We surely do! Actually, in 1983, I had the great honour to meet Mr Cziffra personally. We had a long conversation about music and his and my work and believe me or not, that happened at the same place this beautiful recording was made! I played for Maestro Cziffra on the same piano at the same place, quite unbelievable, but true! Regards, Geert Dehoux.
He had such a difficult and sad life but his musical genius will live on for as long as there are people who want you to listen to his performances There is a God after all
This is the most haunting and extraordinary interpretation of this piece. It sounds different from almost all other accounts but shows us much more of the emotions and pictures in this piece. He slows down at just the right places, emphasizes the melody and harmony perfectly to create a magical wiorld. Bravo and thank you.
Thanks for this film of Cziffra towards the end of his life. The death of his son Gyorgy Jr. in a fire in 1981 was a terrible tragedy Cziffra never recovered from. The pain shows in his face and adds poignancy to his passionate account of this beautiful work of Chopin.
Le maître Cziffra, tellement haut qu'on a peine à croire qu'un tel talent ait pu exister. On se sent porté et tout à la fois immensément petit devant un tel personnage. Très émouvant de le voir ainsi, près de sa disparition. Un immense musicien..
Knowing the Hungarian culture a bit, how noble and gallant they are, how kind and serious their culture is, a serious part of them is Cziffra, and this performance just gives me pain for Cziffra for his lost of shine for living but still leave us a masterpiece of a farewell and pride as he/they allways had !.. What an interpretation !.. I have rarely cried,.. Joy and sorrow could be mixed together, I also learned. Thank you Universe ! Thank you Cziffra !!!...
As a Hungarian I have to admit that unfortunately, he never got the respect and the opportunity what he deserved in Hungary.He had to immigrated in order to be successful just like many other hungarians...We are talking about one of the best pianist of all the time, if not the best! I read the book about his life called cannons and flowers.What a life! They could make a movie about it.😀
Je l'ai suivi très longtemps et suis allée de très nombreuses fois à la chapelle St Frambourg à Senlis le voir en concert. J'ai beaucoup de disques de lui. Il me manque heureusement que nous pouvons l'écouter encore et encore. Merci à toi
Je suis ravie d'écouter cette oevre merveilleuse de Chopin e de suivre les mouvements des mains magiques du poète Gyorgy Cziffra, les expressione de son visage si profond et intense. Il sera toujours dans nos coeurs
Une interprétation extraordinaire , la meilleure que j'ai pu écouter . Un des plus grands pianistes . Je suis absolument transportée lorsque je l'écoute jouer
The passion in his face is completely different from others. I have never seen such extraordinary emotion put into pieces of music - Cziffra truly achieved transcendence.
This is yhe very apex from the best traducer of Chopin's heart and soul ever. Poignant, transcendental and sublime. G. Cziffra, you and Chopin express in the Infinite - in the Dimensions of Perfect Life -,the pure and magnifcent Glory From GOD. Bravo forever and ever.Yan Ayrton, young composer.
Yes, I still remember everybody had to leave the concert hall, but he let me stay to have a long and very kind conversation about his and my work, music and life. One of the things I remember well is that he said Schubert's Impromptus are "the best music"! Strange, isn't it, because he himself only played 2 of them. That was in 1982 or 1983, but I think it was in 1982, 30 years ago... Kindest regards, Geert Dehoux.
NOT TRUE! Cziffra The raw rough ice cold hammer! Cziffra The Mad crazy Roar fashion bashing playing! Cziffra his Mendelssohn piano concerto no 1(The ice cold piano sound). is The most awful trash empty low art Ever! The Best greatest pianists of All Time Are really=Artur Rubinstein ( The GOD) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan of The piano The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff ( The most beautiful piano sound Ever) Sviatoslav Richter Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Ever) Alexei Lubimov ( The Genius no 1.Mozart piano concerto no 27) ) Maurizio Pollini ( The Genius no 2) Solomon Cutner ( The most perfect structure of music) Proffesor Malinin Said that Mozart Is the most difficult to play! The Best greatest Mozart piano concertos players Are really=Mozart 17 Dezo Ranki Mozart 18 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 19 Radu Lupu Mozart 20 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 21 Radu Lupu ( The others The Good=Artur Rubinstein Murray Perahia Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Stanislav Bunin) Mozart 22 Laura Mikkola Natalia Trull Jörg Demus Robert Casadesus Mozart 23 Solomon Cutner ( The others The Good=Wilhelm Kempff Vladimir Horowitz Grigory Sokolov Murray Perahia Vladimir Ashkenazy Maurizio Pollini Radu Lupu Stanislav Bunin) Mozart 24 Grigory Sokolov Maria Grinberg ( The Good=Wilhelm Kempff Mikhail Pletnev Gina Bachauer) Mozart 25 Murray Perahia Mozart 27 Alexei Lubimov ( The others=Emil Gilels Vladimir Ashkenazy Murray Perahia Stanislav Bunin Natalia Trull).
99k views? It should have billions; but that is saved for internet garbage. At the end it looks as though his eyes are saying I'm a tired old man but I just tore your mind to apart and glued it back together.
dias.piano Well while your comment is true it is essentially the same for all pianists. No human ever will reproduce exactly what the other pianist did.
A unique interpretation, albeit a tad bit similar to Rubinstein. Playing with less sustain makes the notes stand out much clearer, and the improvisation during the middle part is just mesmerising.
Actually, its a slight variation of Chopin, although he never officially transcribed it, he would play that same passage but one octave higher and descend down two. But this and Katsaris' interpretation are probably the best!
Adrian Burhala That's without a doubt. I really love Lisitsa's playing, but Cziffra is something different. I don't know him or anything but he just astonishes me on every recording
he gets a grave if he dies from something normal. if you get the world destroying nuke your grave may die but hey, that would be a nice throwback to last PO2 series :P
I'm surprised that his interpretation is this amazing on Yamaha, their keys are too heavy and un-responsive. I think his interpretation would have been even better if was on a better Grand. No offence to no one.
Your characterization of Yamaha pianos is dead wrong. I’ve worked extensively with a lot of them, and Steinways as well, and there is simply no truth to these silly myths about the Yamaha being unresponsive. It’s an incredibly beautiful instrument to play, and if it feels different from a Steinway, then great; no patents were violated. Play what you like, but keep unfounded rumors to yourself. One problem with these rumors is that they originate with some piano nerd sitting down at an unfamiliar piano and playing. Immediately he makes excuses for himself as he fumbles a little. “It’s the piano.” But if you want to compare apples to apples, you have to put both pianos side-by-side in the same hall and have a very competent technician regulate the keyboards and tune the strings. When the technician has them both “perfect,” then try them out. You’ll find it hard to choose between a Steinway and a Yamaha. They both have things that make them outstanding to play. It’s not so much about what one piano lacks as it is about what you’ll miss in that one if you choose the other piano.
We surely do!
Actually, in 1983, I had the great honour to meet Mr Cziffra personally.
We had a long conversation about music and his and my work and believe me or not, that happened at the same place this beautiful recording was made!
I played for Maestro Cziffra on the same piano at the same place, quite unbelievable, but true!
Regards,
Geert Dehoux.
What a lucky man...
You have some really gorgeous performances uploaded on your channel
Woww amazing!
wow back when people typed youtube comments like an email. incredible story btw
Nice moment
He had such a difficult and sad life but his musical genius will live on for as long as there are people who want you to listen to his performances
There is a God after all
This is the most haunting and extraordinary interpretation of this piece. It sounds different from almost all other accounts but shows us much more of the emotions and pictures in this piece. He slows down at just the right places, emphasizes the melody and harmony perfectly to create a magical wiorld. Bravo and thank you.
Extraordinaire et tellement émouvant merci
Thanks for this film of Cziffra towards the end of his life. The death of his son Gyorgy Jr. in a fire in 1981 was a terrible tragedy Cziffra never recovered from. The pain shows in his face and adds poignancy to his passionate account of this beautiful work of Chopin.
Perder un hijo cuesta todo en la vida; asi vivo por la pérdida del mio victima del cáncer terminal.....
Le maître Cziffra, tellement haut qu'on a peine à croire qu'un tel talent ait pu exister. On se sent porté et tout à la fois immensément petit devant un tel personnage. Très émouvant de le voir ainsi, près de sa disparition. Un immense musicien..
Vous avez mille fois raison ! Un talent surnaturel
Knowing the Hungarian culture a bit, how noble and gallant they are, how kind and serious their culture is, a serious part of them is Cziffra, and this performance just gives me pain for Cziffra for his lost of shine for living but still leave us a masterpiece of a farewell and pride as he/they allways had !.. What an interpretation !.. I have rarely cried,.. Joy and sorrow could be mixed together, I also learned. Thank you Universe ! Thank you Cziffra !!!...
That was beautiful and I couldn’t agree more
@@SmeagolTheBeagle beautiful and haunting
As a Hungarian I have to admit that unfortunately, he never got the respect and the opportunity what he deserved in Hungary.He had to immigrated in order to be successful just like many other hungarians...We are talking about one of the best pianist of all the time, if not the best! I read the book about his life called cannons and flowers.What a life! They could make a movie about it.😀
I've never heard this played better. He makes great music out of it where others just speed by.
😂cziffra mostly speeds by
But he is the best virtuoso of all time and the best Liszt interpreter. Other pieces are just too easy for him😂
Je l'ai suivi très longtemps et suis allée de très nombreuses fois à la chapelle St Frambourg à Senlis le voir en concert. J'ai beaucoup de disques de lui. Il me manque heureusement que nous pouvons l'écouter encore et encore. Merci à toi
La plus belle interprétation de cette pièce que je connaisse.
I love his smile at the end.
the touch of a genius
Quelle belle interprétation, merci Cziffra !!!!
Ma stai pazziann? Mannagg di e a maronn cziffra nun è buon nun è buon. Viva ABM, W Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
Je suis ravie d'écouter cette oevre merveilleuse de Chopin e de suivre les mouvements des mains magiques du poète Gyorgy Cziffra, les expressione de son visage si profond et intense. Il sera toujours dans nos coeurs
Une interprétation extraordinaire , la meilleure que j'ai pu écouter . Un des plus grands pianistes . Je suis absolument transportée lorsque je l'écoute jouer
le plus Grand!
évidemment Cziffra,is great but where is difference between hundreds and hundreds recordings of this Fantaisie ? you can tell me ?
@@teddybear9525 tout le monde entier le sait !
Ti adoro. ❤
❤❤Excellent virtuose et sensible en sus.
Wonderful rubato, loving and soulful interpretation, and excellent musicianship as always from Cziffra! ❤💯 Thanks for sharing!
without rubato there is not melody
Rarely has the intensity, passion and integrity with which Mr Cziffra played Chopin has ever been matched
The passion in his face is completely different from others. I have never seen such extraordinary emotion put into pieces of music - Cziffra truly achieved transcendence.
One of the best performances I have ever heard in my life.
World lost a unique artist...
Wonderful Chopin playing - brings us to the heart of the music,
So beautiful...this performance reminds me of his own life,that was full of many hardships and glory.
The colorful brightness of this yamaha piano goes incredibly well with this piece.
Toujours aussi heureuse de l'écouter
Cziffra's musical interpretation is flawless.
The way he did ritard on “that” part. Never before have I realized how beautiful this piece is.
Fantasztikus, csodálatos előadás. Gratulálok!
pianists are mortal but the music is immortal..isnt it amazing?a piece like that is timeless💗
Vintage Cziffra. Pure magic, plain and simple.
He was a great genius absolotely master class! RIP György
MAÎTRE G. CZIFFRA
RESTE IMBATTABLE;
IL RESTE LE MEILLEUR GÉNIE
DE TOUS LES TEMPS.
M E R C I
DE COEUR PROFOND À LUI.
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a wonderful interpretation of this famous composition, best I've encountered. Cziffra was a remarkable artist
Superbe interprétation de la fantaisie impromptu de Chopin.
C'était un géant... Je l'ai entendu plusieurs fois en concert : on en ressortait différent...
Best version EVER !!!!!!
This is yhe very apex from the best traducer of Chopin's heart and soul ever.
Poignant, transcendental and sublime.
G. Cziffra, you and Chopin express in the Infinite - in the Dimensions of Perfect Life -,the pure and magnifcent Glory From GOD.
Bravo forever and ever.Yan Ayrton, young composer.
Le plus grand Pianiste de tous les temps .
invitation a Aix en Provence au Studio Cziffra !!!
incredible. one of my favorite pianists
Magnific...
Yes, I still remember everybody had to leave the concert hall, but he let me stay to have a long and very kind conversation about his and my work, music and life.
One of the things I remember well is that he said Schubert's Impromptus are "the best music"!
Strange, isn't it, because he himself only played 2 of them.
That was in 1982 or 1983, but I think it was in 1982, 30 years ago...
Kindest regards,
Geert Dehoux.
@@oeirjoejrogoeirjgoierjg6449 hahaha
@@oeirjoejrogoeirjgoierjg6449 you don't have to be disrespectful, this is an other human being. A quite nice one actually.
The best interpretation i ever heard.
It's way better than most interpretations of this piece, mainly cause no one else actually tries hahaha. Anyways, I personally like Sauer's the most.
Cziffra is the best not only in Liszt, but also in Chopin, there is no doubt.
Zimerman ??
@@nysuu2361 Zimmerman is overrated tbh.
Queda un documento de gran valor art'istico!
Geert Dehoux, pianista.
Bélgica.
cziffra is God
Yeah like the smile too. :-) It's a pleasure to see the old guy play.
So beautiful Thank you
Wow - a Yamaha Grand Piano.
Not the Everyday-EveryPianist-Steinway. Great!
That's what I noticed also! Richter would often play Yamaha pianos also
Cziffra loved the Yamaha piano. She took her everywhere with her.
This is one of the rare handmade Yamaha pianos. They have a good action, and in my view, can match a Steinway - different but good.
@@timotot123 richter liked yamaha pianos too
Merci à toi Romain Hervé.
Au-delà de l'impossible. Sensibilité et virtuosité ensemble!
Review this piece right now. This is gorgeous. Thank you!
Un posto tra i Grandi di tutti i tempi e di tutto lo scibile umano lo merita!!!!!
Très bien dit!
Votre commentaire est intéressant.
Salutations,
Geert Dehoux, pianist.
Cziffra :) J'ai assité a un concert de l'un de ses anciens élèves... Magique ^.^
Best performance ever.
Merci beaucoup pour cette video.
le Poète, et on a osé le critiquer dans Chopin , écoutez son Concerto N°1 avec son Fils ...
un einterpretation magique
Quelle MERVEILLE !
M E R C I.
DE COEUR PROFOND
4:36 the pain in those notes is moving
very sensitive interpretation
maravilloso!!
Amazing interpretation! Most Wonderful!!!
The greatest pianist of all time! love u!
NOT TRUE! Cziffra The raw rough ice cold hammer! Cziffra The Mad crazy Roar fashion bashing playing! Cziffra his Mendelssohn piano concerto no 1(The ice cold piano sound). is The most awful trash empty low art Ever! The Best greatest pianists of All Time Are really=Artur Rubinstein ( The GOD) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan of The piano The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff ( The most beautiful piano sound Ever) Sviatoslav Richter Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Ever) Alexei Lubimov ( The Genius no 1.Mozart piano concerto no 27) ) Maurizio Pollini ( The Genius no 2) Solomon Cutner ( The most perfect structure of music) Proffesor Malinin Said that Mozart Is the most difficult to play! The Best greatest Mozart piano concertos players Are really=Mozart 17 Dezo Ranki Mozart 18 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 19 Radu Lupu Mozart 20 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 21 Radu Lupu ( The others The Good=Artur Rubinstein Murray Perahia Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Stanislav Bunin) Mozart 22 Laura Mikkola Natalia Trull Jörg Demus Robert Casadesus Mozart 23 Solomon Cutner ( The others The Good=Wilhelm Kempff Vladimir Horowitz Grigory Sokolov Murray Perahia Vladimir Ashkenazy Maurizio Pollini Radu Lupu Stanislav Bunin) Mozart 24 Grigory Sokolov Maria Grinberg ( The Good=Wilhelm Kempff Mikhail Pletnev Gina Bachauer) Mozart 25 Murray Perahia Mozart 27 Alexei Lubimov ( The others=Emil Gilels Vladimir Ashkenazy Murray Perahia Stanislav Bunin Natalia Trull).
@@RaineriHakkarainenWho are you, God ?
I'm happy that other people appreciate it....
99k views? It should have billions; but that is saved for internet garbage. At the end it looks as though his eyes are saying I'm a tired old man but I just tore your mind to apart and glued it back together.
Always the best
Magnifique 😊
Le pianiste que je préfère.
Un immense talent..
Un romantisme inégalable.C'etait un tzigane du piano.
Personne n'a joué Liszt avec autant de maestria.
Pas seulement Liszt...
@@babonicarlos non bien sûr ! Il jouait tout .
Technique fabuleuse et phrasé aussi! Ce qu'on ne dit pas assez!
Bravo!
このピアノ職人技が大好き。札幌のラーメン富公のような忘れられない味がある。わざとらしい甘さとかなく多分リストもこんな演奏してたと思います。
Quelle classe!
Magistrale interprétation.
Beautiful!
Cziffra had lol :) And 20 years after is still surprising.
BRAVO ! Pay special attention to his real emotion at 05:05 , so touching...
Perfect
De la grande musique.
You are such a lucky person, that could be a dream of mine to meet and have a convrtsation with one of the greatest artist of the century.
at the end Im pretty sure the guy was about to say: there you go, you wil never play like that.
hahaaa exactlly.
hahaha
dias.piano Well while your comment is true it is essentially the same for all pianists. No human ever will reproduce exactly what the other pianist did.
No, I think it's more kind of mix of happyness and shyness...
Mr. Cziffra was truly the master! Is it crazy to compare him to Liszt ??
the best pianist who ever lived in this world.cziffra and martha argerich
Adrian Burhala you're forgetting Liszt and Glenn Gould. Both trump cziffra and argerich any day.
Gould was way over rated.
Adrian Burhala LOL
Argerich is hugely overrated.
Allegro Vivace Piano dont forget murray periaha
A unique interpretation, albeit a tad bit similar to Rubinstein. Playing with less sustain makes the notes stand out much clearer, and the improvisation during the middle part is just mesmerising.
Deux poncifs "ordinaires " de la critique banale ; "Interprête" ... "magique".
Bravo.
THANKS THANKS
Actually, its a slight variation of Chopin, although he never officially transcribed it, he would play that same passage but one octave higher and descend down two. But this and Katsaris' interpretation are probably the best!
he is better then lisitsa
Adrian Burhala That's without a doubt. I really love Lisitsa's playing, but Cziffra is something different. I don't know him or anything but he just astonishes me on every recording
he gets a grave if he dies from something normal. if you get the world destroying nuke your grave may die but hey, that would be a nice throwback to last PO2 series :P
Thanks
Божественно!!!
Perfection.
Sublime poesía celeste azhulina Carmesíe Sinfónica Paradisíaca
Beautiful.
cziffra le talent à l'état pur : un des trois meilleurs avec Horowitz et Richter
Divin !
A tormented soul
Well said!
Bravo
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Díky !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what a man
Lenyűgöző!!!!!!💞🙏
Cziffra has gotten old, but always surprising, even nearly 20 years after his death. God may be very pleased with his playing.
I'm surprised that his interpretation is this amazing on Yamaha, their keys are too heavy and un-responsive. I think his interpretation would have been even better if was on a better Grand. No offence to no one.
Notorious_Pac.Pianism No offense to anyone*
Your characterization of Yamaha pianos is dead wrong. I’ve worked extensively with a lot of them, and Steinways as well, and there is simply no truth to these silly myths about the Yamaha being unresponsive. It’s an incredibly beautiful instrument to play, and if it feels different from a Steinway, then great; no patents were violated. Play what you like, but keep unfounded rumors to yourself.
One problem with these rumors is that they originate with some piano nerd sitting down at an unfamiliar piano and playing. Immediately he makes excuses for himself as he fumbles a little. “It’s the piano.” But if you want to compare apples to apples, you have to put both pianos side-by-side in the same hall and have a very competent technician regulate the keyboards and tune the strings. When the technician has them both “perfect,” then try them out. You’ll find it hard to choose between a Steinway and a Yamaha. They both have things that make them outstanding to play. It’s not so much about what one piano lacks as it is about what you’ll miss in that one if you choose the other piano.
Great!
이게 이렇게 슬프게 들릴 줄 몰랐음
A great artist who disappointed me early on in the Impromptu.
Perhaps it was the recording devices.