Cziffra's surprisingly conservative tempo allows for beautiful clarity and dialogue between the different voices that I don't usually hear in this piece.
Cziffra plays as if he were born with the necessary DNA sequences to play anything effortlessly. His playing is sublimely beautiful, artfully emotional, and technically perfect.
6:00 i don't think anyone play this section that good I listened to a lot of pianists rush through and don't express their emotions. Cziffra is just perfect (sorry for bad English)
The most ridiculous part is the extreme ease he displays in performing the Scherzo. Technique-wise, it means absolutely nothing to him, and it shows so profoundly.
Кто знает что у него на правом запястье шерстяная нить или какой-то браслет я на некоторых видео и фото замечаю такое и ходили слухи что он не однократно переигрывал руки в процессе занятии...
there is no argue cziffra is one of the best pianist ever existed and his professionality is meyond imagination but i personally had lack of emotions at cadanse in this performance... but still this performance is amaizing may i didn't fully understand it
Every interpretation is unique, and maybe yes, you didn't understand his style yet but you surely will one day completely!. Personally I find it breathtaking and unique! Its very beautiful too and the encore is wonderful and fantastic too!
I don't usually hear the criticism that Cziffra is cool. It's interesting to note that Cziffra's classmate in conservatory was Bela Siki, who definitely played Chopin rather coolly--although perfect like Cziffra. Incidentally I think Cziffra played the best Liszt B minor sonata that I have heard. That's not because of his breathtaking virtuosity ; rather, he kept the musical impulse going better than anyone else. I believe this is because he paid more attention to phrasing in the easier passages, ironically.
