Title: unique performance
Product review: There are many recordings of the Grand Canyon Suite in better sound than this one, which seems a bit thin. Still, it's nice to hear the composer's take on it. The real value of this piece (leaving aside the Rhapsody, which is not on my LP copy) is what may be the only recording of Grofe's only piano concerto, a slight but charming piece with brassy bluster and corny charm. It's in a hurry from the first bar, and doesn't really take any time out for a slow movement, and it gets some good mileage out of a Prokofiev-like reappearance of themes with more flashy ornamentation. It wears well, too. I've been listening to it for over a quarter of a century and still find it running through my head.
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