Louisiana - A Pianist's Journey
Kenneth Boulton
Disc One
Walter Niemann: Louisiana Suite, Op. 97
1. The Mississippi Steam-boat's in Sight
2. My Old Kentucky Home
3. The Interrupted Serenade
4. Longing for Home
5. Carnival in New Orleans
6. Roy Spaulding Stoughton: Louisiana Nights, Valse Creole*
John Parsons Beach: New Orleans Miniatures*
7. Esplanade (Promenade)
8. In an Ursuline Court (Cloud-reverie)
9. Balcony Lyric
10. Place d'Orleans (St. Louis Cathedral)
11. Masques (Mardi Gras)
12. Envoi
Ferde Grofé: Mississippi Suite*
13. Father of Waters
14. Huckleberry Finn
15. Old Creole Days
16. Mardi Gras
Playing Time 51:05
Disc Two
1. Louis Moreau Gottschalk: La Savane, Ballade Creole, Op. 3
Cedric Wilmont Lemont: Creole Sketches, Op. 15*
2. A Creole Croon
3. Magnolia Bloom
4. Cotton Pickers
5. A Drowsy Afternoon
6. In Olden Days (Menuet romantique)
7. Memories
8. Banjo Dance
9. On the Levee
10 In Carnival Time
11. Albert W. Ketelbey: Sweet Louisiana*
Virgil Thomson, trans. Andor Foldes:
Suite from Louisiana Story - Three Pieces for Piano
12. Bayou Pastorale
13. Scherzo with Chorale
14. The Squeeze-box
Playing Time 54:15
*World Premiere Recording
Cambria Master Recordings CD 1171 (2 CD Set)
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Recorded at Skywalker Sound on a Blüthner Model 1 Concert
Grand
This recording features Kenneth Boulton performing an
engaging variety of solo classical piano music inspired by
inimitable Louisiana and New Orleans culture. Mr. Boulton
received a 50th Annual Grammy® Awards Nomination for best
instrumental soloist performer (without orchestra). The
producers of this recording, Marina and Victor Ledin, also
received a nomination for Producer of the Year, Classical for
this and three other recordings.
The diversity of the compositions offers a rich, yet largely
unexplored body of piano music written between 1847 and
1949.
Kenneth Boulton, professor of piano at Southeastern
Louisiana University, has made American music his specialty.
His seven previously released recordings have all enjoyed
great critical acclaim. |
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