Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K310

Performances are, as ever with Gulda, “propulsive, supple and, in the slower music, serenely unaffected” (Rob Cowan, The Independent) or, in the French view “subversive, innovative, full of life and anger” (Alain Lompech, Diapason)

“Gulda's playing is effortlessly musical throughout, Particularly impressive are the two minor-key sonatas, with the maestoso marking of K310's first movement conveyed without a hint of portentousness, and the outer movements of the C minor K457 as intense as you could wish for.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 *****

“Each performance attests to Gulda's persuasive inner rhythm and sense of "swing" that prevent his unswervingly steady tempi fro sounding the least bit mechanical. The slow movements dance as well as sing, while witty ornaments stylishly and tastefully decorate repeated passages and echoed phrases.” Gramophone Magazine, Janurary 2008

‘Go, listen, and wonder how many better pianists there are alive in this country, or anywhere’ The Daily Telegraph

“…there is magical playing in the Presto of the Mozart and throughout much of the Ravel. …'La vallée des cloches' ends the recital on a note of sublime beauty.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 ***

“My career has been my whole life, and I have always searched. Earlier, I searched for sonorities, perhaps sometimes for effect; I loved the technical, virtuoso things; perhaps I tried more to play with passion. Later I came to understand that music is related to the other arts, to poetry and painting – to that big word, philosophy. Now I seek for the time of the composer, the fortunate man who had the idea; and I hear polyphony, which is always the most important. It is like the Alpinist on the mountain: there are several roads to the top.” (Emil Gilels)