Two Solo Recitals 1959
SWR19098CD • 3 DISCS
UPC: 747313909889
Listen to CD2, Track 4: Ondine
Two solo recitals from 1959; the Bruchsal recording is released for the first time in digital and CD formats.
The album contains the sole recording Gulda made of Bach’s Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo as well as his first live recording of Gaspard de la nuit.
This is the final instalment in the SWR CLASSIC series dedicated to Friedrich Gulda.
All those who experienced Gulda live reported how he radiated a very special aura, one that was markedly stronger than that conveyed by his recordings. One got the distinct impression that he was performing the music for the very first time, coaxing the notes out of a musical cosmos and making them audible on the grand piano (or the clavichord). After a final chord, Gulda would often draw a curtain on his magical, pearly tones, dispatching them with a subtle movement of the hand. Such was the case with the two Beethoven sonatas presented here. The fact that Gulda cherished Beethoven’s Op. 110 sonata throughout his life is by no means surprising, since Beethoven really transcends all boundaries in this piece: heterogeneous elements fuse to form an integrated whole. It’s in this way that SWR’s five-volume Gulda edition ends: with music that knows no boundaries, reflecting Gulda’s essential crossing of frontiers, ruled by a desire to let all the stars of his musical cosmos shine!
TRACKLIST
Two Solo Recitals 1959
CD 1
Recital in the Castle of Bruchsal, 29.01.1959
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
Piano Sonata No.13 in B Major
3
III Allegretto grazioso
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Piano Sonata No.17 D Minor Op.31,2 (Der Sturm)
CD 2
Recital in Bruchsal Castle, 29.01.1959 (continuation)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)
1
Reflets dans l’eau L 110 No.1
2
La soirée dans Grenade (from Estampes L 100: No. 2)
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
7
Ecossaise E flat Major WoO 83 No. 1 (Encore)
CD 3
Recital in the Castle of Schwetzingen, 03.06.1959
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo BWV 992
5
V Aria di Postiglione. Adagio poco
6
VI Fuga all’imitazione delle cornetta di Postiglione
JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
7
Andante con variazioni F minor Hob. XVII:6
Piano Sonata No. 62 E flat Major Hob. XVI:52
Piano Sonata No.10 G Major Op.14, No.2
13
III Scherzo. Allegro assai
Piano Sonata No.31 A flat Major Op.110
14
I Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
16
III Adagio ma non troppo
17
IV Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
