
As the piano came into its own in the mid-19th century, the Vienna-born/French-based Henri Herz (1803-1888) all but dominated the scene as a brilliant virtuoso,
Although Volume 8 of Hyperion’s complete Gottschalk survey contains lots of salonish dross in relation to the more visionary works featured on earlier volumes, pianist
Volume 6 maintains the same impressive standards set in Philip Martin’s five previous Gottschalk releases on Hyperion. The pianist’s full-bodied, liquid sonority, together with his
Not all of the works included in Volume 7 of Philip Martin’s ongoing Gottschalk survey count among the composer’s more inspired creations. Still, the pianist
Pianist Arthur Loesser refered to the encore-type fare making up this recital as “cream of corn”, and he took great pleasure in serving heaping portions