Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Piano Music

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Ohlsson's performances throughout are a judicious blend of absolute technical security and fantasy, giving especially appealing treatment to the simple melodies that emerge occasionally from... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th Apr 2013
Catalogue No: CDA67907
Label: Hyperion
Length: 78 minutes

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Griffes: Tone-Pictures (3), Op. 5

Work length10:03

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Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

I. The Lake at Evening: Tranquillo e dolce

Track length3:55

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II. The Vale of Dreams: Sognando

Track length4:03

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III. The Night Winds: Presto fuggevole

Track length2:05

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Griffes: Fantasy Pieces, Op. 6

Work length17:23

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Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

I. Barcarolle: Andantino, ma non troppo

Track length6:06

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II. Notturno: Tranquillamente, ma non trascinato

Track length6:44

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III. Scherzo: Vivace e fantastico

Track length4:33

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Griffes: Roman Sketches, Op. 7

Work length21:21

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Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

I. The White Peacock: Languidamente e molto rubato

Track length5:44

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II. Nightfall: Lento misterioso

Track length6:44

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III. The Fountain of the Acqua Paola: Allegro moderato

Track length3:36

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IV. Clouds: Tranquillo

Track length5:17

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Griffes: Piano Sonata in F sharp minor

Work length14:08

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Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

I. Feroce – Allegro con moto – Tranquillamente –

Track length5:51

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II. Molto tranquillo

Track length3:30

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III. Allegro vivace – Appassionato – Lento – Tempo primo – Presto

Track length4:47

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Griffes: De Profundis

Work length6:09

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Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

Griffes: Winter Landscape

Work length6:12

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Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

Griffes: Three Preludes

Work length3:39

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Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

I. I

Track length1:02

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II. II

Track length0:50

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III. III

Track length1:47

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The American composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes’s piano works represent a remarkable musical achievement. Griffes was active as a composer for little more than twelve years, and did not write prolifically, but nevertheless produced pieces of great maturity which are both concise and extraordinarily powerful, showing the contemporary European influences to which he was exposed but also demonstrating a highly individual compositional voice. His Roman Sketches Op 7 contains his most famous work, ‘The White Peacock’—an acknowledged Impressionist masterpiece—while the final movement, ‘Clouds’, clearly heralds the language of modernism.

Almost all of Griffes’s piano music is present here, and the composer has never been better served on record than by his compatriot Garrick Ohlsson, who here applies the full force of his interpretive and technical prowess.

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August 2013

Ohlsson's performances throughout are a judicious blend of absolute technical security and fantasy, giving especially appealing treatment to the simple melodies that emerge occasionally from Griffes's teeming textures...this disc makes a compelling case for a masterly figure in American musical history.

June 2013

I was only a few seconds into listening to this CD...when I realised it was going to be very special indeed. Hyperion's immaculate piano sound helps, too. But Ohlsson's phrasing is perfect: no exaggeration, simply rapturous harmonic textures projecting elegant melodies...Griffes can never have sounded better.

15th May 2013

Hugely commanding and authoritative; a landmark in every way.

25th April 2013

There are pieces here that combine the impressionism of Debussy and Ravel with the obsessive thematic working of Scriabin; others, a bit later, that suggest the primitivism of Stravinsky and Prokofiev...as Garrick Ohlsson's superb performances show, Griffes's piano writing is wonderfully fluent

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