Liszt Grand Galop Chromatique

[frederic]

The other day i saw a video of Cziffra playing it. And... you guessed it ...   how on earth does he do that?
His playing is jaw-dropping and almost supernatural!
Has any of you play this work?
Any close to the speed Cziffra can do?

[pskim]

I played it and it's a great piece for an encore.  But no, I can't play at the speed that Cziffra plays. But still fun to play.

[willcowskitz]

Cziffra is kind of supernatural at the piano, THOUGH I must admit that he plays some pieces too fast. Like Liszt's Totentanz. The whole piece seems to lose a lot of its meaning when played too fast.

[william]

Liszt did himself write a simplified version of the Grand Galop which lens itself to be played at the speed of lightning.
William

[SteveK]

I also have the video of Cziffra playing this piece!
HE PLAYED SO FAST!!!!!  My teacher also says that she couldn't see what his hands were doing because his hands were going in a fast speed!!

[frederic]

Yes steve.... NO ONE can see what he's doing.....  :-/

[eddie92099]

Yes I have seen Cziffra play this, did you see it on the DVD "Art of Piano"? Tamas Vasary speaks about him on it, and when he once went to a jazz club in Hungary he heard that Cziffra was one of the pianist. He asked the club owner who the other pianist was because he couldn't see the piano, but the owner said "there is no other pianist - it is just Cziffra!" Furthermore Vasary said (much like above) "He played so fast I could not know what is he doing",
Ed