LISZT - Hungarian Rhapsodies (Complete) played by Cziffra/Szidon (Audio + Sheet Music) 

My jaw dropped at the sheer speed and clarity of the playing.

no.16 and 19 are terribly underrated. Both original version and Cziffra's transcription are so awesome

The power in those octaves in the 4th rhapsody my lord

1. 0:00 2. 10:10 3. 19:14 4. 23:24 5. 28:05 6. 35:31 7. 41:51 8. 46:18 9. 52:00 10. 1:01:52 11. 1:06:38 12. 1:11:37 13. 1:20:21 14. 1:28:40 15. 1:39:46 16. 1:44:55 17. 1:50:22 18. 1:53:43 19. 1:56:48 Friskas: 1. 7:03 2. 15:17 3. - 4. 26:36 5. - 6. 39:37 7. 43:13 (45:13) 8. 49:26 (50:52) 9. 54:52 (58:03) 10. 1:05:55 11. 1:11:00 12. 1:18:00 13. 1:26:22 14. 1:36:28 15. 1:43:16 16. 1:48:13 17. - 18. 1:55:29 19. 2:01:23

4 is so underrated

I bet Liszt would LOVE his arrangements of No.16 and No.19 !!

23:24 "Alright, folks, it's been good having you here with us. We hope to see you all again next week. Be safe out there and goodnight"

The 3rd Rhapsody (19:14) is shockingly exceptional in at least two ways. First, I don't think I have ever heard a 19th-century piece use the lowest of the low register in such a way as it is from 21:37 - giving it a melodic line for a prolonged period (Cziffra in this recording inexplicably doesn't always play the lower octave doubling as indicated in the score). I can't recall any other composer using the lowest A at all before this piece - let alone use it as a melody note. Then there is that utterly fantastic chord at 22:29 (and again at 22:44) - an E-flat minor chord with both the upper and lower chromatic neighbour of the fifth - A, B-flat and C-flat in the same chord! Never have I seen anything like that in the romantic literature (I stand corrected - Chopin also uses it in his First Scherzo:). That's a glimpse of the 20th century right there. Published in 1853 - so knowing Liszt's compositional method, it probably originates in the 1840s. Also that magical mode mixture at 22:53 - such an uncanny eerie shimmer.

Perhaps the most extraordinary Liszt playing on record. Cziffra's technical facility is so other-wordly that your jaw must drop to the floor if you have ever attempted to play these Hungarian Rhapsodies. Who else takes these single-note cadenzas, chordal cadenzas, arpeggios, octaves, leaps, double trills, and glissandi at such a speed, with such clarity and accuracy? None of the great virtuosi of today could accomplish this - not Kissin, Lang Lang, Hamelin, or Katsaris. But then, Cziffra's interpretation has to necessarily sacrifice some musicality. His tonal range is more than adequate to provide continuing interest, but it is more limited than other pianists. You won't find the multiple pianissimos that Horowitz used in his playing, and which add such coloration and delight to his recordings. Nor is there the emotional depth (and eccentricity) that Nyierghazi invested in his Liszt playing. But so what? Cziffra is from some other planet as a pianist, joined perhaps only by Liszt himself.

Number 6 just seems like a meme - ‘how many times can I play this melody with while each tie making it more obnoxious and crashy’

Dreams and fantasies. My favourite. :) Thank you Franz Liszt!

No. 14 is absolutely incredible

These have to be earlier recordings compared to the set Im familiar with. Im going to guess early early 60's. This is beyond unbelievable. This is Liszt. These are absolutely superior to his later recordings.

Amazing job to put togheter all Rhapsodies with scores!!! Tank you very much!!!!

Todas son preciosas ,no hay donde escoger.Gracias por ponerlas ,no las habia oido ,seguidas

All of them are my favorites especially when it is in a virtuoso mode

Thank you so much for sharing this, it must have taken forever to put this video together. I hadn't heard all the Hungarian Rhapsodies, that's something I wanted to do for many years and it's great to finally take that out of my list of things to do, it was great to listen to them all while reading the sheet music. My all time favorites are number 2, 6, 12, 14 and 15.

1:43:10 how is this physically possible

Thanks for this!

Обожаю рапсодии! Почти все переиграла с удовольствием. Но требует много занятий!

50:00 always makes me squeak with happiness. Just like cuddling my niece :)

A-fucking-mazing.

Thank you so much !

Fantastic!

Wonderful, thanks!

I love Hungarian Rhapsodies 2,5,14,15,8,1

Amazing !

Although I like more the first Cziffra's recording of the hungarian rhapsodies, which is more touching, in here his virtuosity shines, proving that no pianist had or has better technique that him...

this is a very nice cd. i'm glad i bought it

I opened my eyes and I am still here .

Bravo! Thank you so much for this... :D Getting lively a lot more lately with your channel, eh? Must be your tribute to tnsnamesora...

No 5 at 29:45 seems to become the slow movement of Beethoven’s ‘Pathetique’.

36:43 now thats Liszt!

Another name for this collection is "Just give up on piano dude"

36:49 That sounds as sharp as a knife! Wonderful

The eighth one is absolutely amazing

Bravo

liszt truly was a wizard of the keys

Liszt was so crazy 🤪🤣

1:40:40 The only part i can play! 😂

I didn't know Cziffra recorded all the rhapsodies (except 17 & 18) twice?! These interpretations are completely different from what I am familiar with.. Where did you get these recordings?

No 19 sounds like a hymn I've heard

1:26:42 OMG Pablo Saraste Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20, minute 7:08 something like that :0

Cziffras best omg the speed of hes hands

Anyone else notice that around 41:33, near the end of the 6th one, the recording seems to split for a second?

Cziffra's performance is unparalleled here. I've never heard LIszt played with such sensitivity, mystery, depth, etcetera. I think that the public's perception of Liszt is flawed with excessive machismo and dexterity, but here, Gyorgy lays it all bare for us to see.

My favorite part of Liszt’s 6th Hungarian rhapsody 39:37-41:28

01:57:58 - wait what? Insane speed.

Cool

Liszt danced on the edge of having broken fingers

I love 7,2,6,15😍😍😍

How long did it take for this beast to upload to youtube? I'm predicting around 3 days

1:16:41 the last metre.......😱😜

1-6 are my favourites

This is the second recording of compete Hungarian Rhapsodies by Cziffra, I still prefer the 1st. one.

No 3 starts off as something I might be able to play... little did i know.. D:

10:48 if i'm not wrong, tom once played this in one of the episodes of tom and jerry. at the piano episode.

most difficult: 52:00

Why does the descriptions say this video includes Chopin's Heroic polonaise, which is in the 'Rhapsody in Blue' album?

1:44:55 is like a mad witch and roaring thunder

❤ 48:00

Sir Franz is the best!

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I love No. 2. Can anyone tell me if there are any other Liszt pieces that sound like that? That have that very specific emotion that the first 4 or 5 mins of No. 2 has? Idk how to describe it. But that piece is just so far above all of his others that I've heard.

For Cziffra These are the remastered versions. Why you choose the remastered version instead of original recording?

No.1 tho, That friska is amazing, an underrated piece perhaps?

This is really random, but I feel like the beginning of no3 is like an inverse of no2, and also that no7 is just an extended version of the first theme of no3, and that no8 is an extended version of the second theme of no3.

Geez, those 64th notes in glissando

This is how genius spend their 2 hours

Where you found this?

I like snails very much

1:44:20

That No. 15... I weirdly rather have a version that he bangs more the notes, because that personificates the fury, the agressivity you must have to play the piece. But great work as always

Are there beginner's versions?

I am learning no6 Wish me good luck~

#8 is the best sounding in my opinion

To me, the third rhapsody sounds like your at the cross roads about to sell your soul.😳

The ending of n°17 is so peculiar than any other rhapsodies... in b-flat minior??

i like the friskas

Where is the Spain rhapsody composed by Liszt? Didn't you say it's complete version of Liszt hungarian rhapsody?

26:35

La rapsodia de campo.

At 15:37, first bar. Can someone tell me what this star under quater note means? Tkanks :)

in rousseaus hr2 jerry appears somewhere around 16:21 of this, and 6:31 of his.

53:00_1:50:50

The Cziffra recordings are different from the ones I've heard, and actually, I think he does a little worse with these than what I'm used to hearing. Interesting, thanks for sharing this, but I think I'll stick to the ones I know and love, which are a little more polished than these.

50:49-50:51 Hungarian Rhapsody 2 Cadenza :0

57:23

best ones: no2, no6, no13, no15.

wich is your favourite? my is hungarian rhapsody no 9

quite fast for 1&2. but it's fabulous at all!!!!

15:16 2번의 프리스카

5th one

It says published (erschienen) 1851. Thank goodness metallurgy had advanced enough that strings were available for the piano and a Liszt could do what he did. Sorry, but I think of stuff like that!

Liszt must have been mad. Did he compose piano scores that only he could perform?

Which is the easiest Hungarian rhapsody?

VVait, arent there 20 rhapsodies ?

......bah

Ayo I'm learning hungarian rhapsody no 6 and i've just been wondering which one of them is the easiest and hardest.

The 2nd is made me confuse X(