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Composer:
Frederic Chopin

Artist(s):
Friedrich Gulda

Conductor:
Adrian Boult

Background: Gulda's hottest Chopin phase was the mid-1950s, when he regularly played the complete Preludes and complete Ballades in concert. Captured here are recordings from a variety of sources, all released for the first time, with the exception of the Piano Concerto recording, made for Decca (with whom he also recorded the Preludes and Ballades).

Performances are sometimes fiercely virtuosic, sometimes dreamily spun-out. The Ballades in particular are carried off with great panache. Special compiled improvisation, in which Gulda (among other things) muses over his (broken) relationship with Chopin. All newly mastered / remastered by Paul Gulda, who writes the liner notes.

CATALOGUE NR: 4778724
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 08-Feb-2010

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Friedrich Gulda plays Chopin
TRACKS: 24 Preludes op.28. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 op.11 (orch. Mily Balakirev). 4 Ballades : Ballade in G minor op.23 / Ballade in F major op.38 / Ballade in A flat major op.47 / Ballade in F minor op.52. Nocturne in C minor op.48/1. Barcarolle in F sharp major op.60. Nocturne in F sharp major op.15/2 . Valse in E minor op.posth. Nocturne in B major op.62/1. Epitaph for a Love - based on recordings of Gulda improvsations compiled by Paul Gulda.
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Adrian Boult
ARTISTS: Friedrich Gulda      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live 10-May-1955 Graz & 4-Apr-1955 Zurich - preludes / by Decca Feb-1954 - concerto / live 14-Mar-1955 Trieste - ballades / live 5-Jul-1960 Buenos Aires - nocturne & barcarolle / live 19-May-1956 Buenos Aires - nocturne / live 7-Mar-1955 Reggio Emilia - valse / live Munich Klaviersommer 13-Jul-1986 - nocturne - Sep-2010 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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