1933
He gave second public appearance in Budapest.
1934
1934 January 7. Dunacorsó-kávéházban / Sponsorship concert
Fejér György and Adler Tibor held a concert for donate to help G. Cziffra education, and prior this concert they sent 30 Pengő already. This approximately worth an one thirds of average monthly income of normal workers at that day.
from Magyar Országos Tudósító, 1934. január 27
1934. Hungary(Budapest, Franz Liszt Academy of Music?) / Video, Studio, Lossy
Schubert: Impromptu, D.899 - 4 (ending)
1936
Dohnányi Ernő told to press - there are two promising students in the academy, Faragó György and.. Cziffra. But unfortunately, Faragó György has died early at age 31(1944).
from Prágai Magyar Hirlap, 1936. január 1
1937
His first time abroad, in Scandinavian countries, and in Holland.
1938
1938 February 5 19:15. / Budapest Radio Broadcast
plays piano with pianist Kovács István
from newspaper Eger - napilap 1938-02-06
1938 April 9 17:00. / Budapest Radio Broadcast
plays piano with pianist Kovács István
from newspaper Eger - napilap 1938-04-10
1938 June 16. Korona(?) / Live / Guest appearance for "Mariska Komáromi Students' Competition"
Recital: Bach, Liszt, Chopin, Dohnanyi
from newspaper: Eger - napilap, 1938 June 16
1939
He was ready for second trip abroad, but World War I broke out, so he grinded his skill, but the time was not easy for musicians.
1939 November 18 17:50. / Budapest I Radio appearance
G. Cziffra on piano
from Nyírvidék - Szabolcsi Hírlap, 1939.11.17
1941
1941 October 19 16:00. Zeneakadémia / Live / "military music and song evenings"
Invited a hundred wounded Hungarian veterans. And cziffra was on of the performers.
from Magyar Országos Tudósító, 1941. október 15
1942
Got married with Soleika Cziffra.
1942 July 8.
Date marked - maybe related to Cziffra Jr.
Cziffra Jr. was born 1942.
1945
1945 October. venue unknown / Guest appearance of "Az Első Hadosztály diákhangversenye"
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.30
and some more...
Played by Cziffra Gyorgy "őrm" as he was a soldier at that time.
from newspaper: Pápai Néplap – I. évfolyam – 1945.10.10
1946
1946 September.
Now he got back to home, as he retired from the army in 1946 as a "staff sergeant", after long years of absence.
1947
He appeared on Kelényi György szalon- és tánczenekar in Budapest for earn a living. and many more (Café de Paris, Kedves, Adlon, Capri, Füzék, Garden Club...)
source from Budapest folyóirat 1945-2021 / Budapest, 1947. and Állambiztonsági Szolgálatok Történeti Levéltára document
1947 May 3 22:00. / Budapest II Radio appearance
Mészáros Gyula sings, G. Cziffra plays piano
from Magyar Nép, 1947. április 27
1947 March 24 16:00. / Budapest I Radio appearance
G. Cziffra on piano
from Új Dunántúl, 1947. március 23
1947 July 5 20:05. / Budapest II Radio appearance
G. Cziffra on piano
from Új dunántúl, 1947. június 29
1947 December 13 16:00. / Budapest I Radio appearance
G. Cziffra played his own compositions on piano
from Délmagyarország, 1947. december 13
1948
1948 February 19. 21:30. Hódmezővásárhely / Live
accompanying programs were performaned by some names including G. Cziffra
from Független Újsag, 1948. február 19
1948 March 19. Ipartestület székházában, Nyíregyháza / Live
accompanying programs were performaned by some names including G. Cziffra
from Magyar Nép, 1948. március 18
1948. Hungary / Audio, Studio / APR 5545
Couperin: Second livre de pièces de clavecin; Ordre VI - 1 Les Moissonneurs
Chopin: Etude, Op.10 - 4
Short piece in baroque style*
* not released by APR
1949
1949 January 4 19:00. / Budapest I Radio appearance
piano performance by G. Cziffra
from Nyírségi Magyar Nép, 1949. január 4
1949 March 14 19:45. / Petőfi Rádió
piano performance by G. Cziffra
from Dunántúli Napló, 1949. március 12
1949 April 21 20:30. / Kossuth Rádió
appeared with many artists and Broadway jazz ensemble.
from Dunántúli Napló, 1949. április 16
1949 June 14 20:50. / Kossuth Rádió
appeared with many artists and Budapest orchestra
from Dunántúli Napló, 1949. június 11
1950
1950 February 13.
He decided to get out of Hungary to earn a living, but got captured before make it. (captured at the Csehszlovákia)
and he sentenced for two years with Soleika Cziffra.
1950. Budapest / Audio, Studio, Lossy
Improvisation (latter part is improvising Strauss' donau)
l'appartement de son professeur.
1952
Late 1952
He got released.
Then he worked at Anna cukrászdában, a Budagyöngye Étteremben, a Pilvax és a Kék Duna kávéházakban and more..
1953
1953 October 12. Déryné színházban, Mikolcon / Live
As a part of musical titled "Tanulj tőlünk boldogságot", G. Cziffra and some other artists performed this program.
from Észak-Magyarország, 1953. október 9
1953 October 26. / Live
appeared with some other artists, and he seems have played:
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 2
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (suite), Op.71a
Verdi/Cziffra: Il trovatore
from Bácskiskunmegyei Népújság, 1953. november 3
1953 October 31. Május 1 Kultúrotthonban, Komló / Live
As a part of musical titled "Tanulj tőlünk boldogságot", G. Cziffra and some other artists performed this program.
from Dunántúli Napló, 1953. október 25
1954
1954 June 11 20h. Zeneakadémia / Live, no recordings available
Bach: Italian Concerto
Scarlatti: Six Keyboard Sonatas (maybe K. 96, 101, 159, 284, 446, 533?)
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Beethoven: Variations, WoO 80
Kodály: Sirató
Kodály: Esik a városban
Ferenc Szabó: Two pieces from "Felszabadult melódiák"
Bartók: Allegro Barbaro, Sz.49
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 4 Mazeppa
Liszt: Valse oubliée, S.215 (No.1?)
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
from poster in A virtuóz (2016) https://youtu.be/4ug0ngDo6E8?t=1388
1954 June 21 15:40. / Kossuth Rádió
A Császár—Groll harmonikakettős and Cziffra György on piano
from Észak-Magyarország, 1954. június 20
1954 October 21. Hungarian Radio / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219&
Liszt: Valse oubliée, S.215 - 1
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 4 Mazeppa
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 5 Feux follets*#
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10^
* by APR 5545 : 1955 Budapest.
^ by APR 7021 : 1955 August 15.
# by APR 7021 : 1954 October 22.
& In Hungaroton HCD 32858(Digital release), this recording is stated as "first Hungarian sound recording". some releases from Hungaroton listed that this recording has taken from 1955 Oct 21. See https://hungarotonmusic.com/the-essential-classics-cziffra-the-100th-anniversary-hcd-32858
1954 October 28 20h. / Live, no further information
Bach: Prelude & Fugue in f minor (881 or 857?)
Couperin: Bandoline
Krebs: Bourree
Bach, C.P.E.: Andantino in b minor
G. M. Monn: A Dühös Ember
Scarlatti: Sonata in F Major (Pastorale)
Scarlatti: Sonata in C Major (Scherzo)
Scarlatti: Sonata in G Major (Bacchanalia)
J. Field: Rondo (from Sonata 2nd mov)
Schumann: Des Abends, Aufschwung, Traumeswirren
Beethoven: Rondo a capriccio, Op.129
Chopin: Nocturne in b minor
Chopin: Etude, Op.10 in C Major (1 or 7)
Chopin: Etude, Op.10 - 4 & 8
Chopin: Etude, Op.25 - 12
Liszt: Soirées de Vienne, S.427 (maybe No.6 only?)
Liszt: Liebestraume, S.541
Balakirev: Islamey, Op.18
from poster
1954 November 04. Hungaroton Studio / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.12 - 7 Traumes Wirren
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Liszt: Soirées de Vienne, S.427 - 6
Balakirev: Islamey, Op.18
Khachaturian/Cziffra: Sabre Dance
Rimsky-Korsakov/Cziffra: Le vol du bourdon
1954-1956. Budapest / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Liszt: Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto, S.434
Verdi/Cziffra: Il trovatore
Liszt: Konzertparaphrase über Mendelssohns Hochzeitsmarsch und Elfenreigen aus der Musik zu Shakespeares Sommernachtstraum, S.410
Liszt: Tarantelle di bravura d’après la tarantelle de La muette de Portici, S.386
Brahms/Cziffra: Hungarian Dance - 5
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 19
1955
1955 January 20. Hungaroton Studio / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145
Field: Piano Sonata, Op.1 - 2 Rondo(Allegretto)
Vecsey/Cziffra: Valse triste
1955 February 10 20h. Franz Liszt Academy of Music / "Cziffra György zongoraestje" / Live, no recordings known
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49
Chopin: Piano Sonata, Op.35
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto, S.434
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 4
http://db.zti.hu/koncert/koncert_Adatlap.asp?kID=13215
1955 February 19 20h. Franz Liszt Academy of Music / "A Magyar Állami Hangversenyzenekar Hangversenye" / Live, no recordings known
Schubert: Symphony, D.759
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Farkas, Ferenc: Suite for orchestra from the ballet “The sly students”
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Respighi: Feste Romane
Zoltán Rozsnyai/Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra
http://db.zti.hu/koncert/koncert_Adatlap.asp?kID=13226
1955 March 16. National Theater, Budapest / Live
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (overture-fantasia), TH 42
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Tchaikovsky: Symphony, Op.67
Rubányi Vilmos/Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV
from Délmagyarország, 1955. március 13
1955 April 01. Hungaroton Studio / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
1955 April 14. Hungaroton Studio / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
1955 May 18 20:00. Rudolfinum, Dvořák Hall, Prague / Live / 1955 Prague Spring Festival
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F minor (BWV 534? or 881?)
Couperin: Second livre de pièces de clavecin; Ordre VI - 1 Les Moissonneurs
Scarlatti: one of Keyboard Sonata ("Bacchanalia"??)
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Monn, Georg Matthias: L'Homme de Colère
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.12 - 1 Des Abends & 2 Aufschwung
Balakirev: Islamey, Op.18
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 4
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 1 Waldesrauschen
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
from program https://festival.cz/koncerty/klavirni-recital-gyorgy-cziffra/
1955 May (19?-28?). Czech / 5th concert of 1955 Bratislavai Nemzetközi Zenei Fesztivál
Haydn Symphony (No.94?)
and Debussy, Kodaly
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
and few encores by Cziffra
Ferencsik János/Magyar Állami Hangversenyzenekar
from Uj Szó, 1955. május 28
1955 May(February?) 21. Budapest, Concert Hall in Franz Liszt Academy of Music / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Zoltán Rozsnyai/Hungarian State Orchestra
Strauss Jr./Cziffra: Die Fledermaus
Strauss Jr./Cziffra: Der Zigeunerbaron
1955 July 23 20h. Károlyi-kert, Budapest / "A Magyar Állami Hangverseny Zenekar Hangversenye" / Live, no recordings known
Weber: Oberon - Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Liszt: Les préludes, S.97
Miklós Lukács/Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra
http://db.zti.hu/koncert/koncert_Adatlap.asp?kID=13738
1955 August. Hungaroton Studio / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Cziffra: Fantasie roumaine
1955 October 17. National Theater, Budapest / Live
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (overture-fantasia), TH 42
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Tchaikovsky: Symphony, Op.64
Fejér György/Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV
At that time, G. Cziffra was going for Soviet Union for a concert tour.
from newspaper Dunántúli Napló, 1955. október 9
1955 October 31. National Theater, Budapest / Live
Wagner: Rienzi, WWV 49 - Overture
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Dvořák: Symphony, Op.95
Fejér György/Szegedi Bartók Béla Filharmonikus Zenekar
First concert of Szegedi Bartók Béla Filharmonikus Zenekar, this orchestra was founded by Vilmos Rubanyi but he didn't conducted the first concert.
from newspaper Délmagyarország, 1955. november 2
1955 November 8. Erkel Theatre, Budapest / "Az Állami Operaház tagjaiból alakult Budapesti Filharmóniai Társaság hangversenye" / Live, no recordings known
Weber: Der Freischütz, Op.77 - Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Vilmos Komor/Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
http://db.zti.hu/koncert/koncert_Adatlap.asp?kID=14436
1955. Prague / Audio, Studio / ICA, originally from Qualiton and Supraphon LP
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.446
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.159
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.533
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.284
Couperin: Second livre de pièces de clavecin; Ordre VI - 1 Les Moissonneurs
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 2
very rare performance of scarlatti.
These materials reveals his style of early days.
G. Cziffra played at the Prague Spring Festival in 1955 May 18, so I assume this recording was made at that time.
1955. Budapest / Audio, Live / APR 5545
Liszt: Le rossignol, S.250/1 (no applause at end, but some coughs during playing)
1955. Budapest / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Cziffra: Paraphrase on Strauss' Die Fledermaus (12m 12s)
1956
1956 January 20. Budapest / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Strauss Jr./Cziffra: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op.214
1956 February 09 20h. Franz Liszt Academy of Music / "Cziffra György zongoraestje" / Live, no recordings known
Rameau: Suite for Harpsichord in A minor (I think it is just one piece, not the whole one)
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in A Major (maybe K.101 or 533)
Couperin: Troisième livre de pièce de clavecin; Ordre XVIII - 6 Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins
Lully: Gavotte*
Turrini, Ferdinando Gasparo: Presto (It is likely an excerpt from one of Harpsichord Sonatas, B Major?)
Beethoven: Polonaise, Op.89
Liszt: Consolation, S.172 - 3
Rachmaninoff: Prelude, Op.23 - 5
Balakirev: Islamey, Op.18
http://db.zti.hu/koncert/koncert_Adatlap.asp?kID=14870
1956 March 2 20h. Bartók-terem / "A Tátrai Vonósnégyes Kamaraestje" / Live, no recordings known available
Schubert: String Quartet, D.804!
Mozart: Piano Quartet, K.478*
Beethoven: String Quartet, Op.131!
Tátrai Quartet
! Vilmos Tátrai as violin, Mihály Szűcs as violin, József Iványi as viola, Ede Banda as cello
* Vilmos Tátrai as violin,József Iványi as viola, Ede Banda as cello, Georges Cziffra as piano
http://db.zti.hu/koncert/koncert_Adatlap.asp?kID=14902
1956 March 19 20h. Erkel Theatre, Budapest / "A Magyar-Szovjet Barátság Hónapja" / Live, no recordings known available
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 - Overture
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Franck: Symphony in D minor
Kirill Kondrashin/Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra
http://db.zti.hu/koncert/koncert_Adatlap.asp?kID=14926
1956 April 07 20h. Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest / "Hangverseny az árvízkárosultak javára. Cziffra György zongoraestje" / Live, no recordings known available
Rameau: Suite for Harpsichord in A minor (I think it is just one piece, not the whole one)
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Couperin: Second livre de pièces de clavecin; Ordre VI - 1 Les Moissonneurs
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in A Major (maybe K.101 or 533)
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C Major (maybe K.159)
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Beethoven: Variations, WoO 80
Chopin: Mazurka in A minor
Chopin: Waltz in Ab Major
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.12 - 5 In der Nacht
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.12 - 2 Aufschwung
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Bizet/Cziffra: Carmen fantasie
Weber: Oberon - Overture*
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123*
*Miklós Lukács/Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV
http://db.zti.hu/koncert/koncert_Adatlap.asp?kID=15125
1956 April 26. Hungaroton Studio / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16
Zoltán Rozsnyai/Hungarian State Orchestra
1956 May 07. Déryné Színház / "Cziffra György MÁV Szimfónikusok közreműködésével" / Live, no recordings known available
program unknown
conductor unknown/Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV
http://db.zti.hu/koncert/koncert_Adatlap.asp?kID=15181
1956 May 21. Erkel Theatre, Budapest / "A MÁV Szimfonikusok hangversenye" / Live, no recordings known available
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Smetana: Má Vlast, JB 1:112 - 2 Vltava
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Miklós Lukács/Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV
http://db.zti.hu/koncert/koncert_Adatlap.asp?kID=15217
1956 June 22 15:30. / Kossuth Rádió
Fritz Kreisler as violin, and Cziffra as piano
from Észak-Magyarország, 1956. június 16
1956 June 22. Hungaroton Studio / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 2
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 8 Wilde Jagd
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 11 Harmonies du soir
1956 June 30 20h. Károlyi-kert, Budapest / "A Magyar Állami Hangversenyzenekar Hangversenye" / Live, no recordings known available
Weiner, Leó: Hungarian Folk Dance Suite, Op.18
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Schubert: Symphony, D.485
Zoltán Rozsnyai/Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra
http://db.zti.hu/koncert/koncert_Adatlap.asp?kID=15265
1956 August 15. Hungaroton Studio / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
György Lehel/Budapest SO
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 1
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 3 Paysage
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 6 Vision
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 7 Eroica
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 9 Ricordanza
1956 August 21. Hungaroton Studio / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 2 & 6 & 12 & 15
1956 September 29. Hungaroton Studio / Audio, Studio / Hungaroton
Strauss Jr./Cziffra: An der schönen blauen Donau, Op.314*
Liszt: Ouvertüre zu Tannhäuser, S.442^
* by APR 5545, 1954 Budapest.
^ In Hungaroton HCD 32858(Digital release), this recording is stated as "the last one". Some releases from Hungaroton listed that this recording has taken from somewhere beetween 1954 and 1956. See https://hungarotonmusic.com/the-essential-classics-cziffra-the-100th-anniversary-hcd-32858
1956 October 13. Pécs / Rehearsal for concert 2 days later
3 times of rehearsal and interview
Unger Ernő/Pécsi Szimfonikus Zenekar
Cziffra said he would go Yugoslavia(Belgrade and Zagreb), and Hamburg(Nov 24), Paris(Dec 2), London(Dec 9), then Brussels, Vienna, Salzburg, Linz, and Austrailia(Spring 1957). But most of them were not realized due to Hungarian Revolution.
from newspaper: Dunántúli Napló, 1956. október 14
1956 October 15 18:30 & 16 21:30(?). Pécs / Live
Haydn: Symphony No.104 in D major, Hob.I:104
Bartok: Piano Concerto, Sz.95
Schubert: Symphony, D.759
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Unger Ernő/Pécsi Szimfonikus Zenekar
from newspaper: Dunántúli Napló, 1956. október 12 & 14 & 17
1956 October 21. Chamber stage(Kamara Színpad) of Nemzeti Kamaraszínház / "A Postás Szimfonikus Zenekar Liszt-estje" / Live, no recordings known
Liszt: Les préludes, S.97
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124*
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 2
János Káldor/Postás Szimfonikus Zenekar
* The source says that "Szendrei Imre" played a piano on this piece buy it seems unlikely.
http://db.zti.hu/koncert/koncert_Adatlap.asp?kID=15361
1956 October 22 20h. Erkel Theatre, Budapest / Audio, Live / Joint concert of Franz Liszt Competition and Closing of Bartok Festival / EMI*
Vivaldi: Concerto, RV 556
Bartok: Piano Concerto, Sz.95*
Brahms: Symphony, Op.73
Mario Rossi/Budapest Symphony Orchestra
G. Cziffra claims that he took this piece on behalf of a chinese pianist, prepared this piece for 6 weeks.
1956 November 17 19h30. Wien, Brahmssaal(Austria debut) / Live, no further informations can be found.
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.101 or 533 (?) in A Major
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.159 (?) in C Major
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.96 (?) in D Major
Mozart: Piano Sonata, K.310
Beethoven: Variations, WoO 80
-interval-
Liszt: Valse oubliée, S.215 - 1
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 2
"It caused such a sensation that news of the event reached The New Yorker: 'His technique in octaves is flawless, his tempi and fingering are astonishing, and he uses little pedal-his performance being made up of great musicianly hands and great musical intelligence', ran the review." by Alan Thorpe Albeson in ICA 5008
"Gyorgy Cziffra erstes Konzert in der Freiheit"
On behalf of tatrai quartet's cancellation due to Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
from archive https://www.musikverein.at/en/concert/eventid/29952
1956 November 18. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Khachaturian/Cziffra: Sabre Dance
Rimsky-Korsakov/Cziffra: Le vol du bourdon
Vecsey/Cziffra: Valse triste
Strauss Jr./Cziffra: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op.214
Cziffra: Réminiscences de Johann Strauss
Brahms/Cziffra: Hungarian Dance - 5
Cziffra: Fantasie roumaine
december?
1956 December 02. Châtelet Theatre(Paris debut) 17:45 / Live, no further informations can be found.
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Georges Tzipine/Colonne SO
encore:
Lully: Gavotte
Liszt: (?)
Heller: (?)
"Le soir du 2 décembre 1956, au théâtre du Châtelet, un pianiste inconnu des Français dut bisser trois fois le Concerto en mi bémol de Liszt. L'enthousiasme du public était à son comble. Ainsi, accompagné par l'orchestre des Concerts Colonne dirigé par Georges Tzipine, Gyorgy Cziffra, conquit Paris." by Tele magazine
"I would like to be the first French journalist to mention the name of Gyorgy Cziffra. Perhaps you will have some difficulty to pronounce his name, but he will be famous tomorrow. Since Horowitz(The Horowitz before 1949) I don't remember having heard a pianist so brilliant ...." by Figaro
"'Hats off to Hungarian' - Gyorgy Cziffra, one of Hungary's foremost pianist and winner of the Franz Liszt prize, made a sensational Paris debut at the Colonne Orchestra's Sunday concert in Liszt's E flat piano concerto. The audience reaction was such that these(?????) encores were given before the concert could co??????, a rare and not always welcome inturruption in a symphonic programme" by New York Herald Tribune
https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1956/12/08/concerts-colonne-georgy-cziffra-louis-vaillant_2242667_1819218.html
1956 December 04. RTF / no further information
recital program ???
http://christian-lorandin.eklablog.com/sur-un-plateau-de-la-rtf-4-decembre-1956-a118929020
Session 1% (1/2), Session 8# (1/3), Session 11* (1/2), Session 12^ (1/2)
1956 December 06. Paris, Salle Wagram#*^ & Théâtre Fontaine%* / Audio, Studio / EMI
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.12
Lully: Gavotte*
Krebs: Bourrée*
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.159*
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.101*
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245*
Daquin: Pièce de Clavecin; Troisième Livre - 1 Le Coucou*
Couperin: Troisième livre de pièce de clavecin; Ordre XVIII - 6 Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins*
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11^
Mozart: Piano Sonata, K.310%
Session 11 (2/2)
1956 December 18. Paris, Théâtre Fontaine & Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Lully: Gavotte
Krebs: Bourrée
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.159
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.101
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Daquin: Pièce de Clavecin; Troisième Livre - 1 Le Coucou
Couperin: Troisième livre de pièce de clavecin; Ordre XVIII - 6 Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins
Session 8 (2/3)
1956 December 23. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.12
1956 December 27. Paris, Théâtre Fontaine & Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Tchaikovsky/Liszt: Eugene Onegin, Op.24; Act III - 19 Polonaise
1956 December. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.12 - 1 Des Abends
Khachaturian/Cziffra: Sabre Dance (two diffrent versions)
Rimsky-Korsakov/Cziffra: Le vol du bourdon*
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Cziffra: Réminiscences de Johann Strauss
Test recordings, these are unedited takes.
* released 1956, others are first appeared on 2008 EMI box set release.
1957
Session 1 (2/2), Session 8* (3/3)
1957 January 04. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Mozart: Piano Sonata, K.310
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.12*
Not 1956 Jan 04. I think it was a mis typo in the booklet of EMI Box set.
Check- Cziffra Edition Vol.5
* session 8
1957 January 15. Salle Pleyel, Paris / Audio, Live, Broadcasted (Looking for full material)
maybe -
Mozart: Piano Sonata, K.310
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op.12
Weber: Aufforderung zum Tanze, Op.65
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K. ??? (some sonatas)
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
encore:
Khachaturian/Cziffra: Sabre Dance
Rimsky-Korsakov/Cziffra: Le vol du bourdon*
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA_-66IlG28
Session 14 (1/3)
1957 January 28. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Pierre Dervaux/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
Session 14* (2/3), Session 13^ (1/2)
1957 January 29. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124*
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123^
Pierre Dervaux/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
Session 14* (3/3), Session 13^ (2/2)
1957 February 01. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124*
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123^
Pierre Dervaux/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
1957 February 13 20h15. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium / Live, no recordings available
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
encore--
Beethoven: Polonaise, Op.89
Scarlatti: one of Keyboard Sonata
Liszt: one of Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139
Hermann Scherchen/Belgium National Orchestra
from newspaper / Le Soir(1957 February 15, page 2)
1957 February 16. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Beethoven: Polonaise, Op.89
It must be a mis typo.. cziffra emi box set indicates it was played 1956 feb 16, which is impossible.
In the compilation album titled "les introuvables de Cziffra" indicates this has taken from 1956 Dec & 1957 Jan-Mar.
Indefinite 13 (1/3)
1957 February 23. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este^
Liszt: Valse oubliée, S.215 - 1*
Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541 - 3 Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst*
* Mar 15?
^ Feb 23?
Indefinite 14 (1/2)
1957 February. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz, S.514
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
may be same date with 1957 February 23 & March 15.
Indefinite 13 (2/2)
1957 March 15. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este^
Liszt: Valse oubliée, S.215 - 1*
Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541 - 3 Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst*
* Mar 15?
^ Feb 23?
Indefinite 14 (2/2)
1957 March. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz, S.514
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
may be same date with 1957 February 23 & March 15.
Indefinite 18 (1/3)
1957 April 06. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Pierre Dervaux/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
1957 April 11. Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris / Audio, Live
Boccherini: Symphony, G.519
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23*&
Mussorgsky: La Khovantschina - Introduction
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Carlo Maria Giulini/Orchestre National de France
Giulini's first time to conduct Orchestre National de France in Paris.
from program note
Released by St-Laurent YSL 0889 T, ERATO 0190296729249, FORGOTTEN RECORDS fr-1851, Everlast(Everseen) EVS-1126-M
Indefinite 18 (2/3)
1957 April 12. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Pierre Dervaux/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
Indefinite 18 (3/3)
1957 April 16. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Pierre Dervaux/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
1957 April. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9
1957 May 15. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Falla/Cziffra: Danse rituelle de feu
Balakirev: Islamey, Op.18
Session 2 (1/2)
1957 June 24. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 1 & 4 & 7 & 8
1957 July 18. Ravinia Festival(debut), Chicago / Live, no further informations can be found.
Schumann: Symphony, Op.120
Reznicek: Donna Diana; Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16*
Franck: Le chasseur maudit
* Georges Cziffra, piano
Carl Schuricht/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
http://carlschuricht.com/concert.htm
1957 July 19. Ravinia Festival, Chicago / Live, no further informations can be found.
Scubert: Symphony, D.759
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124*
Brahms: Symphony, Op.90
Weber: Euryanthe, Op.81; Overture
* Georges Cziffra, piano
Carl Schuricht/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
http://carlschuricht.com/concert.htm
"Mr. Cziffra did everything right in the Liszt concerto and that is that." - Chicago Tribune 1957 July 20
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1957/07/20/page/17/article/ravinia-concert-moves-this-way-and-that
1957 July 23. Hollywood Bowl / Live, original recordings reserved in "David Swedlow Concert Recordings" archive / Hollywood Bowl debut
Rossini: La gazza ladra; Overture
Brahms: Symphony, Op.98
--interval--
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.21
Milton Katims/Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
from newspaper (La Opinion 23 Jun 1957)
1957 August 1. Hollywood Bowl / Live, digitized recordings reserved in "David Swedlow Concert Recordings" archive / Second appearance to Hollywood Bowl
Stravinsky: Pulcinella (suite), K034
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
--interval--
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Beethoven: Symphony, Op.67
Georg Solti/Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
http://christian-lorandin.eklablog.com/cziffra-solti-et-liszt-1957-1ere-tournee-aux-etats-unis-a159045014
"Georges Cziffra created so much excitement in his Hollywood Bowl debut last week that his second appearance there yesterday evening drew one of the largest crowds of the season and one of the most responsive audiences. Cziffra revealed lyric beauty, delicacy, pensiveness and civilized exuberance. one admired the stupendous technique that enabled him to produce sascades of descending octaves, glittering double note passages, shining phrases of ornament. But one admired still more the musicianship and taste that incorporated these physical feats into a demonstration of the genuine and seldom-revealed beauties of this concerto. Cziffra is a welcome recruit to the elite group of great pianists." by Patterson Greene, Los angeles Examiner (Aug 2, 1957)
1957 August 6. St. Denis Theatre, Montreal / Montreal Festival
Beethoven: Symphony, Op.92
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
--intermission--
Rossini: La gazza ladra - Overture
Morel, Francois: Antiphonie (1953)
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
encore:
Lully: Gavotte
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.96
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Wilfrid Pelletier/Montreal Symphony Orchestra
from newspaper(The Montreal Gazette, 1957 aug 6), (La Patrie 31 Jul 1957), (Le Petit Journal 11 Aug 1957)
1957 August 14 20:30. St. Denis Theatre, Montreal / Montreal Festival
piano recital:
CPE Bach, Scarlatti, Couperin, Lully, Hummel, Mozart, Beethoven programs including:
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Lully: Gavotte
Couperin: Troisième livre de pièce de clavecin; Ordre XVIII - 6 Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata (which one?)
Mozart: Piano Sonata, K.310
Beethoven: Polonaise, Op.89
--intermission--
Liszt programs including:
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Valse oubliée, S.215 - 1
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 2
from newspaper(The Montreal Gazette, 1957 aug 6), (Le Petit Journal 18 Aug 1957), (Le Petit Journal 11 Aug 1957)
1957 August 21 20h. Kursaal, Ostende, Belgium / Live, replaced by Aldo Ciccolini
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 - Overture
Brahms: Symphony, Op.98
Wilhelm Schüchter/Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Replaced by Aldo Ciccolini because Cziffra can't arrive to Belgium on time
from newspaper Le Soir(1957 August 23 page 6) / Le Soir(1957 August 15 page 14)
1957 September 13. Montreux / Audio, Live, Lossy
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Eugen Jochum/NDR Sinfonieorchester
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rseOObi8TkY
released by Everlast(Everseen) EVS-1126-M
1957 September 21 (SAT) 20h, Royal Festival Hall(London & English debut) / Live, no further information
Mendelssohn: Symphony, Op.90
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124*
Prokofiev: Symphony, Op.25
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123*
Arnold, Malcolm: Tam O'Shanter Overture, Op.51
* G. Cziffra, piano
Alexander Gibson/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
4 encore including---
Beethoven: Variations on 'God Save the King', WoO 78 (he lost memory of latter part)
Rimsky-Korsakov/Cziffra: Le vol du bourdon
"The first appearance in England of the sensational Hungarian pianist"
S.A. Gorlinsky presents.
from poster, program note, etc., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf5NkdJpNXo
"Once in a while occurs a performance that upsets established standards and sets new ones. I had almost given up hope of hearing a fresh pianist who would combine the formidable technique pretty common today with the musicianly sensibility that is all too rare - until the advent of Gyorgy Cziffra at his English debut in the Festival Hall on 21 September. Now in his middle thirties, he was a pupil of Dohnanyi in his native Budapest, where he won the Franz Liszt Prize in 1955, but for political reasons seized a chance to leave Hungary during the tragic uprising last autumn and now lives in France. Those who heard a gramophone record of Cziffra issued here this summer were forewarned of a remarkable artist, but his concert appearance with Alexander Gibson and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra surpassed expectations.
Cziffra played Liszt's E flat Concerto and the Hungarian Fantasia - not a programme to give the full measure of a pianist by any means, but one that in his case left little in doubt. His savage, properly flamboyant treatment of the Fantasia contrasted sharply with sensitive, eloquent playing in the Concerto, wherein he sought - and found - beauty of phrase and spirit beneath the surface glitter and sentiment. No technical feat seemed beyond his agile fingers and powerful wrists, capable of a full range of dynamic shading, mellow tone even in fortissimo and lightning speed, but technique was subordinated to a conception of the music that defined him as an interpretative artist in the best sense of the word. Four solo encores, led by a jet-powered Flight of the Bumble Bee, were demanded before the orchestra could proceed. Mr. Gibson obtained splendidly crisp and clear accompaniments, and added much to the evening's pleasure by his poised and spirited direction of Mendelssohn's 'Italian' and Prokofiev's 'Classical' Symphonies." Noel Goodwin - The Musical Times November 1957 pp.626(Vol. 98, No. 1377)
The Glasgow Herald 23 Sep 1957
1957 September 22. Toronto / Live
program unknown.
from newspaper
Indefinite 1 (1/6)
1957 September 26-27 / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139
1957 October 24. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Rossini/Cziffra: Improvisation sur des thèmes de Guillaume Tell
1957 October 31. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 3 & 5 & 9 & 10
Session 2 (2/2)
1957 November 12. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 1 & 4 & 7 & 8
1957 November 14,15,17. NY / CANCELLED
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
André Cluytens/NYPO
CBS Broadcast scheduled
Due to hand injury. Instead, A. Ciccolini played Variations Symphoniques(C. Franck), A. Tchaikowsky played Concerto Fm(Chopin).
1957 December 02. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 11
1957 December 09. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 12
Indefinite 1 (2/6)
1957 December 19. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139
Beethoven: Variations, WoO 80*
* not indefinite. only 1957 Dec 19.
Session 12 (2/2)
1957 December. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
1957. Paris / Audio, Live
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Lully: Gavotte
Rimsky-Korsakov/Cziffra: Le vol du bourdon
unknown conductor/orchestra
(Radio France?)
1958
1958 January 05. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Tarantelle di bravura d’après la tarantelle de La muette de Portici, S.386
Gounod/Liszt: Faust; Act II - 5 Walzer und Chor
1958 January 14. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.54
Beethoven: Variations on 'God Save the King', WoO 78
1958 January 21. Royal Festival Hall / Live, no further information
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.125*
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16*
Smetana: Má Vlast, JB 1:112 - 2 Vltava
Kenry Krips/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
* G. Cziffra, piano
from program note
1958 January 28(Broadcast date). The Chelsea Palace Theatre / Live, TV broadcast / "Chelsea at Nine"
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Khachaturian/Cziffra: Sabre Dance
It was broadcasted on TV by Granada TV Network.
source: The Musical Times - March 1958 Vol. 99, No. 1381 pp.149 - article by Harold Rutland
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2142236/
Session 7 (1/2)
1958 February 15. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Beethoven: Variations on the Russian Dance from the Ballet 'Das Waldmädchen' WoO 71
1958 February 23. Colonne / low crediblility
unknown program
1958 February 25. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 14
Beethoven: Rondo a capriccio, Op.129
Indefinite 1 (3/6)
1958 February 25. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139
Indefinite 1 (4/6)
1958 February 27. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139
1958 March 07(?). Auditorium di Torino
concerto, program unknown
Vittoria Gui/unknown orchestra
from la stampa 7 Marzo 1958, RADIO BROADCAST(1958.03.08. 01:05) on programma nazionale(RAI 1)
1958 March 10 21h15. Auditorium di Torino / Live, no further information
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (suite)^
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124*
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Fulvio Vernizzi/Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI
^ Coro di Torino della Radiotelevisione Italiana and Ruggero Maghini also featured
http://www.osn.teche.rai.it/Search.aspx?lang=en
* released by IDIS, Archipel on CD
1958 March 16 17h30. Teatro Argentina, Rome / Live, no further information
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Weber: Oberon - Overture
Carlo Zecchi/Orchestra stabile dell'Accademia
http://bibliomediateca.santacecilia.it/bibliomediateca/cms.view?munu_str=0_1_0_4&numDoc=276&physDoc=67236&pflag=personalizationFindBiblioteca
http://bibliomediateca.santacecilia.it/bibliomediateca/cms.view?munu_str=0_2_0&numDoc=29&pflag=personalizationFindCronologia&physDoc=3950&dataNormal=19580316-19580316
1958 May 18 20h30. Grand Auditorium, Luxembourg / Live
Beethoven: Coriolan, Op.62
Beethoven: Symphony, Op.92
Kodály: Galántai táncok
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23*
encore by Cziffra:
Beethoven: (?)
Henri Pensis/grand orchestre de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
from newspaper Le Soir(1958 May 21 page 7) / Le Soir(1958 May 18 page 5)
with support of Radio-Saarbrücken, over 200 orchestra players performed. (from Luxemburger Wort 1958 May 20) but can't make even joint rehearsal due to late distribution of orchestral intruments!
* Radio broadcasted at 1958 June 16 21h16 for an hour, confirmed by newspaper Luxemburger Wort 1958 June 14, 1 June 1968
1958 May 30. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 15
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
Indefinite 1 (5/6)
1958 May 30. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139
Session 9 (1/2)
1958 June 06. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26
Session 7 (2/2)
1958 June 13. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Beethoven: Variations on the Russian Dance from the Ballet 'Das Waldmädchen' WoO 71
1958 June 23. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Beethoven: Für Elise, WoO 59
Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 - 4
Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 - 6
Brahms: Waltz, Op.39 - 15
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op.15 - 7 Träumerei
Debussy: Préludes (Book 1) - 8 La fille aux cheveux de lin
Indefinite 1 (6/6)
1958 June 26. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139
1958 June 27. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Chopin: Waltz, Op.64 - 1
Chopin: Etude, Op.10 - 3
Debussy: Suite bergamasque - 3 Clair de Lune
1958 June. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Le rossignol, S.250/1
1958 July 4-5. London, Kingsway Hall / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.125
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16*
André Vandernoot/Philharmonia Orchestra
* also released by Regis
1958 September 29-30. London, Kingsway Hall / Audio, Studio / EMI
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
André Vandernoot/Philharmonia Orchestra
1958 October 20-25(?). Massachusetts / Live / "Worcester Music Festival, Massachusetts" / low credibility
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
unknown conductor/unknown orchestra
1958 October 24-25(?). Cinncinati, Ohio / Live / low credibility
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Max Rudolf/unknown orchestra
1958 October 30 20:30 & 1958 October 31 14:30 & 1958 November 01 20:30.* & November 02 15h. New York, Carnegie Hall (NY debut) / Audio, Live
Rossini: Overture to "Siege of Corinth"
Zafred: Symphony No.4*
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
-interval-
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123 (some sound problems)
(Stravinsky: Suite from "The Firebird")
Thomas Schippers/New York Philharmonic
nypo archive
piano baldwin.
* CBS broadcast
* U.S. premiere
1958 November 28. St. Denis Theatre, Montreal
recital, canceled
due to the shortening of his North American tour, Appearances in seven other centres have also been dropped from his schedule.
from newspaper (The Montreal Gazette 26 Nov 1958)
Session 9 (2/2)
1958 December 02. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26
1958 December 07. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49
1969 version of Fantaisie on EMI box set is actually played 1958 December 07, confirmed by EMI's other Chopin Works for Piano box set.
1959
1959 January 10 (17:45). Châtelet Theatre / Live, no further information
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.125
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16
Pierre Dervaux/Orchestre Colonne
from interview
1959 January 15. Salle Gaveau, Paris / Live, no further informations can be found.
program unknown, second recital.
TV Broadcast RTF! 1959 October 13 22:05. (30 minutes of recital(total 120m)?)
1959 January 20. Luxembourg / Audio, Live
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
encore
Lully: Gavotte*
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.96*
Carl Melles/Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
* released by ICA
1959 January. Luxembourg / Live
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (overture-fantasia), TH 42
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
encore
Lully: Gavotte
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.96
Carl Melles/Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
source: from newspaper Luxemburger Wort Saturday, 24 January 1959
so, this is maybe identical - with 1959 January 20 concert.
1959 January. Luxembourg / Live
Beethoven: Leonora Overture No.3, Op.72b&
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16&
Sibelius: Finlandia, Op.26&
Carl Melles/grand orchestre de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
I don't have the recording but it definitely broadcasted at 1959 Feb 23 21h16(from newspaper Luxemburger Wort 21 February 1959) or maybe it's just typo
1959 January 22. Torino / Audio, Live / Fonit Cetra LAR 35 (LP)
Liszt: Fantasie und Fuge über den Namen B-A-C-H, S.529/2%
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este*#
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen#
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10*#
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213*
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 5 Feux follets*#
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219*
Liszt: Valse oubliée, S.215 - 1*
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6*
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage II, S.161 - 7 Après une lecture du Dante. Fantasia quasi Sonata*#
Liszt: Le rossignol, S.250/1*
Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173 - 7 Funérailles*%
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254*
* released by Arkadia CDGI 905
# released by Archipel
% released by ICA
1959 January 24. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Konzertparaphrase über Mendelssohns Hochzeitsmarsch und Elfenreigen aus der Musik zu Shakespeares Sommernachtstraum, S.410
1959 January 27. France / Video, Studio
program unknown
Filmed on 1959 Jan 27. TV appearance: "Les Grands Interprètes" (Bernard Gavoty)
1959 January 30. Royal Festival Hall / Live
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma', Op.36
Franck: Variations symphoniques
--interval--
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Hans Swarowsky/Philharmonia Orchestra
1959 February 1 15h30. BBC Studio 1, Maida Vale / Live, broadcasted on BBC TV and BBC Home Services
Handel: Concerti Grossi No.3 (?)
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Weber: Der Freischutz - Overture
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt/BBC Symphony Orchestra
Gyorgy Cziffra (piano), Douglas Whittaker (flute), Paul Beard (violin), Charles Spinks (harpsichord continuo)
from bbc archive https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/35a74146539143a6941d6601b7b0d619 and https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bae0178e28d245769845b8f82fb0112b
1959 February 13 20:00. Royal Festival Hall / Live
Beethoven: Variations on 'God Save the King', WoO 78
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.54
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26
Balakirev: Islamey, Op.18
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10 & 5 Feux follets
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173 - 7 Funérailles
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
from newspaper(The Guardian) and magazine (music and musicians feb 1959)
1959 February 15 19:00. Free Trade Hall, Manchester / Live, no further information
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Wasps, Aristophanic suite - 1 Overture
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124**
Arnold, Malcolm: English Dances, Set II, Op. 33 - 1
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123**
Dvořák: Symphony, Op.88
George Weldon/Hallé Orchestra
**replacing Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5
source: see comment on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOj2p7imiQw and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go5uJvNHu68&t=2985s and newspaper(The Guardian) and archive https://archive.halle.co.uk/concert/101/21
The comment claims that Cziffra played so many encores so orchestra have to substitute Dvorak Symphony to more shorter classical-era works.
This concert was his only occasion with the Halle.
1959 February 22 17:30. Circolo degli artisti, Bogino 9(Italy).
A recital dedicated to Liszt
from La Stampa - Sabato 21 Febbraio 1959 page 4
offerto dalla RAI-TV. and maybe broadcasted on Radio
1959 February 25 17h30. Auditorio di via della Conciliazione, Rome / Live, no further information
Charpentier: Te Deum, H.146*
Petrassi: Magnificat&
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concero, Op.23
Fernando Previtali/Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
http://bibliomediateca.santacecilia.it/bibliomediateca/redFoto.jsp?resource=ASC0000012022
http://www.culturaitalia.it/opencms/opencms/system/modules/com.culturaitalia_stage.liberologico/templates/viewItem.jsp?language=it&case=&id=ASC0000012022
http://bibliomediateca.santacecilia.it/bibliomediateca/cms.view?munu_str=0_1_0_4&numDoc=276&physDoc=46077&pflag=personalizationFindBiblioteca
http://bibliomediateca.santacecilia.it/bibliomediateca/cms.view?munu_str=0_2_0&numDoc=29&pflag=personalizationFindCronologia&physDoc=5849&dataNormal=19590225-19590225
* Bruna Rizzoli soprano, Maria Teresa Pedone soprano, Giovanna Fioroni contralto, Salvatore Gioia tenore, Gaetani Lorenzo basso
& Bruna Rizzoli soprano
1959 February?. / Live, no further information
program??
conductor unknown/Hallé Orchestra
1959 March 06 21:30. Milano / Audio, Live / IDIS
Mendelssohn
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.125*
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Shostakovich
Bernhard Conz/Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI
*released by Archipel
from n. 55 del 05/03/1959 Avanti! page 5
1959 March 12. Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris / Audio, Live / ICA / "25ème anniversaire de l'Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française"
Berlioz: Le carnaval romain, H 95 - Overture
Strauss: Don Juan, Op.20
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124*
(intermission)
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123*
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
André Cluytens/Orchestre National de l'ORTF
* broadcasted by Radio France Musique
Sixième concert exceptionnel pour le vingt-cinquième anniversaire de l'Orchestre National
from program note
1959 April 30. Geneva / Audio, Studio
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26 - 2 Romanze & 5 Finale
Cziffra: Improvisation
1959 May 5. Foire de Paris / Live, radio broadcasted
Khachaturian/Cziffra: Sabre Dance
maybe this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA_-66IlG28
1959 May 11. Studio Radio-Luxembourg / Live
Recital (at least partially) consists of:
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Scarlatti: 3 Keyboard Sonatas including C Major sonata
Lully: Gavotte
Couperin: Troisième livre de pièce de clavecin; Ordre XVIII - 6 Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.54
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26
--interval--
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 5 Feux follets
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
I think it has been broadcasted, from newspaper Luxemburger Wort Friday, 8 May 1959 and Luxemburger Wort 28 April 1959
And that review says during US tour 1957-1958, that performances would've been filmed, several times! unbelieveable, I want to see it NOW.
1959 June 11. Royal Festival Hall, London / Live, no further information
Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri - Overture
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWW 90 - Prelude & Liebestod
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
encore-
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123 (conclusion)
Carlo Maria Giulini/Philharmonia Orchestra
Artistic Director : Walter Legge
1959 June 14 19h30. / Broadcasted on BBC TV: "Music for You"
program unknown
Presented by Eric Robinson
from BBC Archive https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e6a8d81663594337b7ed7c004762855a
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5645382
1959 July 03. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Rossini/Cziffra: La Danza
1959 July 22. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Ouvertüre zu Tannhäuser, S.442
1959 July 30. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Grandes étude de Paganini, S.141 - 3 La campanella
1959 July. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto, S.434
1959 August 19. Annecy / Live, no further information
-- PART I --
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.101
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.159
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.96
Lully: Gavotte
Couperin: Troisième livre de pièce de clavecin; Ordre XVIII - 6 Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins
Krebs: Bourrée
-- PART II --
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Beethoven: Variations on 'God Save the King', WoO 78
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.54
-- INTERMISSION --
-- PART III --
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 5 Feux follets
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
from program note : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf5NkdJpNXo around 9m 20s
1959 August. Monaco
program unknown
from The Calgary Herald 29 Aug 1959
1959 September 3 19:30. Royal Albert Hall / Live, no further information / Henry Wood Promenade Concerts / Canceled
original program--
PART I
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op.47%
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.125*%
Sibelius: Symphony, Op.43%
PART II
Leighton, K.: Burlesque (First public performance)^
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.96*
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11*
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6*
Dvořák: Carnival Overture, Op.92&
* Georges Cziffra, pianist
% Malcolm Sargent, conductor
^ Conducted by composer himself, Kenneth Leighton
& Maurice Miles, conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
from program
from bbc archive https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/112ea4152c5d48d9aff103339160dc48
altered program(Cziffra has indisposed)--
PART I
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op.47%
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.125*%
Sibelius: Symphony, Op.43%
PART II
Leighton, K.: Burlesque (First public performance)^
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31*
Chopin: Mazurka, Op.41 - 2*
Chopin: Mazurka, Op.68 - 2*
Dvořák: Carnival Overture, Op.92&
* Witold Małcużyński, pianist
% Malcolm Sargent, conductor
^ Conducted by composer himself, Kenneth Leighton
& Maurice Miles, conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
from archive https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e6pc6q
1959 September 13 19:30. Royal Festival Hall / Live
Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila - Overture
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
--interval--
Tchaikovsky: Symphony, Op.36
Alexander Gibson/London Symphony Orchestra
1959 September 16 20h45. venue unknown / Live, broadcasted on BBC TV / "Music for You"
program unknown
Eric Robinson/Sinfonia of London
"... Cziffra, who made such a great impression the first time he appeared in Music for You, and I am sure many people will be glad to see him again." by Eric Robinson
so Cziffra visited BBC TV program "Music for You" for second time in this occasion.
from bbc archive https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ab8a95475f0640cc9850a31595aa2ac3
Preserved in the British Library but incomplete recording, missing sides 12 and 14 of 16. Side 1 only of each disc is used for this programme.
Shelf Number(British Lib) 1)1LL0011752 S1 - 1LL0011765 S1
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5671406/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_i108
1959 October 10 (10h) & 11 (17:45) (& 16?). Théâtre des Champs Elysées / Live, no further information
(Berlioz: Le corsaire, overture, H 101)
(Strauss: Don Juan, Op.20)
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126
(Respighi: Pini di Roma)
André Cluytens/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
piano gaveau
from The Art of Piano : Great Pianists of the 20th Century DVD.
http://christian-lorandin.eklablog.com/les-concerts-avec-l-orchestre-de-la-societe-des-concerts-du-conservato-a109288200
from program note
octuber 11: http://hector.ucdavis.edu/SdC/Programs/Pr133.htm
1959 October(maybe mid-Oct). Luxembourg / Live, broadcasted
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Carl Melles or Louis de Froment/Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
from newspaper Luxemburger Wort Saturday, 29 August 1959
1959 November(maybe identical performance with upper thing). Luxembourg / Live, broadcasted
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra, Op.48
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Carl Melles/Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
broadcasted at 1959 December 14 21h15: from newespaper Luxemburger Wort 12 December 1959
1959 November 18. Sharon Hall, Israel / Live, no further information
Gluck: "Iphigénie en Aulide" - Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16
Beethoven: Symphony, Op.92
Jean Martinon/Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
1959-60 season Special concert
"Gina Bachauer, Alexander Brailowsky, Clifford Curzon, Gyorgy Cziffra, Rudolf Firkusny, Nathan Milstein, and Pierre Fournier have been invited for next year." October 1959 - The Musical Times Vol.10, No.1400 pp.541
So it seems Cziffra gave another concert in 1960 With Israel PO.
1959 November. Tel aviv, Israel / Live
He gave 7 concerts(including IPO concert written above) and didn't accept a fee for his performance in Tel Aviv.
1959 December 2. Belgium / pontponed to 1960 May 19 20h due to illness
Concerto, program unknown
unknown conductor/unknown orchestra
from newspaper Le Soir(1959 December 1 page 2)
1959 December 30. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Rameau: Pièces de clavecin; Deuxième suite - 8 Tambourin
Chopin: Prelude, Op.28 - 16
Grieg: Lyric Piece, Op.43 - 1 Sommerfugl
1959. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio, no further information / EMI(?)
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126
Franck: Variations symphoniques
André Cluytens/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
not issued : information from CHARM database
1958-1959 season(?)
unknown concert program
unknown conductor/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
from Ocala Star-Banner 11 Mar 1959
1960
1960 January 26. venue unknown / Live / RTF broadcasted
Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op.81
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124*
encore--
Romberg: Petit rondo(?)&
Rimsky-Korsakov/Cziffra: Le vol du bourdon
Stravinsky: The Firebird (suite), K010
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Paul Kletzki/Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo
* Released by FY Solstice SOCD411/12
from newspaper The Age 8 Jan 1960
& I think this is Rondo Op.11 by Hummel.
1960 January 29 21h. Paris, Théâtre des Champs Elysées / Audio, Live / Meloclassic
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.101*
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.159*
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.96*
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.54
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7&
(intermission)
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
broadcast material by RTF
* missing & not recorded
& Released by FY Solstice SOCD411/12
http://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1960/01/22/un-gala-gyorgy-cziffra_2098175_1819218.html
He canceled 4 concerts to prepare this special occasion: https://www.jejouedupiano.com/le-mag-du-piano/histoire-documents-les-cinq-mains-de-gyorgy-cziffra-live-au-theatre-des-champs-elysees-29-janvier-1960.html
1960 March 06 16:30. Venezia, Teatro La Fenice / Audio, Live / IDIS / "Stagione Sinfonica Primavera 1960"
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto, RV 269&
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16*
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126*
-interval-
Hindemith: Hérodiade
Bettinelli: Corale Ostinato
Umberto Cattini/Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
* Not released, recently acquired mp3 version of it. It sounds legit, not similar to any other versions I have, and have similar acoustics with Totentanz.
http://archiviostorico.teatrolafenice.it/scheda_0.php?ID=13807
& Rino Fantuzzi
1960 March 24 21h. Théâtre des Champs Elysées / Live, no further information / "Hommage Solennel à Edouard Branly"
(Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 - Overture)
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Pierre Dervaux/Orchestre Colonne
from program note
http://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1960/03/19/pour-le-vingtieme-anniversaire-de-sa-mort-hommage-a-edouard-branly_3028151_1819218.html
http://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1960/03/24/la-r-t-f-rend-hommage-a-edouard-branly_2091566_1819218.html
http://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1960/03/26/hommages-a-edouard-branly_2089949_1819218.html
1960 March 30. Dijon / Live
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Scarlatti: 3 Keyboard Sonatas(A Major, C Major, D Major)
Lully: Gavotte
Couperin: Troisième livre de pièce de clavecin; Ordre XVIII - 6 Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.54
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
--interval--
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
Association Bourguignonne Culturelle
from program
1960 April. Bordeaux / Live
unknown program
Carl Melles/unknown orchestra
from newspaper: Luxemburger Wort 10 September 1959
1960 May 18 20h15. Palais des Beaux Arts, Belgium / Live
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.125
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
André Vandernoot/Belgium National Orchestra
5e concert de concertos
sponsored by societe philharmonique de bruxelles
from newspaper Le Soir(1959 September 9 page 5) / Le Soir(1960 May 20 page 5) / Le Soir(1960 May 19 page 13)
1960 May 19 20h15. Belgium / Live, rearranged concert from 1959 Dec 2
concerto, program unknown
unknown conductor/unknown orchestra
from Le Soir(1959 December 1 page 2)
1960 June 19. Palais des Fêtes, Strasbourg, France / Audio, Live / XXIIe Festival international de Strasbourg / St-Laurent YSL 0831 T / RTF broadcasted(at least partially)
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.101
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.159
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.96
Lully: Gavotte
Couperin: Troisième livre de pièce de clavecin; Ordre XVIII - 6 Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.54*
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213*
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
* Released by FY Solstice SOCD411/12
1960 August 14 21:15. Venezia, Palazzo Ducale, Sala dello Scrutinio / Live, no further information
Mendelssohn: Symphony, Op.107
Franck: Variations symphoniques
-interval-
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Stravinsky: The Firebird (suite)
Umberto Cattini/Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
from Poster http://archiviostorico.teatrolafenice.it/scheda_0.php?ID=13857
1960 August 20 19:30. Kunsthaus, Lucerne Festival / Audio, Live, Lossy
Mozart: Symphony, K.385
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Strauss, Richard: Sinfonia Domestica, Op.53
Karl Böhm/Schweizerisches Festspielorchester
http://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1960/08/19/semaines-internationales-de-musique-a-lucerne_2084252_1819218.html
https://442hz.com/de/ensembles/Lucerne_Festival/werkarchiv/104395/show
from Le Soir(1960 September 13 page 2)
https://query-staatsarchiv.lu.ch/detail.aspx?Id=1869321
released by Don Industriale DI-094A
1960 August 24. Kursaal, Ostende / Live / "Festival International de Musique et de Danse 1960"
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in A Major
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C Major
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.96
Lully: Gavotte
Couperin: Troisième livre de pièce de clavecin; Ordre XVIII - 6 Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.54
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
--interval--
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
from newspaper Le Soir(1960 August 24 page 12)
https://www.deplate.be/nl/foto-georges-gyorgy-cziffra-pianorecital-kursaal-oostende-24081960
1960 August 26. / Live
program unknown
from newspaper Le Soir(1960 August 7) page 8
1960 September 2(?). Brussels radio / Live
piano recital
broadcasted, source from Luxemburger Wort 27 August 1960
1960 October 9. Casino Basel(maybe Musiksaal des Stadt-Casino Basel?) / Live / low credibility
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Lully: Gavotte
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.54
Scarlatti: 3 Keyboard Sonatas
Couperin: Pieces de Clavecin; Book 3 - Ordre XVIII No.6 Le Tic-Toc-Choc
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
encore:
Rimsky-Korsakov/Cziffra: Le vol du bourdon
1960 November 7 20h15. grande salle, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Belgium / Live
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Lully: Gavotte
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.54
Scarlatti: 3 Keyboard Sonatas
Couperin: Pieces de Clavecin; Book 3 - Ordre XVIII No.6 Le Tic-Toc-Choc
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
encore:
Rimsky-Korsakov/Cziffra: Le vol du bourdon
Sponsored by societe philharmonique de bruxelles a.s.b.l.
from newspaper Le Soir(1960 November 9 page 5) / Le Soir(1960 November 6 page 14) / Le Soir(1960 November 1 page 16)
1960 December 17. Salle Pleyel / Live, no further information
program unknown
Maurice Le Roux/unknown orchestra
1960 December 19-21. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
Schumann: Symphonic Etude, Op.13
1960 December 21. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Schubert/Tausig: Marches militaire, D.733 - 1
Chopin: Nocturne, Op.9 - 2
Rachmaninoff: Prelude, Op.23 - 5
1960. Bruxelles, Belgium / Video
Schumann: Piano Sonata, Op.11 (ending)
Interview
Cziffra: Improvisation on theme from Slavonic Dance by Dvořák (left&right invert)
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7 (ending)
Broadcasted on RTBF TV
1959-1960. Venue unknown
program unknown
conductor unknown/Oslo Philharmonic
from newspaper The Leader-Post 25 Sep 1959
1961
1961 January 12 20h55. / Broadcasted on BBC TV: "Music for You"
program unknown
from BBC Archive https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/18a1d40543854e7cabc6e44ac57bc747
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5837692/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_i108
1961 January 13-14. London, Abbey Road Studio No.1 / Audio, Studio / EMI
Franck: Variations symphoniques
André Vandernoot/Philharmonia Orchestra
1961 January 21 & 22. Théâtre des Champs Elysées / Live, no further information
(Mozart: Symphony, K.132)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
(Debussy: Images pour orchestre - 2 Iberia)
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126 (Concerto S.125 announced; replaced by S.126)
Maurice Le Roux/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
http://christian-lorandin.eklablog.com/les-concerts-avec-l-orchestre-de-la-societe-des-concerts-du-conservato-a109288200
piano gaveau
from program note
1961 January 25. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Belgium / Postponed
recital
from newspaper Le Soir (1961 January 25) page 8
1961 January 25 20h15. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Belgium / Live
Chopin, Liszt
Societe Philharmoniq(grande salle)
2e concert de concertos
Louis Bertholon/Belgian National Orchestra
from Le Soir (1961 January 25) page 15
1961 January. London, Kingsway Hall / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
André Vandernoot/Philharmonia Orchestra
1961 February 15. Paris, Salle Wagram / Audio, Studio / EMI
Mendelssohn: Fantaisie, Op.16 - 2 Scherzo
1961 February 20 21h. Venezia, Teatro La Fenice / Live, no further information
Vivaldi: Concerto, RV 552*
Beethoven: Symphony, Op.93
-interval-
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.125
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Ettore Gracis/Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
http://archiviostorico.teatrolafenice.it/scheda_0.php?ID=13936
* M. V. Guidi
1961 February 20 21h. Venezia, Teatro La Fenice / Live, no further information
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.101 (or 533)
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.159
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.96
Lully: Gavotte
Couperin: Pieces de Clavecin; Book 3 - Ordre XVIII No.6 Le Tic-Toc-Choc
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.54
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
-interval-
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - (?)
from Poster http://archiviostorico.teatrolafenice.it/scheda_0.php?ID=13939
1961 February 23. Luxembourg / Audio, Studio
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126
Louis de Froment/Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
recorded for broadcast
He brought Gaveau piano for this concert(from paris) source from newspaper Luxemburger Wort 28 February 1961
1961 May 03. Paris, Théâtre des Champs Elysées / Live, no further information
Schumann: Piano Sonata, Op.11
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53*
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 5 Feux follets
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10*
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6*
* Video(B&W). released by EMI
Jeunesses Musicales de France
from program note
piano gaveau
présenté par Bernard Gavoty
from newspaper, broadcasted for 80 min? Where is the rest of recital, RTF!!!! - Luxemburger Wort 8 June 1961
1961 April 27. Palau de la Música Catalana, Spain / Live
Weber: Oberon, J.306 - Overture
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Schubert: Symphony, D.485
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126
Louis de Froment/Barcelona Philharmonic Orchestra
from archive https://mdc.csuc.cat/digital/collection/ProgPMC/id/42301/rec/16
1961 April 30. Palau de la Música Catalana, Spain / Live
Bach, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonata, H.245
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in A Major (likely K.101)
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C Major (likely K.159)
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.96
Lully: Gavotte
Couperin: Troisième livre de pièce de clavecin; Ordre XVIII - 6 Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins
Hummel: Rondo, Op.11
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.54
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
--interval--
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 - 4 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
from archive https://mdc.csuc.cat/digital/collection/ProgPMC/id/71276/rec/1
1961 May 11 21:00. Grand-Theatre, Bordeaux / Audio, Live / 12th Bordeaux Festival / RTF broadcasted
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
(encore) Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10*
Prokofiev: Symphony, Op.100
Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No.1 - 3 Adagietto
Maurice Le Roux/Orchestre National de l'ORTF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52ks3mXIyn4
previously mislabled as "1960 Bordeaux"
* Released by FY Solstice SOCD411/12
1961 May 26 20h15. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Belgium / Live
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
(encore) Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49
(encore) Chopin: Ballade in la majeur(what??? If it's Ballade No.3 in Ab Major, this is the earliest occasion that Cziffra played this, almost 15 years faster than before, but I think it is unlikely. Best guess is Ballade No.4 in fa mineur, or maybe No.2 fa majeur?)
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
Louis Bertholon/Belgium National Orchestra
sponsored by Societe philharmonique de Bruxelles
from newspaper Le Soir(1961 May 30 page 4)
1961 June 19-July 3. "XVI° Festival de Lyon" / Live
"recital symphonique", program unknown
from newspaper https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1961/06/07/les-festivals-de-province_2281095_1819218.html
1961 July 8 20:45. Echternach, Luxembourg / "Festival d’Echternach"
Beethoven: Symphony, Op.92
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16
Louis de Froment/Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
It would be broadcasted, maybe... but no? anyway, this is a charity concert. "ce concert sera donné, en présence de Leurs Altesses Royales Monseigneur le Grand-Duc Héritier, et Madame la Grande-Duchesse Héritière, au profit de la Clinique pour Enfants." from newspaper Luxemburger Wort 3 July 1961, 2 November 1961, 8 July 1961 , 20 June 1961, 24 June 1961, 5 July 1961, 11 July 1961, 10 July 1961
original programme stored at Bibliothèque nationale
he planned to play at Echternach in 1962 again but cancelled due to schedule constraint(source newspaper Luxemburger Wort 21 May 1962
1961 August 25. Kursaal Oostende, Belgium / Live
Bach/Busoni: Prelude and Fugue, BWV 532
Beethoven: Variations, WoO 80
Chopin: Piano Sonata, Op.35
Balakirev: Islamey, Op.18
--interval--
Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173 - 7 Funérailles
Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541 - 3 Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
https://www.deplate.be/nl/foto-cziffra-pianorecital-kursaal-oostende-25081961-0
https://www.deplate.be/nl/foto-cziffra-pianorecital-kursaal-oostende-25081961
piano steinway
1961 September 16. Besançon / Audio, Live / XIVe Festival international de musique de Besançon / Meloclassic MC 1046, St-Laurent YSL 0832 T
Beethoven: Variations on 'God Save the King', WoO 78
Schumann: Piano Sonata, Op.11
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49*
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 5 Feux follets (encore?)
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
Not 1959, I presume. due to its programme - Schumann Sonata #1. He played this sonata after 1960. I can't find any evidence that he played that sonata in late 50s.
* Released by FY Solstice SOCD411/12
1961 December 03 (17:45). Châtelet Theatre / Live, no further information
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Pierre Dervaux/Orchestre Colonne
from interview
from newspaper https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1961/12/05/gyorgy-cziffra-pierre-dervaux-monique-haas-marcel-mihalovici-rudolf-albert_2278769_1819218.html
1962
1962 January 19. Théâtre des Champs Elysées / Live, no further information / "Festival Essec" / RTF broadcasted
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, H 76 - Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16*&
(intermission)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23*
Georges Tzipine/Orchestre National de l'ORTF
piano gaveau
from program note
présentation par Bernard Gavoty
* Released by FY Solstice SOCD411/12
& Released by ICA, dates 1959 April 17 but it seems not correct at all. cross-checked the date. It seems they cut it out the applause at mvt 1(grieg)
1962 January 25 20h15. Palais de beaux-arts, Societe Philharmonique(grand salle), Belgium / Live
Bach/Busoni: Prelude and Fugue, BWV 532
Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173 - 7 Funérailles
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541 - 3 Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Balakirev: Islamey, Op.18
Beethoven: Variations, WoO 80
Chopin: Piano Sonata, Op.35
piano Gaveau
from newspaper Le Soir(1962 January 24) page 1, 13 / Le Soir(1962 January 30, page 5)
1962 January 29. Besancon Festival / Live, broadcasted on RTF
Recital
from BBC Archive https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0401bc161dfc47c993271d184ca4292b
1962 March 12. London / Video(B&W), Studio / Medici
Cziffra: Improvisation*
Bach/Busoni: Prelude and Fugue, BWV 532
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.101
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata, K.96
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Filmed on 1962 March 13. (dates got from Hulton Archive, gettyimages)
Medici's DVD simply indicates--broadcast July 1962.
Broadcasted on 1962 July 22(BBC_LMA5182W). from newspaper The Glasgow Herald 23 Jul 1962
* Broadcasted on 1962 May 16, played just before Liszt Polonaise #2.
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/hungarian-virtuoso-pianist-gyorgy-cziffra-at-the-piano-13th-news-photo/56632622 (hulton archive 1960s)
1962 March 16. Royal Festival Hall 20h / Live, no further information
Strauss, Richard: Feuersnot, Op.50 - closing song
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16
--interval--
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Rimsky-Korsakov: Spanish Capriccio, Op.34
Norman Del Mar/Philharmonia Orchestra
Artistic Director: Walter Legge
Session 3 (1/2)
1962 April. Paris, Studio des Dames / Audio, Studio / EMI(Universal)
Chopin: Etude, Op.10
Chopin: Etude, Op.25
1962 May 4 22h. Palau de la Música Catalana, Spain / Live
Mozart: Symphony, K.551
Chopin: Piano Concerto, Op.11
Roussel: Suite, Op.33
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Louis de Froment/Barcelona Philharmonic Orchestra
from archive https://mdc.csuc.cat/digital/collection/ProgPMC/id/75234/rec/2
1962 May 6 18h30. Palau de la Música Catalana, Spain / Live
Bach/Busoni: Prelude and Fugue, BWV 532
Beethoven: Variations, WoO 80
Chopin: Piano Sonata, Op.35
Balakirev: Islamey, Op.18
--interval--
Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173 - 7 Funérailles
Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541 - 3 Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
from archive https://mdc.csuc.cat/digital/collection/ProgPMC/id/75234/rec/2
Session 3 (2/2)
1962 May. Paris, Studio des Dames / Audio, Studio / EMI(Universal)
Chopin: Etude, Op.10
Chopin: Etude, Op.25
1962 August 4. Vichy, France / Live / "Grands Concerts de Vichy"
program unknown
from newspaper Luxemburger Wort 30 August 1962
1962 August 16. Kursaal Oostende, Belgium / Live
concert, program unknown
from Le Soir(1962 May 18 page 4)
1962 August 22. Knocke-le-Zoute / Live
recital, program unknown
from newspaper Le Soir(1962 June 22 page 5)
1962 September 20. Pavillon Montreux, Montreux / Audio, Live / Montreux Music festival / St-Laurent YSL 0889 T / RTF broadcasted
Prokofiev: Symphony, Op.25
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126*
(encore) Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6 (beginning missing?)
Falla: El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No.1
Falla: El sombrero de tres picos, Suite No.2
Roberto Benzi/Orchestre National de l'ORTF
* Released by FY Solstice SOCD411/12
1962 October 16 22h15. Palau de la Música Catalana, Spain / Live / A concert for the benefit of those affected by the flood in Vallès Occidental.
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49
Chopin: Nocturne, Op.27 - 2
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.51
Chopin: Piano Sonata, Op.35
--interval--
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.26 - 2
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31
Chopin: Waltz, Op.34 - 3
Chopin: Grande valse brillante, Op.18
Chopin: Etude, Op.25 - 6
Chopin: Etude, Op.10 - 12
Chopin: Ballade, Op.52
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
from archive https://mdc.csuc.cat/digital/collection/ProgPMC/id/66262
1962 November 23 20h30. Conservatoire, Liège / Live
program unknown
Fernand Quinet/orchestre de Liège
from newspaper Le Soir(1962 November 23, page 9)
1962 November 25 (17:45). Châtelet Theatre / Live, no further information
Chopin: Piano Concerto, Op.11
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Georges Tzipine/Orchestre Colonne
from interview
1962 December 2 15h, 3 20h15. Grande salle, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Belgium / Live
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op.34
Chopin: Piano Concerto, Op.11
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin (for orchestra)
R. Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op.24
André Cluytens/Belgium National Orchestra
"4e concert symphonique", sponsored by Societe philharmonique
from newspaper Le Soir(1962 November 28 page 8) / Le Soir(1962 December 5, page 5)
1962 December 6. salle des fêtes Saint-Joseph, Carisbourg, Belgium / Live
recital, program unknown
from newspaper Le Soir(1962 December 6, page 8)
1962 December 17. Théâtre des Champs Elysées / Live, no further information
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49
Chopin: Nocturne, Op.27 - 2
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.51
Chopin: Piano Sonata, Op.35
(intermission)
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.26 - 2
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31
Chopin: Grande valse brillante, Op.18
Chopin: Waltz, Op.34 - 3
Chopin: Etude, Op.25 - 6
Chopin: Etude, Op.10 - 4
Chopin: Ballade, Op.52
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
from program note
http://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1962/12/26/cziffra-et-chopin_2362963_1819218.html
piano steinway
1962. Paris, Studio des Dames / Audio, Studio / EMI(Universal)
Chopin: 14 Waltzes
1963
1963 January 01. Paris, Studio des Dames / Audio, Studio / EMI(Universal)
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage II, S.161 - 6 Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
Liszt: Fantasie und Fuge über den Namen B-A-C-H, S.529/2
Liszt: Étude de concert, S.144 - 2 La leggierezza
Liszt: Étude de concert, S.144 - 3 Un sospiro
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage II, Supplément, S.162 - 3 Tarantella da Guillaume Louis Cottrau
Liszt: Légende, S.175 - 2
1963 January 03. Paris, Studio des Dames / Audio, Studio / EMI(Universal)
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.26
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.40
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.44
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
1963 January 29. Paris, Studio des Dames / Audio, Studio / EMI(Universal)
Chopin: Nocturne, Op.27 - 2
Chopin: Berceuse, Op.57
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31
Chopin: Ballade, Op.52
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.51
Chopin: Piano Sonata, Op.35
1963 May 05 21h. Palais des Congres / Live, no further information
Chopin, Liszt, Schumann
Session 4 (1/2)
1963 April 03. Paris, Maison de la Radio / Audio, Studio / EMI(Universal)
Chopin: Piano Concerto, Op.11
Chopin: Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op.22
Manuel Rosenthal/Orchestre National de l'ORTF
Session 4 (2/2)
1963 April 08. Paris, Maison de la Radio / Audio, Studio / EMI(Universal)
Chopin: Piano Concerto, Op.11
Chopin: Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op.22
Manuel Rosenthal/Orchestre National de l'ORTF
1963 June 2. Royal Festival Hall 19:30 / Live
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31
Chopin: Piano Sonata, Op.35
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
(interval)
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541 - 3 Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
S.A. Gorlinsky presents.
"Return visit of the celebrated Hungarian pianist"
"A muted response to his heavily idiosyncratic Chopin was countered by a near-hysterical reaction to his Liszt, where he found an ideal outlet for his hair-raising pianism, including accelerations that affected his listeners like a centrifugal force." by Bryce Morrison in EMI 9 55962 2
1963 July 30 21h. grande salle des fetes du Casino, Knocke / Live
Recital: Chopin, Liszt
from newspaper Le Soir(1963 July 30 page 7)
1963 September 19. Montreux (Septembre Musical de Montreux 1963) / Audio, Live and broadcasted on Radio / Dorati Society
Franck: Variations symphoniques*
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124*
Wagner, Debussy
Antal Doráti/Orchestre National de l'ORTF
encore
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Chopin: Grande valse brillante, Op.18
identical to 1961 Montreux.
broadcasted on BBC - given by Societe Suisse de Radiodiffusion
and broadcasted on RTB 1963-11-26, source: Le Soir(1963 November 26 page 9)
from BBC Archive https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2e79848383114c8d94d352f989d01945
*Released by Dorati Society(ADL 261)
1963 September 25. Paris, ORTF / Video(B&W), Studio / EMI / "Les grands interpretes"
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.51
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbBeA08SAV8
1963 September 27. Ascona, Settimane Musicali / Audio, Live / Ermitage(Aura, Fabula Classica)
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31
Chopin: Piano Sonata, Op.35
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541 - 3 Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
1963 October 1. Musiksaal Basel / low credibility
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31
Chopin: Piano Sonata, Op.35
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541 - 3 Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
1963 October 3. London, BBC / Audio, Studio, Broadcasted on BBC Third Programme
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49*
Chopin: Piano Sonata, Op.35
Chopin: Grande valse brillante, Op.18
Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541 - 3 Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2 (ending missing)
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6 (some parts missing)
some human-made noise during chopin op35
* missing
radio broadcasted!
from bbc archive https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a28759f1722e4cb1a31f69312e955057
1963 October 9. grande salle, Palais des beaux-arts, Belgium / Live
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
Liszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole, S.254
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Chopin: Grande valse brillante, Op.18
Chopin: Waltz, Op.34 (maybe one or two of 3 waltzes)
Chopin: Ballade, Op.52
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.26 - 2
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
sponsored by Philharmonic Society
from newspaper Le Soir(1963 October 2) page 8 / Le Soir(1963 October 12 page 9)
1963 October 11. Usher Hall, Edinburgh / Live
Anthony Hedge: Comedy Overture, Op.8
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.18
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219*
Mahler: Symphony No.1
Alexander Gibson/Scottish National Orchestra
* encore
from newspaper The Glasgow Herald 12 Oct 1963
1963 October 12. Concert Hall, Glasgow / Live / first time in glasgow
Anthony Hedge: Comedy Overture, Op.8
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16
Mahler: Symphony No.1
Alexander Gibson/Scottish National Orchestra
from newspaper The Glasgow Herald 14 Oct 1963, Evening Times 7 Oct 1963, The Glasgow Herald 7 Oct 1963
1963 November 19 20h10. ??? / Live, Broadcasted on BBC TV: "Gala performance" / Medici
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
from BBC Archive https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6d87a12401a44a4295f59826f24c227b
Details are on http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150427218
1963 November 27. Sélect-Omnia, Le Havre / Live
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.53
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9
--interval--
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
from program
1963 December 19. Lugano, Auditorio RSI / Audio, Live / Ermitage(Aura, Fabula Classica)
Bach/Busoni: Prelude and Fugue, BWV 532
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.53
Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.26 - 2
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
1963. Grand Théâtre de Reims / Live, no further information
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31
Chopin: Piano Sonata, Op.35
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541 - 3 Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
http://christian-lorandin.eklablog.com/programme-grand-theatre-de-reims-1963-a118963678
1964
1964 February 14-15. London, Abbey Road Studio No.1 / Audio, Studio / EMI
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126
André Vandernoot/Philharmonia Orchestra
1964 March 15 15h, 16 20h15. grande salle du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Belgium / Live
Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich
André Cluytens/Beigium National Orchestra
sponsored by Societe Philharmonique, "11e conc. symphonique"
from newspaper Le Soir(1963 May 22 page 7) / Le Soir(1964 March 14 page 8)
1964 March 17. Salle reine elisabeth, Cofena, Belgium / Live
recital, program unknown
from newspaper Le Soir(1964 March 16 page 12)
1964 March 19(?). Palais des Beaux-Arts, Belgium / Live
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila - Overture
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op.35
André Cluytens/Belgium National Orchestra
from newspaper Le Soir(1964 March 20 page 5)
1964 April 02. Théatre di casino municipal de Cannes / Live, no further information
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 - Prelude
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Schubert: Symphony, D.417
Jacques Houtmann/Orchestre du Casino Municipal
from NYPO archive
1964 April 16. Osaka / Live / low credibility
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31
Chopin: Grande valse brillante, Op.18
Chopin: Waltz, Op.34 - 3
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.51
Chopin: Ballade, Op.52
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541 - 3 Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
1964 April 18. Osaka / Live / low credibility
recital program unknown
1964 April 23. Tokyo Bunkakaikan Hall / Audio, Live
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49*^
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31*^
Chopin: Grande valse brillante, Op.18*^
Chopin: Waltz, Op.34 - 3*^
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.51*
Chopin: Ballade, Op.52*^
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53*^
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254*^
Liszt: Liebesträume, S.541 - 3 Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst^
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2*^%
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219*#^%
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6*^%
* released by Medici Arts
^ released by King International
# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-fyNP7y680
% released by RCP(RCP 9607-2), which wrong indication about dates(not from May 7!)
1964 May 9. Tokyo, Hibiya Public Hall(日比谷公会堂) / Audio, Live / King International
Kabalevsky: "Colas Breugnon" Overture
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124*
Hiroyuki Iwaki/NHK Symphony Orchestra
* Video, only exist excerpt of 1st movement. Full version of this performance could be found in NHK's archive, but no further information.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvgm4tCqkUc
It's the first and the last performance of concert with NHK SO.
1964 May 19(?). 8th Festival Gulbenkian de Musique Portugal / Live
recital program unknown, maybe:
Chopin: Fantaisie, Op.49
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
from The World of Music Vol. 6, No. 1
1964 May 25. Théâtre des Champs-Elysees / Audio, Studio / EMI(Cziffra Productions)
Franck: Prélude, Choral et Fugue
1964 July(?). Luxembourg / Live, broadcasted
symphonic concert organized by G. Cziffra.
unknown conductor/unknown orchestra
from newspaper Luxemburger Wort 14 August 1964, broadcasted at 1964 August 21 12:42
1964 August 11. Theatre du Grand casino, Vichy, France / Live
program unknown
Louis de Froment/l'Orchestre du Casino de Vichy
from program note
1964 August 15 20h45. Theatre royal, Namur, Belgium / "Festival de Namur" / Live
concerto, program unknown
Gérard Devos/Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra
from newspaper Le Soir(1964 August 14, page 8)
1964 August 25 21h. Le Casino de Ostende, Belgium / "Festival des Flandres" / Live
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126
Mozart: Symphony, K.200
Ravel: Boléro
Edouard van Remoortel/Belgium National Orchestra
https://www.deplate.be/en/programma-het-nationaal-orkest-van-belgie-cziffra-edouard-van-remoortel-kursaal-oostende-25081964
from newspaper Le Soir(1964 August 25, page 8) / Le Soir(1964 August 22, page 5)
1964 September 1. Grande salle du Pavillon, Montreux / Audio, Live, Lossy / "XIXème Septembre Musical de Montreux"
Smetana: Ma Vlast - 2 Vltava
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, Op.23*
Shostakovich: Symphony, Op.10
Karel Ancerl/Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
It is known to be in London 1950/1950s, but it is wrong, I think..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AInZBp5xvAg
http://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1964/08/10/les-festivals-de-musique_2126110_1819218.html
http://www.karel-ancerl.com/pagb11.php?ANNEE=1964
According to the Le Monde, it is Prague PO, not Czech PO or Prague SO.
* I only have this.
1964 September 5. Theatre du Grand casino, Vichy, France / Live
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.53
Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9
--interval--
Chopin: Scherzo, Op.31
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.51
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.29
Chopin: Waltz, Op.18
Chopin: Waltz, Op.34 - 3
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6
from program note
piano gaveau
1964 October 11 17h 45. Théâtre National de Chaillot / Live, no more information available
Lalo: Le roi d'Ys; Overture
Franck: Variations symphoniques*
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126*
Liszt: Les préludes, S.97
Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70; Overture
* Georges Cziffra, Piano
Gérard Devos/Orchestre Pasdeloup
from program note
1964 October 15. Salle Pleyel, Paris / Live, Audio / RTF Radio broadcasted / St-Laurent YSL 0889 T
Beethoven: Leonora Overture No.3, Op.72b^
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124*
Ravel: Miroirs, M.43 - 4 Alborada del gracioso&
^ Peter Maag, conductor
* Gérard Devos, conductor
& Dimitri Chorafas, conductor
Orchestre National de l'ORTF
1964 October 25 16h & 26 20h15. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Belgium / Live, replaced by Berl Senofsky due to illness
Prokofiev, Franck, Liszt, Bartok
André Vandernoot/Belgium National Orchestra
from newspaper Le Soir(1964 October 29 page 7)
from newspaper Le Soir(1964 September 20 page 8)
1964 November 11 22h30. Palau de la Música Catalana, Spain / Live / "Tribute to G. Cziffra"
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.53
Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9
--interval--
Franck: Prélude, Choral et Fugue
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.51
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.29
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 5
Not HR #6, cross-checked in https://mdc.csuc.cat/digital/collection/ProgPMC/id/42301 page 71, https://mdc.csuc.cat/digital/collection/ProgPMC/id/43246/rec/9
Franck P, C&F is very rare, maybe the only account in live?
from archive https://mdc.csuc.cat/digital/collection/ProgPMC/id/71911/rec/4
1965
1965 January 30. Paris, Studio Barclay Hoche / Audio, Studio / EMI(Cziffra Productions)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.26
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.53
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.57
1965 February-March(?), UK
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Kabalevsky: (?)
Liszt: (?)
Georges Cziffra jr./London(?) Philharmonic Orchestra
from newspaper(the guardian)
1965 March 5. Luxembourg / Live, no further informations can be found / Cziffra Jr. debut (possibly exist)
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Kabalevsky: "Colas Breugnon" Overture
Georges Cziffra jr./Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
http://www.dasdc.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3078
1965 March 19. Nouveau Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg
programs including:
Chabrier: España
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op.21
Falla: El sombrero de tres picos (Suite, maybe excerpt)
Georges Cziffra jr./Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
Ruggiero Ricci as violinist.
Symphonic concert given by Georges Cziffra jr.
from newspaper Luxemburger Wort 16 March 1965
1965 April 30 19:30. Albert hall / Live, no further information
(Weber: Oberon, J.306 - Overture)
Chopin: Piano Concerto, Op.11
(Falla: El sombrero de tres picos)
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Georges Cziffra jr./London Philharmonic Orchestra
from magazine
1965 June 07. Lugano / Audio, Live
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu, S.213 (beginning missing)
Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - 10
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 - 6 (beginning missing)
1965 August 05. Private Studio(G. Cziffra Collection 8) / Audio, Studio / EMI
Bach/Busoni: Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565
1965 September 3. Victoria Hall, Geneva, Swiss / Cancelled
Maybe Chopin Piano Concerto No.1
Georg Solti/Orchestre National de l'ORTF
replaced by Nikita Magaloff, due to Cziffra's illness
confirmed by EVE-654-M release (comment by cadenza-cd: "録音：1965年9月3日、パリ〔とあるが、おそらくヴィクトリア・ホール、ジュネーヴ、スイス〕(*) /1958年4月26日、ローマ(#)、ともにモノラル｜音質良好｜おそらくともに初出音源。 (*)には当時の広告が残っており、ジュネーヴにおける演奏で間違いないはず（急病になったシフラの代役を務めたもので、広告ではシフラとショルティの共演になっている）。"
1965 September(?). grand Auditorium de Radio-Luxembourg / Live
contemporary music concert, consists of:
Bartók: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion, Sz.110 (arranged for 2 Pianos and Orchestra)
Georges Cziffra jr./Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
piano by Françoise Redon, Françoise Thinat
symphonic concert by Cziffra jr.
from newspaper Luxemburger Wort 9 September 1965, broadcasted at 1965 Oct 10
1965 September 12. / Live, no recordings available
Liszt: Piano Concerto, S.124
Georges Cziffra jr./Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
confirmed by newspaper https://youtu.be/ldHM2x-YHp0?t=75
1965 October 10 21h. / Live, no recordings available
Emmanuel Chabrier: España
Édouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op.21
Manuel de Falla: El sombrero de tres picos
Georges Cziffra jr./Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
This concert was filled by a full-symphony program, spectated by whole Cziffra family.
Cziffra played a solo piano recital around this time in italy(pary of La stagione sinfonica genovese)
1965 October ?. La stagione sinfonica genovese, Italy
Recital
from La stampa 19 Ottobre 1965 11p.
1965 November 20. Grand Auditorium de la Maison de la Radio, Paris / Video(B&W), Live / EMI
Kabalevsky: "Colas Breugnon" Overture
Franck: Variations symphoniques*
(+maybe: Dvorak Symphony No.5)
Georges Cziffra Jr./Orchestre National de l'ORTF
Broadcasted 1966 January 15 - 17:35 "Les secrets de l'orchestre"
Une émission de Bernard Gavoty
Réalisation d'Annie AIZIEU
L'Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F.
Direction : Gyorgy CZIFFRA junior
Soliste : Gyorgy CZIFFRA
Au programme :
Ouverture de 《Colas Breugnon》
opéra de Kabalewsky
Variations symphoniques pour piano et orchestre
César Franck
Voici le premier concert, à la TV, du fils de Gyorgy Cziffra, chef d'orchestre. Son pére est reconnu, depuis dix ans, comme l'un des plus grands pianistes du monde. Gyorgy junior a suivi des cours de direction d'orchestre à Paris, à l'Ecole Normale de Musique, puis au Convervatoire.
* released by EMI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7XkoRZJxD0
1965. (Salle de spectacle) / Rehersal, Live
Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9 (excerpt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGRRPHsBuTU
1966
1966 January 07 21:15. Auditorium di Torino / Live, no further information
Brero: Sept quatrains d'Omar Khayyam
Chopin: Piano Concerto, Op.11*
Brahms: Symphony, Op.98
Stanislav Skrowaczewski/Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI
Broadcasted on Radio(programma nazionale) 1966 Jan 14 21h.
* NOT 1970, if archive is right. Audio Available. documents can be found on http://www.osn.teche.rai.it
1966 February 9 21:00, Théatre Omnia, Rouen / Live
Schumann: Symphonic Etude, Op.13
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.35
--interval--
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.51
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.29
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
from program
piano steinway
1966 March 11?. Belgium / Live
Schumann: Symphonic Etude, Op.13
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.35
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.51
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
(incomplete program)
venue(La Philharmonique)
from newspaper Le Soir(1966 March 12) page 7
1966 March 17 20h15. Belgium / Live
Recital: Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt
Societe Philharmonique, Cycle Grands Interpretes
from Le Soir(1966 March 9) page 5 and 8
1966 April 20. Nice / Live, no further information
Bach: Orchestral Suite, BWV 1068
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Schubert: Symphony, D.759
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Georges Cziffra Jr./Nice Côte d'Azur
from interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OknqPiiCx7c
1966 July 25. Theatre royal, Namur / "Festival de Namur" / Live
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
other programs are unknown
Georges Cziffra Jr./Grand Orchestre symphonique de la R.T.B.
from newspaper Le Soir(1966 July 9 page 5) / Le Soir(1966 July 24 page 6)
1966 July 27. Ostende, Belgium / "Festival d'Ostende" / Live
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op.16
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123
Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 - Overture
encore:
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
Georges Cziffra Jr./Grand orchestre symphonique R.T.B.-B.R.T.
from newspaper Le Soir(1966 July 1 page 5)
1966 August 22 21:30. Théâtre du Casino Deauville / Live
Bach/Busoni: Prelude and Fugue, BWV 532
Schumann: Novelette, Op.21 - 8
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.35
--interval--
Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso, Op.14
Chopin: Ballade, Op.52
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
from program
1966 September 17 20:30. Grande Salle du Pavillon, Montreux / Live / "Festival international de Musique, le septembre musical de montreux"
Schumann: Symphonic Etude, Op.13
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.35
--interval--
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.51
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.29
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
1966 September 25. Abbaye de la chaise dieu / Live, no further information
Hugon, Georges: La Fanfare
Franck: Variations symphoniques
Liszt: Totentanz, S.126
Schubert: Symphony No.8, D.759
Georges Cziffra Jr./Orchestre de concerts colonne
from poster, program book
1966 September 28 20h. Theatre royal, Mons, Belgium / "Festival International du Hainut" / Live
program unknown
from Le Soir(1966 September 28 page 8)
1966 November 2 21:15. Concservatorio Unione Musicale, Italy.
Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Liszt.
--identified program are written below--
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
Schumann: Symphonic Etude, Op.13
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.35
Chopin: Two Impromptus
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
from La Stampa - Domenica 30 Ottobre 1966 page 6.
1966 November ? 17:30. Aula Magna Universita. / Live, no further information
Schumann: Novelette, Op.21 - 8
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
Schumann: Symphonic Etude, Op.13
--interval--
Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso, Op.14
Chopin: Two Impromptus
Chopin: Polonaise, Op.53
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Liszt: Konzertetüde, S.145 - 2 Gnomenreigen
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
from n. 256 del 08/11/1966 Avanti! page 5
1966 December 3. Châtelet Theatre / Live, no further information / à l'occasion du dixième anniversaire de son arrivée en France.
Schumann: Symphonic Etude, Op.13
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.35
--interval--
Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso, Op.14
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.51
Chopin: Impromptu, Op.29
Schumann: Novelette, Op.21 - 8
Schumann: Toccata, Op.7
Liszt: Polonaise, S.223 - 2
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique, S.219
1966 December 9. Salle Pleyel, Paris / Live, Video(B&W), Audio / Radio broadcasted
Bach: Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 (Op.11)*
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123**
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2
Georges Cziffra Jr./Orchestre National de l'ORTF
from program note
"prestiege de la musique" une émission de Jean Fontaine painted by J. Cocteau 1963.
broadcasted(1967 April 22 17h). INA Archive.
* St-Laurent YSL 0889 T
** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqJ1skEyqeE
1966 December 18 21:02. Luxembourg / Live
Bizet: Symphony in C major*
Ravel: La valse, M.72*
Franck: Variations symphoniques^
Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg
* Louis de Froment
^ Georges Cziffra jr. with his father
from newspaper scrap