just because i like lis(z)ts

[Kapellmeister27]

i recently bought the music and a recording (cziffra) of the later hungarian rhapsodies(9-15) and one that has 16-19

before this i had only heard the first 8

i found that i like the laters even better, plus some seem a lot thatn the famous n.2 or n.6

whats your opinion, whats your favorite out of the set?

or, how would you order them by difficulty(no, practical reason here, just for the heck of it)

[steinwaymodeld]

Actually I don't really like the studio recording of the Hungarian Rhapsodies by Cziffra.

I actually quite like Dichter's recording of them.

Of course the live Cziffra is a different story.

Horowitz's arrangement of the HR 12 is awesome too.(I think it's pretty hard to find)

[apion]

i recently bought the music and a recording (cziffra) of the later hungarian rhapsodies(9-15) and one that has 16-19

before this i had only heard the first 8

i found that i like the laters even better, plus some seem a lot thatn the famous n.2 or n.6

whats your opinion, whats your favorite out of the set?

or, how would you order them by difficulty(no, practical reason here, just for the heck of it)

Musically and technically,  2 and 6 are by far my favorite HR's.  Never a dull moment.   Liszt at his most exhilarating.   

[mikeyg]

My favorite is probably number 14

[fred smalls]

No.1 - ALL the HRs are great! I love them all!
No.2 - WHERE DID YOU GET A RECORDING OF CZIFFRA PLAYING THE LAST 4!!!! PLEASE TELL ME!!!

[fred smalls]

Horowitz's arrangement of the HR 12 is awesome too.(I think it's pretty hard to find)

WAIT! Horowitz has an arrangment of no.12!!!!?? I tried to find a site that would tell me all his arrengments/compositions, but it never said anything about no.12?
SWEET!
By the way, heres the site if anyone is interested.... https://web.telia.com/~u85420275/transcriptions.htm

[Kapellmeister27]

No.1 - ALL the HRs are great! I love them all!
No.2 - WHERE DID YOU GET A RECORDING OF CZIFFRA PLAYING THE LAST 4!!!! PLEASE TELL ME!!!

sorry, i meant the ziff was 9-15, the last four were on a CD by jeno jando, also very good

[fred smalls]

I see, is that the Jeno Jando CD of the last half or the HRs by Naxos? I also have Cziffra playing 1-15 (isn't it annnoying, he playes 15+Rhapsody espagnole, I mean thats like 16 out of 20, urgh). So, the Jando recoring is good is it?

[Kapellmeister27]

well, its safe...

id say it doesnt have the liveliness of the cziffra though, but it does have a good hungarian feel

[mikeyg]

Yes, I have the Jando recording as well, and it is very rough and Hungarian sounding.  I actually prefer it to most other recordings.

[Skeptopotamus]

yep jeno jando rox.  anyone who doesnt have it go get it.  like i would say it is my favorite HR No. 2

jando also does some very nice bartok.

[hodi]

HR2 is actually a very funny piece. :-0

[Skeptopotamus]

it is kinda sad.

[BoliverAllmon]

yep jeno jando rox.  anyone who doesnt have it go get it.  like i would say it is my favorite HR No. 2

jando also does some very nice bartok.

i have him playing complete haydn sonatas and mozart PCs. here is an interesting fact about jeno. He tends to hum/sling/shout out of tune ala Gould. Someone once noticed though that he doesn't do it when he is smoking a cigarette though. So now whenever he records the producer shove a pen in his mouth to keep him quiet. he calmly holds onto the pen like a little cancer stick. funny kinda

boliver

[Skeptopotamus]

it is kinda sad.

huh!  dammit that was a response to something else that used to be there.  arg.

[musicsdarkangel]

Wow, i'm surprised at the reaction to the Jando cd.

I have the full HR's by him, and for some reason, I don't enjoy his interpretations too much.  They all seem dry to me, but hey, maybe I just need another listen.