Grand Canyon Suite

Album by Ferde Grofé & New York Philharmonic & Leonard Bernstein

Grand Canyon Suite is an orchestral suite by American composer Ferde Grofé, composed in 1931. The work employs vivid orchestral colour, sweeping strings and brass and rhythmic motifs influenced by popular and jazz idioms to evoke American landscapes, standing as a prominent example of early 20th-century American programme music and an important piece in Grofé's output that helped broaden interest in orchestral depictions of the American landscape.
First released: 1964

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise
    5:10
  2. 2.
    Grand Canyon Suite: II. Painted Desert
    5:45
  3. 3.
    Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail
    7:20
  4. 4.
    Grand Canyon Suite: IV. Sunset
    5:20
  5. 5.
    Grand Canyon Suite: V. Cloudburst
    8:55

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