Какой прекрасный тандем великого отца и столь талантливого сына! Удовольствие от произведения и исполнения. Сынуля очень похож на отца. Очень жаль ,что так рано ушел. Ни один родитель не может перенести потерю своего ребенка. Всю свою боль Циффра старший передал через свое неповторимое ,наполненное огромной энергетикой и силой исполнение многих произведений ,что мы и наблюдаем сейчас,слушая его бесценные записи. Спасибо.
Que de bonheur et d'émotion de revoir ce TRES CHER ET TRES GRAND ARTISTE . J'ai eu le bonheur de le connaître et d'assister à de très nombreux concerts . Je l'ai suivi jusqu'à son dernier concert . Merçi cher grand artiste pour tout ce que vous nous avez apporter . Je vous aime en pensant au bonheur que vous nous avez apporter à mon mari (malheureusement décédé) et moi même.
From 16:16 to 18:58 is, without any doubt in my mind, one of thee most viscerally raw and untainted moments in all of music literature. What a phrase this is by expressing our humanness for the sake of just pure and raw emotion of the mind, which is our soul. Nevermind the audible aspects, but visual of how Cziffra is just melting facially and emotionally. If this does not make you want to pour out crying and yearn for life for the sake of life in and of itself, for something higher, then you are not human.
This performance has been uploaded by others before but I've included his son's contribution and the warmth of the audiences reception that greets Cziffra senior's entrance and playing of the lovely Franck Symphonic Variations.
You have honestly done such an great duty, even if relatively small to the mass of others. Us privileged gem seekers are have hit the jackpot with this.
its interesting to see that cziffra does not use in slow tempi the french cortot legato for the melodies. he takes off the weight of the arm at every note. here we have a significant difference.
Cziffra is the reason for my ongoing piano addiction, even though I started learning much too late in life and am relying on slim odds of coming even close to my intended level of mastery. Hearing and seeing performances like this makes it worth every effort.
The alleged suicide of Cziffra Jnr was a tragedy that shook both parents to the core but this video is a most pleasant reminder of father and son doing what they enjoyed so much. I've certainly heard more interesting versions where experienced conductors don't fall into several traps that lure Cziffra Jnr but as a historical document it is a priceless piece of film that derserves preservation. As for Cziffra Snr's final Liszt recording that is dedicated to his son - this is an understandably more sober offering than almost anything he had previously recorded and would have sounded so much better had he used a different piano to that of his (by then) standard and rather shrill Yamaha 9 foot concert grand.
Was there an encore done after this? I have no trouble seeing Cziffra sitting back down to play something at the end after the cutoff! Does anyone know?
