Gilels - Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no.15 Rakoczy March

Emil Gilels plays Liszt's Rakoczy March in 1959

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• Gilels
• Liszt
• Rakoczy March
• Hungarian Rhapsody

[richterkleiber]

Fantastic! This sounds to be Gilels' own version of the Liszt-Horowitz adaptation. What a titanic pianist, Gilels. Such unforced power!

[hovo110]

Yes, this interpretation of Racotzi March is the best that I have got ever!

[richterkleiber]

I've played both versions. I could give you measure numbers of cuts that GIlels makes to the original score, and measures where he uses Horowitz material, but this would take more time than I have. In any case, bottom line is, I love this recording here, and I am glad we have it, as well as Gilels playing of it in Paris.

[Schizm512]

@richterkleiber If you find yourself with some free time would you be able to do that? My Teacher wants me to play this and I love this version, would be very much appreciative if you could!

[azizzaman]

It is Berlioz's damnation of faust transcribed for thé piano by liszt.

[ayso78]

Sounds like pre-emptive applause at 1:30.

[loboris1995]

It's sound like berlioz.

[loboris1995]

@QPer76 Yep,lol!!!

[QPer76]

The audience starts appplausing at 1:35? It seems they don't know this masterpiece very much... By the way, a really special interpretation.

[jguo175149]

I personally don't like the cuts that he made to the original, but I like the fire that Gilels puts into his interpretation.

[junglejim66]

Granted that Gilels added power to the original but this is not at all like the Horowitz version. You need to re-play both the "original" and the Horowitz versions.

This playing is very nice but it is almost all the "original".

[richterkleiber]

I checked the score of the Liszt original, and Gilels adds many sections which also appear in the Horowitz version. This is for sure not the original Liszt version.