Gyorgy Cziffra: The 1955-56 Budapest Recordings

Album by Georges Cziffra

Gyorgy Cziffra: The 1955-56 Budapest Recordings is an album by pianist Georges Cziffra comprising performances recorded in Budapest in 1955 and 1956. The recordings document Cziffra's early post-war repertoire and pianistic style, characterised by virtuosic technique, flexible rubato and Hungarian-influenced phrasing, and they occupy a pivotal place in his career just before his emigration in 1956.

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  1. 1.
    Preludio, etude for piano in C major (Transcendental Etude No. 1), S. 139/1 (LW A172/1)
  2. 2.
    Fusées, etude for piano in A minor (Transcendental Etude No. 2), S. 139/2 (LW A172/2)
  3. 3.
    Wilde Jagd, etude for piano in C minor (Transcendental Etude No. 8), S. 139/8 (LW A172/8)
  4. 4.
    Ricordanza, etude for piano in A flat major (Transcendental Etude No. 9), S. 139/9 (LW A172/9)
  5. 5.
    An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314)
  6. 6.
    Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka (Chit-Chat Polka), for orchestra, Op. 214 (RV 214)
  7. 7.
    Concert Paraphrase on themes from Die Fledermaus
  8. 8.
    Concert Paraphrase on themes from Die Zigeunderbaron
  9. 9.
    Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grofé)

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