Benjamin Carr Arthur Clifton Charles Grobe - Piano Portraits from NineteenthCentury America (22 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Benjamin Carr, Arthur Clifton, Charles Grobe
Piano Portraits from Nineteenth-Century America
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. Yankee Doodle Arranged as a Rondo, for piano
2. An Original Air with Variations, for piano
3. United States Grand Waltz for piano, Op 43
4. Soirée Polka for piano
5. Old Folks at Home variations
6. The Holiday Schottisch, for piano
7. The Village Bells Polka, for piano
8. Lullaby, for piano, Op. 10
9. Dixiana for piano
10. Sospiro, valse poétique for piano, Op. 24, D. 142 (RO 241)
11. Le Banjo, esquisse américaine for piano, Op. 15, D. 15 (RO 22)
12. Pasquinade, caprice for piano, Op. 59, D. 113 (RO 189)
13. L'Union, paraphrase de concert for piano, Op. 48, D. 156 (RO 269)
14. Funeral March for President Lincoln, for piano, Op. 9
15. Under the Lindens, for piano
16. Woodnotes, for piano
17. The Mill, for piano
18. Village Dance, for piano
19. To a Wild Rose, for piano, Op. 51/1 (Woodland Sketches)
20. To a Water-lily, for piano, Op. 51/6 (Woodland Sketches)
21. Elfin Dance, for piano, Op. 46/5 (Virtuoso Etudes)
22. Polonaise, for piano, Op. 46/12 (Virtuoso Etudes)

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CD Details

All Artists: Benjamin Carr, Arthur Clifton, Charles Grobe, Stephen [1] Foster, William Mason, Richard [Composer] Hoffman, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, John Knowles Paine, Edward MacDowell, Noel Lester
Title: Piano Portraits from Nineteenth-Century America
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Centaur
Release Date: 10/24/1995
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Ballets & Dances, Polkas, Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Fantasies, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 044747225029, 789368247226

CD Reviews

Not your typical collection of classical piano music

06/29/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Most of the selections on this CD are the type of music you would expect to hear in a 19th century southern home that's been turned into a museum. The first few selections are variations on familiar tunes, like yankee doodle, etc. The selections composed by John Knowles Paine and Edward MacDowell are played very well and are interesting pieces if you prefer more modern piano music. The CD has a nice variety."

Delightful Americana

12/01/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD presents sterling performances of 19th-century American piano composers such as Stephen Foster, Gottschalk, William Mason, MacDowell, and other lesser-known composers. They are presented with intelligence, taste, and are impeccably played. While there were no composers of the stature of Chopin or Schumann, American nonetheless had some talented musician/pianists and this disc is an important document of that era. High recommended."