CD 1 - Recital in the Castle of Bruchsal, 29.01.1959:
Wolfgang Amaedus Mozart:
Piano Sonata No. 13 in B Major, KV 333 (315c)

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31/2

CD 2 - Recital in Bruchsal Castle, 29.01.1959 (continuation):
Claude Debussy:
Reflets dans l’eau, L 110 No. 1
Estampes, L 100 - No. 2, La soirée dans Grenade
L’isle joyeuse, L 106

Maurice Ravel:
Gaspard de la nuit

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Ecossaise in E flat Major, WoO 83 No. 1 (Encore)

CD 3 - Recital in the Castle of Schwetzingen, 03.06.1959:
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992

Joseph Haydn:
Andante con variazioni in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6
Piano Sonata No. 62 in E flat Major, Hob. XVI:52

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14/2
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat Major, Op. 110

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!

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Recordings: 29.01.1959, Bruchsal, Schloss (CD 1 & 2); 03.06.1959, Schwetzingen, Schloss (CD 3).