Liszt as a travelling virtuoso had felt a temperamental affinity with the wandering gypsy settlers of his native land, Hungary. His aim in writing a series of Hungarian Rhapsodies was to preserve in permanent form some of the wild melodies he'd heard the gypsies play. Cziffra ends his recital with one of the most exciting and difficult of the Rhapsodies.
@@Ace-dv5ce Na, I couldn't be bothered to come up with my own fancy essay bout some dude's greatness. But I'd waste a good portion of my day trying to transcribe a person talking with a decently thick accent and mediocre audio quality.
What do you mean by playing it with two hands xd, that at least explains why it felt so hard to play it with only one hand. This comment is not meant to brag about my skills, that part sucks when I play it with one hand, I just never knew it was possible to play it with both hands, I will try it next time I am re-learning this rhapsody, thanks for enlightenment.
also Actually the right answer. Liszt was constantly evolving, constantly writing new pieces, and the Hungarian Rhapsodies went through many versions (previously Magyar Rhapsodiak), so they are the essence of improvisation and jazz, they could also be chamber music with double bass, violin, drum and piano, similar to a jazz quartet.
New videos: Everything else: 99.9 percent Talent: almost none I mean Live performance: suck AutoTune: 100000000000000000000000000% Midi post editing: infinite
To me, Cziffra always makes Liszt sound exciting and fun, with a fair dose of danger, and the unexpected! The chances he takes - so wild and daring! And the slow sections are so tender, too. He is the perfect Liszt performer, imo. He had it all.
His RH cadenzas are out of this world; and the double octaves (LH supporting RH) in the last section, at that speed, are unbelievable. What a performer Liszt must have been!
Cziffra played that music as it should be. Many others, including Argerich played it, there’s no one like Cziffra. Go to Hungary and listen to the local music and you’ll hear that no one plays the slow parts as musically as Cziffra does. Listen to 2:18 many great technicians fail to capture the true spirit of the music
@@zsuzsannakovacs1116 But Barere played such monster pieces as the Godowsky Passacaglia, that requires both a massive technique and great musicality. His Liszt Sonata is unmatched. Cziffra was mainly flash.
After 6:30 I thought he was going to break the piano in half. They say Liszt broke plenty of strings, I think Lizst played like this. AMAZING Czyffra !!!
Actually liszt only broke on piano. In Ireland the movers dropped his Erard grand into a bog, so he had to play a square Thompson piano designed for accompaniments rather than concert performances and it couldn't take the force.
I wished i knew the notation he used from 1:40-1:50. I think it was beautiful. So what if it's not the way others believe it should be. Only the best can play at this level. He earned the right to do it his way.
Cziffra was actually the Pianist Whom His teacher Actually said Sounded like Franz Liszt Himself (One of His teachers Was taught by Liszt Himself And actually was a favorite student Of the composer) And further took on Cziffra for a period of years I'm not sure if anyone here Is aware of that...
Is, not 'has'. Something wrong with you? Forgotten how to respect another language? Nice try at trolling. Now go back to your sad little pathetic bitter life.
I believe some of Rosseau's performance is actually inspired by Cziffra's performance. Most notably 6:02, this is very identical to what Rosseau does. Both are splendid pianists. It's almost as if Rosseau is some sort of robot for how good he is, yet his pieces have so much style and flair to them which draw him to the human side.
@@wnsbug I need to check them out then. I also just wanted to say my comment left a bad taste in my mouth, and I think it was a bit unecessary. On another note, YOU RESPONDED AFTER 11 YEARS!? wow Edit: he looks kind of crazy and there are so few videos of him that I am wondering if I fell for a joke, were you being serious? Or were you messing with me? Edit 2: I think you were messing with me (;
@@wnsbug I listened to Liszt rhapsody by Kastle, is good but nothing special. Considering that he has basically no classical repertoire, he shouldn't even be put in any list.
All the improvisation is great, too bad it's not at all practiced by today's pianists. I think it really adds a lot of excitement to a piece like this.
Это грандиозно!!! И ,есть ли какие то ,правильные слова ,которыми можно было бы оценить этот невероятный талант Циффра . Браво! Спасибо ,что делитесь такими шедеврами!
@@mazeppa1231 no, argerich's hr6 didin't star safe and boring, reverse, it stared with so much energy and passion by her part. also, argerich captures the spirit of the piece, even if u don't want to accept it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What Cziffra does at 6:35 makes this interpretation unique from others, because the sheet music asks that the left hand jump between the chord and bass octave.. However, Cziffra adds in the extra bass melody as well, and still keeps the pace!
@@niccolopaganini4268 what I meant is that in the second last display of the main theme regarding the baseline, usually the octave jump is met with a small (there's no other way to put this lmao) Du du Du and then bang the octave ( bang Du du Du bang Du du Du) and the last reiteration of the melody is supposed to be just (Bang Du Bang Du bang Du) [I bet I sound a bit crazy a this point lol] However when I listen closely, Cziffra in the last reiteration still does (bang Du du Du) whilst keeping the faster pace in the base (im sorry) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z3V2g5kqdM4.html This is another, more clear recording of his playing. Of course I could be wrong, but I don't just hear the simple two step leaps that others play in the baseline
@@jesemepardens9151 Argerich played this way too safe and starts off boring. Grynyuk is impressive, but he's just playing the piece, that's all he did... he didn't really immerse the piece like Cziffra did here.
it looks like his fingers just live on their own.I wish I could have fingers like that.flying over the piano with such a confedence. like liszt's hands were reborn in cziffra...hahaha
I love this spontaneous playing. his cimbalom effects are different from the 'live' French performance also on this site. terrific octaves. exciting as Liszt Rhapsodies should be.
What did you mean cheat? Your supposed to play every black note octave with 1-4. And if your good enough like Cziffra, he can do 1-4 on white notes perfectly also, (and faster). When I used to play this piece, I would play it slower then build up to presto. But Cziffra does like double presto lol
In the 1930es, as a wunderkind, Cziffra was taught piano, among others, by an old master, Istvan Thoman, who, in turn, had been the student (and pallbearer) of the old Liszt himself. And it shows.
So much heart on sleeve! Cziffra at 1.38 plays the first cadenza impossibly well with RH only! then doubles down the LH surge up several times. Perhaps he loved this this moment so much - little trills and shifts in harmony suddenly lead to an almost unrivalled explosion of virtuosity, colour and sound. 1.50 onwards - Cziffra plays 2nd little dance section with flair. But he omits the repeat. Not sure the 2nd section adds anything at all to the 1st... 2.13: Cziffra emotes fully in 3rd section; wonderful sense of improvisation. There is a massive RH run at 3.36 which expands the moment again... fully Lisztian 4.37 again Cziffra unleashes an impossible RH for the next cadenza (two hands make this easier)! 5.30 to end (4th section); hyperspeed octaves, beyond belief. In this video you can see however that Cziffra alternates the RH octave fingering between 1-5 and 1-4, essential to make it through this extended passage. Can't pretend to approach Cziffra's technique but agree with decision to shorten 2nd section, in fact cut - interferes with the flow of this immensely enjoyable piece. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pCkm0uk-1o0.html
If somebody...some scholar or musicologist...tries to question Liszt's Hungarian nationality, they're morons lol. I have been convinced that Liszt's 'percussive' approach to the piano is something distinctly Hungarian. You don't have to look into his family background, etc. to find out. Go look at other Hungarian pianists - Kocsis, Nyireghazi, CziffraTheThird, Peter Bence...they ALL have that rhythmic sound!
If you want to listen to a "master record" just search for one. You can find enough. Its special and uniqui because he was Cziffra. Just listen how he gives the real hungarian gypsy effects in the piece. That is why its so goooood.:)
Это про № 6 венгррапс Листа. Не возразить: исполнение прекрасное. И что особенно: левая рука звучит так как требует композитор. Т.е. совершенство в норме присутствует, брак отсутствует.
reductivecat: you have made some excellent points. It's all preference people. Why compare anyway? Enjoy what you like. Live and let live. Rachmaninoff once said that Moiseivitsch played his music even better than he himself did.
@MEPLUSMEEQUALSME I think that conventionally, you usually use that particularly with black notes - 4 plays black keys, 5 plays white keys. Quite helpful.
You people that negatively criticize this performance are trying to turn art into science, GIVE IT UP! This performance was incredible. Apparently with hyper critical piano critics perfection is in the eye of the beholder; though I think a lot of people would agree with me and say that there really isn't a perfect performance, so leave it alone. :)
I'm 54 and I can't play this. There are no easy pieces. When you are older, you'll understand this. All pieces have musical challenges, not just technical challenges. Can you play this Rhapsody as well as Cziffra?
