COMPOSERS: Liszt
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Hungarian Rhapsodies
PERFORMER: Georges Cziffra (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 631 7892
Liszt was a born entertainer, but very much more. Cziffra was also a born entertainer, if not often much more. A legendary virtuoso, he rises to the challenges of Liszt’s most overtly crowd-pleasing music with brilliance and aplomb. Jeremy Siepmann