(VIDEO) György Cziffra at the BBC (1962-1963 complete TV broadcasts) 

same thing for me if j did' not discover Chopin with Samson Francois in 1957 à Alger with the first concerto j would have known piano later it's sure , j have all my life the two records by S F mostly with Monte Carle Ochestra ( L Fremaux ) . With Listz it's France Clidat j discover a lyrical Listz but later in 1970' . J have transcendental-Cziffra but j prefer a lyrical pianist more than a fabulous technic for me music is not technic but a melody or a story or a music with a soul it's a choice , Cziffra is not the first pianist for me j prefer Cortot Haskil Gieseking Rubinstein of course Cziffra is a pianist mostly with a fabulous technic it's not that music for me a paesonnal choice

Samson Francois is a legend, I remember being truly FLOORED by his glorious Scarborough recording from the 40’s. I listen to many great artists of the past, such a variety of styles. My current favorite is Ignaz Friedman.

@@MichaelKaykov I F of course

@@MichaelKaykov after many years in piano-recordings j don't if Clara Haskil is a different pianist where her piano is a langage who speaks to you : it's necesary to listen her Schumann with " les Scènes de la Forêt " , the last Schubert-sonata * recording before her death" , all Adagios * concertis sonatas by Haskil are the best Haskil for me above the notes they are a complainte of a woman alone , she was not a Star of beauty pershaps it's here one explanation of her soul ? Alfred Cortot Yves Nat also in Schumann but less good it's seems in Schumann j"m very far From Cziffra-Listz she's in an other world , in last Schubert-sonata an Angel who have lived on our planet . .

I was an enthusiastic pianist, then I discovered his chromatique Galop. After that, I focused on my day job.

This is not music… This is just saying “look at me, am I not a great player of technical exercises. He also steals some of the Chopin etude no. 1 opus 10.

4:56 〜 is based on "17 Polish songs Nr.1" composed by Chopin

@@Mori_Sann More like 5:10 and it's improvisation on song "Życzenie" (A Wish)

@@zuhairbakdoud1360 you must be stupid if you think playing someone's music is stealing

@@zuhairbakdoud1360 lol you’re hilarious

Thankyou Daddy :)

Not Michelangeli, he agreed as long as he could not see the cameras and the light was not bright. Tricky job for the engineers.

Unfortunate age of pianism we live in. Feels like everyone’s only comfortable putting out their most polished stuff.

@@VarooooooomIs that wrong? Isn’t it good that people care enough to want to do justice to the music before performing to the whole world?

@@aceofspades8634 The problem with that, however, is that many people actually don’t really do justice to the music. Many pianists make recordings with arpeggios/scales that sound hyper-refined and crisp, and all of their technique is indeed very polished. However, when you compare their performance to the score, they are missing textural markings that convey the phrasing that the composer intended (Katsaris has a segment in an interview with Cathy Miller where he talks about how much he admired Cziffra; he wouldn’t just play an ascending scale, he would make the notes louder/play with the dynamics as he ascended the scale too). Staccatos, staccatissimos, crescendos, diminuendos, and even dynamics (among many other things) get ignored very often. So if we’re talking about “doing the music justice,” I’d way rather hear a sloppier performance that attempts to actually convey what’s written on the score than a hyper-technical performance that literally neglects half of the music. I’d be way more forgiving of the latter group btw if they had any of the improvisational qualities of someone like Cziffra or Katsaris, aka people who change the music they play in such a way where it is obvious that they’ve studied the score but clearly decided to inject their personality into the music. I can even admire this about Glenn Gould or Horowitz even though I’m not a fan of their interpretations usually. I recognize right away that they can’t be anyone but themselves, and I take all of their performances as quasi-arrangements, typically.

Can you give me the timestamp?

@@charlesthomas5956 6:39

​Wait, DID HE JUST SPEAK ENGLISH?

@@charlesthomas5956 yep

Cziffra... simply put... is CERTAINLY one of the greatest of all time... Richer... and others come close... I even think Liszt would be amazed...

Он реально так сказал? Можете указать источник, доказывающий это.

This is why I maintain that no living pianist today of any stature has this grand romantic pianism in their blood. It is simply extinct

@@grigorpetrov8006 You don't need to tell everyone how uncultured you are. right ?

Thanks for sharing this! ☺️

Драгоценные воспоминания! Как это трогает душу. Благодарю Вас.

He’s not playing the piano but rather a whole orchestra! Superhuman technique not of this world God bless him

The one thing that should have been recorded for all the world to hear, was the improvised concert he was asked to give to the visiting german high command on the eastern front in the winter of 1943. He didn't touch the keys for more than 2 years at that time and he was given only a couple of hours to exercise his fingers a bit. He opened it with a paraphrase on a Tschaikowsky melody, so that he could play in silence and to have the undivided attention of those around him... No recording exists, needless to say. Only memoirs.

Very few people knows the story of his life. They would cry...@@moccagriselda

Да, стоит посмотреть на его лицо. Вдохновение и наслаждение. Люблю его!

sometimes I wonder if he ever cooled down

​@@flambr Какой красивый цыган!

Did you say effortless? It's clear blood and oil at the piano!

There are a few-but VERY few...

Да , именно так ! Легкий , сверкающий , непринуждённый блеск

... И на его лицо.

Virtuosity, in and of itself, is a wonderful thing. But we must always remind ourselves that great musicianship involves much more than virtuosity, essential though that may be.

@@davidcotuit And what is astonishing about Cziffra is precisely this - that he always goes way beyond the technique and brings the MUSIC to life. That is the true purpose of virtuoso, and that is why he is unsurpassable.

Rousseau did it too! Check him out! Im trying to practice playing it with one hand also lol

@@charlesthomas5956 Yep. I tried and failed. Just couldn't get fast enough. Definitely not as talented as I need to be 😢😂.

@@careylarson119 Don't worry, you'll get better only if you keep practicing :-D

@@charlesthomas5956Rousseau is miles away from Cziffra.

@@pianisthenics Ik that!

Me ! Rachmaninoff is dumb ! I am the best !

@@franzliszt975 I forgot to mention how Franz Liszt is all of theirs father.

You forgot the most effortless of them all, Josef Hofman

@@jonrosemann3292 Supposedly Liszt had said that Charles Alkan had the best technique of anyone he had known.

Enjoy

... И кнопка ЛЮБЛЮ.

Bunch of mistakes and slips as well as too much pedal

Capacidade musical excepcional. GÊNIO

Not that clear but still awesome

Remember:this is WARMING UP!! Recital starts at 7.00........

@@jungwirthmartin I think you just do not even deserve to listen Cziffra at all. Better for you to listen Michelangeli and Yuja Wang They are for your taste I think.

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hum on piano-forte ? J don't known

Gods "style" is design & order ~ the sublime gravitational physics of orbiting galaxies, the periodic table of elements, the perfection of DNA & atoms, miracle of biology, the mathematics & physics of light & tones & frequency of real music from popular to classic ~ not self indulgent discordant chaos like this. Think Satan rather than God may be the analogy that fits these purposeless rambling abstract clashing sounds ~ however each to their own Suzy ~ enjoy if you can !😩

@@AlexAlcyone no

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@@safrane95 Except none of those things are god's making since he doesn't exist.

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Loved Bach Busoni in this... probably the piece of the recital...clarity musicianship and control...

Sure looks like a Bosendorfer.

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What year was that??

Clearly you've not heard John Ogdon.

@@simonmountford1511 Oh yes i've heard Ogdon, Richter, Horowitz, Volodos, etc and many others but in Liszt, there is Cziffra and the others and I'm not alone to think that...the only one who was close to him was Simon Barere

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