Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Piano Music

Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Piano Music

Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Piano Music
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Composer: Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Performer: Cecile Licad
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-05-20
Music Label: Naxos American
Soundtracks:
  1. Le Banjo, Fantaisie Grotesque, Op. 15
  2. Bamboula, Danse De Negres, Op. 2
  3. Le Bananier, Chanson Negre, Op. 5
  4. La Savane, Ballade Creole, Op. 3
  5. Tremolo, Grande Etude De Concert, Op. 58
  6. La Jota Aragonesa, Caprice Espagnol, Op. 14
  7. Manchega, Etude De Concert, Op. 38
  8. Souvenirs D'Andalousie, Caprice De Concert Sur La Cana, Op. 22
  9. Souvenir De Porto Rico, Marche Des Gibaros, Op. 31
  10. L'etincelle, La Scintilla, Op. 20
  11. La Gallina, Op. 53
  12. Suis-moi!, Caprice, Op. 45
  13. Pasquinade, Caprice, Op. 59
  14. Tournament Galop
  15. The Dying Poet, Meditation
  16. The Union, Paraphrase De Concert On The National Airs Star Spangled Banner, Yankee Doodle, And Hail Columbia, Op. 48

Music reviews of Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Piano Music

Music Review: America's First Feelgood Music
Rating: 5 Stars

New Orleans-born Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) was America's first verifiable touring piano virtuoso; in his heyday he drew crowds like a rock star of today. And he was a composer of a raft of piano music as well, although in some current classical music circles it is looked down on just as that of his much-later successor, Scott Joplin. The reason for this is simple to understand: the music is based on vernacular forms and is immediately easy to understand and respond to. Plus, it swings. Can't have that!

This disc features a pianist I've long admired, the Filipina Cecile Licad. [A personal side-note: One of her Chopin-filled recitals was the last I was able to take my mother to before her death. My mother had been my first piano teacher, and Licad played a number of pieces Mother had taught me. We both knew she was dying and the music brought tears to our eyes again and again.] One wouldn't immediately think of Licad being attracted to this music, but she explains in the booklet that the Spanish influence still felt throughout the Philippines makes her to respond emotionally to the Latin-influenced [Creole] music of Gottschalk.

This disc contains much of the familiar music by Gottschalk (e.g., Le banjo; Bamboula; Le bananier) but also a fair amount that is less-heard (e.g. The Union, a paraphrase on the Star-Spangled Banner, Yankee Doodle, and Hail Columbia; Souvenir de Porto Rico; an arrangement of the 'Jota Aragonesa' familiar to us from pieces by Glinka and Albéniz, among others). 'Souvenirs de Andalousie' has that familiar bass line made familiar by Lecuona's still-popular 'Malagueña.' This program is all played with immaculate technique and suave musicality. Some pianists tend to play Gottschalk in a 'how-fast-can-I-play-it-and-impress-the-heck-out-of-you' style; not Licad: she's making real music here.

This is yet another winner from Naxos's triumphant American Classics series. Enthusiastically ecommended.

Review by Scott Morrison.

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