Ferde Grofé
Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé, known as Ferde Grofé was an American composer, arranger, pianist, and instrumentalist. He is best known for his 1931 five-movement symphonic poem the Grand Canyon Suite, and for orchestrating George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue for its 1924 premiere.
Albums
- Concert for the Americas (2024)
- Toscanini conducts American Music, Volume 2 (2017)
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite (2013)
- Gershwin: An American in Paris - Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite (2012)
- Death Valley Suite / Hudson River Suite / Hollywood Suite (2002)
- Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite / Niagara Falls Suite (1999)
- Great American Grofé (1997)
- Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra / Gershwin: Rhapsody in blue (1997)
- Gershwin: An American in Paris / A Symphonic Picture of Porgy and Bess / Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite (1996)
- Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite / Herbert: Cello Concerto no. 2 (1995)
- Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Herbert: Hero and Leander (1994)
- Copland: Billy the Kid / Rodeo / Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite (1993)
- Great American Landscapes (1992)
- Out West! Tone Poems of the American West (1992)
- An American in Paris / Grand Canyon Suite / Adagio (1992)
- Grofé Conducts Grofé (1989)
- Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Suite (1989)
- Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Gershwin: Porgy & Bess: Symphonic Suite “Catfish Row” (1987)
- Piano Concerto (1986)
- Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite / Copland: El Salon Mexico (1978)
- Grand Canyon Suite (1964)
- The Modern American Music of Ferde Grofé
- Grand Canyon Suite / Death Valley Suite
- Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite & Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
- Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite
- Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite / Copland: The Red Pony Suite