Liszt’s melodies are fabulous.

Cziffra made his UK Royal Festival Hall debut in September 1957 with this concerto and Hungarian Fantasy for piano and orchestra. He played many encores and both the audience and orchestra applauded for a good twenty minutes. The reviews had the critics searching for their most colourful superlatives. I heard Cziffra play the same works in Manchester UK with the Halle Orchestra and George Weldon in February 1959 and the public reaction and reviews were just as overwhelming. Cziffra remains one of the greatest Liszt players and virtuosos of all time. Thank you PianoJF for yet another great upload with score.

The build up to that trill at 1:49 and then that descending passage after, so brilliant! Love Cziffra's execution.... thank you for all of your posts, uploads.

“The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants.” -- Franz Liszt

1. Allegro maestoso (0:00) 2. Quasi adagio (5:32) 3. Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato (10:24) 4. Allegro marziale animato (14:34)

amazing recording. Cziffra has that trademark staccato sound in his Liszt playing, and also the subtle fluctuations of time. To me he is the closest to how Liszt himself might have sounded.

Crystal clear playing.Sometimes too hasty to my taste.Richter remains my favourite and this one second.

Köszönöm! Virtuóz!

5:31

3:50

Sir Franz is the best!

0:48 wtf..

Thank you!

Good performance of ok concerto

Solo e 1 saben todos los pianistas.

Has some similarity with la campanella!

I quit piano.