Mozart, Beethoven & Others: Piano Concertos (Live)

Featuring

Friedrich Gulda
Joseph Keilberth
Hans Müller-Kray
Hans Rosbaud
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Joseph Haydn
Richard Strauss
Claude Debussy

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Performer Biography

Following his win at the Geneva competition, Friedrich Gulda was immediately engaged for a grand tour of South America, with a new Bösendorfer piano flown to Rio de Janeiro by air freight.

Performer Biography

Friedrich Gulda's boundless energy sometimes led him to perform two piano concertos in a single evening.

Performer Biography

Friedrich Gulda, the pianist on this album, rose to international fame after winning the 1946 Geneva music competition, despite performing late at night to a tired jury and half-empty hall.

Interpretation

Friedrich Gulda's interpretations of classical works were influenced by his interest in jazz music, which lent them an air of improvisation and the unexpected.

Recording & Production

The recordings on this album were made live at various venues between 1959 and 1962, including Ludwigsburg Castle and Stuttgart's Liederhalle, and also in Baden-Baden's Studio V.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Friedrich Gulda considered 'the important representatives of jazz as well as Bach and Mozart' to be his artistic examples.

Interpretation

Friedrich Gulda's Mozart interpretations are noted for their clarity, nuanced touch, and powerful sense of rhythm, avoiding the 'nonsensical, uncalled-for ritardandi and accelerandi' common among other pianists of his time.