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It is also the genius of Liszt who knew that magic of the hand's relationship to the piano to be able to write seemingly impossible sounding patterns while making it so comfortable for the hand to play them. The key is also the fingering used which was part of the art of not only playing but passing down silently the tradition of expression and interpretation of the work. Sziffra used everything together in great balance and in good taste. His technique is not just to show how fast he can play as most of the younger, current generation of acrobats at the piano represent.
Thid piece is difficult to play at any time. But to play it with such lightness of touch, such exquisite mastery of dynamics and phrasing, and to make Liszt sound effortless is surely the fingerprint of a master virtuoso. I am staggered by this performance.
When Liszt composed, it's like he was trying to create another world through the piano. Where most artists visually represent something through colors and shades, Liszt used noise. Incredible performance, listening to this was truly an out of this world experience.
It does to me as I feel exactly the same way. Flats just read easier and I like them more.
6 лет назад+4
That's so true. For example, the same music in E flat minor is, generally, much easier to read than if written in D sharp minor - even though the keys you press on the piano are identical.
I'm sure that a good pianist never complaining about what is easier , flat or sharps. Both for me still easy. Maybe it is more complicated when I see the double-sharp or double-flat. But nah , I still learn all of them. But , I'm not trying to proud of myself to be a good pianist. Just a reminder to all of us. Btw , keep learning and always do ur best :)
from Rigoletto's quartett in III act, only the second part, not the first (un dì s'io ben rammentomi). the first theme is over the notes of Maddalena 'ah ah rido ben di core' and the second theme the notes of Gilda...and after the arpeggios begin the Duke's theme 'bella figlia dell'amore' in rebem (and Maddalena theme); the second part of the paraphrase is over the Gilda theme ('con somma passione' write Liszt)...
First time I ever heard this was back in the 1990s when the great Dmitri Sgouros played this in the Perth Concert Hall and was simply floored with the way in which he played this. Dmitri has, from what have been told , has retired from the concert hall performances but his version of this is on RUclips.
in performances like this, i dont know who to praise more- the composer or the performer. all i can say is that cziffra was the performer that Liszt needed to spread this incredible paraphrase around.
Une de mes élèves soprano et pianiste professionnel me donne son opinion : "d'excellents pianistes existent en bon nombre, mais tout d'un coup un génie apparait : aujourd'hui CZIFFRA" !
Sith Lord The melody is by Verdi' s Rigoletto, while Listz made a virtuosistic paraphrase. I love Verdi' s musicality, while i like Listz' s technique... But i will not praise Listz for Verdi' s efforts.
Sith Lord You can easily find many artists works' scores on Imslp.org, for free. On youtube you can easily find his works, simply search for his complete name if necessary "giuseppe verdi". If you want better quality it's more advisable to buy CDs of Philharmonics' s registrations. It' s a matter of taste.
0:06 Парафраза на тему опери "Ріголетто", тема Маддалени 01:01 Парафраза на тему опери"Ріголетто", тема Герцога 02:23 Парафраза на тему опери "Ріголетто", теми Маддалени та Джильди
People said Liszt never played his own transcriptions the same way twice, the notated versions were for the music publishers. If Cziffra can do this (and it's great), I wish I could have heard Liszt play.
Hamelin. Hamelin is the most technically proficient pianist ever in the past, present and will remain in the future. But, Hamelin lacks the power that Cziffra has emotionally.
La Campanella is ridiculously easy compared to Liszt’s La Clochette / La Campanella Fantasy, which was his first usage of the theme. I’d nominate his Lucrezia Borgia Fantasy, Grosse Concert Fantasy on Spanish Themes, and the S.140 No. 4 Paganini Etude (unplayable at full speed and never recorded at full speed) as being his hardest works, far harder than the transcendentals or La Campanella. Liszt revised La Campanella twice officially to make it what you’re referring to. It’s much easier than what most people say it is. Check out the S.140 version (second official version), and the La Clochette Fantasy (you’ll have to skip for the theme). Also, he revised the transcendental etudes from their hard form, which was referred to as the Douze Grandes Etudes S.137.
@@vnwa7390 La Campanella is indeed relatively easy. Sure it is not really easy but anyone that studies at the conservatory can play this piece within the second year at most. All the pieces you mention are indeed harder for sure. I would also like to nominate many other pieces to be harder than this piece as this piece has a few moments that are hard but are repeated as technique several times so once you got the first bar of it down you can play them all basically. From what I can see even the Dante Sonata is harder than this and surely the B Minor is harder. But to me it is not that much about difficulty as just shear love for a piece that defines it for me and the ones I name and this one are up there amongst his finest of works. However the way Cziffra plays this is magnificant to say the least. It sounds effortless and has a great quality of sound.
@@vnwa7390 Some of the etudes had to be rewritten because the piano changed in his lifetime. Try doing the opening of the 8th etude as written. It's a mess if you try that.
This Liszt arrangement was conceived surely for entertainment, possibly intended as an encore for displaying the keyboard prowess of a virtuoso. In this respect Cziffra lives up to the occasion magnificently.
I doubt that anyone can match Cziffra,s playing. He had incredibly strong wrists and hands. I have seen him tackle incredibly difficult works, and no other pianist has been able to play.
I don't know about hardest.I can play this (not like Cziffra) and there are certainly Liszt pieces I can't play, like Wandering Lights or Tannhauser Overture.
Like every large Liszt piece, it's difficult but not as difficult as it sounds or appears. There are Chopin etudes out there that take more skill to play cleanly. Rigoletto is probably the more difficult of his transcriptions, but by no means unplayable.
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‘how many cadenza you want?’
liszt: *Y E S*
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The combination of poetry and dazzling virtuosity is incredible. Gives me goose bumps. Surely one of Cziffra's greatest recordings.
piano345 Everything the man touched turned into the most purest gold but with the sturdiness of diamonds.
Surely one of Liszt best compositions
It is also the genius of Liszt who knew that magic of the hand's relationship to the piano to be able to write seemingly impossible sounding patterns while making it so comfortable for the hand to play them. The key is also the fingering used which was part of the art of not only playing but passing down silently the tradition of expression and interpretation of the work. Sziffra used everything together in great balance and in good taste. His technique is not just to show how fast he can play as most of the younger, current generation of acrobats at the piano represent.
Yes king!
Liszt was having WAY too much fun with this opera.
we're all having way too much fun with rigoletto in the opera world
And Cziffra was having too much fun with Liszt pieces :)). It is godly how he could play!
He's drunk
That's Liszt for you. You can tell when he's having too much fun in his works.
Surely one of Cziffra's greatest Liszt performances - the perfect combination of virtuosity and musicality.
Thid piece is difficult to play at any time. But to play it with such lightness of touch, such exquisite mastery of dynamics and phrasing, and to make Liszt sound effortless is surely the fingerprint of a master virtuoso. I am staggered by this performance.
When Liszt composed, it's like he was trying to create another world through the piano. Where most artists visually represent something through colors and shades, Liszt used noise.
Incredible performance, listening to this was truly an out of this world experience.
Lol, noise
@@SereneJudo i wrote this when i was 14, for all i knew Liszt did invent music 😂
@@sergio_jose The evolution!
@@therealrealludwigvanbeethoven Indeed.
Noise my ... 😮😅😅
I have never heard a better rendering of this piece. Cziffra was phenomenal. A modern day Thalberg.
ruclips.net/video/9Xu02glKTjA/видео.html
A modern-day Liszt!
Вступление - 0:06
Любовная мелодия Герцога - 1:01
Фраза Маддалены и интонации Джильды - 2:23
Пассажи - 3:14 3:43
Образ Джильды - 5:18
Кода - 6:40
Спасибо))))
5:18 I captured that melody.Too addictive!
It is exceptional. Love his timing, love the space that he gives between the notes. So amazing 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Cziffra at his supreme best. What a fabulous performance.
OMG! What gorgeous playing. I know it's Cziffra, but still... The sensitivity is mind-blowing.
Haha, not a lover of Cziffra I take it. Generally I am divided on his recordings some, like this one, are amazing whilst others are generic.
you can really hear the Bella Figlia Dell'amore part from Rigoletto starting at 1:01
There's no other pianist like Cziffra!
There's me.
@@classicalmusic5646 Man, change your name back to Liszt. You've posted so many comments which are now incomprehensible due to the name change.
2:46 i swear all those flats are giving me seizures
I always loved flats. For some reason, I didn't like sharps.
It does to me as I feel exactly the same way. Flats just read easier and I like them more.
That's so true. For example, the same music in E flat minor is, generally, much easier to read than if written in D sharp minor - even though the keys you press on the piano are identical.
TheNigerianTiger ii
I'm sure that a good pianist never complaining about what is easier , flat or sharps. Both for me still easy. Maybe it is more complicated when I see the double-sharp or double-flat. But nah , I still learn all of them. But , I'm not trying to proud of myself to be a good pianist. Just a reminder to all of us. Btw , keep learning and always do ur best :)
from Rigoletto's quartett in III act, only the second part, not the first (un dì s'io ben rammentomi).
the first theme is over the notes of Maddalena 'ah ah rido ben di core' and the second theme the notes of Gilda...and after the arpeggios begin the Duke's theme 'bella figlia dell'amore' in rebem (and Maddalena theme); the second part of the paraphrase is over the Gilda theme ('con somma passione' write Liszt)...
toujours un immense bonheur d'entendre jouer notre grand maître Georges. Il me manque
First time I ever heard this was back in the 1990s when the great Dmitri Sgouros played this in the Perth Concert Hall and was simply floored with the way in which he played this. Dmitri has, from what have been told , has retired from the concert hall performances but his version of this is on RUclips.
Fantastyczna Parafraza Rigoletto Liszta wykonana przez G.Cziffrę!Bardzo dziękuję
What a wonderful pianist with a personality to match.
OMFG. I can just hear the libretto in my head with this piece. Mind is blown.
in performances like this, i dont know who to praise more- the composer or the performer. all i can say is that cziffra was the performer that Liszt needed to spread this incredible paraphrase around.
Perfect for Cziffra. Perfect for my ears.
Absolutely beautiful...
Cziffra was a league in his own right.
I love this piece
Rigoletto: Act iii quartet "bella figlia dell'amore".
The octave of si bb at 5:47 and 5:54 at the left hand intrigue me always.. We do not expect it. It give a sadly side at this part, so beautiful.
thanks a lot for uploading !
One of the greatest recordings of all time.👍
Tremendo genio Franck liszt
Une de mes élèves soprano et pianiste professionnel me donne son opinion : "d'excellents pianistes existent en bon nombre, mais tout d'un coup un génie apparait : aujourd'hui CZIFFRA" !
Great playing....very difficult piece!
Stupendous!
I envy anyone that can play such a beautifull work.
+Tomy Ospin Incredibly difficult, not so beautifull.
+terryss95 You don't think this piece is beautiful? 1:00 is so lovelyyyyy
Sith Lord The melody is by Verdi' s Rigoletto, while Listz made a virtuosistic paraphrase.
I love Verdi' s musicality, while i like Listz' s technique...
But i will not praise Listz for Verdi' s efforts.
Where can I find the original piece by Verdi?
Still beautiful! Even if not original ^^
Sith Lord You can easily find many artists works' scores on Imslp.org, for free.
On youtube you can easily find his works, simply search for his complete name if necessary "giuseppe verdi".
If you want better quality it's more advisable to buy CDs of Philharmonics' s registrations.
It' s a matter of taste.
3:16 this flourish ♥️
0:06 Парафраза на тему опери "Ріголетто", тема Маддалени
01:01 Парафраза на тему опери"Ріголетто", тема Герцога
02:23 Парафраза на тему опери "Ріголетто", теми Маддалени та Джильди
Fantastic scales.
Technically perfect!
Bravísimo. Liszt transcrites bellísimo. En la película Una Llama Màgica. 😍 ( .su biografía. ).
A piano prodigy at our school played this at a talent show.
Just goes to show this is definately not the hardest piece of Liszt but it is difficult for sure.
Nah, a dude singing while playing guitar will win.
@@charlesfernandez201 sad but true...
@@charlesfernandez201 most people cant appreciate this type of music :(
@@DJStefandeJong what's the hardest in your opinion?
Beautiful music
Goosebumps...goosebumps...❤❤❤❤
Virtuosismo en todo sentido....Maravilloso....
nadja boulanger said cziffra is no musician - she never heard this!! perfectissimo!!!
Wonderful!!
Best version ever
Many thanks Monsieur …❤️,
People said Liszt never played his own transcriptions the same way twice, the notated versions were for the music publishers. If Cziffra can do this (and it's great), I wish I could have heard Liszt play.
Sublime!
Qui jouera encore cela avec autant de générosité ?
Merci AlexandreJdB
Cziffra è uno dei più grandi pianisti del XX secolo, senza alcun dubbio.
He plays this magnificently.
fabelhaft
lol Cziffra is always great
Cziffra was probably the greatest technical pianist ever, except for Liszt himself.
yi don,t say
Hamelin. Hamelin is the most technically proficient pianist ever in the past, present and will remain in the future. But, Hamelin lacks the power that Cziffra has emotionally.
@@preludio423 Cziffra had a better technic and much much better musicality! That is a fact ;)
@@preludio423 what makes you think Hamelin is better technically
@@agostontoth5710 its not a fact. its an opinion.
I'd really like to say something about this but I'm speechless.
great!!!!!!!
einfach nur schön
wonderful!
That's not the hardest piece by Liszt. I can tell with confidence.
@@frispo73 Even including pieces that can be played up to speed by a real human, there are a multitude that outrank this paraphrase.
La Campanella is ridiculously easy compared to Liszt’s La Clochette / La Campanella Fantasy, which was his first usage of the theme. I’d nominate his Lucrezia Borgia Fantasy, Grosse Concert Fantasy on Spanish Themes, and the S.140 No. 4 Paganini Etude (unplayable at full speed and never recorded at full speed) as being his hardest works, far harder than the transcendentals or La Campanella. Liszt revised La Campanella twice officially to make it what you’re referring to. It’s much easier than what most people say it is. Check out the S.140 version (second official version), and the La Clochette Fantasy (you’ll have to skip for the theme). Also, he revised the transcendental etudes from their hard form, which was referred to as the Douze Grandes Etudes S.137.
@@vnwa7390 La Campanella is indeed relatively easy. Sure it is not really easy but anyone that studies at the conservatory can play this piece within the second year at most. All the pieces you mention are indeed harder for sure.
I would also like to nominate many other pieces to be harder than this piece as this piece has a few moments that are hard but are repeated as technique several times so once you got the first bar of it down you can play them all basically.
From what I can see even the Dante Sonata is harder than this and surely the B Minor is harder. But to me it is not that much about difficulty as just shear love for a piece that defines it for me and the ones I name and this one are up there amongst his finest of works.
However the way Cziffra plays this is magnificant to say the least. It sounds effortless and has a great quality of sound.
Not the hardest but one of Liszt's best, and better than most of those that are more difficult.
@@vnwa7390 Some of the etudes had to be rewritten because the piano changed in his lifetime. Try doing the opening of the 8th etude as written. It's a mess if you try that.
Duca's aria: "Bella figlia dell'amore" - act. III
The Quartet
This Liszt arrangement was conceived surely for entertainment, possibly intended as an encore for displaying the keyboard prowess of a virtuoso. In this respect Cziffra lives up to the occasion magnificently.
МСС(Ц)МШ имени Пляшкевич представляет:
I - 0:06
II - 1:01
BruhnJilda - 5:18
Super!
Beautiful.....
That's all I can say
agreed!
Divino!
Currently playing a 5 string bass....thinking of opera transcriptions. ..weird huh
Not really Douglas. I play Metallica on my violin! LOL
Ann Foushee awesome
It's gorgeous in that cadence scales.I really like this piece Douglas Smith
Thanks.
Esmeralda Morales waterfall like
Esmeralda Morales Liszt was the master of the diminished cadence....it resolves well to most tonalities
1:02 Bella figlia dell'amore
YEAH.....!
I don't find myself often thinking or writing such, but this time it was my first reaction too...
Only thank you.
3:20～など自動的に弾かれているのではないかと思う程、これ以上のものは望めないほどのヴィルドオーソディティーである。ｌＰレコードではあまりに音量が凄まじく、割れてしまったいたが、ここでは見事にリメイクされている。
So the greatest pianist of all time arranged soundtrack music. Noted.
Pa pa pa pi pa pa pi pi pa pa pi pi pa pa pam
2:20 meilleur moment
Virtuosistico... ma qui estremamente musicale... Un pianista che è ancora capace di cantare... e non solo di aggredire la tastiera!!!
@efaith90 It's from the quartet from rigoletto. I believe the tenor sings it :l
Or his transcription to Korsakov's Flight of the Bumble Bee (Vol du Bourdon)
Who's transcription? Surely not Liszt as he was not alive when Flight of the Bumblebee was written.
O-M-G
wonderful playing. rather limited piece though! Probably composed as a concert encore?
it's definitely a show piece, lol
newgeorge "Probably"
It's quite obvious that it is...
+Milton Enosse This is most definately a concert encore. Seen it played on many occasions
I doubt that anyone can match Cziffra,s playing. He had incredibly strong wrists and hands. I have seen him tackle incredibly difficult works, and no other pianist has been able to play.
I don't know about hardest.I can play this (not like Cziffra) and there are certainly Liszt pieces I can't play, like Wandering Lights or Tannhauser Overture.
Paul Smith Tannhauser is an another level of Technique, I'd easily say it's the hardest piano transpiction to be composed so don't worry about that.
Wandering Lights? Is that ' Feux follets? '
I wonder why liszt didn't include this as one of his "reminiscences" collection
Its Cziffra....how can this be hard for him? lol
@rosge1845 avec plaisir!!
5:18
5:43
7:10
hello, I am trying to figure what the meaning of this peice represents ?
kevin dunkel read the description
What a pity it cuts off before the last chord has died away!
This is 😂 so fucking good
Mais Alexandre, j'ai pensé que des Transcendental Études par Liszt sont plus difficiles que ça (Verdi Rigoletto).
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both of them HELL !!!!!!!
3:15
Hmm
How hard is this piece?
Not as difficult as it seems.
+toothless toe is it where you use 4 on every b-flat?
+toothless toe Me too. Left hand 3-2-1-3-2-1-4-3-2-1-3-2-1
Like every large Liszt piece, it's difficult but not as difficult as it sounds or appears. There are Chopin etudes out there that take more skill to play cleanly.
Rigoletto is probably the more difficult of his transcriptions, but by no means unplayable.
@@calebhu6383 Doesn't matter how hard hard it is. The difficulty is compensated with the beauty
musica es vida edpiritual
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sokhlokh bh - I completely agree!
I'm not a fan of Cziffra but I have to say this is fantastic playing!
What is it called at 3:01 when you playing many notes like that?
hdrevolution123 Cadenza.
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