Georges Cziffra Liszt Polonaise n.1

Georges Cziffra plays Liszts Polonaise No. 1 recorded in 1978
From Piano works 5

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• polonaise
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[ondinegb]

How I love his rubato, his suave and sophisticated touch on keyboard, his exquisite and intricate musical expression and his powerful emotional outpouring. Nobody else can interprete Liszt's music better than Cziffra. He is my idol.

[MultiTpa]

Amazing! This polonaise is maybe better than the second one but it is unfortunate that this is audio only. Anyway, Cziffra is my favourite pianist.

[ImmortalSpecies]

@mightyaquarium Cziffra played it like a polonaise should be - although I'm not sure if I want it to sound like one.

[ImmortalSpecies]

@mightyaquarium Assuming it hasn't gone a week ;) - the music strongly relates to the feeling melancholy, maybe not everyone can relate to it? (It's a shame!). Now that you mention "chaotic", I also can relate melancholy to carelessness, the piece is slightly uncontrollable as to unpredictable. :D

[decemberbenjamin]

I admire the life he has to go through ... respect.

[mightyaquarium]

(Polonaise) No.1 !!! Why is that revolutionary music so unknown by the musicians? I agree could be horribly difficult to perform it, has a maybe chaotic-looking-like system, and a very big length, but I would like to hear This piece now for at least through one week from everywhere :)

[SELMER1947]

Absolument FABULEUX !!!!!!!!!!!

[Mazeppa6]

Jesus Christ, from 4.59 to 5.39 is the most intense piano playing I've ever heard! CZIFFRA IS THE MAN!!!!!!

[DadoD999]

Perfect .

[cygnusne]

Thanks for posting this !! Beautiful playing as always!!

[cygnusne]

Thanks for posting this !!

[afertyus1000]

@ondinegb yes it's very sensual i love the rubato even if others disagree

[RollaArtis]

@henrique1944 I absolutely agree.

[klokheten]

Limitless and crystalclear playing from Cziffra.

The polonaise itself is also very powerful.

[felix0911176727]

The score of this polonaise is totally complicated... Cziffra could play in this speed and tempo is totally... a miracle!!

[zangdaarr]

I'm looking for a live video version of this Polonaise

[EddyGuido91]

The most beautyful Liszt's piece... fantastic, i love it.

[henrique1944]

In my opinion, Polonaise is a dance. Nobody could dance this Polonaise with such exagerated rubato This piece must be played in time, or else, change the name , Phantasy, or Polonaise Phantasy.. I think it is a bad taste, doing limping as a good deal of players do.Pianists must play both hands simultaneously, as the way it were written.

[BosendorferFazioli]

Stephen Hough plays this piece much better in my opinion. But that is my opinion. Cziffra seems to be showing off so much that he misses the beautiful moments.

[alibeshjr]

My previous comment was a reply to squishym, btw.

[alibeshjr]

Yeah. Good point: Energy/Passion - the thing that makes Cziffra so different from other virtuous playing Liszt... I'd call it a Hungarian spirit that only a few could really understand/reflect when performing Liszt's works...

[clsrp]

I do not like this recording.This polonaise is very much a lyrical piece, and the things Cziffra does here would suit better for the 2nd polonaise, here they are not very tasteful. I see also no reason to play so often f instead of p. G. Ginzburg is the best performer of this work.

[squishym]

alibeshjr - good call. It is hard to imagine any pianist playing that segment with as much intense energy and passion as Cziffra does in this recording.

[squishym]

This polonaise no. 1 is amazingly sensitive and beautiful, and yet no. 2 seems to get all the love! If only more people would listen to this one - much more influence of Chopin than no. 2, and a suitable tribute!

[alibeshjr]

4:57 to 5:57... Just wow...

I cannot stop listening to that. Such a great work and a great performance...

[scriabin007]

cziffra gives the first polonaise really the honore.....thnaks for posting it!

[TheCinemaization]

He looks like Robert Mitchum.