Griffes
Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920) was an American composer and pianist whose short career produced some of the most refined music in early twentieth-century America. Born in Elmira, New York, he studied in Berlin before returning to the United States.
His works include piano pieces, songs, chamber music and orchestral scores such as The White Peacock, The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan and the Poem for flut...
GILBERT Comedy Overture on Negro Themes
KENNEN Night Soliloquy
GRIFFES The White Peacock
GROFÉ Grand Canyon Suite
Recorded 1943
Total duration: 53:46
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor Arturo Toscanini
WEBER Euryanthe - Overture
HANDEL Concerto Grosso In D
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 (mvts. 2 & 3)
GRIFFES The Pleasure Dome Of Kubla Khan
WAGNER Lohengrin - Prelude
RAVEL Daphnis Et Chloé Suite No. 2
Live broadcast recording, 1937
Total duration: 78:27
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Pierre Monteux
MOZART Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2
KODÁLY Háry János - Suite
CARPENTER Adventures in a Perambulator
music by GRAINGER, GRIFFES, SOWERBY, ENESCU, WEINBERGER
Studio recording, 1934
Total duration: 2hr 34:02
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
HARRIS Symphony No. 3
GRIFFES Various Works
BARBER Symphony No. 1
Recorded between 1953 and 1955
Total duration: 59:59
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Howard Hanson, conductor
