The Complete Studio Recordings

György Cziffra, Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre National de l'ORTF, Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Cziffra Jr., Manuel Rosenthal, Andre Vandernoot, Carlo Maria Giulini, Pierre Dervaux

Deze box brengt alle studio-opnamen van de Hongaars-Franse pianist Georges Cziffra (1921-1994) voor EMI en Philips bijeen: van zijn eerste LP, uitgebracht in 1956 toen hij in Parijs aankwam, tot de laatste sessies in de kapel van Senlis in 1986, een paar jaar voor zijn dood. Deze dertig jaar opnamegeschiedenis omvat een consequent gevarieerd en opzwepend repertoire, waarvan het leeuwendeel Liszt en Chopin is, maar ook schitterende improvisaties, virtuoze parafrases en fantasierijke transcripties die ook getuigen van Cziffra's buitengewone muzikaliteit. Naast de in 2008 uitgebrachte repetitie-opnamen bevat deze collectie voor het eerst een studiorecital opgenomen in Tokio in 1967 en een live-opname van Tsjaikovski's Pianoconcerto nr. 1 uit 1957 - met niemand minder dan Carlo Maria Giulini als partner. Georges Cziffra zou op 5 november 2021 100 jaar oud worden.

trad.:
 Sur le pont d'Avignon

Bach, C P E:
 Andantino in B minor

Bach, J S:
 Chorale Prelude BWV615 'In dir ist Freude'
 Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'
 Prelude & Fugue in D major, BWV532
 Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565

Balakirev:
 Islamey - Oriental Fantasy

Beethoven:
 Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59)
 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. 22 in F major, Op. 54
 Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
 Polonaise in C major, Op. 89
 Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op. 129 ‘Rage over a lost penny'
 Variations (12) on a Russian Dance, WoO 71
 Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80
 Variations (7) on 'God save the King', WoO 78

Brahms:
 Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
 Hungarian Dances (excerpts)
 Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (arranged for Orchestra)
 Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15 in A flat major

Chopin:
 Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
 Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
 Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
 Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
 Bolero, Op. 19
 Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse'
 Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor
 Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key'
 Étude Op. 10 No. 10 in A flat major
 Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp'
 Étude Op. 25 No. 2 in F minor
 Étude Op. 25 No. 12 in C minor
 Études (12), Op. 10
 Étude Op. 10 No. 1 in C major
 Étude Op. 10 No. 2 in A minor 'chromatique'
 Étude Op. 10 No. 6 in E flat minor 'Lacrimosa'
 Étude Op. 10 No. 7 in C major
 Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major
 Étude Op. 10 No. 9 in F minor
 Etude Op. 10 No. 11 in E flat major
 Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary'
 Études (12), Op. 25
 Étude Op. 25 No. 3 in F major
 Étude Op. 25 No. 4 in A minor
 Étude Op. 25 No. 5 in E minor
 Étude Op. 25 No. 6 in G sharp minor
 Étude Op. 25 No. 7 in C sharp minor
 Étude Op. 25 No. 8 in D flat major
 Étude Op. 25 No. 9 in G flat major 'Butterfly'
 Étude Op. 25 No. 10 in B minor
 Étude Op. 25 No. 11 in A minor 'Winter Wind'
 Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49
 Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29
 Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36
 Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51
 Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'
 Impromptus Nos. 1-4
 Krakowiak - Concert Rondo in F, Op. 14
 Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1
 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2
 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'
 Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
 Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 'Military'
 Polonaise No. 4 in C minor, Op. 40, No. 2
 Polonaise No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 44
 Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque'
 Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie'
 Polonaises (2), Op. 26
 Polonaises (2), Op. 40
 Prelude Op. 28 No. 16 in B flat minor
 Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
 Tarantella in A flat major, Op. 43
 Variations brilliantes in B flat major on 'Je Vends des Scapulaires', Op. 12
 Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz'
 Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
 Waltzes Nos. 1-14
 Waltz No. 1 in E flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 18
 Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1
 Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2
 Waltz No. 4 in F major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 3
 Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42
 Waltz No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3
 Waltz No. 9 in A flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 'Farewell Waltz'
 Waltz No. 10 in B minor, Op. 69 No. 2
 Waltz No. 11 in G flat major, Op. 70 No. 1
 Waltz No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2
 Waltz No. 13 in D flat major, Op. 70 No. 3
 Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. post., KKIVa:15, B 56
 Waltzes Nos. 1-19
 Waltz No. 15 in E major, Op. post., KKIVa:12, B 44
 Waltz No. 16 in A flat major, Op. post., KKIVa:13, B 21
 Waltz No. 17 in E flat major, Op. post., KKIVa:14, B 46
 Waltz No. 18 in E flat major 'Sostenuto', Op. post., KKIVb:10, B 133
 Waltz No. 19 in A minor, Op. post., KKIVb:11, B 150
 Waltzes Nos. 1-17

Couperin, F:
 L'anguille
 Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins (from Pièces de clavecin III: Ordre 18ème in F major)
 Les baricades mistérieuses (from Pièces de clavecin II: Ordre 6ème in B flat)
 Les folies Françaises, ou Les dominos (from Pièces de clavecin III: Ordre 13ème in B minor)
 Pièces de clavecin I: Ordre 2ème in D major: Les papillons
 Pièces de clavecin I: Ordre 5ème in A major: La Bandoline
 Pièces de clavecin II: Ordre 6ème in B flat: Les moissonneurs
 Pièces de clavecin III: Ordre 17ème in E major: Les petits moulins à vent

Cziffra:
 Fantaisie Roumaine
 Improvisations on Guillaume Tell (Rossini)
 Réminiscences de Johann Strauss

Daquin:
 L'hirondelle
 Le Coucou

Debussy:
 Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)
 La fille aux cheveux de lin (from Préludes - Book 1: No. 8)
 La Mer
 La plus que lente
 Pour le piano

Dohnányi:
 Concert Etude, Op. 28 No. 6 in F minor (Capriccio)

Falla:
 Ritual Fire Dance (from El amor brujo)

Franck, C:
 Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M21
 Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46

Grieg:
 Butterfly (from Lyric Pieces Op. 43)
 Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

Hummel, J:
 Rondo for piano in E flat major, Op. 11

Khachaturian:
 Sabre Dance from Gayane

Krebs, J L:
 Bourrée for piano in E flat major

Liszt:
 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March & Dance of the Fairies (after Mendelssohn), S410
 Années de pèlerinage, 1ère année, Suisse (9 pieces), S. 160
 Au bord d'une source (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 4)
 Au lac de Wallenstadt (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 2)
 Chapelle de Guillaume Tell (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 1)
 Eglogue (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 7)
 Le mal du pays (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 8)
 Les cloches de Genève (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 9)
 Orage (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 5)
 Pastorale (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 3)
 Vallée d'Obermann (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 6)
 Années de pèlerinage, 2ème année, Italie (7 pieces), S. 161
 Après une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 7)
 Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 3)
 Il penseroso (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 2)
 Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 5)
 Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 6)
 Sonetto 47 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 4)
 Sposalizio (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 1)
 Années de pèlerinage, 3ème année (7 pieces), S. 163
 Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S171/R16
 Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera
 Étude d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140 No. 5
 Fantasia & Fugue on B-A-C-H, S529
 Fantasy on Hungarian Folk-tunes, S123
 Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 7)
 Gaudeamus igitur - Humoreske, S509
 Gnomenreigen, S145 No. 2
 Grand galop chromatique, S219
 Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 'La Campanella'
 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S244 Nos. 1-19
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 1 in E major
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 3 in B flat major
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 4 in E flat major
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 5 in E minor 'Héroïde-élégiaque'
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 6 in D flat major
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 7 in D minor
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 8 in F sharp minor
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 9 in E flat major 'Pesther Carneval'
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 10 in E major 'Preludio'
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 11 in A minor
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 12 in C sharp minor
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 13 in A minor
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 14 in F minor
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 15 in A minor 'Rákóczy Marsch'
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 16 in A minor
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 17 in D minor
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 18 in F sharp minor
 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 19 in D minor
 La leggierezza - Étude de concert No. 2, S144
 Le Rossignol
 Legende S.175 No. 1, St Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds
 Legende S.175 No. 2, St. Francis of Paola walking on the waves
 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 No. 4)
 Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)
 Mephisto Waltz No. 1
 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124
 Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125
 Piano Sonata in B minor, S178
 Polish Songs S480 No. 1 "Maiden's Wish" (after Chopin)
 Polish Songs S480 No. 5 'Mein Freuden' (Moja pieszczotka, My Joys)' (after Chopin)
 Polonaise Aus Tschaikowskys Oper Jewgeny Onegin S429
 Polonaise No. 1
 Polonaise No. 2 in E major, S223 No. 2
 Rhapsodie espagnole, S254
 Soirées de Vienne: valse-caprice No. 6 (after Schubert), D427 No. 6
 Tannhaüser Overture
 Tarantella, S. 162 No. 3 (from Venezia e Napoli)
 Tarantelle di bravura dàprès la Tarantelle de La Muette de Portici, S. 386
 Totentanz, S126 for piano & orchestra
 Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12
 Transcendental Study, S139 No. 9 'Ricordanza'
 Transcendental Study, S139 No. 10 'Appassionata'
 Transcendental Study, S139 No. 12 'Chasse-neige'
 Two Concert Studies, S145/R6: Gnomenreigen; Waldesrauschen
 Un Sospiro from 3 Concert Studies, S144 No. 3
 Valse De L'opera Faust S407
 Valse oubliée No. 1, S.215/1
 Valse-Impromptu, S.213

Lully:
 Gavotte en rondeau

Mendelssohn:
 A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
 Andante and Rondo capriccioso in E major Op. 14
 Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
 Scherzo in E minor, Op. 16 No. 2
 Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 in A major 'Spring Song'
 Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major 'Spinning Song' or 'Bee's Wedding'

Mozart:
 Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K310
 Rondo alla Turca from Piano Sonata No. 11, K331

Rachmaninov:
 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
 Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor

Rameau:
 Dardanus: Rigaudon
 L'Egyptienne
 La poule
 Le rappel des oiseaux
 Rigaudon
 Tambourin

Ravel:
 Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2
 Jeux d'eau
 Le Tombeau de Couperin: Toccata
 Sonatine

Rimsky Korsakov:
 Flight of the Bumble Bee

Rossini:
 Soirées musicales: La Danza

Roussel:
 Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43 - Suite No. 2

Saint-Saëns:
 Etude en forme de valse (No. 6 from Six Études, Op. 52)

Scarlatti, D:
 Keyboard Sonata K96 in D major
 Keyboard Sonata K113 in A major
 Keyboard Sonata K159 in C major 'La caccia'

Schubert:
 Impromptu in A flat major, D899 No. 4
 Impromptu in F minor, D935, No. 4
 Marche Militaire, D733 No. 1

Schumann:
 Carnaval, Op. 9
 Études symphoniques, Op. 13
 Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
 Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 No. 1 'Des Abends'
 Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
 Novelette, Op. 21 No. 8 in F sharp minor
 Toccata in C major, Op. 7
 Träumerei (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)

Strauss, J, II:
 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214

Tchaikovsky:
 Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Vecsey, F:
 Valse triste

Weber:
 Konzertstück in F minor, Op. 79 for piano & orchestra