Friedrich Gulda - Chopin & Beethoven: Piano Works '2021

Tracks list

Tracklist

CD1
01. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 1 in C Major. Agitato, B. 124
02. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor. Lento, B. 123
03. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 3 in G Major. Vivace, B. 107
04. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor. Largo, B. 123
05. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 5 in D Major. Allegro molto, B. 107
06. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 6 in B Minor. Lento assai, B. 107
07. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major. Andantino, B. 100
08. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor. Molto agitato, B. 107
09. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major. Largo, B. 107
10. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor. Allegro molto, B. 123
11. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 11 in B Major. Vivace, B. 107
12. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor. Presto, B. 107
13. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp Major. Lento, B. 107
14. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor. Allegro, B. 107
15. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major. Sostenuto, B. 107
16. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor. Presto con fuoco, B. 107
17. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 17 in A-Flat Major. Allegretto, B. 100
18. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 18 in F Minor. Allegro molto, B. 107
19. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 19 in E-Flat Major. Vivace, B. 107
20. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 20 in C Minor. Largo, B. 107
21. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 21 in B-Flat Major. Cantabile, B. 123
22. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 22 in G Minor. Molto agitato, B. 107
23. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 23 in F Major. Moderato, B. 107
24. 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor. Allegro appassionato, B. 107

CD2
01. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Thema. Allegretto
02. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 1
03. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 2
04. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 3
05. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 4
06. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 5
07. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 6
08. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 7
09. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 8
10. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 9
11. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 10
12. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 11
13. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 12
14. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 13
15. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 14
16. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 15
17. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 16
18. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 17
19. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 18
20. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 19
21. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 20
22. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 21
23. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 22
24. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 23
25. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 24
26. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 25
27. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 26
28. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 27
29. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 28
30. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 29
31. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 30
32. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 31
33. 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO 80: Var. 32
34. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Thema. Vivace
35. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 1, Alla marcia
maestoso
36. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 2, Poco allegro
37. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 3, Listesso tempo
38. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 4, Un poco più
vivace
39. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 5, Allegro vivace
40. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 6, Allegro ma non
troppo e serioso
41. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 7, Un poco più
allegro
42. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 8, Poco vivace
43. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 9, Allegro pesante
e risoluto
44. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 10, Presto
45. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 11, Allegretto
46. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 12, Un poco più
moto
47. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 13, Vivace
48. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 14, Grave e
maestoso
49. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 15, Presto
scherzando
50. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 16, Allegro
51. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 17, Allegro
52. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 18, Poco moderato
53. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 19, Presto
54. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 20, Andante
55. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 21, Allegro con
brio
56. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 22, Allegro molto,
alla Notte e giorno faticar di Mozart
57. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 23, Allegro assai
58. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 24, Fughetta.
Andante
59. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 25, Allegro
60. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 26, Piacevole
61. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 27, Vivace
62. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 28, Allegro
63. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 29, Adagio ma non
troppo
64. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 30, Andante,
sempre cantabile
65. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 31, Largo, molto
espressivo
66. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 32, Fuga. Allegro
67. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120: Var. 33, Tempo di
minuetto moderato


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 (in 1954 and 1966).

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