Favourite Cziffra Recz :zif: Da Ziff Cummah

Diz legendary mofo haf many Ziff recz in zcore vid format -
https://www.youtube.com/user/PianoJFAudioSheet/videos

A random vid ov da Ziff zitereadin -

Zo on da topic ov da Ziff - which are yo fav recz ov hiz and which onez dizappointed u?

iz hiz :pimp: zonata az bad az people zay? or wuz he juz too ‘well behaved’ in it?

1 Like

My favez are sum of da ZTRAUZZ improz n da GONAD waltz, too many othahz to name.

Mozt dizappointing pozz hiz FUNRAILZ n hiz lepidopterapizt chopet 25/9.

2 Likes

Wutz yo opinion on hiz pimpzon?

1 Like

Best bits are da pp zectz. Iirc he pulls it around a bit too much for “effect”.

2 Likes

Dere is so many

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

4 Likes

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

1 Like

Da KAT talks about this in an interview, iirc it is somewhere on da tube.

2 Likes

I prefer da Zim Tot to :zif: tru

I think he’s under-appreciated in Chopin. It was da Gram or some other stuffy old mag that would backhand compliment his :chop:, 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.

2 Likes

hahaha tru alzo tha bez hungrappah 2 from tha 80z
i haff typd that zentence a lot on dasdc :comme: :zif:

tha muette tarantula tranz pozz one of my fav recz az well :zif: :sunglasses:

1 Like

Part one of da KAT intahview here. Also with Mrs :doc:

https://youtu.be/SJsGNjZAjFA