Georges Cziffra - The Complete Studio Recordings 1956 - 1986
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Georges Cziffra - The Complete Studio Recordings 1956 - 1986
Georges Cziffra (piano) with The Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte Carlo, Philhamonia Orchestra, etc
[ Erato / Warner Classics / 41 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 29 October 2021
The present boxed set brings together all the studio recordings made by the virtuoso pianist Georges Cziffra (1921-1994) for EMI and Philips, from his first 25cm LP released in 1956 when he arrived in Paris, to the last sessions in the Senlis chapel in 1986 a few years before he died. This thirty-year period covers a consistently varied and thrilling repertoire, the lion share constituted by Lizst and Chopin, but also dazzling improvisations, paraphrases and transcriptions which also bear witness to his mastery, imagination, and musicality. Along with the test recordings from French archive released in 2008, this collection includes for first time a studio recital recorded in Tokyo in 1967 and a live of Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 caught in 1957, with no less a partner than Carlo Maria Giulini.
"Cziffra, with his superb technique, Hungarian birthright and virtuoso flair, is the ideal exponent of this music and, predictably, there are wonderful things in these performances"
Gramophone on the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies
Tracks:
Khachaturian:
Sabre Dance from Gayane
Rimsky Korsakov:
Flight of the Bumble Bee
Rossini:
Soirées musicales: La Danza
Cziffra:
Improvisations on Guillaume Tell (Rossini)
Réminiscences de Johann Strauss
Fantaisie Roumaine
Vecsey, F:
Valse triste
Strauss, J, II:
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
Bizet:
L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: II. Minuetto
Liszt:
Polonaise Aus Tschaikowskys Oper Jewgeny Onegin S429
Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera
Tarantelle di bravura dàprès la Tarantelle de La Muette de Portici, S. 386
Valse De L'opera Faust S407
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March & Dance of the Fairies (after Mendelssohn), S410
Tannhaüser Overture (Wagner)
Le Rossignol
Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 'La Campanella'
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244 Nos. 1-19 (2 recordings)
Rhapsodie espagnole, S254
Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12
Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 No. 4)
Valse oubliée No. 1, S.215/1 (2 recordings)
Valse-Impromptu, S.213 (3 recordings)
Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 in A flat major
Grand galop chromatique, S219
Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (2 recordings)
Gnomenreigen, S145 No. 2
Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)
Étude d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140 No. 5
Two Concert Studies, S145 / R6: Gnomenreigen; Waldesrauschen
Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 'La Campanella'
Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S171 / R16
Polonaise No. 1
Piano Sonata in B minor, S178
Legende S.175 No. 1, St Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds
Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 7)
Années de pèlerinage, 1ère année, Suisse (9 pieces), S. 160
Années de pèlerinage, 2ème année, Italie (7 pieces), S. 161
Années de pèlerinage, 3ème année (7 pieces), S. 163
Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 No. 4)
Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Soirées de Vienne: valse-caprice No. 6 (after Schubert), D427 No. 6
Legende S.175 No. 2, St. Francis of Paola walking on the waves
Transcendental Study, S139 No. 12 'Chasse-neige'
Transcendental Study, S139 No. 9 'Ricordanza'
Gaudeamus igitur - Humoreske, S509
Polonaise No. 2 in E major, S223 No. 2
Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 6)
Fantasia & Fugue on B-A-C-H, S529
Un Sospiro from 3 Concert Studies, S144 No. 3
Tarantella, S. 162 No. 3 (from Venezia e Napoli)
La leggierezza - Étude de concert No. 2, S144
Legende S.175 No. 2, St. Francis of Paola walking on the waves
Chopin:
Waltzes Nos. 1-14
Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
Waltzes Nos. 1-19
Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36
Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'
Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp'
Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29
Polonaises Nos. 3 - 7
Bolero, Op. 19
Tarantella in A flat major, Op. 43
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 'Military'
Impromptus Nos. 1-4
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Polonaises (2), Op. 26
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp'
Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse'
Étude Op. 10 No. 10 in A flat major
Étude Op. 25 No. 2 in F minor
Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz'
Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse'
Prelude Op. 28 No. 16 in B flat minor
and much more Chopin
Liszt/Chopin: Polish Songs S480 No. 1 "Maiden's Wish" (after Chopin)
Liszt/Chopin: Polish Songs S480 No. 5 'Mein Freuden' (Moja pieszczotka, My Joys)' (after Chopin)
Mozart:
Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K310
Rondo alla Turca from Piano Sonata No. 11, K331
Beethoven:
Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59)
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
Variations (7) on 'God save the King', WoO 78
Variations (12) on a Russian Dance, WoO 71
Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80
Polonaise in C major, Op. 89
Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op. 129 'Rage over a lost penny'
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 'March Funebre'
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
Schumann:
Carnaval, Op. 9 (2 recordings)
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
Toccata in C major, Op. 7
Études symphoniques, Op. 13
Novelette, Op. 21 No. 8 in F sharp minor
Träumerei (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)
Lully:
Gavotte en rondeau (2 recordings)
Krebs, J L:
Bourrée for piano in E flat major
Scarlatti, D:
Keyboard Sonata K159 in C major 'La caccia' (2 recordings)
Keyboard Sonata K113 in A major
Keyboard Sonata K96 in D major
Bach, C P E:
Andantino in B minor
Daquin:
Le Coucou
Couperin, F:
Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins (from Pièces de clavecin III: Ordre 18ème in F major)
Pièces de clavecin II: Ordre 6ème in B flat: Les moissonneurs
Rameau:
Tambourin
Schubert:
Marche Militaire, D733 No. 1
Impromptu in A flat major, D899 No. 4
Hummel, J:
Rondo for piano in E flat major, Op. 11 (2 recordngs)
Mendelssohn:
Scherzo in E minor, Op. 16 No. 2
Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major 'Spinning Song' or 'Bee's Wedding'
Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 in A major 'Spring Song'
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Andante and Rondo capriccioso in E major Op. 14 (3 recordings)
Brahms:
Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15 in A flat major
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Variations on a theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35: Books 1 & 2
Grieg:
Butterfly (from Lyric Pieces Op. 43)
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Debussy:
La fille aux cheveux de lin (from Préludes - Book 1: No. 8)
Clair de lune
Pour le piano
La Mer
La plus que lente
Falla:
Ritual Fire Dance (from El amor brujo)
Rachmaninov:
Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Balakirev:
Islamey - Oriental Fantasy
Rameau:
Rigaudon
Dohnányi:
Concert Etude, Op. 28 No. 6 in F minor (Capriccio)
Bach, J S:
Prelude & Fugue in D major, BWV532
Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'
Chorale Prelude BWV615 'In dir ist Freude'
Franck, C:
Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M21
Tchaikovsky:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 (3 recordings)
and much much more
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