By far the most terrifying interpretation! After hearing all other "interpretations," Cziffra makes everyone else sound like they're just warming up! Truly magnificent.
Holy crap! I've heard a lot of Cziffra's performances but not this! I love the way he maintains the structure while slamming out those bottom notes with true ferocity.
Chopin poured his heart at and into the piano. Cziffra has brought it to the ears of modern day listeners. I fell in love with music again after the first few notes.
The power of Cziffra's playing here as well as any other work that requires the same treatment is terrifying. Not only does the music speak but he is playing true fortissimo. He must've had a piano technician on standby at all times
ABM not The greatest! The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein ( The God) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Sviatoslav Richter Wilhelm Kempff ( The most beautiful piano sound Ever) Radu Lupu ( The most colorful piano sound Ever) ABM played The second-rated concertos like Mozart piano concerto no 15 Haydn concerto G major Liszt piano concerto no 1! ABM never played The Best piano concertos like Chopin 1-2 Brahms 1-2 Rachmaninov 1-3 Mozart 24 Prokoviev 1-3 Bach 1052 ABM The Great machine player! ABM the Mechanical King!!
Exactly. :) I love how differently it can be played, and this is among the most percussive. It is the last version featured in this story, rounding it out. fictionlands.forumotion.com/t1-slender-man-meets-his-fate#1
I've been playing this musical idea since before Chopin was born and wrote it, and now finally get to hear its reality in the world of physics. Musical ideas are beings also, just like you and I are beings. These musical ideas must be brought into physical incarnation, given birth, just as we humans come into physical incarnation through birth.❤❤
Magnificent version! Every note is clear and very powerful. To get this powerful attack of steely fingers, Cziffra practiced with a blanket on the strings until the hammers finally produced a sound. But also the conception of the piece is magnificent
This North Sea Etude is the appropriate name metaphorically to imagine 50-foot musical sound waves crashing over a super tanker piano keyboard being captained by a Master Seaman, Maestro Cziffra at the helm of this stupendous cacaphony of 50-foot waves of sound, pianism and musical artistry and virtuosity.!!
Yep, the more I listen, the more I keep being sure those extra bass octave notes are there. Probably even more of them than I originally thought. Wow. Lot of hard work ahead.
Forget the fancy name of Ocean, etc. This is a powerful musical idea that lived in the invisible musical sphere, seeking incarnation on this earth, and Chopin was given the gift of creation to bring it into our physical realm as a great musical idea. But the musical idea we call Etude still has its unique personality for anyone to hear or perform it on a musical instrument.
@@marksmith3947 I wholeheartedly agree I enjoy cziffra's interpretation more than sokolov's throughout but for this piece I also love sokolov's massive sound as it suits it.
Ive been listening to several great and current recordings of this etude... Cziffra gives the most human interpretation. E.g. Pollini is almost surgical in his precision and brilliance... but Cziffra plays with such passion here, even though this is an often performed piece
Franx Liszt and Georgy Cziffra are One Spirit inhabiting physical bodies at different times in space and time. ONE SPIRIT, TWO BODIES. ONE GREAT VIRTUOSIC TALENT GIFT.
+Omer Horovitz You are dumb as hell, it is one of the most difficult, try playing it at 160bpm. Hardly any pianists can so your comment is complete fail
@@debussy843 It definitely is in the place of the difficult Chopin etudes, but the hardest 4 would be op. 10 no. 1, op. 10 no. 2, op. 25 no. 6 and op. 25 no. 11
Cziffra means "colorful, decorated" in Hungarian, and there is a little hint of 19th century braggadoccio here. I happened to have grown up with Cziffra's playing and I like it a lot. There is something phenomenally exciting the way he makes it vibrate through those repeated notes. ... and there is that extra note or two at 1:22....
Man, I'm adding in these extra low octaves in while still in the early learning stages. If I can be even half as kickbutt as this some day.... Never hurts to dream.
It sounds like when he gets to the C major section at the end, he is playing a c octave in the left hand with the lowest right hand E, and again with the right hand D and C respectively, on every emphasized beat. I didn't pick that note up in the tutorial or other performances so much. But, hmm. If it's there, I'm learning the piece, maybe I should add that extra note in for impact. This performance was mind-blowing. :)
Dana Franchitto the theme is not a ocean it is a war, the etude was written because of the war in Poland at the time...he latter left Poland never to come back, people put the title ocean on this piece as many others as well to other pieces often mixing the true meaning of them
you're probably right, Mr K but the piece reminds me of heavy ocean waves. Gauche? maybe but I am a surfer and even the most academic scholarly minds projected extra-musical ideas and images on to music Look what Hans von Bulow did with the Chopin Preludes. He insisted that his impressions were what CHopin intended.
And the beauty of such pieces is they can mean different things to different people. I am fine with both the ocean idea and the pathos of war for this piece. It doesn't have to be one to the exclusion of the other.
There is a common misconception that the Chopin études' titles were given by Chopin himself, that isn't actually true. Chopin abhorred the idea of giving titles to his pieces. In fact, the only title that was given by Chopin himself was the Funeral March. All other titles can be accredited to his students and Chopin admirers long after he had died.
Link to video bookmarked/favorited. This music will be linked to as background for when I get my Slender Man annihilation story written. Unless I can play it as well by that time, and I very much doubt that. I love all performances of 25.12 that I've come across, but this one has some added kick that puts it over the top. It is what I can only hope to somewhat emulate.
When this planet goes into extinction, just as our Moon was a living planet eons ago, and then gave "birth to our Earth planet", and died out, so shall we become extinxt. But these "creatures" of musical creation will continue to exist and live on in the Triyamtsatry (the 33 heavens) with Indra and the Ghandharvas who will revel and enjoy all the hundreds of thousands of musical creations that the human species created. This great music will never die. It has its permanent place in the Heavens and Devachan for all like-minded souls to enjoy forever.
Charles Rosen, in his Happy Birthday to Chopin article, notes that Chopin's contemporaries thought his exotic harmonies suggested his effeminate nature. Really.
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By far the most terrifying interpretation! After hearing all other "interpretations," Cziffra makes everyone else sound like they're just warming up! Truly magnificent.
Alex Etherington Have you heard Sokolov's version?
You bet ,You are right!!!
You bet ,You are right!!!
@ OMG yeah, Cziffra's version is very good but I prefer a lot the Solov's version
That's because he adds octaves in the bass to some parts which adds so much
Titanic conception. Cziffra always has artistic insights that baffle other pianists.
Cziffra has the titanic spirit of FRANZ LISZT within him, his reincarnation.
Holy crap! I've heard a lot of Cziffra's performances but not this! I love the way he maintains the structure while slamming out those bottom notes with true ferocity.
Amazing. I have been playing this piece for 158 years and it still surprise me.
Lol
Extraordinaly impressive.
I had never heard the Ocean Etude played like this. Overwhelming.
Listen to Ruth Slenczynska (1958)
Chopin poured his heart at and into the piano. Cziffra has brought it to the ears of modern day listeners. I fell in love with music again after the first few notes.
etude no.12 op.25 "Tsunami Etude"
Hehe!
👏
It made me cry. Beautiful interpretation
The power of Cziffra's playing here as well as any other work that requires the same treatment is terrifying. Not only does the music speak but he is playing true fortissimo. He must've had a piano technician on standby at all times
My very favorite Chopin of all! So exciting!
It is so very breathtakingly honest
I love this man. He teaches me the piano even when is already long at rest...
this is the best pianist for me
Abm abm abm abm abm abm abm abm abm abm
ABM not The greatest! The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein ( The God) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Sviatoslav Richter Wilhelm Kempff ( The most beautiful piano sound Ever) Radu Lupu ( The most colorful piano sound Ever) ABM played The second-rated concertos like Mozart piano concerto no 15 Haydn concerto G major Liszt piano concerto no 1! ABM never played The Best piano concertos like Chopin 1-2 Brahms 1-2 Rachmaninov 1-3 Mozart 24 Prokoviev 1-3 Bach 1052 ABM The Great machine player! ABM the Mechanical King!!
@@RaineriHakkarainenjust Alexi Sultanov❤
Absolutely overwhelming.
"He's banging the crap out of the theme!" I totally agree, but I love it. He plays the piece like how it's supposed to be, like a demolishing ocean!
Exactly! I'm writing a fic where Slender Man meets his demise... In an ocean. This piece is going to be linked as the background music. :)
Exactly. :) I love how differently it can be played, and this is among the most percussive. It is the last version featured in this story, rounding it out.
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chopin never said it was supposed to be an ocean
Chopin never intended it to be like an ocean so....
@@dustovshio chopin never said anything. who the hell cares?
This interpretation is pure fire from a virtuoso, miss u Cziffra!
fantastic! I've been playing this piece for over 65 yrs and don't even come close.
I've been playing this musical idea since before Chopin was born and wrote it, and now finally get to hear its reality in the world of physics. Musical ideas are beings also, just like you and I are beings.
These musical ideas must be brought into physical incarnation, given birth, just as we humans come into physical incarnation through birth.❤❤
Absolutely breathtaking. What a piece! What a performer! Simply amazing.
Amazing... really. The great Georges Cziffra made an impressive and beautiful performance of this etude...
Magnificent version! Every note is clear and very powerful. To get this powerful attack of steely fingers, Cziffra practiced with a blanket on the strings until the hammers finally produced a sound. But also the conception of the piece is magnificent
Ocean of Emotion! Great Performance
I'll be coming back to listen to this over and over. :)
My heat is torn out! This kind of playing is beyond human!
This North Sea Etude is the appropriate name metaphorically to imagine 50-foot musical sound waves crashing over a super tanker piano keyboard being captained by a Master Seaman, Maestro Cziffra at the helm of this stupendous cacaphony of 50-foot waves of sound, pianism and musical artistry and virtuosity.!!
The ultimate interpretation ...
holy mother of god.....i dont know what to say. i am overwhelmed. it's just..........beyond belief.
Yep, the more I listen, the more I keep being sure those extra bass octave notes are there. Probably even more of them than I originally thought. Wow. Lot of hard work ahead.
Did you memorize it?
the only performer that doesn't overdo the pedal in this piece. wow
magistral. Nunca había escuchado así este estudio, con los rebotes de las notas repetidas con esa claridad.
It's giant Chopin Wow
Forget the fancy name of Ocean, etc. This is a powerful musical idea that lived in the invisible musical sphere, seeking incarnation on this earth, and Chopin was given the gift of creation to bring it into our physical realm as a great musical idea.
But the musical idea we call Etude still has its unique personality for anyone to hear or perform it on a musical instrument.
This and Sokolov's interpretation remains my all time favorites of this piece!
People who like fast banging love Sokolov. Cziffra is a far better musician in this piece
@@marksmith3947 I wholeheartedly agree
I enjoy cziffra's interpretation more than sokolov's throughout but for this piece I also love sokolov's massive sound as it suits it.
Et pourtant deux approches très différentes.
its got to be the most perfectly executed performance of the piece its not the fastest but the notes are so clear
I don’t know what piano he is using but it sound really heavy and that match perfectly with this piece
hes playing the bottom of the arpeggios with octaves. Which is absolutely insane
I'm pretty sure it's a Steinway
It sounds just like Horowitz's piano
1 What a great piano.
2 Such terrifyingly strong hands
He must have had an insane neural pathway speed. A genetic gift. And then developed to the max by endless hours of practicing.
Hé used to warm UP by putting a blanket on the strings and playing until thé sound would Come Out!
Ive been listening to several great and current recordings of this etude... Cziffra gives the most human interpretation. E.g. Pollini is almost surgical in his precision and brilliance... but Cziffra plays with such passion here, even though this is an often performed piece
Grigory Sokolov a class of his own playing Chopin etude The Ocean!!!
@@RaineriHakkarainensokolov plays it faster but honestly cziffra takes the cake for me, just an immortal resonance
titanic playing
Best interpretation ever, amazing and terrifying
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@@filippeo85 nope
Just came back here after listening to Sokolovs interpretation, now I am undecided which one wins haha ruclips.net/video/9vA8qX_p11w/видео.html
Franx Liszt and Georgy Cziffra are One Spirit inhabiting physical bodies at different times in space and time.
ONE SPIRIT, TWO BODIES. ONE GREAT VIRTUOSIC TALENT GIFT.
Etude op 25 n 12 is for me the father of all etudes
+Omer Horovitz You are dumb as hell, it is one of the most difficult, try playing it at 160bpm. Hardly any pianists can so your comment is complete fail
+DarkAnima No need to talk dirty
+Omer Horovitz Inaccurate. There certainly is a need to let you know you're an idiot. It ranks among the most difficult with 10-1.
@@debussy843 It definitely is in the place of the difficult Chopin etudes, but the hardest 4 would be op. 10 no. 1, op. 10 no. 2, op. 25 no. 6 and op. 25 no. 11
@@debussy843 Its a difficult etude but its not with 10 1.
Cziffra means "colorful, decorated" in Hungarian, and there is a little hint of 19th century braggadoccio here. I happened to have grown up with Cziffra's playing and I like it a lot. There is something phenomenally exciting the way he makes it vibrate through those repeated notes. ... and there is that extra note or two at 1:22....
what a stunning technique!
BRAVISSIMO!
La mejor interpretación de este estudio por lejos, es sobrehumano!!!
Las notas graves suenan como truenos!!!
Astonishing. Genius.
So powerful, the Hurricane Etude.
WOW!!! What a amazing~!!
Exceptional interpretation! Thank you 5*****
концептуально, восхищает романтическим прочтением!
What fire! I love it!
Outstanding performance
Definitely!
Fantastic!
AMAZING!
what really makes this stand out is that BOOM just before 0:11
Brillantissime !
Wow......💥🙂
Meraviglioso!
Master technician and interpreter.
Superbe, tout "simplement".
Man, I'm adding in these extra low octaves in while still in the early learning stages. If I can be even half as kickbutt as this some day.... Never hurts to dream.
i used to think this version was too heavy. i like it now
It sounds like when he gets to the C major section at the end, he is playing a c octave in the left hand with the lowest right hand E, and again with the right hand D and C respectively, on every emphasized beat. I didn't pick that note up in the tutorial or other performances so much. But, hmm. If it's there, I'm learning the piece, maybe I should add that extra note in for impact. This performance was mind-blowing. :)
Those accents inspire me
I wish I could play as good as you 😊😊😊
wow awesome.
SUBLIME TECHNIQUE!
Back again. I'm now including those extra octaves and it's working out well.
the best pianist！
i also play this, but i think only 70 percent of his speed! Cziffra's skill is sooo extraordinary!
indeed...very energetic!
Genius!
AMAZZZZZZZZZZZIIIIIIIIIIINNNGGG
Nie ma potężniejszej wersji tej etiudy. Cziffra dzięki technice mógł nadać odpowiedni charakter, odpowiedni tragizm.
Wow.
we heard a lion roar
Wow!
Dana Franchitto the theme is not a ocean it is a war, the etude was written because of the war in Poland at the time...he latter left Poland never to come back, people put the title ocean on this piece as many others as well to other pieces often mixing the true meaning of them
you're probably right, Mr K but the piece reminds me of heavy ocean waves. Gauche? maybe but I am a surfer and even the most academic scholarly minds projected extra-musical ideas and images on to music Look what Hans von Bulow did with the Chopin Preludes. He insisted that his impressions were what CHopin intended.
And the beauty of such pieces is they can mean different things to different people. I am fine with both the ocean idea and the pathos of war for this piece. It doesn't have to be one to the exclusion of the other.
There is a common misconception that the Chopin études' titles were given by Chopin himself, that isn't actually true. Chopin abhorred the idea of giving titles to his pieces. In fact, the only title that was given by Chopin himself was the Funeral March. All other titles can be accredited to his students and Chopin admirers long after he had died.
Link to video bookmarked/favorited. This music will be linked to as background for when I get my Slender Man annihilation story written. Unless I can play it as well by that time, and I very much doubt that. I love all performances of 25.12 that I've come across, but this one has some added kick that puts it over the top. It is what I can only hope to somewhat emulate.
the version i put in my favorites out of all the ones in youtube.
There is no fear of the ocean here, whatsoever. Hurricane Katrina, maybe?
mdr well this is Cziffra storm, that's him all over when virtuosity technique exceeds a bit the rest. i like him though :p
+Claude Joseph Phillip Poux Do you really think Ocean is only quiet ???? Amazing interpretation, i love this terrifying Ocean.
In a hurricane you have the huge ocean storm surges sometimes several feet above normal that come crashing ashore, doing much destruction.
Bravo
When this planet goes into extinction, just as our Moon was a living planet eons ago, and then gave "birth to our Earth planet", and died out, so shall we become extinxt.
But these "creatures" of musical creation will continue to exist and live on in the Triyamtsatry (the 33 heavens) with Indra and the Ghandharvas who will revel and enjoy all the hundreds of thousands of musical creations that the human species created.
This great music will never die. It has its permanent place in the Heavens and Devachan for all like-minded souls to enjoy forever.
Charles Rosen, in his Happy Birthday to Chopin article, notes that Chopin's contemporaries thought his exotic harmonies suggested his effeminate nature. Really.
it sparkles ^^;;
@jonbaum exactly ^ But it's not only the arm weight, it's the whole body ;)
ENORME !
Simplement CZIFFRA......Sans autre commentaire
The best
THE NORTH SEA ETUDE !!
BENZ AMG GT ETUDE !!!!! I like this one !!!!!so heavy !!
@crm4F240 It's not muscles that do it, it's arm weight. If it were down to muscles it would sound like hitting the piano and not like a "boom".
This recording should have gone towards infinity on board of the Voyager spacecrafts, representing the oceans on planet earth, in music.
Right, but the aliens do not need to know that....
yea except that chopin never said it was about the ocean.
OMG.
❤
I cannot stand TITLES to such indescribable wonders as this composition. Words are meaningless in music such as this.
Does anyone have a live recording of someone playing this piece the same way Cziffra does? I mean the octaves in bass.
his simply the master! It's the good tempo, the drama and dynamics!
I think the name ocean actually not fit. The piece is bout love...
This piece was written simultaneously as the Revolutionary etude, at a time of war.
there are no bottom octaves and he plays a single octave with the left hand if that's what you mean
Ocean !
Unfortunately Ervin Nyeregihazy never recorded the piece.
@SSchrevel
True, but it's so illustrating.... anyway, it's great piece!
Proud to be loud :)