Cziffra; Georges

Historic Hungarian Pianists Play Liszt

Jed Distler

The pianists featured in this collection of archival Liszt performances […]

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A Rachmaninov Second Concerto from Hell

Jed Distler

Little interpretive variation distinguishes Georges Cziffra’s 1969 Grieg Concerto (reissued

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THE PIANO COLLECTION

Jed Distler

The first four discs of EMI’s 10-CD Liszt anniversary collection feature Aldo Ciccolini in the complete Années de pèlerinage (his superb stereo remakes), Harmonies poétiques

CZIFFRA IN PRAGUE 1955

Jed Distler

The Bach, Scarlatti, and Couperin selections plus the two Liszt Rhapsodies comprise a very rare 1955 Georges Cziffra Supraphon LP (catalog number LPV 364 for

GEORGES CZIFFRA: SES ENREGISTREMENTS STUDIO 1956-1986

Jed Distler

To mark the 15th anniversary of Georges Cziffra’s death in 1994, EMI France presents a 40-CD space-saving, budget-priced boxed set encompassing all of the pianist’s

Liszt Etudes Rhapsodies/Cziffra

Jed Distler

The excerpts from Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes recorded for Hungaroton in 1954 and 1956 are not to be confused with Cziffra’s 1957/58 EMI versions of the

Georges Cziffra plays Liszt

ClassicsToday

Georges Cziffra (1921-94) invariably polarized critical opinion, arousing stormy controversy everywhere he played. In works by the Viennese classicists Cziffra was rightly censured, yet his