Percy Grainger: The Complete Piano Music [Box set]

Percy Grainger (Composer), Martin Jones (Performer), Richard McMahon (Performer), Philip Martin (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Martin Jones, Richard McMahon, Philip Martin
• Composer: Percy Grainger
• Audio CD (November 18, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Nimbus Records
• ASIN: B0000037AX
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,908 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #5 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Variations > Variations
  • #94 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Lullabies & Berceuse

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Handel In The Strand

2. Bridal Lullaby

3. English Waltz

4. Mock Morris

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. b flat Pno Con (Opening)

2. Cradle-Song

3. Love Walked In

4. Second Pno Con (3rd Movt)

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Country Gardens

2. The Merry King

3. Molly On The Shore

4. Irish Tune From County Derry

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Four Irish Dances: I. A March-Jig

2. Four Irish Dances: II. A Slow Dance

3. Four Irish Dances: III. The Leprechaun's Dance

4. Four Irish Dances: IV. A Reel

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. Children's March: 'Over The Hills And Far Away'

2. Up-Country Song (Colonial Song)

3. English Dance

4. Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every last note..., June 13, 2006

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bonerfly "ear candy" (NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Percy Grainger: The Complete Piano Music (Audio CD)

A super budget 5 CD collection of all of Grainger's Piano music.
Every last note!
The shipping alone would be $17.00+ for the 5 individual Cds.
Englishman Martin Jones plays these as if he wrote them. He is thoroughly inside this music.
I think his best work to date.
He is joined on CD #5 by Richard Mcmahon and Phillip Martin. Where they rollick in various combos and trios on 1, 2 and 3 pianos. This is exhilerating. Especially on an truly uplifting version of Green Bushes.
The entire set is strongly idiomatic and given a clear, crisp, warm and spacious recording. FIRST CLASS sound.
There are too many highlights to single out, but the In A Nutshell Suite and Green Bushes are especially GOOD!
There is not a bad note or "vibe" on any of these CDs.
Highly recommended for Granger fans and fans of English Piano Music.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, January 8, 2008

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MP - See all my reviews

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These are fabulous recordings of Percy Grainger's works for piano and I would recommend this to anyone interested in Grainger. The 5 cds are offered at an excellent value and well worth the money spent.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Score For Martin Jones and Nimbus, March 30, 2010

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Sussex Pond Pudding (Somewhere in the desert, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Percy Grainger: The Complete Piano Music (Audio CD)

Having just dug this out of my collection and listened to it for the first time in a few years I must say that it was just as enjoyable as when I first heard it. No need to speak much of Grainger's music: it is simply beautiful and wonderfully evocative. What needs to be said is how Jones captures the soul of Grainger so marvelously. As with his brilliant recordings of the complete works of Granados (also available on Nimbus and well worth seeking out: Granados: The Complete Piano Music) he seems to form a spiritual bond with the composers whose music he performs. There is no disconnect between performer and composer with Jones. I suppose that that is why he is a completist. He looks at the music like a biographer, with the same sense of totality and nuance. For Jones, to leave out a single piece would be like leaving out an event in the life he is documenting. One does get the sense that it could be Grainger himself performing these works.

Well, enough said. These are essential recordings of sublime music and cheers to Nimbus for making them available at such a reasonable price.