Cziffra: Live in Concert (1960-1962) |
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Presentation
Cziffra was not very Orthodox, and not very Catholic or Jewish, either. He was a gypsy, heterosexual,
son of a cabaret musician who had played in Paris before the first world war. This was not very well
thought of, either in Hungary where Roms are still an ethnic minority, apart in the nation, or by the
Hungarian diaspora, which snubbed him. Those hard-of-hearing are unpardonable. Martha Argerich has said
how she felt class disdain regarding her confrère when she told famous musicians how much she admired
him. He had none of the art and manners necessary for imposing oneself in the profession. Without really
having any students, he would help pianists whom he advised and supported thanks to the foundation he had
created. But a professor, he would not be: formerly a phenomenal child prodigy, he knew that the essentials
cannot be taught and, even less, learned, yet his theoretical training had been solid, the youngest student ever
admitted to the Franz Liszt Academy.
Alain Lompech
Alain Lompech
Track list
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Edvard Grieg | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato | |
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Edvard Grieg | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio | |
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Edvard Grieg | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 16: III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato | |
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Franz Liszt | Étude d’exécution transcendante, S.139 No. 10 in F Minor (Allegro agitato molto) | |
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito | |
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo | |
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco | |
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Franz Liszt | Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 1, S.124: I. Allegro maestoso | |
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Franz Liszt | Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 1, S.124: II. Quasi Adagio | |
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Franz Liszt | Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 1, S.124: III. Allegro vivace - Allegro animato | |
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Franz Liszt | Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 1, S.124: IV. Allegro marziale animato | |
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Domenico Scarlatti | Sonata in D Major, K 96 | |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54: I. Tempo di minuetto | |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op. 54: II. Allegretto | |
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Frédéric Chopin | Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49 | |
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Robert Schumann | Toccata, Op. 7 | |
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Franz Liszt | Waltz-Impromptu in A-Flat Major, S. 213 | |
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Franz Liszt | Totentanz for Piano & Orchestra, S. 126 |