Friedrich Gulda-Nachtricht Vom Lande-(Brain - 500.018 lp) 1976)

This is one of Gulda's Lesser known records , oddly enough produced for a label , that specialised in so called 'Kraut Rock', Great bands such as Wolfgang Dauner's Etcetera, Neu, Harmonia,Guru Guru and Embryo as well as tedious forgettable Euro trash, like Birth Control, Jane and Scorpions.. this now unfortunately rare double lp, is the most experimental jazz related outing on the cult label, and is regrettably despite being among the best things on the label almost unknown , certainly little heard ....

it deserves better ,  its a neglected Masterpiece!

Gulda , was one of 20th Century Musics Controversial Eccentrics, Starting his Career as a concert Pianist performing relatively conventional standard repertoire , he developed a reputation as a highly individual interpreter of Mozart, Bach, Schubert and so forth.

by the Fifties his interest turned more and more towards Modern Jazz, his first jazz record 1957's, at Birdland is considered a minor Classic,as is his wildly varied and experimental series of records for MPS, running the Gamut of everything from Third Stream big band , to Funky piano trios, solo free improvisation ,jazz rock and world fusion , to an Extraordinary ,very Bizzare 1971 collaboration with Hippie freak Out Outsiders , Paul And Limpe Fuchs' aka Anima Sound....

This record continues along that same Trajectory, and its basically a series of improvised Jams , with an occasional , structure , or short recurring theme thrown in for good measure..

the Mysterious Ursula Anders , was Gulda's life partner, and plays percussion and various objects on this .... when i originally found this gem 20 something years ago, off course i had no idea , who Gulda was , and was largely interested in Cecil taylor , Surman, Phillips , Mangelsdorff , and Stu Martin (whom incidently at around this time were performing and recording together as Mumps)... that all changed , i am now an Avid Gulda fan ... , it  ISVexing that so little of his fairly large body of work is currently available ...

Hope you enjoy this as much as i do , i have only given the rip a very minor surface clean ... its not an ECM cd , and i refuse to make it sound like one..,

we can only hope that in due course a properly mastered edition , of this including perhaps the material from the Concert which it is rumoured was left off the double lp...

Friedrich Gulda – Nachricht Vom Lande

Label:Brain – BRAIN 500.018 ,Released:1976
A1 Einsamkeiten
A2 Begegnung Auf Moosham
B Wechselnde Begegnungen Auf Moosham


Trombone – Albert Mangelsdorff
C- Mooshamer Begegnungen (Fortsetzung): "Das Gewitter"
Trombone – Albert Mangelsdorff
Composed By – Mangelsdorff*


D1- Mooshamer Begegnungen (Schluß): "Nach Dem Gewitter"
D2- Nachklänge - Rückkehr - Zweisamkeit


Credits
Electric Piano [Electro Clavichord], Recorder [Bass], Piano, Bongos, Whistle – Friedrich Gulda
Bass – Barre Phillips (tracks: A1, B to D1)
Composed By – Phillips* (tracks: A1, B to D1), Taylor* (tracks: A2 to C), Gulda*, Surman* (tracks: B to D1), Martin* (tracks: B to D1), Anders* (tracks: A1, B, C, D2)
Drums – Stu Martin (tracks: B to D1)
Drums, Whistle – Ursula Anders (tracks: A1, B, C, D2)
Electric Piano [Electro Clavichord], Recorder [Bass], Piano, Bongos, Whistle – Friedrich Gulda
Piano – Cecil Taylor (tracks: A2 to C)
Saxophone [Soprano, Baritone], Synthesizer – John Surman (tracks: B to D1)


Recorded live in Summer 1976 at Schloß Moosham in Lungau, Salzburg.
Track 2 also includes thunder, wind and rain as background sounds from a thunderstorm.


Please note , have not separated the 2 tracks on D , they run together anyway, NOTE the source vinyl is in only fair condition , playable but very crackly , these are the raw materials do with them what you will.. if anyone has a better rip, post it , if you want to clean this up and repost it here by all means do so.

Ursula Anders and Gulda ,recorded several other Albums together for Interchord, Amadeo.. well worth tracking down is 1980's 'Opus Anders '
i have a very worn Barely playable copy , and am looking to buy Cd which i believe was reissued on Amadeo.

buy some available items if you have the Opportunity
cheers
S
UPDATE- a friend has kindly ripped his own copy , which is in much better shape than mine , i'm deleting my links .... he says he doesnt like the album much , feels that its a complete mismatch .... anyhow here are his links
these are the ones you need
Disc-1-
D-2

Thanks Glmlr

friedrich gulda 'nachricht vom lande"1976, with cecil taylor, john surman, barre phillips, albert mangelsdorff, stu martin and ursula anders

hi all
heres an album ,thats been out of print a long time. Brain (Austria) 500.018 (lp) 1976)
those who know the ecentric austrian pianist only for his renown performances of the european classical repertoire,notably mozart and haydyn, will be surprised to know he was an innovative envelope pushing,master improvisor with a wry sense of humour,who delighted in challening his audiences, by playing in ever more outrageous contexts his collaboration in 1972 with the improvising trio of 'non musicians'ANIMA
was particularly enraging to 'classical purists" .
gulda seemed to want to find the commonality in all streams of music.

heres a short bio from wikipedia (although it doesnt mention his freer projects)
and not surprisingly few of those are in print.
one gets the impression that those who maintain his legacy would prefer to ignore
his more experimental side.

Friedrich Gulda (16 May 1930 - 27 January 2000) was an Austrian pianist who performed in both the classical and jazz fields.

Born in Vienna as the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano from Felix Pazofsky at the age of 7; in 1942, he entered the Vienna Music Academy, where he studied piano and musical theory under Bruno Seidlhofer and Joseph Marx. After winning first prize at the International Competition in Geneva four years later, in 1946, he began going on concert tours throughout the world. Together with Jörg Demus and Paul Badura-Skoda, Gulda formed what became known as the "Viennese troika".

Although most famous for his Beethoven interpretations, Gulda also performed the music of J. S. Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy and Ravel.

From the 1950s on he cultivated an interest in jazz, writing several songs and instrumental pieces himself and combining jazz and classical music in his concerts at times. Gulda wrote a Prelude and Fugue with a theme suggesting swing. Keith Emerson performed it on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's The Return of the Manticore. In addition, Gulda composed "Variations on The Doors' 'Light My Fire'". Another version can be found on As You Like It (1970), an album with standards such as "'Round Midnight" and "What Is This Thing Called Love?"

In 1982, Gulda teamed up with jazz pianist Chick Corea, who found himself in between the breakup of Return to Forever and the formation of his Elektric Band. Issued on The Meeting (Philips, 1984), Gulda and Corea communicate in lengthy improvisations mixing jazz ("Someday My Prince Will Come" and the lesser known Miles Davis song "Put Your Foot Out") and classical music (Brahms' "Wiegenlied" ["Cradle song"]).

It was this unorthodox practice that, among other things, earned him the nickname "terrorist pianist"; Gulda had a strong dislike of authorities like the Vienna Academy, the Beethoven Ring of which he was offered in recognition of his performances but which he refused, and even faked his own death in the late 1990s, cementing his status as the 'enfant terrible' among pianists. Nevertheless, Gulda is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding piano players of the 20th century.

Friedrich Gulda died on January 27, 2000 at the age of 69, following a heart failure.

Two of his three sons, Paul (with first wife Paola Loew, born October 25, 1961) and Rico (with his second wife Yuko Wakiyama, born April 9, 1968) Gulda, are also accomplished pianists.

tacklist
Einsamkeiten 17:58
Begegnung auf Moosham 5:10
Wechselnde Begegnungen auf Moosham 26:58
Mooshamer Begegnungen (Fortsetzung): "Das Gewitter" 19:18
Mooshamer Begegnungen (Schlus): "Nach dem Gewitter" 7:16
Nachklange - Ruckkehr - Zweisamkeit 13:30



this double album , features a killer line up

personnel
friedrich gulda-piano and percussion
ursula anders-percussion,objectsw
cecil taylor-piano on tracks 2,3,4
john surman-saxes, synth on 3,4,5
barre phillips -double bass on 1,3,4,5,
stu martin-drums on 3,4,5, albert manglesdorff-trombone on 3,4
Moosham Castle, Langau (Austria), August 20-22, 1976
note cecil taylor recorded his classic solo outin on enja air above mountains, earlier the sameyear at moosham castle

all the tracks seem pretty much improvised

ive split the double lp into two zipped files
(note the lp ,was really rather crackly)

part 1- http://rapidshare.com/files/25888093/nahricht_1.zip
part 2- trolled HOW Senseless