György Cziffra

Christian Georges Cziffra (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟørɟ ˈt͡sifrɒ]; born Cziffra Krisztián György; 5 November 1921 – 15 January 1994) was a Hungarian-French virtuoso pianist and composer. He is considered to be one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of the twentieth century. Among his teachers was Ernő Dohnányi, a pupil of István Thoman, who was a favourite pupil of Franz Liszt. Born in Budapest, he became a French national in 1968. Cziffra is known for his recordings of works of Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann, and also for his technically demanding arrangements or paraphrases of several orchestral works for the piano, including Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee and Johann Strauss II's The Blue Danube. Cziffra left a sizeable body of recordings. He lived in Senlis, a commune northeast of Paris, where he ran a foundation for young musicians and artists.

Keys - 2024-10-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Keys vol. 1 - 2024-10-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Études (Remastered 2023) - 2024-05-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Classical Piano - 2024-02-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Liszt: Mephisto-Walzer, Chasse-neige, Ricordanza, Gaudeamus igitur, Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este... - 2023-08-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Les rendez-vous de Senlis. Brahms: Danses hongroises - Chopin: Nocturnes & Études - Schubert: Impromptus - 2023-07-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Portrait: Cziffra Plays Liszt - 2022-09-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Récital: Couperin, Scarlatti, Krebs, Mozart, Hummel, Beethoven... - 2022-05-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Transcriptions, paraphrases et improvisations - 2022-04-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Récital à Saint-Frambourg: Couperin, Rameau, Marais & Daquin - 2022-04-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Sonates pour piano Nos. 8 "Pathétique", 10, 12 & 13 "Quasi una fantasia" - 2022-03-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Chopin: Krakowiak & Piano Concerto No. 1 - Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Weber: Konzertstück - 2022-03-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Liszt: Paraphrases & Trancriptions - 2022-03-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Variations, Rondo a capriccio & Sonate No. 21 "Waldstein" - 2022-03-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Chopin: Impromptus, Polonaises, Études... - 2022-02-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Cziffra Plays Chopin - 2021-11-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Schumann: Études symphoniques, Toccata & Carnaval - 2021-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Chopin: Polonaises, Impromptus, Sonates, Barcarolle... - 2021-09-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Récital Liszt: Méphisto-valse, Rapsodie espagnole, Grand galop chromatique... - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 22 & 23 "Appassionata" - 2021-09-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Chopin: Concerto pour piano No. 1, Op. 11 - 2021-09-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9, Carnaval de Vienne, Op. 26 & Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 12 - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Cziffra Plays Liszt - 2021-08-20T00:00:00.000000Z

The Essential Classics: The 100th Anniversary - 2021-06-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Piano Spectacular - 2019-11-30T00:00:00.000000Z