Georges Cziffra
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Biography
György Cziffra was a Hungarian-French classical and jazz pianist and composer born on November 5, 1921, in Budapest. As a child, he improvised at a local circus and entered the Franz Liszt Academy in 1932. Following service in World War II, Cziffra performed in Budapest bars and toured with a European jazz band from 1947 to 1950. After an unsuccessful escape attempt in 1950, he served three years of hard labor. In 1956, Cziffra escaped to Vienna and subsequently debuted in Paris and London, where he performed the Franz Liszt pieces âPiano Concerto No. 1â and âHungarian Fantasyâ. He became a French citizen in 1968. His repertoire included recordings of works by Chopin and Schumann, alongside arrangements such as âFlight of the Bumblebeeâ and âThe Blue Danubeâ. Cziffra founded the Festival de musique de La Chaise-Dieu in 1966 and the Cziffra Foundation in 1977. He died on January 15, 1994, in Longpont-sur-Orge.
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Georges Cziffra
Liszt: Mephisto-Walzer, Chasse-neige, Ricordanza, Gaudeamus igitur, Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este...
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Beethoven: Sonates pour piano Nos. 8 "Pathétique", 10, 12 & 13 "Quasi una fantasia"
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Récital Liszt: Méphisto-valse, Rapsodie espagnole, Grand galop chromatique...
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Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9, Carnaval de Vienne, Op. 26 & Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 12
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 23 - Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words
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Top Tracks
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- Sonata For Piano No.3 In B Minor, Op.58: Ii Scherzo : Molto Vivace
- Ãtudes d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: No. 7 in E-Flat Major, Eroica
- Ãtudes d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: No. 8 in C Minor, Wilde Jagd
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale. Presto non tanto
- Ãtudes d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Feux-follets. Allegretto
- Tarentelle En La Bemol Majeur Op43
- Ãtudes d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: No. 1 in C Major, Preludio
- Ãtudes d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: No. 3 in F Major, Paysage
- Hungarian Fantasy
- Fantaisie-impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66
- Valse-impromptu in A-Flat Major, S. 213
- Soirées de Vienne, S. 427: Valse-caprice No. 6 in A Major (After Schubert)
- 2 Légendes, S. 175: No. 2, Saint François de Paule marchant sur les eaux
- Ãtudes d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: No. 12, Chasse-neige
- 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244: No. 4 in E-Flat Major
- 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244: No. 5 in E Minor, "Héroide élégiaque"
- 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor
- 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244: No. 3 in B-Flat Major
- Ãtudes d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: No. 12 in B-Flat Minor, Chasse-neige
- Ãtudes d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: No. 9, Ricordanza
- Ãtudes d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: No. 10 in F Minor, Appassionata
- 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244: No. 7 in D Minor
- Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2
- Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. Posth. 69 No. 1 "Farewell"
