Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Wish I'd read the previous review first!

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.