Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961): Shepherd's Hey

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Percy Grainger is a fairly well-known composer, and his interest in collecting and arranging folksongs is also well known. As well as his compositional activities, he was a very fine pianist. No lesser a figure than Grieg transferred his endorsement as the finest interpretater of his own music to Grainger after they met a few years before Grieg's death (previously Grieg had favoured de Greef as interpreter, and severally also lauded liked the performances of Severin Eisenberger). Grainger's recording of the Grieg concerto is indeed a fine interpretation, and his affinity with folksong leant his performances of Grieg in particular a certain compelling authenticity. This recording is of a folksong arrangement by Grainger, and it was recorded by him in 1908. I particularly like - and am fascinated by - the large degree of "swing" injected into the playing. Stride jazz piano was developing at this time too, and the sort of swing is approaching that (later jazz sort of merged the swung rhythm into a more strict 4/4=12/8, whereas the earlier swung rhythms from the 1910s through 20s were only around halfway toward this outright tripletting effect).

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Uploaded: April 1st, 2008 @ 12:13 pm
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