Friedrich Gulda: Complete Decca Collection (41 CD + Blu ray Audio)

Friedrich Gulda’s complete discography on Decca brought together in one edition for the first time. Marking 40 years since his final recording for the label (Beethoven Concertos, April, 1971), remastered for this edition in 24bit 192kHz and presented on a bonus Blu-ray Audio disc. The edition also includes many benchmark recordings including the Beethoven Piano Sonatas (Decca & Amadeo), Debussy’s Préludes Books I & II, Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit, Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1 with Sir Adrian Boult, and Richard Strauss’ Lieder with the soprano Hilde Gueden; and a work Gulda wholeheartedly embraced – the youthful Burleske. Included is a collection of recordings made for the Amadeo label from 1960–1981, plus a live recording of Gulda with Chick Corea, previously issued on Philips. 60pp booklet includes new liner notes by Jed Distler, rare photographs from the Decca archives and facsimiles of the original LP cover art.

TRACK LIST

CD 1-9 BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Sonatas (1950s Decca Cycle)

CD 10-18 BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Sonatas (1967 Amadeo Cycle)

CD 19-21 BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 1–5 Wiener Philharmoniker, Horst Stein

CD 22 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 14* & 31*

CD 23 BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Nos 7 & 10 Ruggiero Ricci

CD 24 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.1 Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
“Eroica” Variations; 2 Bagatelles

CD 25 J.S. BACH Prelude & Fugue in D sharp minor, BWV 877* (WTK, Book II, No.8); English Suite No.3*
MOZART Piano Sonatas Nos 8 & 18

CD 26 MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 14°, 25 & 26 “Coronation” London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins

CD 27-28 CHOPIN 4 Ballades; Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult; 24 Preludes*
WEBER Konzertstück
STRAUSS Burleske

CD 29 SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op.12; Waldszenen, Op. 82*; Piano Concerto in A minor* Wiener Philharmoniker, Volkmar Andreae

CD 30-31 DEBUSSY Preludes Books I & II; L’Isle joyeuse; Suite bergamasque
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales; Gaspard de la nuit

CD 32 R. STRAUSS 13 Lieder Hilde Gueden; “Le bourgeois gentilhomme” – suite Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel

CD 33 “The First Recordings”
J.S. BACH Prelude & Fugue in G major BWV 860 (WTK, Book I, No.15); Partita No.1 in B flat, BWV 825; Toccata & Fugue in C minor, BWV 911
BEETHOVEN No.11 Andante, ma non troppo (11 Bagatelles, Op.119); 6 Ecossaises, WoO 83;
CHOPIN Berceuse in D flat, Op.57; Etudes No.1 in A flat “Harp Study” & No.2 in F minor (12 Etudes, Op.25); Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47
PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No.7 in B flat, Op.83
DEBUSSY L’Isle joyeuse; Reflets dans l’eau (Images – Book I, L. 110)
MOZART Piano Sonata No. 17 in D, K576

CD 34 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.32. Op.111;
GULDA Wintermeditation

CD 35 SCHUMANN Liederkreis, Op.39 Ursula Anders; Fantasiestücke, Op.12

CD 36 “Gulda plays Gulda and Corea”

CD 37 “The Meeting” Chick Corea
Live recording of improvisations on two pianos on Frank Churchill, Miles Davis, Johannes Brahms and Fritz Pauer

CD 38 “Friedrich Gulda at Birdland”

CD 39 MOZART Piano Concerto No.17 in G, K.453
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat
Paul Angerer und sein klassisches orchester

CD 40 MOZART Piano Sonatas Nos.11, 13 & 16

CD 41 J.S. BACH Italian Concerto

Blu-ray Audio
BEETHOVEN The Five Piano Concertos Wiener Philharmoniker, Horst Stein