Gulda's gold.

[akiralx]

Thanks to this thread I have followed up with the 2CD set of Gulda with the VPO and Abbado in K466,467,503 and 595.

A mixture of cadenzas with Mozart, Hummel and Beethoven also involved . I was not troubled by Gulda's own at all . I found these recordings vastly preferable to the recent Gramophone editors choice of Anderszweski in K 503 and K 595 . Indeed, I think this is now much my favourite recording of K503.

Can I also recommend his digital recording of K488 and K537 (especially the former, my favourite for that work) with Harnoncourt and the Concertgebouw on Teldec. I like the way he plays along in the opening tutti to warm up...

[Barbirollians]

Gulda seems to be singing along too judging by a listening on the headphones .

I am not so enamoured of Harnoncourt's rather beefy accompaniments .

I have also discover the live 1969 account of K271 with Bohm and the Bavarian RSO on Orfeo. A lively and charming performance and the Brahms Symphony 1 with which it is coupled is not to be sniffed at either.

[Barbirollians]

Been listening a lot to K271 recently and as much as I have enjoyed the live Brendel/Mackerras ,Clara Haskil and Imogen Cooper’s versions - coming back to this I was very moved by it . It is an extraordinary work of genius and it sounds like it more than ever in Gulda’s hands.

[HighlandDougie]

Barbs's resurrection of this thread has had me get down again the BluRay disc of the four concertos he recorded with Abbado and the VPO (I think that I may previously have enthused about these transfers when I bought the set last year). Unfailingly interesting and stimulating playing by Gulda (and his cadenzas have worn well), excellent accompaniment by Abbado/VPO and transfers which are really excellent in their BluRay guise. In short, a real joy.

[mikealdren]

And it encouraged me to buy the same set....

[Bryn]

And it encouraged me to buy the same set....

And me to import the 192/24 version from QOBUZ.