Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concertos (Friedrich Gulda)

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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme", KV 271
• Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, KV 467 "Elvira Madigan"
• Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488, KV 488
• Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503, KV 503
• Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595, KV 595

Friedrich Gulda, piano

Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Karl Böhm, conductor

Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper / Hans Swarowsky, conductor

Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Joseph Keilberth, conductor

Orchestre National de France / Georg Solti, conductor

Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper / Hans Swarowsky, conductor

Date: 1967; 1962; 1956 / 2025

Label: Archipel

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Friedrich Gulda (1930–2000) was an Austrian pianist renowned for uniting rigorous classical tradition with a rebellious devotion to jazz. Trained at the Vienna Academy of Music and winner of the Geneva International Pianists’ Competition at sixteen, he earned acclaim for interpretations spanning Bach to Debussy, notably recording Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier and Beethoven’s complete sonatas and concertos. Though initially aligned with the Austro-German tradition, Gulda rejected academic conservatism, returning the Beethoven Bicentennial Ring in protest and championing jazz as the truly modern art form. He performed in both major concert halls and jazz clubs, collaborated with artists such as Claudio Abbado and Chick Corea, and profoundly influenced pianist Martha Argerich.