Gulda- Mozart sonata in D major/1

[pianist626262]

Wonderful live performance....what a great pianist...This sonata is truly fantastic...

[whneo97]

This piano srsly needs to be tuned......

[KevinDorner]

@whneo97 Do you seriously believe they'd let Gulda play on an untuned piano? ;)

It's just that the sound quality isn't very good. This video is probably 25 or 30 years old.

[whneo97]

@KevinDorner It wasn't meant to be taken literally, srry...:P just a figurative description to talk about the sound quality sounding like that of an 'untuned piano'. Still, great music anyways :D

[mickey725]

maybe this sounds "mechanical" because it lacks dynamics. It sounds "f" or "mf" most of the time. But that's probably due to the upload quality.

[fogueman]

He has such a command over his fabulous technique and huge hand that he just plays like he feels in that particular moment. In this sonata I think he creates some brutal accents wich are kind of "out of style" but hey... look how he plays, the gorgeus skill and ideas. He may be not the most orthodox of mozart players but he definitely IS one of the originals.

[djstkora]

isn't there supposed to be a dominant of the 6th degree at the end of the exposition?

[principedellindo]

In Casella edition yes! But in most of the other ones the dominant of the 6th appers only in the reprise at the very end of the movement.

It would be interesting to know what's the matter with this bar, but I don't know if it exists any critical edition.

[Millssj]

i think his playing in this video is too mechanical. 2:45 - 3:17 should be a little bit more "climactic," and he makes it sound like he's simply doing a keyboard drill/exercise.

he has very impressive technique, though. he makes it look so easy. but i would've liked it more with more expression or color.

[downtoearthwildguy]

While I respect Gulda...Clara Haskil is the Goddess of these intimate masterpieces.

[gonzal0999]

gulda era genial..!

[mumeikun]

So wonderful!

[shaawttaayyG]

wow =]

speechless.

[pietstamitz]

He is a great genius, he has an absolute command over

the music and the technique. He is first class.

But i agree with lourak, and above all, i miss the LOVE,

the ethereal quality of the music behind and between

the notes, it sounds a bit ruthless.

He himself stated that Mozart, was one of the greatest

benefactors to humanity. In his playing, i can't hear that.

[lourak]

Although I respect Gulda for his overall musicianship, his Mozart, generally, lacks the requisite finesse, nuance and lightness of touch.

[Masmorra84]

and he uses way too much pedal imo...

[lourak]

@cognoscoall1 I wouldn't have guessed it (you're being a student of semantics)! I certainly wouldn't mind chatting with you a bit - you seem like a bright guy, but why not make it substantive next time?

[cognoscoall1]

i was joking, i deleated my stupid message. Semantics will definitely help us talk to eachother. :)

[Kirumna]

@lourak Then listen to this by gulda-- Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in D K.466

[guldalex]

@lourak you are speaking about what some people in music schools say about mozart,so an interpretation among many others...Mozart is not only finess,nuance and lightness of touch.....

[lourak]

@guldalex What you say sounds reasonable enough, but I still think it is uncontroversial that "finesse, nuance and lightness of touch" are a minimum requirement for normative Mozart performance. Of course, you can always play the "interpretation" card and slip through, but you must shoulder the burden of proof when you go against the "experts" - however biased they may be. Thanks!

[guldalex]

@lourak thanks for the answer.gulda became Gulda also becaused he refused the Beethoven Ring price to criticize a system made of "experts"..He loved mozart and he used to play it with enormous feeling and strenght,in a "beethovenian way" giving us recordings as pnoconcertos 20 -21-25-27 with abbado and this recital with sonatas that for me are unsurpassable,first for his unbelievable tecnique..andras schiff can do an expert and maybe philologic mozart sonata but without feeling for me..bye bye

[lourak]

@guldalex Alright then...I'll give you the last word. Thanks for the stimulating exchange!

[Yaniss]

a very good performance! no doubts...

im not a gulda lover, but i liked it

[krnchick7588]

excellent and flowing =)