Philip Martin - Gottschalk: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1-8 (1991-2005)

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Artist: Philip Martin
Title: Gottschalk: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1-8
Year Of Release: 1991-2005
Label: Hyperion
Genre: Classical
Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
Total Time: 09:47:09
Total Size: 1.8 gb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

Gottschalk: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1
01. Le banjo "Fantaisie grotesque, an American Sketch", Op. 15, RO 22
02. Le mancenillier "La sérénade", Op. 11, RO 142
03. Minuit à Séville "Caprice", Op. 30, RO 170
04. Romance in E-Flat Major, RO 270
05. Chanson du gitano, RO35
06. Mazurka in F-Sharp Minor, RO 276
07. Souvenir de Porto Rico "Marche des Gibaros", Op. 31, RO 250
08. Souvenir de la Havane "Grand caprice de concert", Op. 39, RO 246
09. Danza, Op. 33, RO 66
10. Ballade No. 6, Op. 85, RO 14
11. Columbia "Caprice américain", Op. 34, RO 61
12. Ojos criollos "Danse cubaine, caprice brillant, contradanza", Op. 37, RO 185
13. Le bananier "Chanson nègre", Op. 5, RO 21
14. Union. Paraphrase de concert on the National Airs "Star-Spangled Banner," "Yankee Doodle" and "Hail Columbia", Op. 48, RO269

Gottschalk: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2
01. Suis-moi! "Contradanza, caprice", Op. 45, RO 253
02. Berceuse "Cradle song", Op. 47, RO 27
03. La jota aragonesa "Caprice espagnol", Op. 14, RO 130
04. Manchega "Etude de concert", Op. 38, RO 143
05. Marche de nuit, Op. 17, RO 151
06. La savane "Ballade créole", Op. 3, RO 232
07. Miserere du Trovatore "Paraphrase de concert", Op. 52, RO 171
08. Souvenirs d'Andalousie "Caprice de concert sur la caña, le fandango, et le jeleo de Jerez", Op. 22, RO 242
09. Polka in A-Flat Major, RO 275
10. Ballade in A-Flat, RO 271
11. Polka in B-Flat Major, RO 273
12. Ynés "Danza in E-Flat", RO 277
13. Caprice-polka, Op. 79, RO 44
14. Scherzo-romantique, Op. 73, RO 233
15. Souvenir de Lima "Mazurka", Op. 74, RO 247
16. Grand scherzo, Op. 57, RO 114
17. Pasquinade "Caprice", Op. 59, RO 189

Gottschalk: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3
01. Ô ma charmante, épargnez-moi! "Caprice", Op. 44, RO 182
02. Grande fantaisie triomphale sur l"hymne national brésilien, Op. 69, RO 108
03. Gottschalk's Melody
04. Bamboula "Danse de nègres", Op. 2, RO 20
05. The Dying Poet "Meditation, arpejos de saudade", RO 75
06. Hercule "Grande étude de concert", Op. 88, RO 116
07. The Last Hope "Méditation religieuse", Op. 16, RO 133
08. Murmures éoliens, Op. 46, RO 176
09. Symphony No. 1 "La nuit des tropiques", RO 5: I. Andante (Arr. Napoleão dos Santos)
10. La chute des feuilles "Nocturne", Op. 42, RO 55 Op. 42
11. Tournament galop, RO 264

Gottschalk: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 4
01. La colombe "Petite polka", Op. 49, RO 60
02. La moissonneuse "Mazurka caractéristique", Op. 8, RO 173
03. Le songe d"une nuit d'été "Caprice élégant", Op. 9, RO 240
04. Pensée poétique, Op. 62, RO 194
05. L'étincelle "Mazurka sentimentale", Op. 20, RO 80
06. Souvenir de Cuba "Mazurka", Op. 75, RO 245
07. La gitanella "Caprice caractéristique", Op. 35, RO 103
08. Morte!! "Lamentation", Op. 60, RO 174
09. Polonia "Grand caprice de concert", Op. 35, RO 210
10. Fantôme de bonheur "Illusions perdues, caprice", Op. 36, RO 94
11. Forest Glade Polka "Polka brillante", Op. 25, RO 98
12. Ossian, Op. 4, RO 187: Ballade No. 1 in F-Sharp Major
13. Ossian, Op. 4, RO 187: Ballade No. 2 in E Major
14. Ricordati "Nocturne, méditation", Op. 26, RO 227
15. Reflets du passé "Rêverie", Op. 28, RO 223
16. Apothéose "Grande marche solennelle", Op. 29, RO 8

Gottschalk: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 5
01. Sospiro "Valse poétique", Op. 24, RO 241
02. Marguerite "Grande valse brillante, valse sentimentale", Op. 76, RO 158
03. Bataille "Etude de concert", Op. 64, RO 25
04. Réponds-moi "Danse cubaine, caprice brillant", Op. 50, RO 226 (Arr. Wachtmann)
05. Solitude, Op. 65, RO 239
06. Ballade No. 8, Op. 90, RO 16
07. Tremolo "Grande étude de concert", Op. 58, RO 265
08. Orfa "Grande polka", Op. 71, RO 186
09. El cocoyé "Grand caprice cubain de bravura", Op. 80, RO 57
10. Polka de salon, Op. 1, RO 207
11. Rayons d'azur "Polka de salon", Op. 77, RO 220
12. La chasse du jeune Henri "Morceau de concert", Op. 10, RO 54

Gottschalk: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 6
01. Le carnaval de Venise "Grand caprice et variations", Op. 89, RO 45
02. Marche funèbre, Op. 61, RO 147
03. Vision "Etude", RO 295
04. Printemps d'amour "Mazurka, caprice de concert", Op. 40, RO 214
05. Caprice élégiaque, Op. 56, RO 38
06. Colliers d'or, Op. 6: Mazurka No. 1, RO 58
07. Colliers d'or, Op. 6: Mazurka No. 2, RO 59
08. Danse ossianique, Op. 12, RO 64
09. Jeunesse "Mazurka brillante", Op. 70, RO 129
10. Danse des sylphes "Caprice de concert", Op. 86, RO 65 (After Godefroid)
11. The Maiden's Blush "Grande valse de concert", RO 141
12. Impromptu, Op. 54, RO 122
13. La favorita "Grande fantaisie de concert", Op. 68, RO 95 (After Donizetti)

Gottschalk: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 7
01. The Water Sprite "Polka de salon", Op. 27, RO 296
02. Forget Me Not "Mazurka caprice", RO 99
03. Second Banjo, Op. 82, RO 24
04. Souvenir des Ardennes "Mazurka de salon", RO 243
05. Battle Cry of Freedom "Caprice héroïque, grand caprice de concert", Op. 55, RO 62
06. Fairy Land "Schottische de concert", RO 91
07. Hurrah galop "Galop de concert, pas redoublé, caprice de concert", RO 118
08. Chant du soldat "Grand caprice de concert", Op. 23, RO 51
09. Love and Chivalry "Caprice élégant en forme de schottisch", RO 135
10. La brise "Valse de concert", RO 30
11. Madeleine "Etude", RO 140
12. Ballade No. 7, Op. 87, RO 15
13. La gallina "Danse cubaine", Op. 53, RO 100
14. The Dying Swan "Romance poétique", Op. 100, RO 76
15. God Save the Queen "Morceau de concert", Op. 41, RO 106

Gottschalk: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 8
01. Home, Sweet Home "Caprice", Op. 51, RO 117 (After Bishop)
02. Chant de guerre, Op. 78, RO 48
03. Pensive "Polka-rédowa", Op. 68, RO 196
04. Le chant du martyr "Grand caprice religieux", RO 49
05. Ses yeux "Polka de concert", Op. 66, RO 235 (Arr. Napoleão dos Santos)
06. Pastorella e cavalliere, Op. 32, RO 190
07. Radieuse "Grande valse de concert", Op. 72, RO 218 (Arr. Maylath)
08. Dernier amour "Etude de concert", Op. 62, RO 73
09. Variations de concert sur l'hymne portugais, Op. 91, RO 290 (Arr. Napoleão dos Santos)
10. La mélancolie "Etude caractéristique d'après F. Godefroid", RO 167
11. Jerusalem, Grande fantaisie triomphale, Op. 13 (on Themes from Verdi's Opera)

Hyperion sincerely thought that this volume, number eight in its survey of the complete music of American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk as played by pianist Philip Martin, would be the last in the series. Apparently there is still a bit more of Gottschalk's piano music left for Martin to record. In any event, Hyperion's survey of Gottschalk recordings is still by far the most comprehensive and complete yet done, and Gottschalk Piano Music, Vol. 8, contains material that is extremely rare on recordings, drawn from that part of his output intended primarily for commercial purposes.
That Gottschalk should invest his energy in producing salon music should come as no surprise to those who know it; after all, some credit Gottschalk's 1855 piano piece The Last Hope for serving as the touchstone of the salon genre itself. That Gottschalk willingly wrote such "trash" is enough to render him a non-entity to certain expert opinions, and annotator Jeremy Nicholas displays no great love for this aspect of Gottschalk's activity, referring to the melody line in Le chant du martyr as "insipid." "Typical" would be a kinder word to describe such nineteenth century niceties, and Philip Martin transmits these more typical kinds of pieces with care, while not overstating the obvious.
Not all of these pieces are mere fripperies to please the noble ladies of the salon. Variations de concert sur l'hymne portugais is a posthumous piano arrangement of a late piece that began as a concerted work for piano and orchestra; it runs to nearly 12 minutes. Ses yeux is an unbridled eruption of joy from the often morose Gottschalk, and may have been written to celebrate the end of the American Civil War. Even the guilty pleasures, sometimes published under clever pseudonyms such as "Seven Octaves" and dedicated to "mon ami Monsieur Gottschalk," come off well here. There is something genuinely affecting to Gottschalk's transcription of Sir Henry Rowley Bishop's maudlin tune Home Sweet Home.
Listeners who embrace the nineteenth century salon genre without worrying about its relevance, or tastefulness, will doubtless embrace Gottschalk Piano Music, Vol. 8, and others who are not so sure might have a chance to discover what charming pieces most of these are, despite the liner notes!