Friedrich Gulda: The Stuttgart Solo Recitals (Live)
9/13/2019, 76 Tracks, 7:19:59
Featuring
Friedrich Gulda
Ursula Anders
Günther Rabl
The Inner Circle
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Franz Schubert
François Couperin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
George Frideric Handel
Claude Debussy
Did you know?
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Composer's Artistic Vision
Friedrich Gulda believed that jazz music influenced composers like Ravel and Debussy, and that jazz musicians like Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker studied their harmonics.
Performer Biography
Friedrich Gulda was immediately seized by the desire for improvisation after encountering jazz records before the Geneva piano competition.
Performer Biography
After his Carnegie Hall debut in 1950, Friedrich Gulda visited the New York jazz club Birdland to hear Duke Ellington, which he described as a revelation.
Recording & Production
The recordings of the trio The Inner Circle, featuring Friedrich Gulda, Ursula Anders, and Günther Rabl, were professionally edited for this edition by Günther Rabl and sound technicians.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Friedrich Gulda's constant ambition was to broaden his musical horizons, leading him to explore a vast cosmos of music.
Performer Biography
Friedrich Gulda, the pianist on this album, won the Geneva piano competition at the age of 16.
Interpretation
Friedrich Gulda's Beethoven interpretations were considered timeless and universally valid, despite changing fashion trends in music.
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