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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111 Classics for Christmas

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 002179902 Release Date: 12/09/2014 Number of Discs: 5
Composer: Leroy Anderson, Leopold Mozart, Johnny Marks, John Frederic Coots ...
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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 ...
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Deck The Halls / Susanna Andersson, Little Venice Ensemble

Label: Stone Records Catalog: 8044 Release Date: 11/11/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Traditional, Antonio Vivaldi, Leroy Anderson, Harold Edwin Darke ...
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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 ...
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Classic Marches - Elgar, Verdi, Strauss

Label: Abc Classics Catalog: 4763772 Release Date: 06/10/2014 Number of Discs: 2
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Ever Yours: Selected Music And Letters Of Percy Grainger

Label: Abc Classics Catalog: 4764628 Release Date: 06/10/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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
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The Expressive Voice Of The Flute

Label: Divine Art Catalog: 21222 Release Date: 10/29/2013 Number of Discs: 2
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Britten The Performer - Complete Decca Recordings

Label: Decca Catalog: 001922102 Release Date: 10/22/2013 Number of Discs: 27
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Henry Purcell, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn ...
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Piers Lane Goes To Town

Label: Hyperion Catalog: 67967 Release Date: 09/10/2013 Number of Discs: 1
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Down By The Sea / Hilary Campbell, Blossom Street

Label: Naxos Catalog: 8573069 Release Date: 07/30/2013 Number of Discs: 1
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Tchaikovsky: Rare Transcriptions & Paraphrases, Vol. 2 / Anthony Goldstone

Label: Divine Art Catalog: 25106 Release Date: 07/30/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Paul Pabst, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Percy Aldridge Grainger
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Gems For Piano

Label: Regis Catalog: 1107 Release Date: 07/12/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger
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Mercury Living Presence - The Collector's Edition Vol 2

Label: Decca Catalog: 001831802 Release Date: 06/04/2013 Number of Discs: 55
Composer: Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Ottorino Respighi ...
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Grainger: Works For Large Chorus And Orchestra / Andrew Davis

Label: Chandos Catalog: 5121 Release Date: 04/30/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger
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Orchestra/Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Sydney Chamber Choir
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The John Eliot Gardiner Collection

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 001826002 Release Date: 04/30/2013 Number of Discs: 30
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi, Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel ...
Performer: Marinella Pennicchi, Michael Chance, Mark Tucker, Bryn Terfel ...
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Blue Silence / David Pereira, Timothy Young

Label: Tall Poppies Catalog: 222 Release Date: 03/12/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Don Banks, Alicia Grant ...
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British Music For Concert Band

Label: Regis Catalog: 1326 Release Date: 01/29/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Gustav Holst
Conductor: Eric Banks

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