Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Liszt 10 Hungarian Rhapsodies CD Review

Georges Cziffra, 1975.

Hungarians are not Gypsies.
This is an exciting piano disc.
Liszt was clearly "into it" when he wrote these pieces, which take Hungarian dance styles as their starting point, and then explode into Lisztian fantasies which, as usual, end up transcending the original scenario.
Georges Cziffra is also clearly "into it" in his explosive performance.
Let it all hang out, let yourself go, and enjoy - just don't dance the flamenco to it!!

10/10.

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