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John Gottsch: Sunset | Chamber Works
Katerina Chatzinikolau, violin
Roger Morelló Ros, cello
Tobias Haunhorst, piano
Dana Bostedt, violin
Odysseas Lavaris, viola
The Lippe Bassoon Quartet:
David Leschowski, Philipp Nadler, Joachim Graf, Giovanni Epasto
Engineer, editing, mixing and mastering by Kaling Hanke
Release Date: 4/5/2024
Hänssler: [HC23077]
A commercial recording of John D. Gottsch’s chamber works, featuring Founders piano trio, Three Impromptus for cello and piano, Scenes from Lausanne for bassoon quarter, Six Bagatelles for violin and piano, and Maryland Hunt for piano quintet.
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John Gottsch: Sunset | Princess Yurievskaya
South Florida Symphony Orchestra
Sebrina María Alfonso, Conductor
Huifang Chen, Violin
David Calhoun, Cello
Engineer, editing, mixing and mastering by Joe Hannigan
Release Date: 6/1/2021
Naxos: [8.559901]
John D. Gottsch spent his youth in the lake country of Florida, which instilled in him a love of nature that has informed his music ever since. His symphonic poem Sunset is almost cinematic in its opulence and in its depiction of both the beauty and fragility of Key West, and the area’s vulnerability to climate change. By contrast, Princess Yurievskaya charts the passionate love of Catherine Dolgorukova and Tsar Alexander II from their first meeting and eventual marriage, to his assassination. This vivid narrative is full of exciting dances and torrid romance, irradiated with evocative orchestral solos.