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Title: Wish I'd read the previous review first!
Review: Licad's interpretation is absolutely inappropriate to Gottschalk's music. The figuration in Bamboula is way too stretched out, and Souvenir de Porto Rico, which is a march, she plays lyrically with a lot of rubato. I have no doubt she could do a fine job with other Romantic composers, but here she misses the dancelike character and the spirit of Gottschalk's Creole heritage. I recommend Amiram Rigai's Gottschalk recording instead. His playing is just as powerful, and he doesn't interrupt dance rhythms with inappropriate Chopin-esque rubato.
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