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\"\"The great Philips compilation\u2014Great Pianists of the 20th Century\u2014includes two CD:s with Gy\u00f6rgy Cziffra (1921-1994). One contains works by Chopin, the other by Liszt.<\/p>\n

Many of Cziffra’s recordings are controversial, and they are claimed by some to be showy and unmusical. Others regard these reactions as professional jealousy. In any case there is little doubt that Cziffra had a remarkable virtuoso technique, and was a master at improvisation.<\/p>\n

His teachers at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest included Ferenczi and Dohn\u00e1nyi. He was the son of Hungarian Romas (his father, Gy\u00f6rgy Cziffra Sr., was a cimbalom player and played in cabaret halls and restaurants in Paris in the 1910’s).<\/p>\n

Apart from his technical ease, the \u201dairy\u201d cimbalom soundscape and pedal technique are very obvious in this rendition of Liszt\u00b4s Gnomenreigen.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Franz Liszt is renowned as a truly remarkable and versatile 19th century musical personality.
\nHe used sacred subjects for many of his piano works. Examples include “\u00c0 la Chapelle Sixtine,” based on melodies by Mozart and Allegri, as well as “Alleluja” and “Ave Maria d’Arcadelt”, and the two Legends “St. Fran\u00e7ois d’Assise” and “St. Fran\u00e7ois de Paule, marchant sur les flots”.
\nThe two pieces “Illustrations de l’Africaine” on melodies by Meyerbeer are also to some extent in the sacred style, as is Liszt’s transcription of a scene from Verdi’s opera “Don Carlos”.<\/p>\n

Liszt, of course, also composed works with profane themes, such as the Two Concert Etudes “Waldesrauschen” and “Gnomenreigen”.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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