Honestly, at start of the recording I felt confused, a bit bothered and disturbed. But after passed some seconds, noticeded my adiction to his interpretation; all the correctly forms to make climax places, super vivid cadenzas, incredible rallentandos (that personally I look they are very heavy but very according to make more expressive the phrase ) and a lot of things that musically are just perfect! This Man it is not just a singular piano player that make the right things in the right moment of the interpretation, He is a Musician! Ant all the people that says it is not the "standard of chopin's traditional interpretation", they are just killing the real ideal of all music. If you listen it with open ears, you can understand what I'm saing.
HIMADESU223 ...oder wie Tibor Varga, ein Freund von Ivry zu mir meinte: "Du musst im Metrum träumen". Varga sagte auch: "Jeder Geiger sollte ein bisschen Gitlis haben..."
Cziffra not The one of The Greatest pianists! The greatest Best pianists 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 perfect structure of music) Radu Lupu ( The most colorful piano sound Ever) Vladimir Ashkenazy ( The most colorful volcanic piano sound Ever)Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Rosa Tamarkina Dimitri Bashkirov ( Mendelssohn piano concerto no 2 by Bashkirov= The Best piano sound Ever! The Best tempos! The melodies Are rolling!)
Between Cziffra and Richter it is a hard pick. But Richter was great at more aspects than typing per se. Also can you check out my youtube channel titled "UBC Nest 2nd Try" I also have No.4 etude. Thanks and have a good day.
The best ending in the whole world! Absolutely tremendous. If I will combine Lisiecki interpretation, Kissin last octaves and Cziffras stretto with the 3 last tacts (except the octaves) I would get interpretation, that would be just perfect!
Compare the last 30 seconds of this recording to all the talented youtube pianists and you'll see what the difference is between someone who is good and someone who is a true virtuoso. Cziffra has a fire in his belly unlike anyone else I've ever heard, and the superhuman technique to back it up.
There is good reason to argue for this to being so fast. I nearly heard it in Argerich's US Debut in Carnegie Hall, but I hear it much more here in the most ingenious of ways. The ultrafast speed allows the alto and tenor voices to be a melodic singing line while all the flutter starting in the right hand is just "color", glitter bells dangling in the wind. Cziffra's phrasing based on this alto/tenor line is unbelievably mastered, treating the runs as mere flutter as it should be. Love this!!!
The runs of lots of notes are all strung together so seamlessly that they define a whole new clear shape that we couldn't make out otherwise! This was short but magical.
AMAZING! He could easely finish it in 1:30! Ok Argerich and Richter are playing it faster, but you don't get this feeling of easiness like with Cziffra!
Hello Fellow Pianists - FREE YOURSELVES - he has played this as intended - These 24 etudes require individual expression after technical mastery has been attained. He made it his own - we should all do it in some way. Whats the point of sounding like everyone else - this is such a fresh look at it. Forget the tempo - its the color - big washes of sound - It is wonderful to hear anything played in many ways. I think Chopin would have found this to be dynamically modern and fitting. SUPERB
That is the epitome of musical philosophy!! If we have to just follow the "proper" form and interpretation consistently, why play at all?? The technical and formative requirements are for practice and mastery, and everything after that is about making it our very own, whatever shape that ends up taking.
one of the best! :-D I love how many people make themselves sound so important by talking about profundity, musicality and other things they say this pianist is lacking.. For Chopin etudes I always think of Rachmaninov who once said to Horowitz that he (a pianist they were discussing) played Chopin very 'musical'.. meaning that this pianist slowed things down because of not having good enough technique. Cziffra combines technique with ferocity and that's how it should be in this etude ;-)
I never thought it conceivable that the classic Richter video of this could be topped.......UNTIL I heard this astonishing performance by Cziffra. Richter was an immeasurable technician, yes, but sadly his Opus 10 No 4 is mostly just fast notes. THIS is poetry in motion faster than a speeding bullet in parts, sometimes at speeds that hands and fingers should not be capable of achieving. Yet somehow Cziffra manages to shape a phrase here and there that you say, "Yes, that is the place to broaden the line a little". Verdict: There is Cziffra's and then there are the rest.
I agree completely. I just came from Richter's version myself, and was blown away by the speed and accuracy of his playing but I agree that Cziffra's version is far more expressive. Great musical minds think alike!
Did either one of you guys listen to Horowitz's rendition of this piece? It is very interesting as well; much slower, but very expressive. I still think that Cziffra's is just impeccable in terms of speed, accuracy, rubato, and phrasing.
Wow!!! Awesome! All you can do is smile! He sounds like he is just having fun with this piece! and he makes it his own... So fast and powerful with color! I'm JEALOUS!!! So nice to hear it done this way for a change!
I completely, 100% agree with you on that one...Cziffra really knows not only the notes but the effect they are intend to make, and though an interpretation like this might not even be considered by a lesser technician, Cziffra is able to pull off the speed necessary to make the effect almost natural under his command - he really brings out the most natural melody lines and puts everything else into the context of the background or in the atmosphere that it was intended for by the composer.
good god! awesome! i've played all these etudes and this IS incredible. believe it. he clearly could play more like the way many play - all notes by slower tempo (but still very fast by most standards) - BUT ciffra simply is TOYING with this piece. that's for sure.
my piano teacher used to say: playing piano is only fun when you can do it! .. cziffra has absolutely no technical difficulties with this piece, its pure fun and joy.
Well....no. The Op. 10 #12 Etude is written in C Minor but ends with a C Major chord. So it ends on the tonic but the modality changes from minor to major.
@kinkokonko I think it sounds great. and also it's an etude by Chopin.. have you ever listen to REvolutionary etude? and you think there is no rubato in it? chopin etude requires not only great technique but also great expression and emotion. and also gothic 1982 is obviously saying that cziffra plays this piece not only technically.
Cziffra has total mastery over this piece- he's stretching and compressing the music as if it were putty, speed and volume wise. Sounds like child's play to him. He could've probably played as fast as Richter (though not nearly as controlled) if he had chosen to.
@kinkokonko I completely value your opinion on this play as much as i value mine so i'm sorry if i sounded offensive or condescending on the earlier comment. but i still think cziffra did quite a job on this etude. it's very contrary compare to pollini's work. i'm very happy to be living in the generation blessed with technology that we could so easily compare masters works and share our opinions
How the heck is this FUN to listen to, this is depressing af, wtf is wrong with you people... Everything nowadays is FUN. Gtfo get a life...idiot. This is the drama of the whole planet exposed in 2 minutes and you consider it being FUN. Ignorant.
@alejandrothefader Haha, I mean controlled as in dead strict tempo-wise. Richter's is such, Cziffra seems too bored to want do it that way ;) Richter is like Thor, god of thunder, while Cziffra is Loki, the shapeshifter. And, hmm, I don't even think Godowski could've played it this fast!
@KV467 No. it's Cziffra, which is fine by me as I have never heard Chopin play. Have you? You must be basing your opinion on some other pianists' idea of what Chopin intended. Why would you want Cziffra to conform and not bring anything new to the table?
Ce n'est pas une question de gout, on n'est obligé d'admettre que c'est une interprétation géniale. En revanche, on est pas obligatoirement d'accord avec celle ci...
The performing of Aimy Kobayashi is great and amazing. But ... it's a pity she can't play the middle of this piece because of her age. Let's see that later ^^ About Cziffra, it's wonderful and as 1almaz3 said : It's not the best interpretation for a good "amator" pianist but it's very interesting listen to him, how he plays (played actually ...) etc. However sometimes I feel as tat1685 : a little sea sick after hearing it ! Too strong to me ? well I don't know. Whatever I admire his work XD
@JCThomsonMA Interesting statement.What I find hard to wrap my head around though is where you get that feeling from.I mean sure,a lot can be inferred about Chopin from the music he wrote,but it not possible to determine how he intended his music to be interpreted,i.e "how it should be played"You say so surely but really,did Chopin specify how his works should or shouldn't be played?.And besides,I think it a safe bet to say Cziffra had a better understanding of Chopin's mindset than you ....
@medviation i am of the same opinion,it is good,original unrepeatable technique,but still some important notes are missing and in few moments the tempo shouldnt be so overdone,nevertheless along with richters version this is my favourite
It is not a track & field competition, where he who touches the finish line is crowned the winner. That just misses the point of what is being communicated. but obviously on thte surface of things SPEED KILLS, just in boxing!!!
Cziffra was a phenomenal pianist. His Chopin etudes renditions are fabulous. In fact I prefer this interpretation of op 10 n.4 to the a bit faster Richter's one (that is impressive considering the required finger agility). The reason is that in this case Cziffra piano "sings" the melody delivering a superb dynamics.
I would probably go straight up and throw myself off of a building. Or just lock myself in a room with a piano in the middle of nowhere. I wonder how top concert pianists feels when listening to this. This man should have a statue in every piano school/conservatory, yet they all despise him and jealous, instead of admiration and respect. HORROWITZ, all hail HORROWITZ. My ass. Cziffra was unique and irrepetable, such tempestuous temperament, such a force of nature, a hurricane that could crush anything, yet he was so modest in all his public appearances...
GOD. im fast on piano but this.. GIVE ME YOUR SPEED. i tried this piece. no i can't play it, but i can play some things with 1 hand only... tried this fast...nope xD. this is just so technically sick.
cziffra's technique was mind-blowing, but i don't care too much for the give and take in tempi in this etude. it's still played technically flawlessly, but i wish it were a bit steadier.... just my taste.
Honestly, this is a towering performance. Done obviously for speed and the effect, but nevertheless musical when it needs to be. The great Rachmaninoff would have done it differently (and better, I think) but I don't think even Horowitz pianistically could have could have done it better. :15-:16 in the space of one second he plays 16 (count 'em) 16th notes in the arpeggiated RH and octaves LH. I have a sh*t performance of this etude myself on YT so I know how difficult it is.
15 лет назад+1
My teacher is hungarian. That's the way of playing. Liszt played that way, I'm sure of that.
Boom! How does he make that sound out of the piano like that? He must be hiding another instrument under that piano and is playing that with his third hand :P
@1.11 slightly messed, but overall is brilliant. Cziffra really is a virtuoso!
15 лет назад
Hungarian way of playing. You can like it or not, they have a different perception of tempo. Personally, I like it, though I find it weird sometimes. You have to judge an interpretation understanding why it is played like that.
Honestly, at start of the recording I felt confused, a bit bothered and disturbed. But after passed some seconds, noticeded my adiction to his interpretation; all the correctly forms to make climax places, super vivid cadenzas, incredible rallentandos (that personally I look they are very heavy but very according to make more expressive the phrase ) and a lot of things that musically are just perfect! This Man it is not just a singular piano player that make the right things in the right moment of the interpretation, He is a Musician! Ant all the people that says it is not the "standard of chopin's traditional interpretation", they are just killing the real ideal of all music. If you listen it with open ears, you can understand what I'm saing.
"Rubato is the art of playing in tempo"
- Ivry Gitlis
HIMADESU223 ...oder wie Tibor Varga, ein Freund von Ivry zu mir meinte: "Du musst im Metrum träumen". Varga sagte auch: "Jeder Geiger sollte ein bisschen Gitlis haben..."
Rubato tempo was not freedom. Stolen tempo to return A-tempo.
Well, Cziffra is one of the greatest pianist ever. I love all his recordings including this! Great tecniques, great emotions and great speed!
Cziffra not The one of The Greatest pianists! The greatest Best pianists 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 perfect structure of music) Radu Lupu ( The most colorful piano sound Ever) Vladimir Ashkenazy ( The most colorful volcanic piano sound Ever)Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Rosa Tamarkina Dimitri Bashkirov ( Mendelssohn piano concerto no 2 by Bashkirov= The Best piano sound Ever! The Best tempos! The melodies Are rolling!)
@@RaineriHakkarainen Yes I agree.
I have tons of respect to Cziffra but my true favorite is A. Rubinstein and K. Zimerman
Between Cziffra and Richter it is a hard pick. But Richter was great at more aspects than typing per se. Also can you check out my youtube channel titled "UBC Nest 2nd Try" I also have No.4 etude. Thanks and have a good day.
@@RaineriHakkarainen why the hate against cziffra?
you've literally named everyone else😂
The best ending in the whole world! Absolutely tremendous. If I will combine Lisiecki interpretation, Kissin last octaves and Cziffras stretto with the 3 last tacts (except the octaves) I would get interpretation, that would be just perfect!
Cziffra never fails to blow my mind every time I listen to him playing.
I didn't know Cziffra drank Red Bull.
It's the other way around... Red Bull has 0.1 g of Cziffra in it, that's the secret..
Marco Risolino lmao true
not RB, cocaine
He was a heavy drinker, not Red Bull, especially after his son's freakish death.
You should listen to Richter, he's the red bull direftly
Compare the last 30 seconds of this recording to all the talented youtube pianists and you'll see what the difference is between someone who is good and someone who is a true virtuoso. Cziffra has a fire in his belly unlike anyone else I've ever heard, and the superhuman technique to back it up.
Jesus, at 1:26 it sounds THUNDEROUS, heard nobody play that section like that lol
I can't imagine that Cziffra had only ten fingers.
I've never heard anything like this before!
very unique intepretation, in bringing out some lines
There is good reason to argue for this to being so fast. I nearly heard it in Argerich's US Debut in Carnegie Hall, but I hear it much more here in the most ingenious of ways. The ultrafast speed allows the alto and tenor voices to be a melodic singing line while all the flutter starting in the right hand is just "color", glitter bells dangling in the wind. Cziffra's phrasing based on this alto/tenor line is unbelievably mastered, treating the runs as mere flutter as it should be. Love this!!!
The runs of lots of notes are all strung together so seamlessly that they define a whole new clear shape that we couldn't make out otherwise!
This was short but magical.
Tensely insane or insanely tense...I love it. Refreshing to hear this unique interpretation.
Love this piece, and Cziffra plays it like no other.
Amazing the way he plays with the tempo...
AMAZING! He could easely finish it in 1:30!
Ok Argerich and Richter are playing it faster, but you don't get this feeling of easiness like with Cziffra!
Hello Fellow Pianists - FREE YOURSELVES - he has played this as intended - These 24 etudes require individual expression after technical mastery has been attained. He made it his own - we should all do it in some way. Whats the point of sounding like everyone else - this is such a fresh look at it. Forget the tempo - its the color - big washes of sound - It is wonderful to hear anything played in many ways. I think Chopin would have found this to be dynamically modern and fitting. SUPERB
That is the epitome of musical philosophy!! If we have to just follow the "proper" form and interpretation consistently, why play at all??
The technical and formative requirements are for practice and mastery, and everything after that is about making it our very own, whatever shape that ends up taking.
one of the best! :-D I love how many people make themselves sound so important by talking about profundity, musicality and other things they say this pianist is lacking..
For Chopin etudes I always think of Rachmaninov who once said to Horowitz that he (a pianist they were discussing) played Chopin very 'musical'.. meaning that this pianist slowed things down because of not having good enough technique. Cziffra combines technique with ferocity and that's how it should be in this etude ;-)
I never thought it conceivable that the classic Richter video of this could be topped.......UNTIL I heard this astonishing performance by Cziffra. Richter was an immeasurable technician, yes, but sadly his Opus 10 No 4 is mostly just fast notes. THIS is poetry in motion faster than a speeding bullet in parts, sometimes at speeds that hands and fingers should not be capable of achieving. Yet somehow Cziffra manages to shape a phrase here and there that you say, "Yes, that is the place to broaden the line a little". Verdict: There is Cziffra's and then there are the rest.
I agree completely. I just came from Richter's version myself, and was blown away by the speed and accuracy of his playing but I agree that Cziffra's version is far more expressive. Great musical minds think alike!
That they do!
I would be inclined to agree, but Richter made a second, much slower recording of this étude and I enjoyed it more.
Did either one of you guys listen to Horowitz's rendition of this piece? It is very interesting as well; much slower, but very expressive. I still think that Cziffra's is just impeccable in terms of speed, accuracy, rubato, and phrasing.
Well put old chum
Rubato - the art of stealing notes without being caught.
he did not even steal a single note :D
Wow!!! Awesome! All you can do is smile! He sounds like he is just having fun with this piece! and he makes it his own... So fast and powerful with color! I'm JEALOUS!!! So nice to hear it done this way for a change!
This is my absolutely favourite version of this etude. Love it
I completely, 100% agree with you on that one...Cziffra really knows not only the notes but the effect they are intend to make, and though an interpretation like this might not even be considered by a lesser technician, Cziffra is able to pull off the speed necessary to make the effect almost natural under his command - he really brings out the most natural melody lines and puts everything else into the context of the background or in the atmosphere that it was intended for by the composer.
I cried over this. I love you, Cziffra. Thanks.
Absolute brutality. Excellent interpretation.
Amen to that. Richter is a beast when it comes to playing this piece. Both of their interpretations are amazing in their own way.
el fue unos de los mejores pianistas no solo como intérprete sino como improvisador
Fiery and passionate. Astonishing playing.
I love this interpretation. I don't know why. Especially the climax 1:25
good god! awesome! i've played all these etudes and this IS incredible. believe it. he clearly could play more like the way many play - all notes by slower tempo (but still very fast by most standards) - BUT ciffra simply is TOYING with this piece. that's for sure.
Cziffra's interpretation of 1:26-1:29 is so tremendous. It sounds like someone being murdered
0:59 I laughed at how he played the left hand chord the second time. Cziffra is such a free spirit.
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Made my day 🤣 Like Charly Chaplin sneaking to the piano to play the second chord 🤣
Same!
my piano teacher used to say: playing piano is only fun when you can do it! .. cziffra has absolutely no technical difficulties with this piece, its pure fun and joy.
@alejandrothefader
I have to agree, even though Richter is my favorite pianist. Cziffra is insane.
Ufò brutal genius 🔥🔥🔥💖💖💖💖
this guy is awesome! if you think Juja Wang plays extremely fast, you have to check this :)
HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is literally more than twice as fast as I have ever heard it played 😵
It's a totally different piece of music this way
in a superhuman class by himself.
i love how the description just say "piano"
Same! Lol
@enriquem90 1:30 is the con fuoco possibile section. Cziffras is good for speed but if you want to hear detail listen to Perahia
0:59 wow that heavy drop. And fantastic scary cool great ENDing!!!
ASSOLUTAMENTE INCREDIBILE
wow he isn't just playing the piece, he's playing with the piece lol its like a freaking roller coaster ride hahaha.
Well....no. The Op. 10 #12 Etude is written in C Minor but ends with a C Major chord. So it ends on the tonic but the modality changes from minor to major.
Great velocity, awesome, this is a great piano virtuoso ....
Unbelievable 😮
0:59 BOOM! love that
ok, all no. 4 recordings under 2min are completely sick, but what the hell did he just do!? that's simply insane
experimental performance
He's much much more than just virtuosity!!!
Unmatched speed and fire
Nikolay Leschenko plays it the fastest, but this is more dynamic.
@kinkokonko I think it sounds great. and also it's an etude by Chopin.. have you ever listen to REvolutionary etude? and you think there is no rubato in it? chopin etude requires not only great technique but also great expression and emotion.
and also gothic 1982 is obviously saying that cziffra plays this piece not only technically.
Cziffra has total mastery over this piece- he's stretching and compressing the music as if it were putty, speed and volume wise. Sounds like child's play to him. He could've probably played as fast as Richter (though not nearly as controlled) if he had chosen to.
By far the best climax i've heard
@kinkokonko I completely value your opinion on this play as much as i value mine so i'm sorry if i sounded offensive or condescending on the earlier comment. but i still think cziffra did quite a job on this etude. it's very contrary compare to pollini's work. i'm very happy to be living in the generation blessed with technology that we could so easily compare masters works and share our opinions
I couldn't agree more. I felt a little sea sick after hearing it.
Too bad no video, as I love to watch him play, but this is fun to listen to for sure. Thanks for the post.
How the heck is this FUN to listen to, this is depressing af, wtf is wrong with you people...
Everything nowadays is FUN. Gtfo get a life...idiot. This is the drama of the whole planet exposed in 2 minutes and you consider it being FUN. Ignorant.
His is not just playing the fastest of all, he is also putting turmoil in it, what others forget to pure in...
Amazingggg
Cziffra shows what is possible..... Its not how Chopin did play but its really interesting.
@alejandrothefader Haha, I mean controlled as in dead strict tempo-wise. Richter's is such, Cziffra seems too bored to want do it that way ;) Richter is like Thor, god of thunder, while Cziffra is Loki, the shapeshifter.
And, hmm, I don't even think Godowski could've played it this fast!
Absolutely fantastic, Cziffra is always the best !
The finish is great
@KV467 No. it's Cziffra, which is fine by me as I have never heard Chopin play. Have you? You must be basing your opinion on some other pianists' idea of what Chopin intended. Why would you want Cziffra to conform and not bring anything new to the table?
Breath taking. OMG
Cziffra is AWESOME!
Ce frumos a fost si este acest studiu
He simply KILLS Martha Argerich and Sviatoslav Richeter together!! Ajajajaajajajaj great!
Richter plays it at a more inhuman speed 0.o
@@kuuderepiano2988 cziffra's technique is still better imo. Richter is a bit sloppy in the super fast recording.
Incredible virtuosity but Richter is simple the best performance of this Etude.
Ce n'est pas une question de gout, on n'est obligé d'admettre que c'est une interprétation géniale.
En revanche, on est pas obligatoirement d'accord avec celle ci...
Even though I don't agree with where he applies it sometimes, I think no pianist mastered the art of rubato better than Cziffra.
This is a great one.
Finally someone who knows...
For any given piece, you can find several big name pianists who completely destroy it.
it sounds so thunderous at 1:28
@Gothic1982 i think 1:49 is a regular tempo
Surely "tornado" is a better title than "torrent" for this piece?
This is quite a bit better than a famous recording of Richter -- and faster too, I think
it's amazing to hear. as for the quality of the music the original ranks higher than the remix, of course.
what happen with him?
The performing of Aimy Kobayashi is great and amazing. But ... it's a pity she can't play the middle of this piece because of her age. Let's see that later ^^ About Cziffra, it's wonderful and as 1almaz3 said : It's not the best interpretation for a good "amator" pianist but it's very interesting listen to him, how he plays (played actually ...) etc. However sometimes I feel as tat1685 : a little sea sick after hearing it ! Too strong to me ? well I don't know. Whatever I admire his work XD
@JCThomsonMA Interesting statement.What I find hard to wrap my head around though is where you get that feeling from.I mean sure,a lot can be inferred about Chopin from the music he wrote,but it not possible to determine how he intended his music to be interpreted,i.e "how it should be played"You say so surely but really,did Chopin specify how his works should or shouldn't be played?.And besides,I think it a safe bet to say Cziffra had a better understanding of Chopin's mindset than you ....
Kiarinadia I agree,,Cziffra never forgets..:)
le chant de l'étude n'est pas écrasé par le tempo halluciné...(ce qui n'est pas le cas de Richter,par exemple)
Amazing as always from Cziffra. Just wish he didn't lose the pulse so much.
@kinkokonko nicely put
@medviation i am of the same opinion,it is good,original unrepeatable technique,but still some important notes are missing and in few moments the tempo shouldnt be so overdone,nevertheless along with richters version this is my favourite
It is not a track & field competition, where he who touches the finish line is crowned the winner. That just misses the point of what is being communicated. but obviously on thte surface of things SPEED KILLS, just in boxing!!!
Like a cat playing with a mouse. Tempo, you're MY bitch now!! Muahaha. Love it.
What is this fast?
Cziffra was a phenomenal pianist.
His Chopin etudes renditions are fabulous.
In fact I prefer this interpretation of op 10 n.4 to the a bit faster Richter's one (that is impressive considering the required finger agility).
The reason is that in this case Cziffra piano "sings" the melody delivering a superb dynamics.
I wish I could "see" Cziffra playing this in front of me... I wish...
I would probably go straight up and throw myself off of a building.
Or just lock myself in a room with a piano in the middle of nowhere.
I wonder how top concert pianists feels when listening to this. This man should have a statue in every piano school/conservatory, yet they all despise him and jealous, instead of admiration and respect.
HORROWITZ, all hail HORROWITZ. My ass. Cziffra was unique and irrepetable, such tempestuous temperament, such a force of nature, a hurricane that could crush anything, yet he was so modest in all his public appearances...
GOD. im fast on piano but this.. GIVE ME YOUR SPEED. i tried this piece. no i can't play it, but i can play some things with 1 hand only... tried this fast...nope xD. this is just so technically sick.
@Gothic1982
yeah he stretches sometimes tooo much
I have never heard the textures that Cziffra brings out in this piece.
cziffra's technique was mind-blowing, but i don't care too much for the give and take in tempi in this etude. it's still played technically flawlessly, but i wish it were a bit steadier.... just my taste.
Honestly, this is a towering performance. Done obviously for speed and the effect, but nevertheless musical when it needs to be. The great Rachmaninoff would have done it differently (and better, I think) but I don't think even Horowitz pianistically could have could have done it better. :15-:16 in the space of one second he plays 16 (count 'em) 16th notes in the arpeggiated RH and octaves LH. I have a sh*t performance of this etude myself on YT so I know how difficult it is.
My teacher is hungarian. That's the way of playing. Liszt played that way, I'm sure of that.
well etude was written as a excercise so.... i think it did it right
Boom! How does he make that sound out of the piano like that? He must be hiding another instrument under that piano and is playing that with his third hand :P
@1.11 slightly messed, but overall is brilliant. Cziffra really is a virtuoso!
Hungarian way of playing. You can like it or not, they have a different perception of tempo. Personally, I like it, though I find it weird sometimes. You have to judge an interpretation understanding why it is played like that.