just listening to his practice was awe inspiring. Sadly he had a tragic illness and never played again.