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Background: Hungarian born Georges Cziffra (1921-1994) was a pianistic phenomenon. After trying to escape Hungary’s Soviet regime, his early years were spent undergoing hard labour which injured his hands. Following his release from prison in 1953, the Ministry of Culture arranged tours of Switzerland and Czechoslovakia. In 1954, he made his ‘first’ recording in Hungary and in 1955 in Prague, the source of this recital. He won the Liszt Prize in the same year. In 1956 he made a successful bid for freedom, arriving in Vienna, and was signed by EMI in France where his subsequent concerts created a furore.

This recital has never been issued before on CD. It is extremely rare having been remastered from a collector’s LP. The recital contains miniatures – CPE Bach, Scarlatti and Couperin as well as the Liszt warhorses which Cziffra became famous for. Out of the four Scarlatti Sonatas, Cziffra includes three in F, G and A that are new to his discography. The recital is totally free from eccentricity and represents the pianist at his best. The two bonus tracks come from a 1959 recital in Turin which show off his dazzling technique. The Bach arr. Liszt: Fantasy & Fugue has never appeared on CD before.

The remastering by Paul Baily uses the ICA Ambient Mastering process. Here is Paul Baily’s description: “Our Ambient Remastering process creates a sense of space and width to a mono, or very narrow stereo, recording. No artificial reverberation is added in this process, so that it remains faithful to the natural acoustic of the original”.

CATALOGUE NR: ICAC5008
RECORD LABEL: ICA Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.49
RELEASE DATE: 31-Jan-2011

COMPOSER: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Georges Cziffra
TRACKS: Andantino in B minor (CPE Bach). Piano Sonata in F major. Piano Sonata in C major. Piano Sonata in A major. Piano Sonata in G major (Domenico Scarlatti). Piece de clavecin volume 2 : Les Moissonneurs (Couperin). Rhapsodie espagnole Hungarian Rhapsody Number 2 (Liszt). BONUS - Fantasy & Fugue on Bach (Bach arr. Liszt). Funerailles (Liszt).
ARTISTS: Georges Cziffra      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded in Mono with ICA Ambient Mastering Process - Prague 1955 and bonus from Turin 22-Jan-1959 - Jun-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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