(VIDEO) György Cziffra - Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 (1967) 

I only discovered him in Feb 2022. .

I think... those folks who are ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED with the piano... in classical music... they, no matter where they are in life or the world will eventually come across this wonderful man... and life will never be the same for them... as it was for us!

​@@antondiffering4727 я тоже. Могу сказать про себя - жизнь до и после. Удивительный ❤

Grew up in a poor hungarian-roma family and became one of the greatest pianists, he was brilliant and emotional player.

He was a genius no doubt about it, one of the greatest, in one row, with horowitz, richter, rubinstein.

Nor some judges...

His Mozart performances were superb!

Egyetértek Önnel!

Extraordinary comment.

Only one problem with him: he’s mortal (and now sadly dead)😢

Very nice comment 😊 thanks

Un immense et exceptionnel musicien ⭐️💫🌹

Perfect...is Beautiful. ❤

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Listen to Josef Hofmann's version ... truly amazing.

that is a GREAT recording... a bit on the fast side... @@ottopool2121

Уникальное исполнение!!!! Невозможно без слез слушать и смотреть! Отец и сын 🙏🙏🙏

commento meraviglioso !

Totally agree. TOTALLY agree, this video is GOLD

I agree totaly....it is no point to play it like Martha does...this interpretation is truly magnificent

@@ritakinkaradulovic2868 Even Martha in her later performances slows it down quite noticeably from her earlier fiery fast as the wind classic recording. There's a marvelous performance from her a few years ago here on RU-vid.

Hmm...I wonder if Horowitz ever even had either of the Chopin Cti. in his repertoire. I'm sure RCA would have been only too happy to record them, if asked.

​@@richardfrankel6102 As a young rare record hunter I was always on the hunt for performances taken off the radio broadcasts because lots of things that pianists never recorded, they did play in concert. At the time Horowitz had a performance of the d-minor Brahms that came out on a non-commercial label that I picked up. And Gieseking? Who'd have thought him doing the Rach 3rd, even though technically it was a mess. There was also Michelangeli doing the Schumann a-minor. But the one I really recall as a piano student was a very rare recording on 78's my piano teacher had of a fabulous performance of Rachmaninoff playing the Liszt 1. There is a double-hand scale at the conclusion that rips from top to bottom of the keyboard. It's two measures and most good pianists play it in about 4 seconds. Rachmaninoff played it in about 2. I was just blown away by the speed and accuracy. It was obviously taken from a live broadcast because Rach never commercially recorded it. A crying shame it's been lost. I don't know what happened to his collection.

Absolutely

you have seen the chromatique Galop? Anything else is just jokes and a laugh compared to that craziness.

Az termèszetes hogy kotta nèlkül zongoràzik...majdnem mindenki ùgy csinàlja csak nem ilyen gyönyörűen mint Cziffra György😍

Don't believe it. For many of us, Georges Cziffra is one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Sure !

the same feelings. more than a pianist. a Soul

Know his life! It going to make you cry.

Yes. Read his Cannons and Flowers.

He wrote a book about his life. The reason he wasnt well known in the west was due his living in communist controlled eastern europe and not free to tour the west. Next to Rubinstein he is the best chopin performer. Listen to the Etudes. He was also the best in playing Lizt.

Of course. More to come!

I don’t give a fuck about tone quality....it’s the way of phrasing that always hits me....fire and passion/beautiful musical taste at the same time...I send the critics to critic Liszt’s and Chopin’s pianos lets see what they would say then.

“Lovely cantabile touch”...show me a concert pianist ever that didn’t had that.

Egon Petri

Спасибо!

He had normal-sized hands compared to Lhevinne, Rachmaninoff, and even Lipatti.

Really Surprising From the video they looked pretty big to me

You are very welcome!!

Enjoy. More to come!

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