Title: The Best Gottschalk Piano Collection I Know Of
Product review: My two favorite keyboard works by Gottschalk are The Banjo and Pasquinade, so any favorite collection of the composer's piano pieces must include them, which this disc does. Beyond that, however, the performances by Ivan Davis really breathe life into the selections, all twelve of them, not that they needed a lot of CPR in the first place. There is sparkle and brilliance where it ought to be, as well as a number of sly winks when called for. In other words, Davis gets the mood just right every time. Being musically untrained, I can't comment on his technical expertise, but to my layman's ears it all sounds perfect. There are other collections out there that are more comprehensive, but I've not yet encountered any others so far that strike me as energetic and engaging as this one-disc release. If you want to keep a small but powerful dose of Gottschalk on the shelf, this is the bottle that it comes in.
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