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Offline donjuan

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F. Vecsey - G. Cziffra: La Valse Triste
on: May 29, 2007, 08:25:06 PM
Recorded today at home.  Any comments or suggestions are welcome as always!

Enjoy!

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Re: F. Vecsey - G. Cziffra: La Valse Triste
Reply #1 on: May 29, 2007, 09:10:20 PM
I adore this piece, my favourite Cziffra transcription.

Very technically accomplished performance, all the notes are there, but of course with Cziffra having god-like facility, he can play the runs and octaves with more speed and 'finesse', but he is Cziffra  ;D

This is just a great and moving performance, great sense of rubato and voicing, all I can advise is that you play it more and with time you will develop a more individual interpretation, this great music can be played many ways.

Have you heard Uematsu's performance of this piece?
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Re: F. Vecsey - G. Cziffra: La Valse Triste
Reply #2 on: May 29, 2007, 09:14:08 PM
https://www.prox.jpn.org/~piano/cyber/cyber_e.cgi?type=RAMDL&ID=RAID084

There it is, he's just a random japanese amateur, but his playing is world class, I'd nearly say I favour this interpretation to Cziffra's own.
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Re: F. Vecsey - G. Cziffra: La Valse Triste
Reply #3 on: May 29, 2007, 09:29:23 PM
Donjuan has given us another tour de force performance.  Great!!!
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Re: F. Vecsey - G. Cziffra: La Valse Triste
Reply #4 on: May 29, 2007, 11:02:09 PM
An excellent performance. It's a difficult thing to quantify, but somehow Cziffra sounds more improvisatory, and this sounds "prepared" - Cziffra's playing has an ethereal nature which defies description (he is Cziffra of course!). It's a small quibble though, when faced with playing of this quality.

Bravo!, I wish I played it this well.
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Re: F. Vecsey - G. Cziffra: La Valse Triste
Reply #5 on: May 31, 2007, 05:13:48 PM
My thoughts are in sync with those of the previous posters.

Great job!

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Re: F. Vecsey - G. Cziffra: La Valse Triste
Reply #6 on: May 31, 2007, 05:23:27 PM
wow.  this is great.  i like the twaa twaa parts.

you know this sounds like a mix between a 'valse' and 'tango.' i'd sort of like to see it tangoed.

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Re: F. Vecsey - G. Cziffra: La Valse Triste
Reply #7 on: May 31, 2007, 08:22:47 PM
wow...

that's all I can say.. wow...

Awesome man  8)  Keep it up!

I really have to start to get more serious about learning this piece.  ;)
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Re: F. Vecsey - G. Cziffra: La Valse Triste
Reply #8 on: June 01, 2007, 04:36:12 AM
you got the juice now 8)

great work
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Re: F. Vecsey - G. Cziffra: La Valse Triste
Reply #9 on: June 05, 2007, 03:47:22 AM
https://www.prox.jpn.org/~piano/cyber/cyber_e.cgi?type=RAMDL&ID=RAID084

There it is, he's just a random japanese amateur, but his playing is world class, I'd nearly say I favour this interpretation to Cziffra's own.
Havent heard this pianist before, thanks for sharing!

And thanks everyone for your feedback, I really appreciate it.
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