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Track(s) taken from CDA66459

6ème Ballade, RO14 Op 85

composer
? 1860s; published in Mainz in 1877

Philip Martin (piano)
Recording details: September 1990
St Michael's Church, Highgate, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: June 1991
Total duration: 6 minutes 17 seconds

Cover artwork: The Snake Charmer. Henri Rousseau (1844-1910)
 

Reviews

‘A very enjoyable disc indeed’ (The Good CD Guide)

‘The best Gottschalk disk currently available’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘An important and recommendable issue … to be welcomed wholeheartedly’ (CDReview)
Here is Gottschalk at his most ingratiating. It has neither the originality nor individuality of what we may call his South American music—and is certainly not on a par with the Ballades by Chopin—but is nevertheless a charming example of the fashion of the time. It was published posthumously.

from notes by Jeremy Nicholas © 1990

Voici Gottschalk à son plus flatteur. Elle n’a ni l’originalité ni l’individualité de ce que nous pouvons appeler sa musique sud-américaine et elle n’égale certainement pas les Ballades de Chopin—mais elle représente néanmoins un exemple charmant de la mode de l’époque. Elle fut publiée après la mort du compositeur.

extrait des notes rédigées par Jeremy Nicholas © 1990
Français: Alain Midoux

Hier zeigt sich Gottschalk von seiner einschmeichelndsten Seite. Das Stück besitzt weder die Originalität noch die Individualität der Werke, die wir als seine südamerikanische Musik bezeichnen dürfen—und kann es gewiß nicht mit Chopins Balladen aufnehmen—, ist aber dennoch ein charmantes Beispiel für die damals vorherrschende Mode. Es wurde posthum veröffentlicht.

aus dem Begleittext von Jeremy Nicholas © 1990
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

Other albums featuring this work

Gottschalk: The Complete Solo Piano Music
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