Re: Review: Cziffra does Gershwin

"Gregory Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Cziffra's playing is superb, it was obvious that he had a "feel" for this
> kind of music ... didn't he make a living for a while playing jazz in
clubs
> at night, while studying the classics during the day? ... and it makes you
> wish there were some more examples out there of him playing it.
>
> However, the weak link was the orchestra. I don't know how highly regarded
> the Hungarian State Orchestra was at that point in time. They certainly
gave
> it their best shot and had a few nice moments ... the opening clarinet
> glissando was quite well done, for example, and there were some other
spots
> during the piece where they hit the mark... but overall, it was quite
> evident that they did not have a "feel" for this kind of music and seemed
at
> times to be struggling to keep up with Cziffra.
>
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I have friends who arrived in the states at that time.  Not trying to make
excuses for the orch., but according to them (my friends) the country
was in chaos and on the eve of the 1956 revolution. Obviously Cziffra
wasn't phased -- or was he afterwards??

jp