It's incredible to think about all that he went through prior to this recording; growing up in poverty, lost his father, forced to fight on both the eastern and western fronts for the Nazis, imprisoned and tortured by the Soviets, and so much more.
I love this so much. I truly don't think that Cziffra knew he was being video taped. This is treasure. So sad that Cziffra never got the attention the deserved in this world when he was alive. He was a Master Pianist.
Cziffra is like a volcano pouring out "sonic magma" at the piano! How I'd like to have hands like his his for even just a day. Okay, half a day! Okay, half an hour! Okay, ten minutes! A minute?
The Art Tatum of Classical Piano. No. The Secretariat of Classical Piano. God masquerading as human? His bursts of speed and strength are beyond words and yet seem easy for him.
@@vova47 Only recently learned of Ogden whose career was seriously disrupted by a nervous breakdown. I believe he tied for 1st place with Ashkenazy at the Tchaikovsky competition in Russia. He had a voracious ability. (I cannot comprehend how these virtuosos can, simply put, play so "fast." I think their brains simply work faster - like they have "gaming computer" brains.)
just think how insane it would be to walk in a bar and see someone playing like that. but no instead we get bunch of posers pretending ilke they are hard.
@KegPatcha : And, I meant that you should work on preparing a work by your favourite composer when I used the word 'investigation'. David (of Australia) !
The "This is how you sit at the piano thing" that piano teachers often say is completely wrong. You start with that default standard and then modify it suit your body and playing style. One performance pianist plays with flat hands, another sits much lower than everyone else. It's not wrong, it's just that's what works for them.
Even the great Cziffra can't beat the enormous difficulties of Chopin op.10 n.1, above all if executed at such unbelievable speed: if you look attentively (it could help to slow down the video) he plays the most difficult passages (descendant) of Studio NOT with usual fingering 5-4(3)-2-1 but with easier one 4-2-1-2.
it's called "cheating", dude: passing other fingers above thumb is against Chopin's intentions in this Etude. I even saw one pianist to execute such Etude playing the part of right hand with BOTH hands: result was astonishing but he completely twisted Chopin's purposes.
@@russellthompson9271 sorry it was commented 12yrs ago. I also changed there are so many greatest, admirable pianists. Even who don’t like them but we learn and achieve their good side, interpretation. Plz forgive my youngtime’s rude :)
