Friedrich Gulda - Beethoven: Die 32 Klaviersonaten, Eroica-Variationen, Diabelli-Variationen & Sechs Bagatellen '2010/2016

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CD1
01. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1: I. Allegro
02. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1: II. Adagio
03. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1: III. Menuetto. Allegretto
04. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1: IV. Prestissimo
05. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: I. Allegro vivace
06. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: II. Largo appassionato
07. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegretto - Trio
08. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2: IV. Rondo. Grazioso
09. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3: I. Allegro con brio
10. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Adagio
11. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3: III. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio
12. Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3: IV. Allegro assai
13. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathetique: I. Grave - Allegro di
molto e con brio
14. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathetique: II. Adagio cantabile
15. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathetique: III. Rondo. Allegro

CD2
01. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: I. Molto allegro
02. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: II. Largo con gran espressione
03. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: III. Allegro
04. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7: IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto
05. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Molto allegro e con brio
06. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Adagio molto
07. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Finale. Prestissimo
08. Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2: I. Allegro
09. Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2: II. Allegretto
10. Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2: III. Finale. Presto
11. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: I. Presto
12. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: II. Largo e mesto
13. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: III. Menuetto - Trio -
Menuetto. Allegro
14. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: IV. Rondo. Allegro

CD3
01. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1: I. Allegro
02. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1: II. Allegretto
03. Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro comodo
04. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2: I. Allegro
05. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2: II. Andante
06. Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro assai
07. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: I. Allegro con brio
08. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: II. Adagio con molto
espressione
09. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: III. Minuetto
10. Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: IV. Rondo. Allegretto
11. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 Funeral March: I. Andante con
variazioni
12. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 Funeral March: II. Scherzo.
Molto allegro
13. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 Funeral March: III. Marcia
funebre sulla morte dun eroe
14. Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 Funeral March: IV. Allegro

CD4
01. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: I. Andante
02. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: II. Allegro molto e
vivace
03. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: III. Adagio con
espressione
04. Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: IV. Allegro vivace
05. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight: I. Adagio
sostenuto
06. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight: II.
Allegretto
07. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight: III. Presto
agitato
08. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, Pastoral: I. Allegro
09. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, Pastoral: II. Andante
10. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, Pastoral: III. Scherzo. Allegro
vivace
11. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, Pastoral: IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non
troppo
12. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1: I. Allegro vivace
13. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1: II. Adagio grazioso
14. Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegretto

CD5
01. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 Tempest: I. Largo - Allegro
02. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 Tempest: II. Adagio
03. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 Tempest: III. Allegretto
04. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3, La Chasse: I. Allegro
05. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3, La Chasse: II. Scherzo.
Allegretto vivace
06. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3, La Chasse: III.
Menuetto. Moderato e grazioso - Trio
07. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3, La Chasse: IV. Presto
con fuoco
08. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1: I. Andante
09. Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1: II. Rondo. Allegro
10. Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2: I. Allegro ma non troppo
11. Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2: II. Tempo di menuetto
12. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 Waldstein: I. Allegro con brio
13. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 Waldstein: II. Introduzione. Adagio
molto
14. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 Waldstein: III. Rondo. Allegretto
moderato - Prestissimo

CD6
01. Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54: I. In tempo dun minuetto
02. Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54: II. Allegretto
03. Cantata III- Dir vorrei: I. Allegro assai
04. Cantata III- Dir vorrei: II. Andante con moto
05. Cantata III- Dir vorrei: III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
06. Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78 À Thérèse: I. Adagio
cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
07. Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78 À Thérèse: II.
Allegro vivace
08. Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79: I. Presto alla tedesca
09. Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79: II. Andante
10. Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79: III. Vivace
11. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a Les Adieux: I. Das Lebewohl.
Adagio - Allegro
12. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a Les Adieux: II. Abwesenheit.
Andante espressivo
13. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a Les Adieux: III. Das
Wiedersehn. Vivacissimamente
14. Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90: I. Mit lebhaftigkeit und durchaus
mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
15. Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90: II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr
singbar vorgetragen

CD7
01. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der
innigsten Empfindung
02. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: II. Lebhaft. Marschmassig
03. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll
04. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101: IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr,
und mit Entschlossenheit
05. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106, Hammerklavier: I. Allegro
06. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106, Hammerklavier: II. Scherzo.
Assai vivace - Presto - Tempo I
07. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106, Hammerklavier: III. Adagio
sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento
08. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106, Hammerklavier: IV. Largo -
Allegro risoluto
09. 6 Bagatelles, op. 126: No. 1 in G Major
10. 6 Bagatelles, op. 126: No. 2 in G Minor
11. 6 Bagatelles, op. 126: No. 3 in E-Flat Major
12. 6 Bagatelles, op. 126: No. 4 in B Minor
13. 6 Bagatelles, op. 126: No. 5 in G Major
14. 6 Bagatelles, op. 126: No. 6 in E-Flat Major

CD8
01. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: I. Vivace ma non troppo
02. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: II. Prestissimo
03. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109: III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster
Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
04. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: I. Moderato cantabile molto
espressivo
05. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
06. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110: III. Adagio ma non troppo -
Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
07. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed
appassionato
08. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111: II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice
e cantabile

CD9
01. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Introduzione col Basso del Tema
02. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 1
03. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 2
04. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 3
05. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 4
06. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 5
07. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 6
08. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 7
09. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 8
10. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 9
11. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 10
12. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 11
13. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 12
14. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 13
15. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 14
16. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Var. 15
17. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Finale. Allegro con brio
18. Variations & Fugue for Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 35 Eroica-Variationen:
Finale. Andante con moto
19. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Theme. Vivace
20. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 1, Alla marcia. Maestoso
21. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 2, Poco allegro
22. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 3, Listesso tempo
23. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 4, Un poco più vivace
24. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 5, Allegro vivace
25. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 6, Allegro ma non troppo e serioso
26. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 7, Un poco più allegro
27. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 8, Poco vivace
28. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 9, Allegro pesante e risoluto
29. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 10, Presto
30. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 11, Allegretto
31. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 12, Un poco più mosso
32. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 13, Vivace
33. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 14, Grave e maestoso
34. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 15, Presto scherzando
35. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 16, Allegro
36. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 17, Allegro
37. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 18, Poco moderato
38. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 19, Presto
39. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 20, Andante
40. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 21, Allegro con brio
41. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 22, Allegro molto
42. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 23, Allegro assai
43. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 24, Fughetta - Andante
44. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 25, Allegro
45. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 26, Piacevole
46. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 27, Vivace
47. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 28, Allegro
48. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 29, Adagio ma non troppo
49. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 30, Andante, sempre cantabile
50. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 31, Largo, molto espressivo
51. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 32, Fuga - Allegro
52. 33 Variations in C major on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, Diabelli
Variations: Var. 33, Tempo di Menuetto. Moderato



The appearance of a new, complete recording by Friedrich Gulda of the Beethoven
sonatas, made before his two previously known cycles, can be regarded as a
sensation. If a pianist makes three recordings within 20 years of the most
important cycle for his instrument then it would be regarded, even by today s
standards, as extraordinary. But to have done it in the 1950s and 60s was a
unique achievement - the business of capturing it as a sound recording in the
early 1950s was still something brave and new in every way. Schnabel s recording
from the 1930s had the ill luck of being made at the wrong time, when the world
was busy with greater problems; the same was more or less true of the first
recording that Wilhelm Kempff began, but did not complete, during the War. To be
sure, the history of sound recording has meant that constant technical
advancements (LP, stereo and digital techniques) have been the prime reason for
artists to make lavish, new complete recordings of the same works. All the same,
Gulda s second complete recording, for Decca in London, hitherto believed to be
his first, still counts among the most audacious early recording projects of the
sonatas in the post-war years. The recording that preceded it, which Orfeo have
been authorised to publish here, was made for Austrian Radio. Gulda went to the
Viennese studios to make it at the turn of 1953/4, at a time when the city was
still under the control of the Russian occupying power. This young pianist, born
in Vienna on 16 May 1930, had begun his international career in spectacular
fashion by winning the Geneva Competition in 1946. He performed Beethoven s
sonatas in the autumn of 1953 in several Austrian cities. He was so played in
that it seems to have been a mere matter of routine for him to record up to six
big sonatas in the space of just two days in the studio. This was an incredible
achievement that is in no way diminished by the minimal glitches to be found
here. If anything, these inaccuracies enhance the spontaneity and vibrancy of
Gulda s performance, which even at this early stage of his career was
distinguished by a headstrong personality and exceptional abilities. His choice
of tempi is fearless and stringent, while his high degree of precision is
fostered by an economical use of the pedal and a rejection of any arbitrary
accelerandi or ritardandi (as for example in the Hammerklavier Sonata). It is
such aspects of his playing in particular that reveal a de-Romanticisation of
Beethoven. This was a process to which Gulda s interpretations contributed, yet
which detracted not a whit from the master s Titanic greatness. On the contrary:
it is precisely the simplicity and the clarity of Gulda s Beethoven
interpretations despite their occasional stylised moments that make evident the
humility and modesty of the pianist in the face of the supreme genius of the
composer. The Sonatas are here complemented by the Six Bagatelles Op. 126, the
Diabelli Variations Op. 120 and the Eroica Variations Op. 35.

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