Percy Grainger was known during his lifetime as a virtuoso pianist and arranger of popular English folk song. His primary contribution to music, however, lies in his prolific output as a composer of expert and highly original works. Grainger's early years were spent in Melbourne where he studied first with his mother, and later with Louis Pabst. From 1895-1899 he attended the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, Germany, and then settled in London in Read more 1901. The next 10 years or so were devoted to a combination of concert touring and folk song collection. Grainger's early reputation was as a brilliant and eccentric pianist, and it was this talent that not only provided his income for the rest of his life, but also brought him into contact with other composers. Grieg and Delius, in particular, had great influence on Grainger's development of a sympathy and sensitivity toward unique national and folk styles. In 1914, Grainger moved to New York, beginning a long career as a composer, arranger, collector of folk music, and educator; he became an American citizen in 1918. In 1925 and 1927 he collected and published over 200 Danish folk songs, and returned to Australia in 1924, 1926, and from 1934-1935 in order to establish a Grainger Museum at the University of Melbourne devoted to ethnomusicological research. His final years were spent completing and arranging his earlier works and trying to develop a workable form of his "free music" using primarily theremins, one of the earliest electronic instruments. The project remained incomplete, and Grainger died embittered and in relative obscurity, known only for a handful of light works that he referred to derogatorily as his "fripperies."

Early in his life, Grainger rejected the central European tradition of Western classical music, seeking instead a "democratic" music that was more closely related to natural sounds, speech, and world music. In his quest to assimilate as much unique musical culture as possible, Grainger became one of the first ethnomusicologists to use the wax cylinder phonograph in the collection and transcription of indigenous music. His arrangements of many of these are among the best ever done, capturing not only the melodies and harmonies, but also the timbres, inflections, and performance styles of each individual piece. In his own compositions, Grainger experimented with nontraditional rhythms, forms, and instrumental combinations in an attempt to create what he called "free music." He also created a large body of more traditional works and arrangements intended for more popular consumption, motivated, no doubt, by his experience with the Edwardian music hall and later with the U.S. Army Band. Read less

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Cowell & Grainger: Works for Saxophones / Krieger

Label: Mode Catalog: 293 Release Date: 08/05/2016 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger, Henry Cowell
Performer: Christoph Enzel, Fabian Muller, Ruth Velten, Frank Ziegert [aka Frank Z] ...
Conductor: Charles Peltz
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Percy Saxophone Ensemble, Intersax, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble

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The Magnificent Steinway / Hyperion Knight

Label: First Impression Music Catalog: 97 Release Date: 03/18/2016 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Pachelbel, Johann Strauss Jr., Aram Khachaturian, Traditional ...
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Bushes & Briars: Folk-songs For Choirs Books 1 & 2

Label: Msr Catalog: 1606 Release Date: 02/09/2016 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: John Rutter, Traditional, John Byrt, Sir David Willcocks ...
Performer: Michael [Bass Vocal] Popplewell, Karen [Soprano Vocal] Lukose, David Hartley, David [Tenor Vocal] Hunt ...
Conductor: Jeffrey Hunt

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Grainger: Music for Saxophones

Label: Naxos Catalog: Release Date: 12/11/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger, Claude Le Jeune, Guillaume de Machaut, Johann Sebastian Bach ...
Performer: Joyce Griggs, Casey Dierlam

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The Music Lover's Grainger

Label: Altissimo Catalog: 4042 Release Date: 11/13/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger
Conductor: Michael J. Colburn
Orchestra/Ensemble: United States Marine Band

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The CBSO Years / Rattle

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 552758 Release Date: 10/09/2015 Number of Discs: 52
Composer: Leos Janácek, Benjamin Britten, Kurt Weill, Ralph Vaughan Williams ...
Performer: Felicity Palmer, Ameral Gunson, John Mitchinson, Malcolm King ...
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Christ Church Cathedral Choir Men and Boys ...

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Orchestral Concert

Label: Divine Art Catalog: 28554 Release Date: 09/11/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Robert Nelson, Peter Lieuwen, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Thomas Fortmann
Performer: Andrzej Grabiec
Conductor: Franz Anton Krager

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Memories & Variations

Label: Phoenix Park-kim Catalog: 5638553852 Release Date: 09/03/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger, Earl Wild, John C. Griffin, Dave Brubeck ...
Performer: Phoenix Park-kim

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Martin Jones - 75th Birthday Tribute

Label: Nimbus Catalog: 1718 Release Date: 06/09/2015 Number of Discs: 4
Composer: Carl Czerny, Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, Anatole Liadov ...
Performer: Martin Jones, Richard McMahon, Adrian Farmer
Conductor: William Boughton

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My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice

Label: Gothic Records Catalog: 49294 Release Date: 05/12/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Strauss ...
Performer: Peter Richard Conte, Andrew Ennis

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Inaugural

Label: Valor Brass Catalog: 5638482782 Release Date: 05/09/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi, Darius Milhaud, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Victor Ewald ...
Performer: Valor Brass

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Grieg: Cello Sonata; Grainger: Scandinavian Suite / Brantelid, Hadland

Label: Bis Catalog: 2120 Release Date: 04/14/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Edvard Grieg, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Carl Nielsen
Performer: Andreas Brantelid, Christian Ihle Hadland, Lars Bjornkjaer
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British Classics / Central Band Of The Royal Air Force

Label: Chandos Catalog: 10847 Release Date: 03/31/2015 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Ernest Tomlinson ...
Performer: Jonathan Hill
Conductor: Duncan Stubbs

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Carnival of the Animals / John Morris Russell, Cincinnati Pops

Label: Fanfare Cincinnati Catalog: FC-004 Release Date: 11/11/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns, Recorded Sound, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Leonard Bernstein ...
Performer: Ilya Finkelshteyn, Randy Bowman, Jonathan Gunn
Conductor: John Morris Russell
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

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James Galway - The Complete RCA Album Collection

Label: Rca Catalog: 302633 Release Date: 09/16/2014 Number of Discs: 73
Composer: Arthur Smith, Various, Traditional, Stan Lebowsky ...
Performer: James Galway, Sylvia, Marisa Robles, Phillip Moll ...
Conductor: Claudio Scimone, Sir Neville Marriner, Jörg Faerber, Eduardo Mata ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Galway Pops Orchestra ...

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Fervent Reverberations

Label: Mark Records Catalog: 50836 Release Date: 08/12/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: James Barnes, Morten Lauridsen, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Edward Green ...
Conductor: Adam F. Brennan, Julia Federico, Graham Kerick
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mansfield University Concert Wind Ensemble

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Road 66 / Shani Diluka, Natalie Dessay

Label: Mirare Catalog: 237 Release Date: 04/08/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: John Adams, Keith Jarrett, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Samuel Barber ...
Performer: Shani Diluka, Natalie Dessay

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Above and Beyond / Schwarz, "President's Own" US Marine Band

Label: Naxos Catalog: 8573121 Release Date: 03/25/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Paul Creston, Aaron Copland, Gerard Schwarz, Percy Aldridge Grainger ...
Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble: "President's Own" United States Marine Band
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Bach Inspirations / Hannes Minnaar

Label: Cobra Records Catalog: 38 Release Date: 02/11/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Franz Liszt, Percy Aldridge Grainger
Performer: Hannes Minnaar
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Mighty Voice

Label: Regent Catalog: 386 Release Date: 02/11/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Charles-Marie Widor, Felix Mendelssohn, Sir William Walton, Percy Whitlock ...
Performer: Luke Bond

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Chanticleer - How Sweet the Sound

Label: Teldec Catalog: 641038 Release Date: 01/28/2014 Number of Discs: 14
Composer: Giovanni Palestrina, Ignacio Jerusalem, Manuel de Zumaya, Anonymous ...
Performer: Kevin Baum, Frank Albinder, Douglas [Tenor Vocals] Wright, Christopher Fritzsche ...
Conductor: Joseph Jennings, Ettore Stratta, Frank Albinder, Skip Sempé
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chanticleer, Chanticleer Sinfonia, Don Haas Trio ...

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Gershwin For Two Pianos

Label: Rivermont Catalog: 2227 Release Date: 01/21/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: George Gershwin, Percy Aldridge Grainger
Performer: Richard Dowling, Frederick Hodges

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Panorama Of American Piano Music / Yvar Mikhashoff

Label: Mode Catalog: 262 Release Date: 12/03/2013 Number of Discs: 4
Composer: Leo Ornstein, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Aaron Copland ...
Performer: Yvar Mikhashoff

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Virtuosity Squared

Label: Ablaze Records Catalog: 9 Release Date: 11/12/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Franz Liszt, Douglas Knehans, Percy Aldridge Grainger
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Pridonoff Duo (Piano Duo)
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The Expressive Voice Of The Flute

Label: Divine Art Catalog: 21222 Release Date: 10/29/2013 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Edward Elgar, Howard Blake, William Lloyd Webber ...
Performer: Paul Rhodes, Kenneth Smith
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