They share the honour with Horowiz 🙂 but suppose Cziffra s relationship to the composer s even more personal. So wonderful he has recorded so much of him and it s put here ❣
Cziffra takes his audience on the type of hellish journey one can only imagine Liszt would have wanted. Here is swashbuckling virtuosity par excellence!.
Cziffra was sent for 2 years to forced cave works. Poor hands.... outstanding recover. First concert at 5... in a circus. Oh man, god blessed talents are everywhere.
God Liszt had a fiendish and demonic writing style and combined level of virtuosity that just put him into a whole other category of composer in my opinion. No matter how demonic, it is layered with magical melodic sections. And hearing Cziffra play this is almost like a strange insight into how I think Liszt might have played it. His sonata in B minor performance is my favourite example of this.
Of course, Cziffra has a very personal "way" with this piece -- his rhythm is completely 'free' in Cziffra's own daemonic Gypsy approach. Sounds like he gets into a sort of 'trance' and comes alive in a quasi-improvisatory manner. Even though this side of Liszt is purposely bombastic in the extreme - paralleling his personality, it rather strangely impressed many learned musicians. For a prime example, Horowitz's main teacher for 5 years - Sergei Tarnowsky, told me that he (Tarnowsky) preferred the Dante "Sonata" to Liszt's B minor Sonata! (Maybe he made that over-statement due to having heard and taught the much more famous B minor Sonata too many times!) Cziffra uniquely makes much more out of this piece than other pianists - to be sure.
The Dante s Comedia Divina in a language of music..in my opinion much more interesting way to learn the national epos of Italy, even composed by a hungarian..🙂 Annees de Peleringe ,the italian year has very deep literal background,the poetry in motion all of it. If had to pick just one out of Liszt s compositions it d certainly be this one,the musical drama defined as perfectly as ever. Cziffra s interpretation s fully worth it.
"his rhythm is completely 'free' in Cziffra's own daemonic Gypsy approach" Playing this piece in free rhythm is the only correct way to play it. Precisely in this piece it is not a Cziffra specific quality or choice but rather a obvious demand made by the music. Any pianist who ventures to play this by metronome has not understood music.
![Liszt - Après une Lecture du Dante - Fantasia quasi Sonata (Audio+Sheet) [Cziffra]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Vus9gq8f-Xg/mqdefault.jpg)
Cziffra is still one of the greatest interpreters of Liszt... ever!
They share the honour with Horowiz 🙂
but suppose Cziffra s relationship to the composer s even more personal.
So wonderful he has recorded so much of him and it s put here ❣
instaBlaster
Cziffra takes his audience on the type of hellish journey one can only imagine Liszt would have wanted. Here is swashbuckling virtuosity par excellence!.
Stunning performance. Cziffra is on devilish form in this 'live' performance. This must be the only account of him performing the work 'live.'
piano345
I'm still looking for his another LIVE recording of this giant work in a Rome recital in 1962 !
@@Felix_Li_En I can confirm that that rec is fake. I've got that file in years ago and it is idenitcal(and worse quality also) with this performance.
I prefer his live performances relative to the equivalent studio ones.
Powerful rendition !!! Cziffra was out of this world!!
Thank you for adding the sheet music!
Even for Cziffra this is fantastic. My new favorite recording of this piece, by far!
Cziffra was sent for 2 years to forced cave works. Poor hands.... outstanding recover. First concert at 5... in a circus. Oh man, god blessed talents are everywhere.
God Liszt had a fiendish and demonic writing style and combined level of virtuosity that just put him into a whole other category of composer in my opinion. No matter how demonic, it is layered with magical melodic sections. And hearing Cziffra play this is almost like a strange insight into how I think Liszt might have played it. His sonata in B minor performance is my favourite example of this.
I never knew about Cziffra before. Thanks to Totentanz, I know this amazing pianist.
Read his life story, you will cry yourself.
Bravo bravo bravo genial grandiose fantastic music sonata
Unbeleivable performance!
Очень люблю эти видио: слушать и читать по нотам - это захватывающе интересно!
The greatest Liszt player ever
Yes. Except for the Liszt himself!
Can we talk about the final applauses? Damn, imagine pulling off something like that and the crowd goes "oh yeayeayea we gotta clap"
Exactly man!
incredible
Fantastic!
it was Cziffra...and the others.
@CRÖCÖDILE lmao
What does it mean? (And the others)
Of course, Cziffra has a very personal "way" with this piece -- his rhythm is completely 'free' in Cziffra's own daemonic Gypsy approach. Sounds like he gets into a sort of 'trance' and comes alive in a quasi-improvisatory manner. Even though this side of Liszt is purposely bombastic in the extreme - paralleling his personality, it rather strangely impressed many learned musicians. For a prime example, Horowitz's main teacher for 5 years - Sergei Tarnowsky, told me that he (Tarnowsky) preferred the Dante "Sonata" to Liszt's B minor Sonata! (Maybe he made that over-statement due to having heard and taught the much more famous B minor Sonata too many times!) Cziffra uniquely makes much more out of this piece than other pianists - to be sure.
Nice comment. Interesting info here.
Play this piece in a strict tempo ..and kill it.. 👎👍
The Dante s Comedia Divina in a language of music..in my opinion much more interesting way to learn the national epos of Italy, even composed by a hungarian..🙂
Annees de Peleringe ,the italian year has very deep literal background,the poetry in motion all of it.
If had to pick just one out of Liszt s compositions it d certainly be this one,the musical drama defined as perfectly as ever.
Cziffra s interpretation s fully worth it.
"his rhythm is completely 'free' in Cziffra's own daemonic Gypsy approach"
Playing this piece in free rhythm is the only correct way to play it. Precisely in this piece it is not a Cziffra specific quality or choice but rather a obvious demand made by the music. Any pianist who ventures to play this by metronome has not understood music.
This piece is undoubtedly among the greatest of the greatest Liszt works. One of the best piano pieces of all time, it's not even a question
Classic
Cziffra is...Cziffra, period.
Superb 😋😋😋💖💖💖💖💖
Who are we to say if it is god or not!??Ovo je glazba duše kompozitora,može nam se samo sviđati ili ne.I thik that it is beautiful and strong
Awesome!
13:26 why does that sound like mazeppa
This Dante sonata is much better than Pletnev's one.
well and i must say i prefer volodos over pletnev
@@DariusMo Volodos is one of the best interpreters of this piece. The best ones are Cziffra, Berman and Ogdon in my opinion
yes this has tons tons of energy
Hough is the best Pletnev does have some very unique ideas
Might this even be considered "the best" Dante Sonata...........? 😁
Es gibt sehr viele falsche Töne...aber das ist am besten Dante-Sonate. Ich meine.
Jesus Christ.... this is a fuckin circus lol
Magnificent performance.
킹갓엠페러제네럴충무공마제스티치프라
ㅠㅠ 개잘친다시발난언이
WTF was that?
OMG it's disgusting
Didn't expect less.
@@johnkrammer3673 For you too moron : ruclips.net/video/RVg0WAhMGq0/видео.html
purists with delicate minded sound expectations don't belong here
OMG man, please look at the recording, not mirror