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Cziffra plays Chopin: Ballade No. 3

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Uploaded by on May 7, 2008

Ballade No. 3, Op. 47, in A-flat major

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  • Between 1950 and 1953 Cziffra was in a forced-labor camp, where his hands was thoroughly broken down. In this time he struggled with alcohol and suffered from oppression in Hungary. This was a very tough period in his life. His back is a real miracle.

  • His talent burst almost without outside help he learned playing almost without teachers! When he started studying in Moscow conservatory at Neuhaus's class, this great musician, after being a teacher of series of stars, including Gilels, exclaimed: "What a talent! There is practically nothing I can teach him!"

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  • @tamarahisk ok sorry

  • to newFranzFerencLiszt

    It's pitty you are making a remark without reading the whole correspondence - the person we was discussing was Richter and I quoted Neuhaus's opinion about Richter

  • @tamarahisk you're misunderstandin him with NEUHAUS, and the person referred to "What a talent! There is practically nothing I can teach him!" is RICHTER

  • A truly strong man, to have gone through such a lot and come out on the other side. An amazing pianist, I love this version of the Ballade. Thanks for posting!

  • This performance really captivates me for some reason. It really comes out in the slower tempo, the piece never really goes anywhere (even though you want it to!), he keeps on holding it back. Perhaps it has to do with the tragedy in his life, perhaps not, it's really Cziffra's own piece.

  • He really looks like Schuman.

  • After two and a half decades of worldwide success was another tragedy, in 1982 his only son died.Cziffra's late period characterized by again sorrow of the broken man.

  • Isn't it too slow?? Sometimes I can't stand this tempo....

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