@@Jasongy827 I can't listen to Horowitz and imagine that Liszt would have approved of the interpretative choices. That doesn't stop me from enjoying Horowitz
Cziffra simply has this way with Liszt's music... which no one else has had since. Liszt is normally not one of my favourite composers but Cziffra plays with such charm and sincerity it's hard not to be moved.
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I've actually lost count.... still no sign of getting tired of it... This piece in this timeless interpretation is in the very epicenter of youtube in my opinion.
Love his rubato and teasing caprice. Nowadays a lost art. To play from the heart to the heart was Cziffra's style and that's why his playing is always memorable.
He plays with such joy, spontaneity, and elegance, yet can also be ferocious and overpowering when necessary. You can tell that music flowed through his veins as naturally as blood. Wonderful to watch!
This piece makes me cry, even though its whismical and almost playful, its genius is so pure and musical that it just hits me on a supra-emotional level. Especially when it's played by the king of all of the virtuosi.
Well, the king of virtuosi was arguably anyone from Beethoven, Liszt, Kalkbrenner, Moscheles, Hummel, Czerny, Alkan, Thalberg, Tausig (who was by Liszt’s students reviewed as having more perfect technique than Liszt), Kocsis, Horowitz, Rachmaninov, Szimanovski, Godovski, Cziffra, Hamelin, Powell, or Pace..... all very subjective; though; all are unique at performing their own repertoire; half of the list we’ve never heard and never will.
Horowitz or Kissin has nothing on this one im so sorry to say that. Cziffra was considered thee best interpreter of Liszt. he actually so good that everyone literally thought he was the reincarnation of Liszt. true fact.
There is a massive difference when I listen to Cziffra's recordings of Liszt's works and other recording artists. I feel like Cziffra understood this music so tremendously, the balance between ferocity and gentleness, the light and the dark, where as other artists are a little too literal in their interpretation of the sheet music's instructions, and a little too focused on clarity in musical statements rather than looking at the entirety of the piece's character and what it's trying to do.
I think that thats partly because Cziffra studied at the Franz Liszt Academy and also got teached by István Thomán, who was a favourite pupil of Franz Liszt.
I think Kissin is a good example of contemporary pianism while Horowitz was extremely personal with his playing. I prefer Horowitz just as much as Cziffra but they are for different purposes and moods.
The ending is so beautiful! The whole song is beautiful but the ending arpeggios really sound like they're being played on a harp. It's amazing how master pianists can do that!
I love Cziffra's interpretations of Liszt. Look at his face! You know he loves this. He's such an awesome player. It's a shame we don't hear anyone play anything like this nowadays.
You know, this man was known for the thunder and lightening of his technique but just listen to the delicacy and softness at 2.41..there really is nothing to say, except that this is extremely good music. My criteria as to whether I keep a girlfriend is if she is moved by this!
Uhm... there are girls that like that shit u know... hate to be that guy(i am lying) but the fact you are going to die alone isn't cause of music taste.
some people may prefer someone else's performance of this piece over Cziffra's but generally for this piece and everything else Cziffra has played, no one will ever come close to playing like him. i couldn't enjoy others playing a piece after i hear Cziffra play it.
J'ai eu la chance de rencontrer cet homme merveilleux à sa fondation. Il était d'une gentillesse peu commune pour un artiste de ce niveau. Ces enregistrements heureusement nous restent. Un grand échiquier avec Jacques Chancel lui avait été consacré et je me souviens d'une fin d'émission avec le public autour du piano et lui, lui qui jouait si divinement, galvanisé par ce public admiratif et si proche. Un très très grand artiste.
Peu ont pu avoir une telle fortune, je suis très envieux, cziffra est mon pianiste préféré, il est un dieu du piano et de la musique, comment l’avez-vous rencontré?
This is an excellent piece, very light-hearted and playful. Cziffra plays it especially well, and you can tell he loves the piece. He even goes as far as to add his own details not originally written by Liszt (for example, the very last chord is not notated in the sheet music, but is a great touch added by Cziffra).
Oh god that is simply classical piano heaven. We have 5 senses - sight, taste, touch and smell but there are few better rewards for hearing than this :-)
@libetta LOL! not even 24 hours a day would make anyone play this well and this naturally... it´s intrinsic....either you bring it from birth or you´ll never have that facility...perhaps one out of ten thousand pianists have this gift...... Cziffra certainly was THE chosen one !!! what an extraordinary artist!
@@Bulbophile it’s the pianos, it’s the old audio equipment makes it sound like this way, and you like it more. It’s not that the pianos then are better
I've never studied piano, but I have a 88 keys keyboard and I've learned this piece at almost full speed (except for some passages, I can't find a comfortable way for the fingers), but he is on a completely different level, his interpretation is my absolute favourite, it's wonderful. I wish I could play like him!
Synthesia is your friend. You would be surprised by the number of pieces I learned that way. I've been playing my keyboard for almost 20 years as an amateur. I deeply regret not having properly learned how to play in a music school, but it is too late for that now.
@@NE0KRATOS The accompanist for my schools choir learned piano at 65, unless you're in your late 100s its not to late to learn piano, do not use age as an excuse for laziness, it gives old people a bad rep.
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Este compositor Húngaro era notorio por su virtuosismo pianístico, su Vals Impromptu en La Bemol Mayor lo publicó en 1852 y es una de las obras menos conocidas de él.Son numerosas las personas en el mundo entero que piensan que la música para piano de Liszt sólo tenía sentido cuando él vivía por su forma de ejecución, pero para muchos también el pianista György Cziffra (1921-1994) era la reencarnación del compositor Húngaro por su gran técnica y su vehemencia para interpretarlo. Cziffra, nacido en Hungría (igual que Liszt) se hizo ciudadano Francés en el año1968 y creó una Fundación Cziffra para el concurso musical . Creo que si uno escucha atentamente su forma de tocar piensa que es muy parecida a la que el compositor había pensado para ejecutarla.
Liszt was a fantastic technical player and composer. Very difficult. This man is also a very good player. I struggled so hard to play Liszt when I took lessons. Beethoven and Rimsky Korsakov were my favorites. Schumann also.
@sal50811 maybe you did not know this, but during his 3 years in captivity after trying to flee hungary, cziffra was forced to do heavy work, and was tortured. the tendons of his hands were stretched during those torture sessions. in later years, cziffra used to put on a leather strip around his wrists to support his tendons while playing. thats why i find this so absolutely beautiful and amazing. after having suffered those things, to still have such a tremendous technique.
this piece is so amazing,when i look that a hungarian genius wrote it,it sounds on a while asian and on a while european romantic,it is so magic and beautiful-plus Cziffra-gipsy hungarian genius virtuos!
Love Cziffra, he could have played for Liszt in those Weimar 'masterclasses' of the early 1880's and Liszt would have no doubt have smiled and encouraged him. And ... if he was so moved - Liszt might go to the piano and play it himself, and all would have gone home not quite believing what they had heard - and maybe write about the experience years later (see August Gollerich and the literally hundreds of others.) Wish I could have been there.
Ma che cazzo?? Ma comè possibile di padronare lo strumento così?? È una capacità davanti la quale c'è di stare semplicemente muti, stupiti e meravigliati. Aveva un strepitoso talento conducendo la vita tragica e piùttosto drammatica. Meraviglioso Cziffra..
Certainly yes we can dream, but Liszt was certainly the best interpreter of himself, By confronting Liszt and Cziffra, I believe that it is Cziffra who would have listened. But in his old age, then yes, Cziffra would have been a true ray of sunshine for the master of the piano of Hungary. We are lucky to be in the time of CDs and records.
I don't think any player past or present has found ANY piece such a doddle as Cziffra - he just looks so completely unfazed...with anything other than his own creations. Some modern virtuoso are trying his fiendish 'improvisations' but they can't match the legend for speed and accuracy.
Avec Liszt et Cziffra c'est à se demander, si la très très grande virtuosité ne serait pas un gène hongrois, et puis il y aurait la virtuosité proprement dite !
Quem o ouve a 1a.vez não 0 esquece.ao ouvir as primeras notas não importa hora lugar sem dúvida arrebatara,é ele, o rei da rapsodia de liszt,Nelson freire vivalll José Serra de São Luís Maranhão .
Cziffra had the perfect balance between being gentle and being ferocious.
loud and soft. Yea, such a virtuoso on the piano for his era. Personally, I prefer his style then horowitz.
FRICTIONLESS
@@Jasongy827 I can't listen to Horowitz and imagine that Liszt would have approved of the interpretative choices. That doesn't stop me from enjoying Horowitz
One best pianist ever
perfectly put
Cziffra simply has this way with Liszt's music... which no one else has had since. Liszt is normally not one of my favourite composers but Cziffra plays with such charm and sincerity it's hard not to be moved.
Just the way he enters the phrase at the beginning… so incredibly special
Cziffra has the proper balance of soul and precision. Love him.
It is regrettable that Liszt never lived to see this man play his work so beautifully.
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Liszt would have played it better?
@@Chris-d1r3q
I think not.
I can't stop re-watching.
I've actually lost count.... still no sign of getting tired of it... This piece in this timeless interpretation is in the very epicenter of youtube in my opinion.
Love his rubato and teasing caprice. Nowadays a lost art. To play from the heart to the heart was Cziffra's style and that's why his playing is always memorable.
Nicely said
The best performance of this brilliant Valse Impromptu.
This virtuosity of Cziffra is awe-inspiring. This piece is absolutely sublime when played by Cziffra. Cziffra is out of this world!
Knowing his biography, it's a miracle that he's not playing the piano, he is singing through it 🥲
I almost rage at this comment.
@@daniloapostolov-dacatv1536why? 😮😮😮😮
@@riceball4323 on he's not playing piano. I read only that first time.
He plays with such joy, spontaneity, and elegance, yet can also be ferocious and overpowering when necessary. You can tell that music flowed through his veins as naturally as blood. Wonderful to watch!
This is wonderful - improvisatory, nonchalant and capricious. I wish more pianists today had Cziffra's style.
Légèreté,grâce,finesse,sens inné du rubato,quelle merveilleuse interprétation,divin Cziffra!Merci.
This piece makes me cry, even though its whismical and almost playful, its genius is so pure and musical that it just hits me on a supra-emotional level. Especially when it's played by the king of all of the virtuosi.
Well, the king of virtuosi was arguably anyone from Beethoven, Liszt, Kalkbrenner, Moscheles, Hummel, Czerny, Alkan, Thalberg, Tausig (who was by Liszt’s students reviewed as having more perfect technique than Liszt), Kocsis, Horowitz, Rachmaninov, Szimanovski, Godovski, Cziffra, Hamelin, Powell, or Pace..... all very subjective; though; all are unique at performing their own repertoire; half of the list we’ve never heard and never will.
@@vnwa7390 There are many kings hehe
It's a pretty nostalgic piece
@@SCRIABINIST Agreed
My favourite perfomance.
Horowitz or Kissin has nothing on this one im so sorry to say that. Cziffra was considered thee best interpreter of Liszt. he actually so good that everyone literally thought he was the reincarnation of Liszt. true fact.
I'm not the only one I see! 😊
There is a massive difference when I listen to Cziffra's recordings of Liszt's works and other recording artists. I feel like Cziffra understood this music so tremendously, the balance between ferocity and gentleness, the light and the dark, where as other artists are a little too literal in their interpretation of the sheet music's instructions, and a little too focused on clarity in musical statements rather than looking at the entirety of the piece's character and what it's trying to do.
I think that thats partly because Cziffra studied at the Franz Liszt Academy and also got teached by István Thomán, who was a favourite pupil of Franz Liszt.
@@liquidhead3622 ....exactly! And to top it off, the thick and rich Magyar blood was flowing through his veins!
I think Kissin is a good example of contemporary pianism while Horowitz was extremely personal with his playing. I prefer Horowitz just as much as Cziffra but they are for different purposes and moods.
Cziffra..... indimenticabile, magico, speciale...immortale!
Absolutely beautiful. One of the most tranquil pieces I've ever heard
The ending is so beautiful! The whole song is beautiful but the ending arpeggios really sound like they're being played on a harp. It's amazing how master pianists can do that!
I love his facial expressions! makes it seem so easy..truly one of Liszt's best interpreters!
I love Cziffra's interpretations of Liszt. Look at his face! You know he loves this.
He's such an awesome player. It's a shame we don't hear anyone play anything like this nowadays.
리스트를 가장 아름답게 연주하는 사람 , 아니 리스트의 재래.. 눈물납니다.
특히 연주중의 치프라 얼굴표정에 심연의 슬픔이 느껴지고 . 그가 마음으로 연주한다는 느낌입니다
제가 가장좋아하는 리스트의 작품이고 , 치프라는 가장 좋아하는 연주가입니다 .
"Mr Cziffra do you curl or stretch the little finger?"
"Yes."
You know, this man was known for the thunder and lightening of his technique but just listen to the delicacy and softness at 2.41..there really is nothing to say, except that this is extremely good music. My criteria as to whether I keep a girlfriend is if she is moved by this!
Imma die alone too bro...
@Franz Schubert u already dead
Uhm... there are girls that like that shit u know... hate to be that guy(i am lying) but the fact you are going to die alone isn't cause of music taste.
2:41
Ouch - the ending is just too good. If I was in the audience I think I would burst into tears!
Hey, what can I say. Liszt was at one point my favorite composer. Cziffra is still one of my pianist.
You can tell he's really enjoying himself :)
Thanks for posting! It is a pleasure to watch and listen to him play...
Virtuoso at his very best
some people may prefer someone else's performance of this piece over Cziffra's but generally for this piece and everything else Cziffra has played, no one will ever come close to playing like him. i couldn't enjoy others playing a piece after i hear Cziffra play it.
Me too. I do get moved by this and proud of it.
J'ai eu la chance de rencontrer cet homme merveilleux à sa fondation. Il était d'une gentillesse peu commune pour un artiste de ce niveau. Ces enregistrements heureusement nous restent. Un grand échiquier avec Jacques Chancel lui avait été consacré et je me souviens d'une fin d'émission avec le public autour du piano et lui, lui qui jouait si divinement, galvanisé par ce public admiratif et si proche. Un très très grand artiste.
Peu ont pu avoir une telle fortune, je suis très envieux, cziffra est mon pianiste préféré, il est un dieu du piano et de la musique, comment l’avez-vous rencontré?
Everything about this performance is perfect !
So much passion-incredible playing!!!
@libetta He's so able, it takes about 10% of his ability to play this sublimey
This music means the world to me x
This is an excellent piece, very light-hearted and playful. Cziffra plays it especially well, and you can tell he loves the piece. He even goes as far as to add his own details not originally written by Liszt (for example, the very last chord is not notated in the sheet music, but is a great touch added by Cziffra).
Precision and beauty
watching his face from 2:30-2:50 you can really tell how deeply he feels the music
And he even kinda looks like oldish Liszt xDD
I've never heard rubato so spot on...
When Im in feeling down, his extremely beautiful pieces save my heart and then on top of the world, thank you so much for God made him on this earth.
A pleasure lisztening to this :).
le plus grand pianiste du monde
Beautiful. The Best ever
He's really enjoying this....and so am I *_*
Liszt is so beautiful! ❤❤❤
This made me cry 😊
What elegance, taste and unlimited technique!Breathtaking!
A stunning interpretation!
imo the main theme of this piece is one of the most joyous in all of romantic music. Cziffra really brings out the happiness of it
The sound of genius times 10. Cziffra is in a class by himself.
I just loved what he did to the last 3 chords
A superb, graceful and stylish performance!
2:49 Quelle tendresse dans le regard, montrant un véritable amour de la musique
Thank you for sharing, so beautifully and passionately interpreted🎶💚☀️ Maestro is truly one of a kind❤️🎶✨
Nothing compares to his Liszt!
Oh god that is simply classical piano heaven. We have 5 senses - sight, taste, touch and smell but there are few better rewards for hearing than this :-)
For those wondering if there is some kind of recording of this on other more music centered media, there is!
Album: Piano spectacular
G. Cziffra, 2019
look at the size of his hands omg
How nice is to see Cziffra enjoying his own playing :)
@libetta LOL! not even 24 hours a day would make anyone play this well and this naturally... it´s intrinsic....either you bring it from birth or you´ll never have that facility...perhaps one out of ten thousand pianists have this gift...... Cziffra certainly was THE chosen one !!! what an extraordinary artist!
A GREAT PIECE!! beautiful, and very well played by cziffra
such clarity :')
this is such a lovely piece, excellent played
A fucken GOD! I mean the sound is well balanced and the transition between the gentle and elegant but rough sounds are just fantastic.
Cziffra PLAYS Liszt. C'est définitif.
the quality of the tone in older pianos also superior
@@Bulbophile it’s the pianos, it’s the old audio equipment makes it sound like this way, and you like it more. It’s not that the pianos then are better
Beautiful playing ! cziffra is one of the best performers of liszt music :D
I've never studied piano, but I have a 88 keys keyboard and I've learned this piece at almost full speed (except for some passages, I can't find a comfortable way for the fingers), but he is on a completely different level, his interpretation is my absolute favourite, it's wonderful. I wish I could play like him!
Neokratos do not believe you
Synthesia is your friend. You would be surprised by the number of pieces I learned that way. I've been playing my keyboard for almost 20 years as an amateur. I deeply regret not having properly learned how to play in a music school, but it is too late for that now.
why don't you publish a video?
@@NE0KRATOS The accompanist for my schools choir learned piano at 65, unless you're in your late 100s its not to late to learn piano, do not use age as an excuse for laziness, it gives old people a bad rep.
Beautiful, beautiful,beautiful..... i love Cziffra. missing you....
Sounds improvised
The way its meant to be. Only masters can give that illusion.
Just how it should be.
Prodigieux de musicalité et de virtuosité. Quel chic, quelle classe.
perfect piano perfect piano player!!!!!!!!!!!
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Este compositor Húngaro era notorio por su virtuosismo pianístico, su Vals Impromptu en La Bemol Mayor lo publicó en 1852 y es una de las obras menos conocidas de él.Son numerosas las personas en el mundo entero que piensan que la música para piano de Liszt sólo tenía sentido cuando él vivía por su forma de ejecución, pero para muchos también el pianista György Cziffra (1921-1994)
era la reencarnación del compositor Húngaro por su gran técnica y su vehemencia para interpretarlo. Cziffra, nacido en Hungría (igual que Liszt) se hizo ciudadano Francés en el año1968 y creó una Fundación Cziffra para el concurso musical .
Creo que si uno escucha atentamente su forma de tocar piensa que es muy parecida a la que el compositor había pensado para ejecutarla.
Liszt was a fantastic technical player and composer. Very difficult. This man is also a very good player. I struggled so hard to play Liszt when I took lessons. Beethoven and Rimsky Korsakov were my favorites. Schumann also.
Johnny Belinda It´s great your comment, you´re right Liszt was very difficult to play, thanks and greetings to you.
Magnífica interpretación de este "vals olvidado " que es como un poema de amor....me ha entusiasmado ¡¡
habia escuchado este vals pero no sabia quien lo tocaba, muy bonito
Mariana García Sucede Mariana que Liszt era muy romántico y por eso lo que dices es así, gracias y besos.
It's fair to say he has some talent
@sal50811
maybe you did not know this, but during his 3 years in captivity after trying to flee hungary, cziffra was forced to do heavy work, and was tortured. the tendons of his hands were stretched during those torture sessions. in later years, cziffra used to put on a leather strip around his wrists to support his tendons while playing.
thats why i find this so absolutely beautiful and amazing. after having suffered those things, to still have such a tremendous technique.
It might be Cziffras best performance all around, on top of this being rhe best performance of valse impromptu for sure.
he loved this piece btw, one of his favorite encore pieces, so it meant a lot to him I'm guessing
What an astonishing performance :)
Impresionante ejecución....
fantastic performance
this piece is so amazing,when i look that a hungarian genius wrote it,it sounds on a while asian and on a while european romantic,it is so magic and beautiful-plus Cziffra-gipsy hungarian genius virtuos!
Love Cziffra, he could have played for Liszt in those Weimar 'masterclasses' of the early 1880's and Liszt would have no doubt have smiled and encouraged him. And ... if he was so moved - Liszt might go to the piano and play it himself, and all would have gone home not quite believing what they had heard - and maybe write about the experience years later (see August Gollerich and the literally hundreds of others.) Wish I could have been there.
with ease one of the best technique
so good‼️
Cziffra is for me the peak of romantic piano interpretation.
The peak of pianistic abilities too.
Best!I wish I could press the like button more than one.
What a genius: after hearing that, everyone else playing this seems to be a doughnuts sailor on the beach.
It's such a fun piece to play
Love the coda of this piece. It’s beautiful.
Ma che cazzo?? Ma comè possibile di padronare lo strumento così?? È una capacità davanti la quale c'è di stare semplicemente muti, stupiti e meravigliati. Aveva un strepitoso talento conducendo la vita tragica e piùttosto drammatica. Meraviglioso Cziffra..
What was his tragedy?
Certainly yes we can dream, but Liszt was certainly the best interpreter of himself, By confronting Liszt and Cziffra, I believe that it is Cziffra who would have listened. But in his old age, then yes, Cziffra would have been a true ray of sunshine for the master of the piano of Hungary. We are lucky to be in the time of CDs and records.
Perfection!
Very nice piano playing, enjoyed tremendously. Thank you. Big thumbs up. :))
Wonderful!
I don't think any player past or present has found ANY piece such a doddle as Cziffra - he just looks so completely unfazed...with anything other than his own creations.
Some modern virtuoso are trying his fiendish 'improvisations' but they can't match the legend for speed and accuracy.
Avec Liszt et Cziffra c'est à se demander, si la très très grande virtuosité ne serait pas un gène hongrois, et puis il y aurait la virtuosité proprement dite !
Brilliant....Exceptional!!!!
quel GENIE! ♥♥♥
A mi gusto zcifra interpreta en un ritmo perfecto,ni rápido ni lento.mi opinión cziffra es uno de los mejores pianistas..siempre lo veo y disfruto.
Ya man
Cziffra is really a genius. A haven't seen a better performer of Liszt
His 10th transcendental etude is really good too
Cziffra... you are my hero !!!:D
Same here
Quem o ouve a 1a.vez não 0 esquece.ao ouvir as primeras notas não importa hora lugar sem dúvida arrebatara,é ele, o rei da rapsodia de liszt,Nelson freire vivalll José Serra de São Luís Maranhão .