Gulda, a brilliant master of rhythm, uncompromising Bach interpreter and jazz musician, is in the best keeping with Chopin. Works by Chopin appear in Gulda's concert programmes from quite early on. His secret in playing Chopin with so much vitality? It is the inimitable mix of rhythmic strictness, most cantabile tenderness and controlled outbursts of emotion. Although he would become one of 20th-century music's most capricious rebels - as in love with the free spirits of jazz as with the living monuments of classical - pianist Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000) was born and bred in that most traditional of musical cities, Vienna. He studied theory with the late-Romanticist Joseph Marx at the Vienna Academy of Music, and he won the Geneva International Pianists' Competition at age sixteen, eventually earning a reputation for the rare blend of cogency and freedom within his interpretations of music from Bach, Mozart and Beethoven to Ravel and Debussy. His most notable recordings included both books of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and the complete sonatas and concertos of Beethoven.

Tracklist:

24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 1 In C Major. Agitato, B. 124
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 2 In A Minor. Lento, B. 123
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 3 In G Major. Vivace, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 In E Minor. Largo, B. 123
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 5 In D Major. Allegro Molto, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 6 In B Minor. Lento Assai, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 7 In A Major. Andantino, B. 100
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 8 In F-Sharp Minor. Molto Agitato, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 9 In E Major. Largo, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 10 In C-Sharp Minor. Allegro Molto, B. 123
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 11 In B Major. Vivace, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 12 In G-Sharp Minor. Presto, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 13 In F-Sharp Major. Lento, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 14 In E-Flat Minor. Allegro, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 15 In D-Flat Major. Sostenuto, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 16 In B-Flat Minor. Presto Con Fuoco, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 17 In A-Flat Major. Allegretto, B. 100
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 18 In F Minor. Allegro Molto, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 19 In E-Flat Major. Vivace, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 20 In C Minor. Largo, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 21 In B-Flat Major. Cantabile, B. 123
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 22 In G Minor. Molto Agitato, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 23 In F Major. Moderato, B. 107
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 24 In D Minor. Allegro Appassionato, B. 107
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Thema. Allegretto
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 1
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 2
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 3
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 4
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 5
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 6
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 7
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 8
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 9
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 10
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 11
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 12
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 13
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 14
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 15
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 16
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 17
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 18
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 19
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 20
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 21
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 22
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 23
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 24
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 25
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 26
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 27
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 28
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 29
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 30
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 31
32 Variations On An Original Theme In C Minor, Woo 80: Var. 32
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Thema. Vivace
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 1, Alla Marcia Maestoso
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 2, Poco Allegro
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 3, L'istesso Tempo
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 4, Un Poco Più Vivace
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 5, Allegro Vivace
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 6, Allegro Ma Non Troppo E Serioso
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 7, Un Poco Più Allegro
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 8, Poco Vivace
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 9, Allegro Pesante E Risoluto
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 10, Presto
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 11, Allegretto
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 12, Un Poco Più Moto
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 13, Vivace
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 14, Grave E Maestoso
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 15, Presto Scherzando
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 16, Allegro
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 17, Allegro
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 18, Poco Moderato
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 19, Presto
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 20, Andante
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 21, Allegro Con Brio
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 22, Allegro Molto, Alla "Notte E Giorno Faticar" Di Mozart
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 23, Allegro Assai
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 24, Fughetta. Andante
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 25, Allegro
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 26, Piacevole
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 27, Vivace
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 28, Allegro
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 29, Adagio Ma Non Troppo
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 30, Andante, Sempre Cantabile
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 31, Largo, Molto Espressivo
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 32, Fuga. Allegro
33 Variations On A Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 33, Tempo Di Minuetto Moderato

UPC: 747313909780
Label: Swrmusic
Release Date: 2.12.21
Format: CD

Beethoven / Friedrich Gulda - Stuttgart Studio Recording (2 CD)