Description
Release Date: 1992
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Track List
1. The Banjo Op. 15 (Fantasie Grotesque) 3:22
2. La Scintilla: Mazurka, Op. 20 (The Spark) 2:56
3. Ojos Criollos, Op. 37 (Les Yeux Creoles or Danse Cubaine) 2:15
4. Marche Funebre, Op. 64 (Posthumos) 5:28
5. Bamboula, Op. 2 (Danse des Negres) 7:12
6. Souvenir de Porto Rico, Op. 31 (Marches des Gibaros) 5:10
7. The Dying Poet (Le Poete Mourant; Meditation) 5:00
8. Le Bananier, Op. 5 (Chanson Negre) 2:41
9. Pasquinade, Op. 59 (Caprice) 3:36
10. Berceuse, Op. 47 (Cradle Song) 3:45
11. Tournament Galop 2:57
12. Ossian Ballade, Op. 4, No. 1 2:12
13. Serenade, Op. 11 4:24
14. Morte, Op. 60 (Lamentation: She is Dead) 5:27
15. Danza, Op. 33 (Porto Rico, November 1857) 5:55
16. Minuit a Seville, Op. 30 (Caprice) 4:20
17. La Gallina, Op. 53 (The Hen: Danse Cubaine) 3:17
Notes
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.” -Billboard
