Best Cziffra Liszt in a beautiful reissue

Let me be clear: this new edition does not include all the Cziffra Liszt recordings by EMI, economic cabinet he published two years ago in fact comprises two additional CD comprising mainly short pieces and the Sonata in B minor . Here are only resumed lisztiens most celebrated recordings of virtuoso Hungarian: Hungarian Rhapsodies (a quasi-integral) on two discs, and Transcendental Studies on.

Now, we know the value of these recordings from a pianist also often criticized for its lack of depth musical discourse, too easily looking for a sort of feverish detrimental effect (that is undeniable in the sonata in such ) a certain mastery of form as a whole, breathing, contrasts. None of that here: Liszt's devilishly difficult scores of are a breeze for Cziffra, and it is this simple and direct enjoyment of the game that appeals. The fifteen Hungarian Rhapsodies (over the 16th and 19th published later) available in all their youthful vigor, much better than the second version (also incomplete) of the Cziffra.
The Transcendental studies, they are a complex challenge for any pianist, which perhaps explains why the best recordings of pianists often come a bit on the sidelines and do not necessarily succeed elsewhere (one thinks Ovchinnikov or Duchâble ). Anyway version refers Cziffra for detail and clarity, always that inner burning fire that still grow further into madness.
Three vital records, so to complete the rest of the works by the essential readings Claudio Arrau, Lazar Berman, France Clidat, Jorge Bolet, Vladimir Horowitz, Wilhelm Kempff, and (for the Sonata in B minor) Kristyan Zimerman and Ernst Levy and more recently Lise de la Salle.

This new reissue is truly a luxury offered by EMI also a very affordable price. Think about it: a real little book-CD with a richly illustrated booklet of photos and original vinyl reproductions, with text on the back of the booklets and a new article on the interpreter and works. Above all, this is 3 hybrid SACD, therefore usable on any CD player, and a new novel remastering. Initially intended for the Japanese market this collection accomplishes miracles that collectors used to the Japanese market know well. Certainly the original recordings were quite good, and notammentt in stereo, but a profound work has been done to make them a more comfortable sound quality by modern standards, work that is reminiscent of the recent completion of box 36 dedicated CD the Samson François records.
So it is here in all points of a new editorial reference for these historic records.