奧地利鋼琴家顧爾達被譽為20世紀最難以定義的音樂家之一。他以紮實的古典訓練為基礎，從巴哈、莫札特、貝多芬一路演奏到舒伯特、蕭邦、德布西、拉威爾與普羅科菲耶夫，卻又一頭栽進爵士、搖滾與自由即興，甚至創作自己的鋼琴協奏曲與大編制作品，風格多變卻始終自成一格。
這套全新完整錄音全輯，收錄他50餘年來的演奏歷程，共85張CD與1張DVD，從他17歲在倫敦錄製的首張唱片起，直到晚年在奧地利阿特湖畔自家錄音室留下的莫札特作品。除了古典代表作與完整的貝多芬奏鳴曲與德布西前奏曲全輯，也首次發行在1947年錄製的C小調觸技曲與賦格 BWV 911中，那段過去被認為遺失的〈觸技曲〉，以及珍貴的爵士錄音與自創曲，包括與奇克柯瑞亞的即興合作。
顧爾達對古典作品的詮釋，總是充滿個人觀點與創造性。他反對將音樂當作博物館般的「再現」，而是以精準清晰的觸鍵、冷靜卻富表情的語彙，賦予熟悉作品嶄新的光彩。他的莫札特演奏曾被讚為「藝術家自信展現自我理念的範本」，其貝多芬演繹也展現了他對形式與結構的深刻理解。
在爵士領域，他同樣展現出驚人的自由與創意，從Birdland現場、慕尼黑即興、到《為我自己寫的協奏曲》，無一不是融合古典思維與即興精神的絕妙實驗。
【曲目】
CD 1BACH: English Suites Nos. 2 & 3 · Italian Concerto · Toccata, BWV 911 · Capriccio, BWV 992
GULDA: Prelude & Fugue
CD 2CHOPIN: 24 Préludes, Op. 28 · Nocturnes · Bacarolle · Waltz No. 14
CD 3CHOPIN: 4 Ballades
GULDA: Epitaph für eine Liebe · Selige Sehnsucht
CD 4–5BEETHOVEN: Complete Works for Piano and Violoncello
Pierre Fournier
CD 6MOZART · BEETHOVEN: Quintets for Piano and Wind Instruments
Bläservereinigung der Wiener Philharmoniker
CD 7–8MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 21, 25 & 27
Wiener Philharmoniker · Claudio Abbado
CD 9MOZART: Piano Sonatas Nos. 17 & 18 · Fantasia
CD 10–14THE MOZART TAPES: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1–6, 8–14, 16–17
CD 15–23BEETHOVEN: The Complete Piano Sonatas (1950s Decca Cycle)
CD 24BEETHOVEN: ‘Diabelli’ Variations
CD 25MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 17
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2
Klassisches Gulda Orchester · Paul Angerer
CD 26–27CHOPIN AND BEYOND:
CHOPIN: Étude · Nocturnes · Préludes
+ Works by GULDA/H. C. ARTMANN, L. FUCHS, P. FUCHS
Limpe Fuchs & Paul Fuchs
CD 28DEBUSSY: Préludes Books 1 & 2 (1969)
CD 29MOZART: Piano Sonatas Nos. 11 & 13
CD 30–31MOZART LIVES!
MOZART: Piano Sonatas Nos. 11–14
CD 32BACH: Italian Concerto
MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 16
SCHUBERT: 2 Scherzos, D. 593
CHOPIN: Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante
CD 33ENCORES: WORKS BY HANDEL, BACH, MOZART, BEETHOVEN, SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN, CHOPIN, DEBUSSY, RAVEL
CD 32GULDA/ANDERS: Opus Anders
SCHUBERT: Meeresstille · Mignon
Ursula Anders
CD 35–37THE COMPLETE MUSICIAN: WORKS BY RAVEL, DEBUSSY, SCHUMANN, SCHUBERT, BACH, GULDA ETC.
CD 38GULDA: Concerto for Violoncello and Wind Ensemble · Concerto for Ursula
BEETHOVEN: Variations ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’
Heinrich Schiff · Das Wiener Bläserensemble · Berliner Kammermusikensemble
CD 39GULDA: Concerto for Myself
MOZART: Andante Con Variazioni (Finale of Sonata No. 6, K284)
F. COUPERIN: Le Rossignol En Amour
Wayne Darling · Michael Honzak · Münchner Philharmoniker
CD 40–41TALES OF WORLD MUSIC: TRADITIONALS & WORKS BY GULDA, MOZART, BACH
La Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare · Günther Rabl · Ursula Anders · Mounir Bashir
CD 42THE MASTER: WORKS BY BACH, GULDA, CHOPIN, PAUER
CD 43GALA CONCERT: WORKS BY AMBROS, GULDA, BEETHOVEN, RAVEL, POULENC
Jessye Norman · Wolfgang Ambros
CD 44GULDA JAZZ
Jimmy Rowser · Albert Heath · Wolfgang Ambros
CD 45–46FRIEDRICH GULDA – BIG BAND MUSIC
Gulda’s Eurojazz Orchestra 1965 · Gulda’s Reunion Bigband
CD 47–48PLAY PIANO PLAY: WORKS BY GULDA, PAUER, CHICK COREA, RAVEL
CD 49GULDA/RABL: Landschaft mit Pianist
GULDA: Memories
CD 50FATA MORGANA: WORKS BY PAUER & GULDA
Fritz Pauer · Klaus Weiss
CD 51INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR MODERN JAZZ, CONCERT VIENNA 1966
Edward K. Daniels · Jiggs Whigham · Eurojazz Orchestra
CD 52THE FIRST RECORDINGS 1947–48: WORKS BY BACH, BEETHOVEN, CHOPIN, PROKOFIEV, DEBUSSY, MOZART
CD 53BACH: English Suite No. 3 · Prelude & Fugue, BWV 877
MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 8 · Rondo, K. 485
CD 49BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 · Eroica Variations · 6 Bagatelles · Variations & Fugue, Op. 35
Wiener Philharmoniker · Karl Böhm
CD 50BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Nos. 7 & 10
Ruggiero Ricci
CD 56–64BEETHOVEN: The Complete Piano Sonatas (1967 Amadeo Cycle)
CD 65–67BEETHOVEN: The Complete Piano Concertos · Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 & 15
Wiener Philharmoniker · Horst Stein
CD 68CHOPIN: 24 Préludes, Op. 28 · 4 Ballades
CD 69CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1
London Philharmonic Orchestra · Sir Adrian Boult
WEBER: Konzertstück
Wiener Philharmoniker · Volkmar Andreae
STRAUSS: Burleske
London Symphony Orchestra · Anthony Collins
CD 70DEBUSSY: Préludes Books 1 & 2 · L'isle Joyeuse (1955)
CD 71DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque
RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit · Valses nobles et sentimentales
CD 72MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 14, 25, 26
New Symphony Orchestra of London · Anthony Collins
CD 73SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke · Waldszenen · Piano Concerto
Wiener Philharmoniker · Volkmar Andreae
CD 74R. STRAUSS: 13 Lieder · ‘Le bourgeois gentilhomme’ Suite
Hilde Güden · Wiener Philharmoniker · Lorin Maazel
CD 75FRIEDRICH GULDA AT BIRDLAND · A MAN OF LETTERS
Idrees Sulieman · Jimmy Cleveland · Phil Woods · Seldon Powell · Aaron Bell · Nick Stabulas
CD 76–79BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier
CD 80BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 32
GULDA: Wintermeditation
CD 81SCHUMANN: Liederkreis · Fantasiestücke
Ursula Anders
CD 82THE MEETING – IMPROVISATIONS ON 2 PIANOS
(Live recording of improvisations on two pianos on Frank Churchill, Miles Davis, Johannes Brahms, and Fritz Pauer)
Chick Corea
CD 80GULDA PLAYS GULDA AND COREA
CD 84–85RECITAL MONTPELLIER 1993
DVD So What?! Friedrich Gulda · A Portrait