Album zawiera najważniejsze nagrania chopinowskie w wykonaniu Guldy, które pochodzą z połowy lat 50 ubiegłego wieku, kiedy regularnie wykonywał na koncertach komplety Preludiów i Ballad. Właśnie te utwory, nagrane w roku 1955, znalazły się na prezentowanym albumie, uzupełnione o Koncert Fortepianowy nr 1 i utwory solowe nagrane w latach późniejszych. Wszystkie nagrania, poza Koncertem, to premiery fonograficzne, zremasterowane przez syna Fridricha - Paula Guldę.
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| CD 1 |
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| 1. Maurizio Pollini - Polonaise in A flat major op.53 - Heroic |
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| 2. Martha Argerich - Prelude in D flat major op.28/15 - Raindrop |
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| 3. Maria Joao Pires - Waltz in D flat major op.64/1 - Minute Waltz |
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| 4. Alice Sara Ott - Waltz in C sharp minor op.64/2 |
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| 5. Nelson Freire - Etude in E major op.10/3 |
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| 6. Vladimir Ashkenazy - Etude in C minor op.10/12 - Revolutionary |
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| 7. Rafal Blechacz - Prelude in E minor, op.28/4 |
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| 8. Rafal Blechacz - Prelude in A major, op.28/7 |
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| 9. Helene Grimaud - Berceuse op.57 |
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| 10. Emil Gilels - Polonaise in A major, op.40/1 - Military |
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| 11. Maria Joao Pires - Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor op.66 |
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| 12. Daniel Barenboim - Nocturne in E flat major op.9/2 |
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| 13. Maurizio Pollini - Ballade no.1 in G minor, op.23 |
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| 14. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli - Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor, op.31 |
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| 15. Zoltan Kocsis - Grande valse brillante in E flat major op.18 |
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| 16. Vladimir Ashkenazy - Etude in A minor, op.25/11 - Winter Wind |
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| CD 2 |
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| 1. Lang Lang - Nocturne in D flat major, op.27/2 |
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| 2. Nelson Freire - Etude in C sharp minor, op.10/4 |
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| 3. Martha Argerich - Prelude in G major, op.28/3 |
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| 4. Martha Argerich - Prelude in B minor, op.28/6 |
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| 5. Vladimir Horowitz - Mazurka in A minor, op.17/4 |
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| 6. Ivo Pogorelich - Scherzo no.3 in C sharp minor, op.39 |
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| 7. Helene Grimaud - Marche funebre: Lento |
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| 8. Friedrich Gulda - Prelude in B major, op.28/11 |
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| 9. Friedrich Gulda - Prelude in C minor, op.28/20 |
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| 10. Mikhail Pletnev - Ecossaises, op.72/3 |
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| 11. Vladimir Ashkenazy - Etude in G flat major, op.25/9 - Butterfly |
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| 12. Maria Joao Pires - Nocturne in A flat major, op.32/2 |
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| 13. Mikhail Pletnev - Impromptu no.1 in A flat major, op.29 |
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| 14. Maurizio Pollini - Barcarolle op.60 |
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| 15. Arturo Bendeitti Michelangeli - Mazurka in B minor, op.30/2 |
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| 16. Sviatoslav Richter - Ballade no.3 in A flat major, op.47 |
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