György Cziffra discography

The following is a list of the recordings of the pianist György Cziffra.

In addition to those, there are many non-commercial recordings freely circulating online There are also several releases by the small label Zenith Classical, featuring items from private collections, never-before-available in any format.

Johann Sebastian Bach

 * Bach/Busoni: Chorale Prelude, BWV 645 (EMI)
 * Bach/Busoni: Das Orgel-Büchlein – In dir ist Freude, BWV 615 & Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag, BWV 629 (EMI)
 * Bach/Busoni: Prelude and Fugue, BWV 532 (1968 & 1981 EMI)
 * Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565 (EMI)

CPE Bach

 * Sonata, H.245 (ICA, EMI)

Mily Balakirev

 * Islamey, Op.18 (1956 & 1970 EMI, Hungaroton)

Ludwig van Beethoven

 * Für Elise, WoO 59 (EMI)
 * Piano Sonata, Op.13 (EMI)
 * Piano Sonata, Op.14 No.2 (EMI)
 * Piano Sonata, Op.26 (EMI)
 * Piano Sonata, Op.27 No.1 (EMI)
 * Piano Sonata, Op.53 (EMI)
 * Piano Sonata, Op.54 (EMI)
 * Piano Sonata, Op.57 (EMI)
 * Polonaise, Op.89 (EMI)
 * Rondo a capriccio, Op.129 (EMI)
 * Variations on 'God Save the King', WoO 78 (EMI)
 * Variations on the Russian Dance from the Ballet 'Das Waldmädchen', WoO 71 (EMI)
 * Variations, WoO 80 (EMI)

Georges Bizet

 * Bizet/Rachmaninoff: L'Arlésienne – Acte II – Deuxième Tableau – Intermezzo (Minuetto) (EMI)

Johannes Brahms

 * Brahms/Cziffra: Hungarian Dances (Nos. 1–17, 19, 21), WoO 1 (EMI)
 * Variations on a Theme by Paganini – Heft I & Heft II, Op.35 (EMI)
 * Waltz, Op.39 No.15 (EMI)

Frédéric Chopin

 * Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op.22 (Philips) with Manuel Rosenthal
 * Ballade, Op.52 (EMI, Philips)
 * Barcarolle, Op.60 (EMI)
 * Berceuse, Op.57 (Philips)
 * Bolero, Op.19 (EMI)
 * Etudes, Op.10 (Philips)
 * Etude No.3, Op.10 (1958 & 1974 & 1981 EMI)
 * Etudes (Nos. 4, 5, 12), Op.10 (EMI)
 * Etude No.10, Op.10 (1974 & 1981 EMI)
 * Etudes, Op.25 (Philips)
 * Etude No.1, Op.25 (1974 & 1974 EMI)
 * Etude No.2, Op.25 (EMI)
 * Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op.66 (1974 & 1974–1975 EMI)
 * Fantaisie, Op.49 (EMI)
 * Impromptu, Op.29 (1968 & 1974 & 1974–1975 EMI)
 * Impromptu, Op.36 (1974 & 1974–1975 EMI)
 * Impromptu, Op.51 (Philips, EMI)
 * Krakowiak, Op.14 (EMI) with Georges Cziffra Jr.
 * Nocturne, Op.9 (EMI)
 * Nocturne, Op.9 No.2 (EMI)
 * Nocturne, Op.27 No.2 (Philips)
 * Piano Concerto, Op.11 (Philips, 1968 & 1976 EMI) with Georges Cziffra Jr., Manuel Rosenthal
 * Piano Sonata, Op.35 (Philips, EMI)
 * Piano Sonata, Op.58 (EMI)
 * Polonaise-fantaisie, Op.61 (EMI)
 * Polonaise, Op.26 (Philips)
 * Polonaise, Op.40 (Philips, EMI)
 * Polonaise, Op.40 No.1 (EMI)
 * Polonaise, Op.44 (Philips, EMI)
 * Polonaise, Op.53 (Philips, EMI)
 * Prelude, Op.28 No.16 (EMI)
 * Scherzo, Op.31 (Philips, EMI)
 * Variations brillantes, Op.12 (EMI)
 * Waltz, B.21 (EMI)
 * Waltz, B.44 (EMI)
 * Waltz, B.46 (EMI)
 * Waltz, B.56 (Philips, EMI)
 * Waltz, B.133 (EMI)
 * Waltz, B.150 (EMI)
 * Waltz, Op.18 (Philips, EMI)
 * Waltz, Op.34 (Philips, EMI)
 * Waltz, Op.42 (Philips, EMI)
 * Waltz, Op.64 (Philips, EMI)
 * Waltz, Op.64 No.1 (EMI)
 * Waltz, Op.64 No.2 (EMI)
 * Waltz, Op.69 (Philips, EMI)
 * Waltz, Op.70 (Philips, EMI)

François Couperin

 * Pièces de clavecin – Book 1 : Ordre II No.23 & Ordre V No.8 (EMI)
 * Pièces de clavecin – Book 2 : Ordre VI – No.1(1969 & 1981 EMI, ICA)
 * Pièces de clavecin – Book 2 : Ordre VI – No.5 (EMI)
 * Pièces de clavecin – Book 3 : Ordre XIII No.10-11 (EMI)
 * Pièces de clavecin – Book 3 : Ordre XVIII No.6 (1956 & 1981 EMI)
 * Pièces de clavecin – Book 4 : Ordre XVII No.2 & Ordre XXII No.5 (EMI)

György Cziffra

 * Fantaisie roumaine (EMI, Hungaroton)
 * Improvisation sur des themes de Gulliaume tell (EMI)
 * Reminiscences de Johann Strauss (1956 & 1956 EMI)

Louis-Claude Daquin

 * Pièces de Clavecin – Second Livre : L'Hirondelle (EMI)
 * Pièces de Clavecin – Troisième Livre : Le Coucou (1956 & 1981 EMI)

Claude Debussy

 * Clair De Lune (EMI)
 * La plus que lente (EMI)
 * Pour le piano (EMI)
 * Preludes, Vol.1 No.8 (EMI)

Ernő Dohnányi

 * Konzertetüde, Op.28 No.6 (EMI)

Manuel de Falla

 * Falla/Cziffra: El amor brujo(revised) – No.8 Danse Rituelle du Feu (EMI)

John Field

 * Piano Sonata, Op.1 No.1 – 2nd movement (Hungaroton)

César Franck

 * Prélude, Choral et Fugue (EMI)
 * Variations symphoniques (1961 & 1969 EMI) with André Vandernoot, Georges Cziffra Jr.

George Gershwin

 * Rhapsody in Blue (Hungaroton) with Zoltán Rozsnyai

Charles Gounod

 * Gounod/Liszt: Faust – Act 2 : Waltz (EMI)

Edvard Grieg

 * Lyric Piece, Op.43 No.1 (EMI)
 * Piano Concerto, Op.16 (1958 & 1969 EMI, Hungaroton) with Georges Cziffra Jr., André Vandernoot, Zoltán Rozsnyai

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

 * Rondo, Op.11 (1956–1957 & 1969 EMI, Hungaroton)

Aram Khachaturian

 * Gayane – Danse du sabre (1956 & 1956 & 1956 EMI, Hungaroton)

Johann Ludwig Krebs

 * Bourrée

Franz Liszt

 * Tarantelle di bravura d’après la tarantelle de La muette de Portici, S.386 No.1 (EMI, Hungaroton)
 * Polish Songs (Nos. 1, 5), S.480 (EMI)
 * Le rossignol, S.250 No.1 (EMI)
 * Liszt/Cziffra: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 16 S.244(EMI)
 * Liszt/Cziffra: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19 S.244 (EMI, Hungaroton)
 * Ballade, S.171 (EMI)
 * Concert Etudes, S.144 No.2 & No.3 (Philips)
 * Concert Etudes, S.145 (EMI, Hungaroton)
 * Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123 (1957 & 1964 & 1968 EMI) with André Vandernoot, Georges Cziffra Jr., Pierre Dervaux
 * Gaudeaums Igitur, S.509 (EMI)
 * Grand galop chromatique (EMI)
 * Grandes études de Paganini, S.141 No.3 La Campanella (1959 & 1975 EMI)
 * Grandes études de Paganini, S.141 No.5 La Chasse (EMI)
 * Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173 – No.7 (EMI)
 * Hungarian Rhapsodies (Nos. 2, 6, 12, 15), S.244 (Hungaroton)
 * Hungarian Rhapsodies (Nos. 1, 3–5, 7–11, 13–14), S.244 (EMI)
 * Hungarian Rhapsodies (Nos. 1–15), S.244 (EMI)
 * Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 – No.2 (ICA)
 * Legend, S.175 No.1 (EMI)
 * Legend, S.175 No.2 (EMI, Philips)
 * Liebesträume, S.541 – No.3 (1957 & 1977 EMI)
 * Mephisto Waltz, S.541 (1957 & 1985–1986 EMI)
 * Piano Concerto, S.124 (1957 & 1961 & 1969 EMI, Hungaroton) with André Vandernoot, Georges Cziffra Jr., Gyorgy Lehel, Pierre Dervaux
 * Piano Concerto, S.125 (1958 & 1969 EMI) with André Vandernoot, Georges Cziffra Jr.
 * Piano Sonata, S.178
 * Polonaise, S.223 – No.1 (EMI)
 * Polonaise, S.223 – No.2 (Philips, EMI)
 * Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254 (EMI)
 * Soirées de Vienne, S.427 – No.6 (EMI, Hungaroton)
 * Totentanz, S.126 (1964 & 1968 EMI) with André Vandernoot, Georges Cziffra Jr.
 * Transcendental Etudes (Nos. 1–11), S.139 (Hungaroton)
 * Transcendental Etudes, S.139 (EMI)
 * Transcendental Etude, S.139 – No.9 (EMI)
 * Transcendental Etude, S.139 – No.10 (1956 & 1981 EMI)
 * Trascendental Etude, S.139 – No.12 (EMI)
 * Valse-Impromptu, S.213 (1956 & 1957 & 1977–1978 & 1985–1986 EMI, Hungaroton)
 * Valses oubliées, S.215 – No.1 (1957 & 1977–1978 EMI, Hungaroton)
 * Années de pèlerinage I, S.160 (EMI)
 * Années de pèlerinage II, S.161 (EMI)
 * Années de pèlerinage II, S.161 – No.6 (Philips)
 * Années de pèlerinage II, Supplément, S.162 (EMI)
 * Années de pèlerinage II, Supplément, S.162 – No.3 Tarantella (Philips)
 * Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 (EMI)
 * Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 – 4 (EMI)
 * Konzertparaphrase über Mendelssohns Hochzeitsmarsch und Elfenreigen aus der Musik zu Shakespeares Sommernachtstraum, S.410 (EMI, Hungaroton)
 * Ouvertüre zu Tannhäuser, S.442 (EMI, Hungaroton)
 * Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto, S.434 (EMI, Hungaroton)
 * Präludium und Fuge über den Namen BACH, S.529 No.2 (Philips)

Jean-Baptiste Lully

 * Gavotte (1956 & 1969 & 1981 EMI)

Felix Mendelssohn

 * Mendelssohn/Rachmaninoff: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 – No.1 (EMI)
 * Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 – No.6 (EMI)
 * Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 – No.4 (EMI)
 * Piano Concerto, Op.25 (EMI) with Georges Cziffra Jr.
 * Rondo Capriccioso, Op.14 (1968 & 1968 EMI)
 * Fantaisie, Op.16 – No.2 Scherzo (EMI)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 * Piano Sonata, K.310 (EMI)
 * Piano Sonata, K.311 – 3rd movement (EMI)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

 * Piano Concerto, Op.18 (EMI) with Georges Cziffra Jr.
 * Prelude, Op.23 – No.5 (EMI)

Jean-Philippe Rameau

 * Dardanus – Rigaudon (1969 & 1981 EMI)
 * Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin – No.12 & No.16 (EMI)
 * Pièces de clavecin – Suite II No.4 (EMI)
 * Pièces de clavecin – Suite II No.7 (1959 & 1981 EMI)

Maurice Ravel

 * Jeux d'eau (EMI)
 * Le tombeau de Couperin – No.6 (EMI)
 * Sonatine (EMI)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

 * Rimsky-Korsakov/Cziffra: The Tale of Tsar Saltan – Act III Flight of the Bumblebee (1956 & 1956 EMI, Hungaroton)

Gioachino Rossini

 * Rossini/Cziffra: La Danza (EMI)

Camille Saint-Saëns

 * Étude, Op.52 – No.6 (EMI)

Domenico Scarlatti

 * Keyboard Sonata, K.96 (EMI)
 * Keyboard Sonata, K.101 (EMI)
 * Keyboard Sonata, K.159 (1956 & 1969 EMI)

Franz Schubert

 * Schubert/Tausig: Marché militaires, D.733 – No.1
 * Impromptu, D.899 – No.4 (1969 & 1981 EMI)
 * Impromptu, D.935 – No.1 (EMI)

Robert Schumann

 * Carnaval, Op.9 (1957 & 1968 EMI)
 * Fantasiestücke, Op.12 (EMI)
 * Fantasiestücke, Op.12 – No.1 (EMI)
 * Fantasiestücke, Op.12 – No.7 (Hungaroton)
 * Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26 (EMI)
 * Kinderszenen, Op.15 – No.7 (EMI)
 * Novellette, Op.21 – No.8 (EMI)
 * Symphonic Etudes, Op.13 (EMI)
 * Toccata, Op.7 (EMI)

Johann Strauss II

 * Strauss/Cziffra: An der schönen blauen Donau (Hungaroton)
 * Strauss/Cziffra: Der Zigeunerbaron (Hungaroton)
 * Strauss/Cziffra: Die Fledermaus (Hungaroton)
 * Strauss/Cziffra: Le beau Danube bleu (EMI)
 * Strauss/Cziffra: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka (Hungaroton, EMI)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

 * Tchaikovsky/Liszt: Eugene Onegin, Op.24 – Act III No.19 (EMI)
 * Piano Concerto, Op.23 (1956 & 1957 EMI)

Giuseppe Verdi

 * Verdi/Cziffra: Il trovatore (Hungaroton)

Franz von Vecsey

 * Vecsey/Cziffra: Valse triste (EMI, Hungaroton)

Carl Maria von Weber

 * Konzertstück, Op.79 (EMI) with Georges Cziffra Jr.

Liszt

 * Concert Etudes, S.145 No.2 (Aura Music, Archipel)
 * Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S.123 (ICA) with André Cluytens
 * Grand galop chromatique (Ermitage, Hungaroton, Medici Masters)
 * Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173 – No.7 (ICA, Aura Music)
 * Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 – No.2 (Aura Music)
 * Hungarian Rhapsody, S.244 – No.6 (Medici Masters, Ermitage)
 * Liebesträume, S.541 – No.3 (Aura Music, Ermitage)
 * Piano Concerto, S.124 (ICA, Archipel) with André Cluytens, Fulvio Vernizzi
 * Piano Concerto, S.125 (Archipel) with Bernard Conz
 * Polonaise, S.223 – No.2 (Medici Masters, Ermitage)
 * Präludium und Fuge über den Namen BACH, S.529 No.2 (ICA)
 * Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254 (ICA, Medici Masters, Ermitage)
 * Totentanz, S.126 (IDIS) with Umberto Cattini
 * Transcendental Etude, S.139 – No.5 (Archipel)
 * Transcendental Etude, S.139 – No.10 (Aura Music, Archipel)
 * Valse-Impromptu, S.213 (Ermitage)
 * Années de pèlerinage II, S.161 – No.7 (Archipel)
 * Années de pèlerinage III, S.163 – 4 (Archipel)

Bach

 * Bach/Busoni: Prelude and Fugue, BWV 532 (Ermitage)

Bartók

 * Piano Concerto, Sz.95 (EMI) with Mario Rossi

Beethoven

 * Piano Sonata, Op.53 (Ermitage)

Chopin

 * Ballade, Op.52 (Medici Masters, Aura Music)
 * Etudes (Nos. 3, 10, 12), Op.10 (Aura Music)
 * Etude No.1, Op.25 (Aura Music)
 * Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op.66 (Aura Music)
 * Fantaisie, Op.49 (Medici Masters, Ermitage)
 * Impromptu, Op.51 (Medici Masters)
 * Piano Concerto, Op.11 (claves) with Georges Cziffra Jr.
 * Piano Sonata, Op.35 (Ermitage)
 * Polonaise, Op.26 No.2 (Ermitage)
 * Polonaise, Op.53 (Medici Masters, Ermitage)
 * Scherzo, Op.31 (Medici Masters, Ermitage)
 * Waltz, Op.18 (Medici Masters)
 * Waltz, Op.34 No.3 (Medici Masters)
 * Waltz, Op.42 (Aura Music)
 * Waltz, Op.64 No.1 (Aura Music)
 * Waltz, Op.64 No.2 (Aura Music)

Grieg

 * Piano Concerto, Op.16 (ICA) with Georges Tzipine

Lully

 * Gavotte (ICA)

Scarlatti

 * Keyboard Sonata, K.96 & K.159 & K.284 & K.446 & K.533 (ICA)

Schumann

 * Carnaval, Op.9 (Ermitage)