Georges Cziffra - Complete Studio Recordings - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The present boxed set brings together all the studio recordings made by the virtuoso pianist Georges Cziffra (1921-1994) for EMI and Philips, from his first 25cm LP released in 1956 when he arrived in Paris, to the last sessions in the Senlis chapel in 1986 a few years before he died. This thirty-year period covers a consistently varied and thrilling repertoire, the lion share constituted by Lizst and Chopin, but also dazzling improvisations, paraphrases and transcriptions which also bear witness to his mastery, imagination, and musicality. Along with the test recordings from French archive released in 2008, this collection includes for first time a studio recital recorded in Tokyo in 1967 and a live of Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 caught in 1957, with no less a partner than Carlo Maria Giulini. Album Tracks 1. Gayaneh Danse Du Sabre (Remasterisé en 2008) 2. The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act III The Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. for Piano) 3. La Danza (Remasterisé en 2008) 4. Improvisation Sur Des Thèmes de Guillaume Tell (Remasterisé en 2008) 5. Valse Triste (Remasterisé en 2008) 6. Tritsch-Tratsch Polka (Remasterisé en 2008) 7. Réminiscences de Johann Strauss (Remasterisé en 2008) 8. Le Beau Danube Bleu, Paraphrase (Remasterisé en 2008) 9. Danse Hongroise N°5 (Remasterisé en 2008) 10. Fantaisie Roumaine, Improvisation Sur Deux Airs Folkloriques Dans Le Style Tzigane (Remasterisé en 2008) 1. Polonaise D'eugène Onéguine (Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) S 429 (Remasterisé en 2008) 2. Rigoletto, Paraphrase de Concert (Giuseppe Verdi) S434 (Remasterisé en 2008) 3. Tarentelle de Bravoure Sur Des Thèmes de la Muette de Portici (Daniel-François-Esprit Auber) S 386 (Remasterisé en 2008) 4. Valse de Faust (Charles Gounod) S 407 (Remasterisé en 2008) 5. Marche Nuptiale Et Danse Des Fées, Sur Des Thèmes Du Songe D'une Nuit D'ÉTÉ (Félix Mendelssohn)