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Liszt: Transcendental Etudes & Hungarian Rhapsodies / Georges Cziffra [Limited Ed.]

3 Super Audio CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-08

Works: Franz Liszt: 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S139/R2b; Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S 514 "Mephisto Waltz no 1"; Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, ...
Performers: Cziffra, Gyorgy

Gramophone Magazine
Cziffra, with his superb technique, Hungarian birthright and virtuoso flair, is the ideal exponent of this music and, predictably, there are wonderful things in...continue...
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Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Georges Cziffra, piano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

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, Gyorgy
Conductors: Cziffra, György
Ensemble: ; Orchestre de Paris

No other pianist is as closely connected with the music of Franz Liszts as Georges Cziffra. The Hungarian-French virtuoso, who died in 1994, was one...continue...
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50 Best Liszt / Michel Béroff, Aldo Ciccolini, John Ogdon, André Watts, et al.

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Polonaise brillante, transcription for piano (after von Weber; Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Cziffra, Gyorgy; Darre, Jeanne-Marie; Lucchesini, Andrea; Ogdon, John; Ovchinikov, Vladimir; Paik, Kun-woo; Sheppard, Craig; Watts, Andre
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

50 Best is a series of 3-CD sets which feature genres of music ranging from symphonies, concertos, and solo instrumental works to chamber music, songs,...continue...

György Cziffra Plays Liszt

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2011-06-10

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Hungarian Fantasy (Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien), for piano & orchestra, S. 123 ...
Performers: Cziffra, Gyorgy
Conductors: Vernizzi, Fulvio; Conz, Bernhard; Cattini, Umberto

Gramophone Magazine
Even when the sound is dim and dated it hardly earses a unique charisma. Here, and particularly in the Hungarian Fantasy, nothing is set...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...

Classic Archive: Gyorgy Cziffra, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Jorge Bolet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2008-09-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in A major, K 101/L 494; Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 96/L 465; Robert Schumann: Tocca...
Performers: Bolet, Jorge; Cziffra, Gyorgy; Moiseiwitsch, Benno

This edition from Classic Archive combines three fascinating piano virtuosi who have thus far been underrepresented on video recordings despite the sheer grandeur of their...continue...
Run Time: 132 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): Mono,
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Liszt: 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies Played by 19 Great Pianists

2 CD / Video Artists International / 1994-10-24

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Bolet, Jorge; Borovsky, Alexander; Bukrinski, Valery; Cherkassky, Shura; Cortot, Alfred; Cutner, Solomon; Cziffra, Gyorgy; Frager, Malcolm; Hambourg, Mark; Levitzki, Mischa; Moiseiwit...