Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite; Victor Herbert: Hero and Leander

Ferde Grofe (Composer), Victor Herbert (Composer), Lorin Maazel (Conductor), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Composer: Ferde Grofe, Victor Herbert
• Audio CD (March 22, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000028MK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,967 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Recording Technician should be shot!, December 20, 2000

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Chameleon (Fairplay, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite; Victor Herbert: Hero and Leander (Audio CD)

This was played very well, but why do I have to listen to Trucks driving by outside the auditorium? With about a week of waveform editing this has become the best recording of this material I have ever heard. I record professionally and I feel that it is as much an art as the musicians performace. It could have at least had some post editing. 10 stars for the preformace and a minus 7 stars for the pre and post production work not done.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars melodies for nostalgy, October 18, 1999

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Prof. Marques Bessa ([e-mail]) (Lisbon, Portugal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite; Victor Herbert: Hero and Leander (Audio CD)

It was a long time ago, in Spain, I heard from a cassete this work of Grofé. The music struck me til now as something imponderable, sweet and romantic, nostalgic and strong, feeling me with the smells of the desert, but with a remarkable quality. It was 30 yers ago. I tried several times to find the music but unsucessfully. It was like to walk back in time, in a kingdom of peace and love. I am amazed to find it in Amazon.

4.0 out of 5 stars American Music, October 17, 2005

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Brett A. Kniess (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite; Victor Herbert: Hero and Leander (Audio CD)

Ferde Grofe's best known Grand Canyon Suite is presented here with a host of Victor Herbert music, both serious and light.

The five-movement suite takes a picturesque tour through the typical day in the southwest American desert. While not a difinitive rendition, this recording holds up well against "classic" recordings of yore, with even better sonics.

The Victor Herbert symphonic poem Hero and Leander, is also music which guides the listener through a story. This performance comes off pretty well; the music isn't terribly memorable, but it has its exciting moments and it is interesting to hear some little-known, turn-of-the-century, highly Romantic American music.

Also on the CD is a medley of Herbert's greatest show tunes, including probably his most famous March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland. This medley gives 10 hits from various shows, all charming in their own right, and showing early influences of Leroy Anderson and Henry Mancini even.

While the performances here are very good, and the music is keen to listen to, nothing really blew me away. Especially since Naxos has released some excellent all-Grofe CD's of his suites at a budget price. If you really want the Herbert, don't hesitate to buy this CD, but if you only want the Grofe, I suggest you look somewhere else.