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Vintage Years: Gyorgy Cziffra

BBC Radio 3
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In the first of two programmes, Jeremy Nicholas charts the extraordinary career of the pianist Gyorgy Cziffra, who died in 1994. With contributions from pianist Charles Hopkins, and many rare recordings, including music by Bartok, Bach, Busoni and Liszt, and Cziffra's own inimitable transcriptions.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Nicholas
Subject/Pianist:
Gyorgy Cziffra
Speaker:
Charles Hopkins
Producer:
Andrew Mussett
Source: Radio Times

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