CZIFFRA - LISZT Transcendental Etude No.12 in B flat minor "Chasse-neige"
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@chilenoHDU What I appreciate more in Arrau is this sense of perfection for every single note, even if the tempo has to be lower sometimes to let the audience catch the full beauty of every piece. Listen to his interpretations of Beethoven's sonata, and Debussy. A jewel.
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@cygnusne I'm fully aware that it's easy to make critics over other artists. Art and critics go together, some like some don't. I don't like this interpretation, it's a matter of taste. No doubt Cziffra has an impressive and amazing piano technic, it's not what I'm pointing to. I'm pointing to the lack of search for beauty and delicacy. He was sure able to play differently but it is the artist's choice.
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Kissin
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@clementj2005 Absolutely.. Arrau owns this beautiful work ...
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Claudio Arrau's performance is the best. This one is like other Cziffra's performances, lack of musicality and lyrism, all technic and demonstration. Too much fortissimo everywhere, this interpretation is grotesque. Sorry for the fans but for me it's not music. Here Cziffra missed altogether the beauty and magic of this Master Piece, maybe one of the most beautiful piano piece ever written (in the this style), with Harmonies Du Soir.
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I'm still waiting for someone who could play Chasse-neige like Cziffra......
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This made me cry - just unbelievable!!!!
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Consider that in French "Chasse-Neige" literally means "Snow Plow" and not the more commonly assumed "Snow Storm" or "Blizzard." See if this changes your view on Cziffra's unconventional interpretation!
I think the world would be a much better place if envy would cease to exist!!
Folks, if you had the capacity to be virtuosos, you would play like this also and you wouldn't be writing critiques of a man that could very well criticize you but whom you can definitely NOT criticize!!!!
cygnusne 2 years ago 15
you are joking,..... Arrau had more stamina-power (without banging the piano) than any other pianist INCLUDING Horowitz). Whatever Arrau does is because of musical conviction and not by lack of technique and/or power.
arturon111 2 years ago 3