Georges Cziffra: The Complete Studio Recordings 1956-1986 | Erato 9029672924

Georges Cziffra: The Complete Studio Recordings 1956-1986

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Number of Discs: 41

Release Date: 29th October 2021

Contents

Works

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel

Andantino in B minor

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Chorale Prelude BWV615 'In dir ist Freude' (arr. Busoni)
Chorale Prelude BWV629 'Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag' (arr. Busoni)
Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' (arr. Busoni)
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV532 (arr. Busoni)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 (arr. Busoni)

Balakirev, Mili

Islamey

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Bagatelle no.25 in A minor, WoO59 'Fur Elise'
Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor, op.13 'Pathetique'
Piano Sonata no.10 in G major, op.14 no.2
Piano Sonata no.12 in A flat major, op.26 'Marche funebre'
Piano Sonata no.13 in E flat major, op.27 no.1 'Quasi una fantasia'
Piano Sonata no.21 in C major, op.53 'Waldstein'
Piano Sonata no.22 in F major, op.54
Piano Sonata no.23 in F minor, op.57 'Appassionata'
Polonaise in C major, op.89
Rondo a capriccio in G major, op.129 'Rage over a lost penny'
Variations (7) on 'God Save the King', WoO78
Variations (12) on the Russian Dance from the Ballet 'Das Waldmadchen', WoO71
Variations (32) on an original theme, WoO80

Bizet, Georges

L'Arlesienne Suite no.1
» II Minuetto (arr. Rachmaninov)

Brahms, Johannes

Hungarian Dances (21), WoO1 (solo piano, arr. Cziffra)
» no.1 in G minor
» no.2 in D minor
» no.3 in F major
» no.4 in F sharp minor
» no.5 in F sharp minor
» no.6 in D flat major
» no.8 in A minor
» no.9 in E minor
» no.10 in E major
» no.12 in D minor
» no.13 in D major
» no.16 in F minor
» no.17 in F sharp minor
» no.19 in B minor
» no.21 in E minor
Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor, op.25 (orch. Schoenberg)
Variations (28) on a theme of Paganini, op.35
Waltzes (16), op.39 (solo piano)
» no.15 in A flat major

Chopin, Frederic

Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise, op.22
Ballades (4)
» no.4 in F minor, op.52
Barcarolle in F sharp major, op.60
Berceuse in D flat major, op.57
Bolero in A minor, op.19
Etudes (12), op.10
Etudes (12), op.25
Fantasy in F minor, op.49
Impromptu no.1 in A flat major, op.29
Impromptu no.2 in F sharp major, op.36
Impromptu no.3 in G flat major, op.51
Impromptu no.4 in C sharp minor, op.66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'
Introduction and Variations on 'Je vends des scapulaires' from Herold's 'Ludovic' in B flat major, op.12
Krakowiak: Grand Rondeau de concert, op.14
Nocturnes (21)
» no.1 in B flat minor, op.9 no.1
» no.2 in E flat major, op.9 no.2
» no.8 in D flat major, op.27 no.2
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11
Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.35 'Funeral March'
Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, op.58
Polonaise no.1 in C sharp minor, op.26 no.1
Polonaise no.2 in E flat minor, op.26 no.2
Polonaise no.3 in A major, op.40 no.1 'Military'
Polonaise no.4 in C minor, op.40 no.2
Polonaise no.5 in F sharp minor, op.44
Polonaise no.6 in A flat major, op.53 'Heroic'
Polonaise no.7 in A flat major, op.61 'Polonaise-Fantaisie'
Preludes (24), op.28
» no.16 in B flat minor
Scherzi (4)
» no.2 in B flat minor, op.31
Tarentelle in A flat major, op.43
Waltzes (19)

Couperin, Francois

Pieces de clavecin III
» Ordre 13 in B minor: Les Folies francaises, ou les Dominos
» Ordre 17 in E minor: Les Petits Moulins a vent
» Ordre 18 in F minor: Le Tic-toc-choc, ou Les Maillotins
Pieces de clavecin II
» Ordre 6 in B flat major: Les Barricades mysterieuses
» Ordre 6 in B flat major: Les Moissonneurs
Pieces de clavecin IV
» Ordre 22 in D major: L'Anguille
Pieces de clavecin I
» Ordre 2 in D major: Les Papillons
» Ordre 5 in A major: La Bandoline

Cziffra, Georges

Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Hungarian Dance no.5 (Brahms)
Improvisations on Guillaume Tell (Rossini)
Improvisations on La danza (Rossini)
Improvisations on The Blue Danube (Strauss)
Improvisations on Tritsch Tratsch Polka (Strauss)
Improvisations on Valse Triste (Vecsey)
Reminiscences de Johann Strauss
Rumanische Fantasie (traditional, arr. Cziffra)
Sabre Dance (Khachaturian)

Daquin, Louis-Claude

Pieces de clavecin Book 1
» Le Coucou
Pieces de clavecin Book 2
» no.15 L'Hirondelle

Debussy, Claude

La Mer
La Plus que lente, L121
Pour le piano
Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.8 La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)
Suite bergamasque
» III Clair de Lune

Dohnanyi, Erno

Concert Etudes (6), op.28
» no.6 in F minor

Falla, Manuel de

El amor brujo
» Ritual Fire Dance (arr. Georges Cziffra)

Franck, Cesar

Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra

Grieg, Edvard

Lyric Pieces: Book 3 (6), op.43
» no.1 Butterfly
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk

Rondo in E flat major, op.11 'Rondo favori'

Krebs, Johann Ludwig

Partita in E flat major, KWV827
» Bourree

Liszt, Franz

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March / Dance of the Fairies (after Mendelssohn), S410
Annees de Pelerinage, 1st Year 'Suisse', S160
Annees de Pelerinage, 2nd Year (supplement), Venezia e Napoli, S162
Annees de Pelerinage, 2nd Year, S161
Annees de Pelerinage, 3rd Year, S163
Ballade no.2 in B minor, S171
Chants polonais (6), S480 (after Chopin)
Concert Etudes (2), S145
Concert Etudes (3), S144
» no.2 La leggierezza
» no.3 Un sospiro
Etudes d'execution transcendante (12), S139
» no.9 in A flat major 'Ricordanza'
» no.10 in F minor 'Appassionata'
» no.12 in B flat minor 'Chasse-neige'
Etudes d'execution transcendante d'apres Paganini (6), S140
» no.3 in G sharp minor 'La campanella'
» no.5 in E major 'La chasse'
Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H, S529
Gaudeamus igitur - paraphrase, S240
Grand Galop chromatique, S219
Harmonies poetiques et religieuses, S173
» no.7 Funerailles
Hungarian Fantasy for piano and orchestra, S123
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19), S244
» no.1 in E major
» no.2 in C sharp minor
» no.3 in B flat major
» no.4 in E flat major
» no.5 in E minor
» no.6 in D flat major
» no.7 in D minor
» no.8 in F sharp minor
» no.9 in E flat major 'Carnival in Pest'
» no.10 in E major (Preludio)
» no.11 in A minor
» no.12 in C sharp minor
» no.13 in A minor
» no.14 in F minor
» no.15 in A minor 'Rakoczi-Marsch'
» no.16 in A minor (arr. Cziffra)
» no.19 in D minor
» no.19 in D minor (arr. Cziffra)
Legendes (2), S175
Liebestraume (3), S541
» no.3 Nocturne in A flat major
Melodies russes (2) 'Arabesques', S250
» I Le Rossignol (Alabiev)
Mephisto Waltz no.1, S514 'Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke'
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S124
Piano Concerto no.2 in A major, S125
Piano Sonata in B minor, S178
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky), S429
Polonaises (2), S223
Rhapsodie espagnole, S254
Rigoletto Paraphrase, S434
Soirees de Vienne: Valses caprices (9) d'apres Schubert S427
» no.6 in A minor
Tannhauser Overture, S422 (Wagner trans. Liszt for piano)
Tarantella di Bravura, S386 (Auber)
Totentanz, paraphrase on the 'Dies irae', S126
Valse Impromptu, S213
Valse de l'opera Faust (Gounod), S407
Valses oubliees (4), S215
» no.1 in F sharp major

Lully, Jean-Baptiste

Gavotte en rondeau in D minor

Mendelssohn, Felix

A Midsummer Night's Dream
» Scherzo (arr. Rachmaninov)
Fantasies (3), op.16
» no.2 Scherzo in E minor
Introduzione e Rondo capriccioso in E major, op.14
Piano Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.25
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 5, op.62
» no.6 in A major 'Fruhlingslied'
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 6, op.67
» no.4 in C major 'Spinning Song'

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Piano Sonata no.8 in A minor, K310
Piano Sonata no.11 in A major, K331
» III Rondo alla turca

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, op.18
Preludes (10), op.23
» no.5 in G minor

Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Dardanus
» Rigaudons 1/2
Nouvelles Suites de Pieces de Clavecin
» 12. La Poule
» 16. L'Egyptienne
Pieces de Clavecin (24) avec une methode pour la mecanique des doigts
» Suite in E minor: 4. Le rappel des oiseaux
» Suite in E minor: 8. Le Tambourin

Ravel, Maurice

Daphnis et Chloe: Suite no.2
Jeux d'eau
Le Tombeau de Couperin
» VI Toccata
Sonatine

Roussel, Albert

Bacchus et Ariane, op.43: Suite no.2

Saint-Saens, Camille

Etudes (6), op.52
» no.6 Etude en forme de valse

Scarlatti, Domenico

Keyboard Sonata in A major, K113
Keyboard Sonata in C major, K159 'La caccia'
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K96

Schubert, Franz

Impromptus (4), op.90 D899
» no.4 in A flat major
Impromptus (4), op.142 D935
» no.4 in F minor
Marches militaires (3), op.51 D733
» no.1 in D major

Schumann, Robert

Carnaval, op.9
Etudes symphoniques, op.13
Fantasiestucke (8), op.12
Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnival in Vienna), op.26
Kinderszenen, op.15
» no.7 Traumerei
Novelleten (8), op.21
» no.8 in F sharp minor
Toccata in C major, op.7

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23

Traditional

Sur le pont d'Avignon

Weber, Carl Maria von

Konzertstuck in F minor, op.79 J282

Artists

Georges Cziffra (piano)
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
Orchestre National de la Radio-Television Française
Orchestre National de l’Opera de Monte Carlo
Orchestre National de l’ORTF
Orchestre de Paris
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Gyorgy Cziffra Jr
Pierre Dervaux
Carlo Maria Giulini
Manuel Rosenthal
Andre Vandernoot

Works

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel

Andantino in B minor

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Chorale Prelude BWV615 'In dir ist Freude' (arr. Busoni)
Chorale Prelude BWV629 'Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag' (arr. Busoni)
Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' (arr. Busoni)
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV532 (arr. Busoni)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 (arr. Busoni)

Balakirev, Mili

Islamey

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Bagatelle no.25 in A minor, WoO59 'Fur Elise'
Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor, op.13 'Pathetique'
Piano Sonata no.10 in G major, op.14 no.2
Piano Sonata no.12 in A flat major, op.26 'Marche funebre'
Piano Sonata no.13 in E flat major, op.27 no.1 'Quasi una fantasia'
Piano Sonata no.21 in C major, op.53 'Waldstein'
Piano Sonata no.22 in F major, op.54
Piano Sonata no.23 in F minor, op.57 'Appassionata'
Polonaise in C major, op.89
Rondo a capriccio in G major, op.129 'Rage over a lost penny'
Variations (7) on 'God Save the King', WoO78
Variations (12) on the Russian Dance from the Ballet 'Das Waldmadchen', WoO71
Variations (32) on an original theme, WoO80

Bizet, Georges

L'Arlesienne Suite no.1
» II Minuetto (arr. Rachmaninov)

Brahms, Johannes

Hungarian Dances (21), WoO1 (solo piano, arr. Cziffra)
» no.1 in G minor
» no.2 in D minor
» no.3 in F major
» no.4 in F sharp minor
» no.5 in F sharp minor
» no.6 in D flat major
» no.8 in A minor
» no.9 in E minor
» no.10 in E major
» no.12 in D minor
» no.13 in D major
» no.16 in F minor
» no.17 in F sharp minor
» no.19 in B minor
» no.21 in E minor
Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor, op.25 (orch. Schoenberg)
Variations (28) on a theme of Paganini, op.35
Waltzes (16), op.39 (solo piano)
» no.15 in A flat major

Chopin, Frederic

Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise, op.22
Ballades (4)
» no.4 in F minor, op.52
Barcarolle in F sharp major, op.60
Berceuse in D flat major, op.57
Bolero in A minor, op.19
Etudes (12), op.10
Etudes (12), op.25
Fantasy in F minor, op.49
Impromptu no.1 in A flat major, op.29
Impromptu no.2 in F sharp major, op.36
Impromptu no.3 in G flat major, op.51
Impromptu no.4 in C sharp minor, op.66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'
Introduction and Variations on 'Je vends des scapulaires' from Herold's 'Ludovic' in B flat major, op.12
Krakowiak: Grand Rondeau de concert, op.14
Nocturnes (21)
» no.1 in B flat minor, op.9 no.1
» no.2 in E flat major, op.9 no.2
» no.8 in D flat major, op.27 no.2
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11
Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.35 'Funeral March'
Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, op.58
Polonaise no.1 in C sharp minor, op.26 no.1
Polonaise no.2 in E flat minor, op.26 no.2
Polonaise no.3 in A major, op.40 no.1 'Military'
Polonaise no.4 in C minor, op.40 no.2
Polonaise no.5 in F sharp minor, op.44
Polonaise no.6 in A flat major, op.53 'Heroic'
Polonaise no.7 in A flat major, op.61 'Polonaise-Fantaisie'
Preludes (24), op.28
» no.16 in B flat minor
Scherzi (4)
» no.2 in B flat minor, op.31
Tarentelle in A flat major, op.43
Waltzes (19)

Couperin, Francois

Pieces de clavecin III
» Ordre 13 in B minor: Les Folies francaises, ou les Dominos
» Ordre 17 in E minor: Les Petits Moulins a vent
» Ordre 18 in F minor: Le Tic-toc-choc, ou Les Maillotins
Pieces de clavecin II
» Ordre 6 in B flat major: Les Barricades mysterieuses
» Ordre 6 in B flat major: Les Moissonneurs
Pieces de clavecin IV
» Ordre 22 in D major: L'Anguille
Pieces de clavecin I
» Ordre 2 in D major: Les Papillons
» Ordre 5 in A major: La Bandoline

Cziffra, Georges

Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Hungarian Dance no.5 (Brahms)
Improvisations on Guillaume Tell (Rossini)
Improvisations on La danza (Rossini)
Improvisations on The Blue Danube (Strauss)
Improvisations on Tritsch Tratsch Polka (Strauss)
Improvisations on Valse Triste (Vecsey)
Reminiscences de Johann Strauss
Rumanische Fantasie (traditional, arr. Cziffra)
Sabre Dance (Khachaturian)

Daquin, Louis-Claude

Pieces de clavecin Book 1
» Le Coucou
Pieces de clavecin Book 2
» no.15 L'Hirondelle

Debussy, Claude

La Mer
La Plus que lente, L121
Pour le piano
Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.8 La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)
Suite bergamasque
» III Clair de Lune

Dohnanyi, Erno

Concert Etudes (6), op.28
» no.6 in F minor

Falla, Manuel de

El amor brujo
» Ritual Fire Dance (arr. Georges Cziffra)

Franck, Cesar

Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra

Grieg, Edvard

Lyric Pieces: Book 3 (6), op.43
» no.1 Butterfly
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk

Rondo in E flat major, op.11 'Rondo favori'

Krebs, Johann Ludwig

Partita in E flat major, KWV827
» Bourree

Liszt, Franz

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March / Dance of the Fairies (after Mendelssohn), S410
Annees de Pelerinage, 1st Year 'Suisse', S160
Annees de Pelerinage, 2nd Year (supplement), Venezia e Napoli, S162
Annees de Pelerinage, 2nd Year, S161
Annees de Pelerinage, 3rd Year, S163
Ballade no.2 in B minor, S171
Chants polonais (6), S480 (after Chopin)
Concert Etudes (2), S145
Concert Etudes (3), S144
» no.2 La leggierezza
» no.3 Un sospiro
Etudes d'execution transcendante (12), S139
» no.9 in A flat major 'Ricordanza'
» no.10 in F minor 'Appassionata'
» no.12 in B flat minor 'Chasse-neige'
Etudes d'execution transcendante d'apres Paganini (6), S140
» no.3 in G sharp minor 'La campanella'
» no.5 in E major 'La chasse'
Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H, S529
Gaudeamus igitur - paraphrase, S240
Grand Galop chromatique, S219
Harmonies poetiques et religieuses, S173
» no.7 Funerailles
Hungarian Fantasy for piano and orchestra, S123
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19), S244
» no.1 in E major
» no.2 in C sharp minor
» no.3 in B flat major
» no.4 in E flat major
» no.5 in E minor
» no.6 in D flat major
» no.7 in D minor
» no.8 in F sharp minor
» no.9 in E flat major 'Carnival in Pest'
» no.10 in E major (Preludio)
» no.11 in A minor
» no.12 in C sharp minor
» no.13 in A minor
» no.14 in F minor
» no.15 in A minor 'Rakoczi-Marsch'
» no.16 in A minor (arr. Cziffra)
» no.19 in D minor
» no.19 in D minor (arr. Cziffra)
Legendes (2), S175
Liebestraume (3), S541
» no.3 Nocturne in A flat major
Melodies russes (2) 'Arabesques', S250
» I Le Rossignol (Alabiev)
Mephisto Waltz no.1, S514 'Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke'
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S124
Piano Concerto no.2 in A major, S125
Piano Sonata in B minor, S178
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky), S429
Polonaises (2), S223
Rhapsodie espagnole, S254
Rigoletto Paraphrase, S434
Soirees de Vienne: Valses caprices (9) d'apres Schubert S427
» no.6 in A minor
Tannhauser Overture, S422 (Wagner trans. Liszt for piano)
Tarantella di Bravura, S386 (Auber)
Totentanz, paraphrase on the 'Dies irae', S126
Valse Impromptu, S213
Valse de l'opera Faust (Gounod), S407
Valses oubliees (4), S215
» no.1 in F sharp major

Lully, Jean-Baptiste

Gavotte en rondeau in D minor

Mendelssohn, Felix

A Midsummer Night's Dream
» Scherzo (arr. Rachmaninov)
Fantasies (3), op.16
» no.2 Scherzo in E minor
Introduzione e Rondo capriccioso in E major, op.14
Piano Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.25
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 5, op.62
» no.6 in A major 'Fruhlingslied'
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 6, op.67
» no.4 in C major 'Spinning Song'

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Piano Sonata no.8 in A minor, K310
Piano Sonata no.11 in A major, K331
» III Rondo alla turca

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, op.18
Preludes (10), op.23
» no.5 in G minor

Rameau, Jean-Philippe

Dardanus
» Rigaudons 1/2
Nouvelles Suites de Pieces de Clavecin
» 12. La Poule
» 16. L'Egyptienne
Pieces de Clavecin (24) avec une methode pour la mecanique des doigts
» Suite in E minor: 4. Le rappel des oiseaux
» Suite in E minor: 8. Le Tambourin

Ravel, Maurice

Daphnis et Chloe: Suite no.2
Jeux d'eau
Le Tombeau de Couperin
» VI Toccata
Sonatine

Roussel, Albert

Bacchus et Ariane, op.43: Suite no.2

Saint-Saens, Camille

Etudes (6), op.52
» no.6 Etude en forme de valse

Scarlatti, Domenico

Keyboard Sonata in A major, K113
Keyboard Sonata in C major, K159 'La caccia'
Keyboard Sonata in D major, K96

Schubert, Franz

Impromptus (4), op.90 D899
» no.4 in A flat major
Impromptus (4), op.142 D935
» no.4 in F minor
Marches militaires (3), op.51 D733
» no.1 in D major

Schumann, Robert

Carnaval, op.9
Etudes symphoniques, op.13
Fantasiestucke (8), op.12
Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnival in Vienna), op.26
Kinderszenen, op.15
» no.7 Traumerei
Novelleten (8), op.21
» no.8 in F sharp minor
Toccata in C major, op.7

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23

Traditional

Sur le pont d'Avignon

Weber, Carl Maria von

Konzertstuck in F minor, op.79 J282

Artists

Georges Cziffra (piano)
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
Orchestre National de la Radio-Television Française
Orchestre National de l’Opera de Monte Carlo
Orchestre National de l’ORTF
Orchestre de Paris
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductors

Gyorgy Cziffra Jr
Pierre Dervaux
Carlo Maria Giulini
Manuel Rosenthal
Andre Vandernoot

About

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’s share constituted by Liszt 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’s Piano Concerto no.1 caught in 1957, with no less a partner than Carlo Maria Giulini.

2021 marks Georges Cziffra’s centenary, on 5 November. The present box gathers all the recordings included in the previous edition released in 2008. It has been enhanced with a 41st CD whose contents are officially released here for the first time:
- a studio recital recorded by NHK, Tokyo, 2 July 1967
- a live version of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto no.1 with Carlo Maria Giulini recorded at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 11 April 1957
- an improvisation on the traditional French theme Sur le pont d’Avignon recorded in 1977, Auditorium Franz Liszt, Senlis for a promo LP

All CD are presented in printed wallet illustrated with original LP artwork. A German translation of the texts has been added.

‘Cziffra, with his superb technique, Hungarian birthright and virtuoso flair, is the ideal exponent of this music and, predictably, there are wonderful things in these performances.’ – Gramophone

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