CDA67248 - Disc 1 Track 8 - Orfa 'Grande polka', RO186 Op 71 - Hyperion Records

Orfa 'Grande polka', RO186 Op 71

composer

Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869)

? 1863/4; published in Boston in 1864; under pseud. Seven Octaves

Recordings

Gottschalk: Piano Music, Vol. 5

Philip Martin (piano)

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Details

Philip Martin (piano)

Track 8 on CDA67248 [2'57]

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Orfa 'Grande polka', RO186 Op 71

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As well as his Louisiana pieces and Cuban dances, Gottschalk wrote sentimental potboilers, as well as waltzes, mazurkas and polkas, in the popular salon genre. Orfa is a spirited example of the latter. Others in the same vein are the Polka in A flat, Polka in B flat, and Caprice-Polka (all CD 2), the Forest Glade Polka and La Colombe (both CD 4) as well as the Polka de salon and Rayons d’azur. Writing of the piano duet arrangement of Orfa, the pianist Eugene List describes the middle section as ‘an imaginary euphonium solo, as though from a band concert in the distance’. The significance of the title is unknown.

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Details for CDA67248 track 8

Artists

Philip Martin (piano)

ISRC

GB-AJY-01-24808

Duration

2'57

Recording date

12 January 2001

Recording venue

All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London, United Kingdom

Recording producer

Martin Compton

Recording engineer

Ken Blair

Hyperion usage

Gottschalk: Piano Music, Vol. 5 (CDA67248)
Disc 1 Track 8
Release date: September 2001
Gottschalk: The Complete Solo Piano Music (CDS44451/8)
Disc 5 Track 8
Release date: October 2011
8CDs Boxed set (at a special price)