GYORGY CZIFFRA RACHMANINOFF SECOND PIANO CONCERTO FIRST MOVT. ’LIVE’ 1970s

LEGENDARY PIANIST GYORGY CZIFFRA BRINGS OUT THE ACHING NOSTALGIA OF THE FIRST MOVEMENT OF RACHMANINOFF’S ROMANTIC SECOND PIANO CONCERTO IN C MINOR. CZIFFRA RECORDED THE COMPLETE CONCERTO WITH HIS SON GYORGY CZIFFRA JR. WHO IS THE CONDUCTOR ON THIS FILM CLIP FROM THE 1970s. TRAGICALLY, CZIFFRA JR. DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN 1981 AFTER WHICH CZIFFRA NEVER PLAYED WITH ORCHESTRA AGAIN AND NEVER REALLY RECOVERED FROM THE SHOCK OF LOSING HIS ONLY SON. IN 1974 CZIFFRA PLAYED THE FINALE OF THIS CONCERTO IN A GALA CONCERT IN THE UK. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS STILL IN THE TELEVISION ARCHIVE. I HOPE THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE IT WILL BECOME AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.