Gottschalk: American Piano Music
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Composer: Louis Moreau GottschalkPerformer: Amiram Rigai
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-02-08
Music Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Soundtracks:
- The Banjo, Opus 15 (Fantasie grotesque)
- La Scintilla: Mazurka, Opus 20 (The Spark)
- Ojos Criollos, Opus 37 (Les yeux creoles Or Danse cubaine)
- March Funebre, Opus 64 (Posthumous)
- Bamboula, Opus 2 (Danse des negres)
- Souvenir de Porto Rico, Opus 31 (Marche des Gibaros)
- The Dying Poet (Le poete mourant; meditation)
- Le Bananier, Opus 5 (Chanson negre)
- Pasquinade, Opus 59 (Caprice) Arranged By Amiram Rigai
- Berceuse, Opus 47 (Cradle Song)
- Tournament Galop
- Ossian Ballade, Opus 4 #1
- Serenade, Opus 11
- Morte, Opus 60 (Lamentation: She Is Dead)
- Danza, Opus 33 (Porto Rico, November 1857)
- Minuit a Seville, Opus 30 (Caprice)
- La gallina, Opus 53 (The Hen: Danse cubaine)
Music reviews of Gottschalk: American Piano Music
Music Review: An old favorite of mine updated
Rating: 5 Stars
Gottschalk wrote a lot of very pleasing and colorful if not very deep piano music. Deep has its place, but not every moment is a Bach organ moment, and this is wonderful music when you want to relax to something light. Gottschalk drew on African American and American Folk influences as well as his formal training in Paris to produce a new sound for the mid nineteenth century. Not really classical, but not yet with the structure or sophistication of the later rag and jazz, it's really just Gottschalk. I first encountered Amiram Rigai playing this music years ago on a Musical Heritage Society cassette. A lot of pianists have done credible recordings of Gottschalk, but to me this is how his pieces should sound. This is a terrific CD.
Description of Gottschalk: American Piano Music
Born in New Orleans, Gottschalk (1829-1869) composed piano works that drew on elements of Creole, African American, French, Caribbean, and Southern U.S. culture. He was the first American to earn international acclaim as a pianist-composer. Performed by renowned pianist Amiram Rigai, the selections encompass a variety of styles and reveal the breathtaking scope of Gottschalk's work. This remastered 70-minute recording is indispensable for those interested in American classical music. "Exotic, innovative compositions are performed with panache by a world-renowned pianist." -BillboardDances CDs
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- Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music > Marches
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