Utwory na płycie:

• Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 24 c-moll, KV 491 - 1. Allegro
• Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 24 c-moll, KV 491 - 2. Larghetto
• Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 24 c-moll, KV 491 - 3. Allegretto
• Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 4 G-Dur, Op. 58 - 1. Allegro moderato
• Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 4 G-Dur, Op. 58 - 2. Andante con moto
• Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 4 G-Dur, Op. 58 - 3. Rondo: Vivace
• Konzert Für Klavier Und Streicher Nr. 11 D-Dur Op. 21, Hob. XVIII:11 - 1. Vivace
• Konzert Für Klavier Und Streicher Nr. 11 D-Dur Op. 21, Hob. XVIII:11 - 2. Un poco adagio
• Konzert Für Klavier Und Streicher Nr. 11 D-Dur Op. 21, Hob. XVIII:11 - 3. Rondo all'ungarese: Allegro assai
• Burleske d-moll op. 11 (für Klavier und Orchester)
• Préludes (12 Stücke für Klavier, Heft 2) - Feux d'artifice
• Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 14 Es-Dur, KV 449 - 1. Allegro vivace
• Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 14 Es-Dur, KV 449 - 2. Andantino
• Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 14 Es-Dur, KV 449 - 3. Allegro ma non troppo
• Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 23 A-Dur, KV 488 - 1. Allegro
• Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 23 A-Dur, KV 488 - 2. Adagio
• Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 23 A-Dur, KV 488 - 3. Allegro assai

CD 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K491

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58

CD 2:
Joseph Haydn:
Piano Concerto No. 11 in G Major, Hob. XVIII:11

Richard Strauss:
Burleske for piano and orchestra, AV 85

Claude Debussy:
Fireworks. Modérément animé

CD 3:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat Major, K449
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K488

Although the repertoire on this album might be considered rather conventional, one can nevertheless appreciate – even after several decades – why audiences must have been hugely impressed by Gulda’s forceful, lucid and rhythmically innovative playing.

Gulda played Mozart's Concerto in C Minor, K491 for the first time in Buenos Aires in 1952 under Igor Markevich. It is one of the piano concertos which he revisited in the 1980s, conducted by Harnoncourt. In this recording from the 1959 Ludwigsburg Festival, Gulda already succeeds in capturing the melancholy aura of the work.

Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, with its highly imaginative outer movements and the tete-a-tete between soloist and orchestra in the second movement, is virtually made for Gulda’s incredibly nuanced touch. This concerto was to accompany Gulda throughout his life – starting in Geneva in 1946 and ending with his performance with the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg in 1993.

Gulda would sometimes play two piano concertos in a single evening, testament to his boundless energy. Haydn’s Piano Concerto No. 11 appeared in his programmes from time to time on such occasions. Gulda’s crystal clear and rhythmically brilliant technique never ceases to fascinate the listener and makes his performance of this highly virtuoso piece a special experience.

“I shall take the important representatives of jazz as well as Bach and Mozart as my examples”, Gulda wrote in 1954, a statement that gives an idea of how important Mozart was to him right from the start. Gulda played the Concerto in E flat Major, K449 for the first time in September 1954 and made many appearances in his subsequent concerts. He played the Concerto in A Major, K488 for the first time during his 37-city tour of South America in 1949.

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Recordings: 01.07.1959 live, Ludwigsburg, Schloss (CD 1; Tr. 1-3); 18.02.1960 live Stuttgart, Liederhalle (CD 1, Tr. 4-6); 10.01.1962 live Stuttgart, Liederhalle (CD 2); 15-16.01.1962 Baden-Baden, Studio V (Hans-Rosbaud-Studio) (CD 3)