Cziffra's "Fantasy on William Tell" Pastorale-Finale Audio + Sheet Music

pf: Georges Cziffra

:O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O

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• IMPOSSIBLE!!!

[agrandb]

i cant belive a human can play this

[purerhodium]

Check out Cziffra's La Fantaisie Roumaine. It has an entire passage with almost nothing but octave glissandos in the right hand, going UPWARDS.

[dorianderseed]

@sirshitsalot007 haha yes it would.

[sprund2009]

I saw an interview with Gyorgy Sandor once in which he said he was in a cafe somewhere like Budapest or Paris and a piano was being played in the next room. After a while because it was quite good, he asked "Who are the people playing the piano next door?" He got the answer "People? It's just one person - Cziffra". Sandor was flabbergasted, because he thought it was too people playing complicated duets and he went to see for himself, and sure enough it was Cziffra on his own.

[cowzilla8]

Not to mention, that a part of the finale sounds like something from Rachmaninoff's Op. 23 No.5 Prelude in G Minor.

[sirshitsalot007]

this must be a bitch to sightread

[Jim0734]

I haven't listened to this for a while but :O:O:O:O:O:O:O:O:O:O rings truer than ever. My favorite bit is 5.06 - 5.09 but the whole thing is a scandalous talent. I don't think a piano has ever lived through something more mercilous from one player.

[GypsyPianist]

Has anyone made a more accurate version of this masterwork?

[Jim341046]

I'd like to put a solar powered music player near his grave.

[Jim341046]

There are a few super-virtuosi but there is only one ulta-virtuoso

[purerhodium]

I actually like the pastorale section in this transcription more than that in the original... it's so much more calming.