{"product_id":"beethoven-gulda-london-philharmonic-orch-young-friedrich-gulda","title":"Friedrich Gulda: Young Friedrich Gulda - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eYoung Friedrich Gulda\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eFriedrich Gulda\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eProfil - G Haenssler\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e881488190175\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2022-09-02\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e6\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eAdditional Details: \u003c\/b\u003eBOXED SET\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Friedrich Gulda was born in Vienna on May 16, 1930. He began his musical education at the Grossmann Conservatory and subsequently took private lessons from Felix Pazofsky. From 1942 to 1947 he studied piano at the Vienna Academy of Music under Bruno Seidlhofer and Music Theory and Composition under Joseph Marx. He gave his first public performance in 1944 and, two years later when just 16 years old, won the Geneva International Music Competition. Starting after the Second World War, as a 20-year-old, Gulda established himself as a piano soloist with an excellent international reputation and even performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1950. In the 1950s he was celebrated and considered the leading interpreter of Beethoven in his generation. He founded his own Klassische Orchester Gulda for chamber music with members of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. In addition to Beethoven, Gulda's repertoire encompasses works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Richard Strauss, whose Burleske in D minor and lieder are included in this release, with Gulda accompanying soprano Hilde Güden. Gulda was essentially an out-and-out contrarian who showed that a great genius can sometimes be only a step away from a certain madness. While Karl Böhm or Rubinstein admired him as a magnificently talented interpreter of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, Gulda could also be provocative - including inciting his fellow concert pianists. Asked about Vladimir Horowitz, Gulda once responded: \"Horowitz is a master. Because he is able to do - whatever he wants, \" but also added: \"But what he is after doesn't interest me\" (Joachim Kaiser).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K.503~I. Allegro maestoso \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K.503~II. Andante \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K.503~III. Finale: Allegretto \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major K.537~I. Allegro \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major K.537~II. Larghetto \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major K.537~III. Allegretto \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Piano Sonata in D major K.576~I. Allegro \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Piano Sonata in D major K.576~II. Adagio \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Piano Sonata in D major K.576~III. Allegretto \u003cbr\u003e2.1 Piano Sonata No. 4 in E Flat major Op. 7~I. Allegro molto e con brio \u003cbr\u003e2.2 Piano Sonata No. 4 in E Flat major Op. 7~II. Largo, con bran espressione \u003cbr\u003e2.3 Piano Sonata No. 4 in E Flat major Op. 7~III. Allegro \u003cbr\u003e2.4 Piano Sonata No. 4 in E Flat major Op. 7~IV. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso \u003cbr\u003e2.5 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major Op. 10, No. 3~I. Presto \u003cbr\u003e2.6 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major Op. 10, No. 3~II. Largo e mesto \u003cbr\u003e2.7 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major Op. 10, No. 3~III. Menuetto ; Trio: Allegro \u003cbr\u003e2.8 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major Op. 10, No. 3~IV. Rondo: Allegro \u003cbr\u003e2.9 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 \"Pathétique\"~I. Grave. Allegro di molto e con brio \u003cbr\u003e2.10 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 \"Pathétique\"~II. Adagio cantabile \u003cbr\u003e2.11 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 \"Pathétique\"~III. Rondo: Allegro \u003cbr\u003e2.12 Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor Op. 49, No. 1~I. Andante \u003cbr\u003e2.13 Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor Op. 49, No. 1~II. Rondo: Allegro \u003cbr\u003e3.1 Einerlei Op. 69, 3 \u003cbr\u003e3.2 Säusle, liebe Myrthe Op. 68, 3 \u003cbr\u003e3.3 Stern Op. 69, 1 \u003cbr\u003e3.4 Schlechtes Wetter Op. 69, 5 \u003cbr\u003e3.5 Ich wollt ein Sträußlein binden Op. 68, 2 \u003cbr\u003e3.6 Als mir dein Lied erklang Op. 68, 4 \u003cbr\u003e3.7 Freundliche Vision Op. 48, 1 \u003cbr\u003e3.8 Schlagende Herzen Op. 29, 9 \u003cbr\u003e3.9 Heimkehr Op. 15, 5 \u003cbr\u003e3.10 Befreit Op. 39, 4 \u003cbr\u003e3.11 Nacht Op. 10, 3 \u003cbr\u003e3.12 Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten Op. 19, 4 \u003cbr\u003e3.13 Meinem Kinde Op. 37, 3 \u003cbr\u003e3.14 Burleske in D minor for Piano and Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e3.15 Konzertstück in F minor for Piano and Orchestra Op. 79~Larghetto. Allegro passionato. Tempo di marcia. Presto assai \u003cbr\u003e4.1 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11~I. Allegro maestoso \u003cbr\u003e4.2 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11~II. Romance: Larghetto \u003cbr\u003e4.3 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11~III. Rondo: Vivace \u003cbr\u003e4.4 Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23 \u003cbr\u003e4.5 Ballade No. 2 in F major Op. 38 \u003cbr\u003e4.6 Ballade No. 3 in A flat major Op. 47 \u003cbr\u003e4.7 Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 \u003cbr\u003e5.1 Préludes Book I~I. Danseuses de Delphes. Lent et grave \u003cbr\u003e5.2 Préludes Book I~II. Voiles. Modéré \u003cbr\u003e5.3 Préludes Book I~III. Le vent dans la plaine. Animé \u003cbr\u003e5.4 Préludes Book I~IV. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir. Modéré \u003cbr\u003e5.5 Préludes Book I~V. Les collines d'Anacapri. Très modéré \u003cbr\u003e5.6 Préludes Book I~VI. Des pas sur la neige. Triste et lent \u003cbr\u003e5.7 Préludes Book I~VII. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest. Animé et tumultueux \u003cbr\u003e5.8 Préludes Book I~VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin. Très calme et doucement expressif \u003cbr\u003e5.9 Préludes Book I~IX. La sérénade interrompue. Modérément animé \u003cbr\u003e5.10 Préludes Book I~X. La cathédrale engloutie. Profondément calme \u003cbr\u003e5.11 Préludes Book I~XI. La danse de Puck. Capicieux et léger \u003cbr\u003e5.12 Préludes Book I~XII. Minstrels. Modéré \u003cbr\u003e5.13 Préludes Book II~I. Brouillards. Modéré \u003cbr\u003e5.14 Préludes Book II~II. Feuilles mortes. Lent et mélancolique \u003cbr\u003e5.15 Préludes Book II~III. La Puerta del Vino. Mouvement de Habanera \u003cbr\u003e5.16 Préludes Book II~IV. Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses. Rapide et léger \u003cbr\u003e5.17 Préludes Book II~V. Bruyères. Calmé \u003cbr\u003e5.18 Préludes Book II~VI. Général Lavine - excentrique. Dans le style et le mouvement d'un Cakewalk \u003cbr\u003e5.19 Préludes Book II~VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune. Lent \u003cbr\u003e5.20 Préludes Book II~VIII. Ondine. Scherzando \u003cbr\u003e5.21 Préludes Book II~IX. Hommage à S. Pickwick, Esq., P.P.M.P.C. Grave \u003cbr\u003e5.22 Préludes Book II~X. Canope. Très calme et doucement triste \u003cbr\u003e5.23 Préludes Book II~XI. Les tierces alternées. Modérément animé \u003cbr\u003e5.24 Préludes Book II~XII. Feux d'artifice. Modérément animé \u003cbr\u003e6.1 Suite bergamasque~I. Prélude. Moderato \u003cbr\u003e6.2 Suite bergamasque~II. Menuet. Andantino \u003cbr\u003e6.3 Suite bergamasque~III. Clair de lune. Andante très expressif \u003cbr\u003e6.4 Suite bergamasque~IV. Passepied. Allegretto ma non troppo \u003cbr\u003e6.5 Pour le piano~I. Prélude. Assez animé et très rythmé \u003cbr\u003e6.6 Pour le piano~II. Sarabande. Avec une élégance grave et lente \u003cbr\u003e6.7 Pour le piano~III. Toccata. Vif \u003cbr\u003e6.8 Isle joyeuse \u003cbr\u003e6.9 Valses nobles et sentimentales~I. Modéré \u003cbr\u003e6.10 Valses nobles et sentimentales~II. Assez lent \u003cbr\u003e6.11 Valses nobles et sentimentales~III. Modéré \u003cbr\u003e6.12 Valses nobles et sentimentales~IV. Assez animé \u003cbr\u003e6.13 Valses nobles et sentimentales~V. 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