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Grieg: Piano Concerto; Liszt: Piano Concerto no 1; Lully; Scarlatti / Georges Cziffra, piano (Paris, 1959)

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, S 123; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Gavotte en ron...
Performers: Cziffra, György
Conductors: Tzipine, Georges; Cluytens, André

Hungarian born György Cziffra was one of the most celebrated virtuosos of the post-war decades in Europe, noted for his powers of improvisation as a...continue...

Time Traveller: La Belle Epoque

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaité Parisienne; La Périchole; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Prinz Methusalem; Emile Waldteufel: Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"),...
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Baldwin, Dalton; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Cziffra, György; de los Angeles, Victoria; Gigli, Beniamino; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Pennario, Leonard; Royal, Kate
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Boskovsky, Willi; Rosenthal, Manuel; Gardner, Edward; Goehr, Walter; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

As the 19th century faded and the 20th century began; something special was in the air: the scent of decadence mingled with the thrill of...continue...

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 2, 6, 12 and 15 Georges Cziffra

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-26

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244
Performers: Cziffra, György

Recording information: Salle Wagram, Paris (01/10/1972-07/10/1975)....continue...

Essential Liszt / Over 2 hours of romantic masterpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La Campanella", S 420; Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Sonata for Piano in B minor; Concert Etudes (...
Performers: Béroff, Michel; Cziffra, György; Darré, Jeanne-Marie; Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]; Hough, Stephen; Lockhart, James; Lucchesini, Andrea; Ogdon, John; Ousset, Cécil...
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Muti, Riccardo

EMI Classics presents a new addition to the popular Essential Classics series: Essential Liszt. To celebrate the 200th birthday of this master pianist and composer,...continue...

György Cziffra in Prague 1955

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata in B minor, Wq 55/3; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in F major, K 446/L 433; Sonata for Harpsichord in C major, K 159/L 104; Sonata for keyboard in A maj...
Performers: Cziffra, György

This recital by Georges Cziffra is extremely rare, having been remastered from a collector's LP. Out of the four Scarlatti Sonatas, Cziffra includes three that...continue...

Cziffra in Tokyo 1964 - Chopin, Liszt

1 CD / Medici Masters / 2009-04-28

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Fantasie for Piano in F minor/A flat major, B 137/Op. 49; Scherzo for Piano no 2 in B flat minor/D flat major, B 111/Op. 31; Waltz for Piano in E flat major, B 62/Op. 18 "G...
Performers: Cziffra, György

"When Cziffra gets to Liszt, the gloves come off and the results can be spectacular. The 'Rhapsodie Espagnole' has never been one of my favorites,...continue...

Best Concertos 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Pyotr Il'...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Ambache, Diana; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Asperen, Bob van; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Broadway, Kenneth; Bury, Alison; Bylsma, Anner; Capuçon, Gautier; Capu&ccedi...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Foster, Lawrence; Vonk, Hans; Plasson, Michel; Cziffra, György; Jansons, Mariss; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Davis, Andrew; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Litton, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; ...
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Ambache Chamber Orchestra; Auvergne Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Philha...

The latest release in from the top-selling 'BEST 100' series by EMI Classics contains excerpts from the most famous concertos of all time. Each of...continue...

Great Interpreters play Liszt / Wild, Berman, Richter, Cziffra, Pizarro, Gilels, Brendel, Ovchinikov

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie"; Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse"; Hungarian Rhapsodies (...
Performers: Berman, Lazar; Brendel, Alfred; Cziffra, György; Gilels, Emil; Ovchinikov, Vladimir; Pizarro, Artur; Richter, Sviatoslav; Wild, Earl

A must have collection of Liszt's works for piano performed by some of the greatest interpreters of his music....continue...

Liszt: Piano Concertos, etc / Cziffra, Cziffra Jr., et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-08-13

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Totentanz for Piano, S 525; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, S 123
Performers: Cziffra, György
Conductors: Cziffra, György
Ensemble: Orchestre de Paris