Imho Cziffra is absolutely fucking untouchable in his own transcriptions.
My fave recs besides dose:
Torino 1959: Pimp BACH, Dante, Hispanic/Latino Rappah dat identifies as “Caucasian” when booked by da police fo drug possession
Tokyo 1964 GGC. Best Japanese themed unleash until Suzu
Pimp tot: many wikid recs but da 1960 Venice one is pozz my favorite - tiz more URSEXT den his otha live perfs n is a great balance between pristine n unleash/rape
Rappah 6 from da BBC 1962 TV unleash. When da CAM operator zoom in ovah da Ziff shouldah as he is head thrusting n alternating 5-4 in da OCTS using his patented efficient tech, tiz one of da greatest moments in 88 history.
Gnomenreigen from da 1963 French TV unleash. When da mini TM first heard it, he wuz shocked how insanely exciting da PIANISSIMO climax scale unleash was. Dat wuz ma exposure to DYNAMIC REVERSAL.
Still da most exciting Germrape imho
Hahah even gensui touchez lyk da zcalez at da ztart ov diz rec
da 3rd zcale wiz da left hand azcend den dezcend, he Accentz n accellz to da top creatin a gensui whiplazh effect
Da Ziff acceleration and decelleration in fazt pazzagez are one ov hiz moz legendary and unique exprezzionz, he managez to make dry runz excitin not only by varying volume and touch dynamicz lyk otha peniztz but by uzing zpeed az a dynamic tool in itzelf
Nowhere betta exemplified az in diz rec
Da zeemingly ‘chaotic’ zurgez in tempo are da cumplete oppozite ov a ‘metronomic’ approach and uze accelz and decellz az wayz ov applying dynamic to da piece, hiz rec iz actually not dat dynamic tonally cumpared to zum
I think he’s under-appreciated in Chopin. It was da Gram or some other stuffy old mag that would backhand compliment his , as if the only way to appreciate it is as some outlying anomaly that can’t be incorporated into the main.
His Schumann is really good too. Tru the man was a romantic & does whatever TF he wants in diz rep.