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22 years old Friedrich Gulda plays and conducts the Vienna Symphony Orchestra from the piano bench. Unedited live recording, Jan.22, 1953.
"...It's easy to see why he made a splash: he was daring, and he had an indefinable star quality that made audiences hang on his every move... Gulda always had a knack for going right up to the edge of being gratuitously shocking but not crossing the line; sample the piano sforzando that introduces the first forte orchestral section (at about 25 seconds) in the finale of the Piano Concerto No. 4 for some prime Gulda tricks..." (AllMusic Review by James Manheim)
00:00 Allegro moderato
17:12 Andante con moto
21:15 Rondo- Vivace
22 years old Friedrich Gulda plays and conducts the Vienna Symphony Orchestra from the piano bench. Unedited live recording, Jan.22, 1953.
"...It's easy to see why he made a splash: he was daring, and he had an indefinable star quality that made audiences hang on his every move... Gulda always had a knack for going right up to the edge of being gratuitously shocking but not crossing the line; sample the piano sforzando that introduces the first forte orchestral section (at about 25 seconds) in the finale of the Piano Concerto No. 4 for some prime Gulda tricks..." (AllMusic Review by James Manheim)
00:00 Allegro moderato
17:12 Andante con moto
21:15 Rondo- Vivace
