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THIS is the authoritative version of the Rhapsody in my opinion. Thank you Mr. Bulva for such a clean and perfect performance.

I had to dig through old hard drives to find an mp3 of this particular version from 1994. It was always my favorite version, gentle and slow in the right spots. Patient. Building. So many other versions are choppy and fast. I was a college student around the time of 1999 to 2004 and slept more nights in my car than I did in a bed and this was my usual lullaby to calm the outside noises. Perfect version.

I've heard this piece so many times and I never tire of it. Seeing the score while listening is daunting thinking about playing it. Many section I can do but some just seem impossible! I know if I work through them slowly with the right fingerings I could probably do it. It might take me years!! Just seems that way. God bless Rachmaninoff.

Variation.18 15:24 ~18:08

If there is any piece that proves we have no idea how the right brain works, this is it.

Thanks for posting. My first time hearing Josef Bulva.

6:08 truly one of the most dies irae moment

Wonderful Concerto so beautiful

The first Franz Liszt album I got as a kid was a Josef Bulva collection and I consider myself lucky to have not only stumbled across by accident a favorite composer but also a masterful performer. This is my first time hearing his performance of La Campanella and my god his performance is so.... crisp, you feel each individual note instead of them blurring together, I don't know how he does it

11:20

Best execution!!

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Je viens d'écouter ça sur une radio de Douala au Cameroun il est 03h20 alors j'ai vite shazamé. C'est un monstre du piano 🎹

looks so simple 😂 would love to know how to play this masterpiece

So magic ♥️....

11:14, 15:30, 22:22

Omg this is a gem

Yes, I hear that the playing at bars 47 and 48 is different from the notes. thank you so much for this. one of my favourite rachs.

Your was of playing this is the best. Its the perfect take. The only individual I could see playing this better than you would be Liszt himself.

This polytonalism is something...

This is so beautiful.

Krásné wonderful

Toto jeJarmilka Westguard, Libuskina sestra. Dufam , ze si zdravy a v bezpeci. Prosim Ta, zavolaj ma, je to Surne! Moje telefonne cislo je "pat jedna devet - sedem osem styri - esem styri styri sedem" prosim Ta, je to surne, dakujem Jarmilka - Libuskina sestra, Ja som samozrejme v canade. Tvoja hudba je nadherna !!!!!!! Thank you for sharing your beautiful music!! It touched me more than you know! You are a gift from God !!

An exceptional performance, from the placidly dreamy to the violently ecstatic - these “evening harmonies” are intoxicating!

Thank you for a wonderful full performance; tastefully presented bringing out the wonderful sonorities of your piano.

Admirable pianiste.Grand style, on ne joue plus comme cela maintenant !

Danke! 🙏

Wonderful music. Thank you

I listened to this recording (as well as your evening harmonies) when I was a child (10 or so) and I always knew there was something special in it. I’m 36 now, and after hearing so many pianists’ renditions - this is still by far the very best. Thank you sir.

Delightful! Bravo!

Hello Mr. Josef! First of all I'd like to thank for this song because you play it in a way perfectly great to hear. I'm a fan of your way of playng piano and it would be a pleasure to keep in touch with you. I hope you can play lots of the best songs of Liszt, Chopin, Debussi, Beethoven and all the best of the classic songs with your way perfect to play it. Will be a pleasure so hear you play. Thank you so much and congratulations, you're the best pianist I've ever hear to play classics!

marvelous and impressive！

by far the best appassionata out there

Klasse

Amazing interpretation. Beautiful. Coming so naturally.

Celestial!

Wonderful clarity of expression. Thank you!

Wonderfull. I hope, we can hear you in Mannheim at January next year.

This is a wonderful interpretation of this much loved piano piece! I like the choice of tempo during the presto.