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A Journey through 100 years of Cuban Piano Music \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0from Gottschalk to Lecuona.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A World Premiere of Gottschalk\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0 A Night in \u201cI have listened to your recording and have found it extremely interesting and very well played.\u00a0 I am so glad you did the one piano arrangement of Fiesta Criolla, the second movement of A Night in the Tropics. It is a fun piece and needed to be done well, and so it is!\u00a0 Your Gottschalk and Cuba recording is a needed addition to any music library or collection of Gottschalk through Lecuona.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Byron Janis, pianist<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cCongratulations on this extraordinary album of music !\u00a0 Your projection of the inner life in these works of Gottschalk et al is uncanny.\u00a0 Of course, your technical mastery is beyond complete, but it is your realization of the \u2018heart and soul\u2019 of this music which is most impressive.\u00a0 That you have given the world this historic \u2018first\u2019re-hearing of Gottschalk\u2019s original intentions for A Night in the Tropics<\/em> is more than worthy of being recorded for posterity.\u00a0 I wish you well in this endeavor to bring such great music (with your fantastic playing) to the public !\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Andre Watts, pianist<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cComposer Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born in New Orleans, the northernmost outpost of the Caribbean world.\u00a0 His magnificent \u201cA Night in the Tropics\u201d is a soulful celebration of that world.\u00a0 It is best known today through rather lame orchestral adaptations rather than performances of the original orchestral score.\u00a0 But Gottschalk was a pianist\u2019s pianist who composed the work while sitting at the keyboard.\u00a0 It is therefore in the piano version that one senses most directly the lyricism and emotional intensity of Gottschalk\u2019s original composition.\u00a0 Now, for the first time with this World Premiere recording, Antonio Iturrioz gives us the solo piano version of the complete work.\u00a0 Performed with varying moods but unvarying virtuosity, Iturrioz\u2019s ear-opening performance will delight listeners everywhere, even as it broadens their musical horizons.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Dr. S. Frederick Starr, author of \u201cBamboula: <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0The Life and Times of L. M. Gottschalk\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/gottschalkandcuba.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gottschalk.png\")
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