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Gottschalk: A Night in the Tropics – Solo Piano Music / Mayer
Naxos

Gottschalk: A Night in the Tropics – Solo Piano Music / Mayer

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Details

Composer
GOTTSCHALK, LOUIS MOREAU
Artist
Steven Mayer
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jul 10, 2015
Catalog #
8559693
UPC
636943969328

About

Louis Moreau Gottschalk was the first important American composer to fuse European classical piano music with American cultural influences, including folk music, the music of slaves, and Latin American dances. Although still revered for his anticipation of elements of Ragtime and Harlem Stride Piano, he owed his greatest musical debt to Chopin. On this recording we hear memorable and catchy tunes as well as considerable harmonic ingenuity. It includes some of his finest pieces, such as the deliciously Gallic Pasquinade, the wonderfully expressive Le Banjo and Steven Mayer’s solo piano arrangement of La Nuit des Tropiques.

REVIEWS:

Mr. Mayer brings dazzling virtuosity and playfulness to jaunty pieces like “Le Banjo: Fantaisie grotesque” and “Pasquinade: Caprice.” He also gives elegant accounts of several dreamy, refined and harmonically rich, less-heard works like "The Last Hope," a religious meditation, and the gorgeous “Reflets du passé,” a reverie.

-- New York Times

…Mayer’s transcription [is] a breathtakingly beautiful work, and in his hands a sweeping panorama of pianistic pulchritude reminiscent of the golden age of Romantic piano works by Alkan, Liszt, and Thalberg…

…[His] expert playing lends the music such charm and genuine appeal that my appetite is now whetted to hear more of it, much more, and preferably by Mayer, whose belief in Gottschalk feels absolutely sincere and is both convincing and persuasive. Very strongly recommended.

-- Fanfare

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 Le banjo, Op. 15 03:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    Le banjo, Op. 15
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Louis Moreau Gottschalk
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  2. 2 The Last Hope, Op. 16 08:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    The Last Hope, Op. 16
    Duration
    08:14
    Composer
    Louis Moreau Gottschalk
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  3. 3 Pasquinade, Op. 59 04:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    Pasquinade, Op. 59
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Louis Moreau Gottschalk
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  4. 4 Berceuse (Cradle Song), Op. 47 05:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    Berceuse (Cradle Song), Op. 47
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Louis Moreau Gottschalk
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  5. 5 Grande fantaisie triomphale sur l'hymne national bresilien, Op. 69 10:27
    Track
    5
    Title
    Grande fantaisie triomphale sur l'hymne national bresilien, Op. 69
    Duration
    10:27
    Composer
    Louis Moreau Gottschalk
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  6. 6 Le songe d'une nuit d'été, Op. 9 04:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    Le songe d'une nuit d'été, Op. 9
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Louis Moreau Gottschalk
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  7. 7 Illusions perdues, Op. 36 08:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    Illusions perdues, Op. 36
    Duration
    08:44
    Composer
    Louis Moreau Gottschalk
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  8. 8 Reflets du passe, Op. 28 06:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    Reflets du passe, Op. 28
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Louis Moreau Gottschalk
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  9. 9 Symphonie romantique, "La nuit des tropiques" (arr. S. Mayer for piano) 12:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    Symphonie romantique, "La nuit des tropiques" (arr. S. Mayer for piano)
    Duration
    12:50
    Composer
    Louis Moreau Gottschalk
    Performer
    Steven Mayer