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Gulda: Sinfonie in G - Heidelberger Hazztage 1971
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Gulda: Sinfonie in G - Heidelberger Hazztage 1971

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Composer
GULDA PAUER
Artist
Gulda, Radio-Orchester Stuttgart, Südfunk-Tanzorchester
Format
CD
Label
SWR
Released
Jan 22, 2021
Catalog #
SWR19096CD
UPC
747313909681

About

Gulda's “Symphony in G“, presented on this album, was discovered in the SWR archive in the course of research for the release of all the recordings the Austrian pianist made for the German Southwest Broadcasting Corporation (SWR). Until now nobody actually knew that this work existed for there are no indications of Gulda being commissioned or of a specific occasion for which he might have composed this symphony. Therefore, one listens here to the world première of a piece which – apart from being recorded in the studio on 20 November 1970 – has never been performed in public. At the beginning of the 1970s Gulda gave concerts that exclusively featured his own compositions. This also applies to his performance at the Heidelberger Jazztage in 1971, released here for the first time digitally and on album. Almost all of Gulda's jazz works, though often based on classical forms, cannot be played without knowledge of improvisation so as to “keep them away from bunglers” (as the pianist himself put it). One of Gulda’s few compositions without improvisation to be heard here is No. IV from the ten-part piano cycle “Play Piano Play”. “Prelude and Fugue" was probably Gulda’s favourite work and was the last piece of Gulda’s performance in Heidelberg. An exception on this album is Fritz Pauer's "Etude.” In 1966 Fritz Pauer won a prize in the jazz competition Gulda had initiated and so Gulda decided to include this work in the Heidelberg concert from 1971.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio 12:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio
    Duration
    12:56
    Composer
    Friedrich Gulda
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Stuttgart South German Radio Dance Orchestra
    Conductor
    Friedrich Gulda
  2. 2 II. Andante 10:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    10:38
    Composer
    Friedrich Gulda
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Stuttgart South German Radio Dance Orchestra
    Conductor
    Friedrich Gulda
  3. 3 III. Adagio - Allegro assai 12:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio - Allegro assai
    Duration
    12:07
    Composer
    Friedrich Gulda
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Stuttgart South German Radio Dance Orchestra
    Conductor
    Friedrich Gulda
  4. 4 Sonatine: I. Entrée 06:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sonatine: I. Entrée
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Friedrich Gulda
    Performer
    Friedrich Gulda
  5. 5 Meditationen: No. 2. Etüde 06:27
    Track
    5
    Title
    Meditationen: No. 2. Etüde
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    Fritz Pauer
    Performer
    Friedrich Gulda
  6. 6 Piano Variations 11:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    Piano Variations
    Duration
    11:34
    Composer
    Friedrich Gulda
    Performer
    Friedrich Gulda
  7. 7 Play Piano Play, "10 Pieces for Yuko": No. 4. Allegro ma non troppo 04:04
    Track
    7
    Title
    Play Piano Play, "10 Pieces for Yuko": No. 4. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Friedrich Gulda
    Performer
    Friedrich Gulda
  8. 8 Prelude and Fugue 04:35
    Track
    8
    Title
    Prelude and Fugue
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Friedrich Gulda
    Performer
    Friedrich Gulda