Louis Gruenberg (1884-1964)

[adriano]

I adore the music of this compser and am still trying to find an adventurous record producer and some sponsors to conduct/record his complete Symphonies. There is a wonderful CD on the Fleisher Collection label conducted by Paul Freeman with Gruenberg's Second Symphony and his splendid tone poem "The Enchanted Isle", a recording of 2001 which may have been become difficult to find, but it is higly recommendable.
I have just finished to arrange Gruenberg's miniature song cycle "Animals and Insects" (originally for baritone and piano) for a wind ensemble including
Baritone (of course)
2 Flutes (1st with Piccolo)
Clarinet (with Bass Clarinet) in Bb
Horn in F
Bassoon
Trumpet in C
Trombone
Double-Bass Tuba
(Total duration: ca. 7:30 minutes)
and am, of cours looking now for an American or European wind group which may be interested to give a world premiere performance :-)
Regards from Switzerland
Adriano (conductor)

[M. Henriksen]

Thank you for directing my attention to Gruenberg. The excerpts from the recording sounds very interesting, I've earmarked some money for that one!


Morten

[Dundonnell]

Gruenberg's Symphony No.2 and Symphonic Poem "The Enchanted Isle" are on an Albany cd-Czech National Symphony Orchestra/Paul Freeman.

TROY 467.

( I honestly can't remember what they sound like and will have to re-listen )

[eschiss1]

fortunately I think the scores of several of them are at New York Public Library if someone -does- undertake the project- I recall skimming one of them during what were occasional (more frequent) visits by me to the research division of Lincoln Center Library in the past...

[mikehopf]

I don't know if this is or was generally available, but I have Gruenberg Violin Concerto Op.47 ( 1944) played by Heifetz & Monteux

[violinconcerto]

I don't know if this is or was generally available, but I have Gruenberg Violin Concerto Op.47 ( 1944) played by Heifetz & Monteux

I hope my site answers the question:

http://www.violinconcerto.de/database.html?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=935&sobi2Id=12144

Best,
Tobias

[alberto]

The only work by Gruenberg I know (besides the VC by Heifetz and Monteux-RCA coupled with Walton; now reisseud by Naxos with Prokofiev 2) is the funny "The Daniel Jazz" for voice and eight instruments (esoteric Italian label ASdisc; I gather exists another recording, Albany).
I would like to hear something more from this composer.

[eschiss1]

there's been a few CDs of his music by the way - his 2nd symphony on Albany Records (2001), The Music of Louis Gruenberg on GM Recordings (GM2015, 1986, with various works- The Creation, White Lilacs, Four Diversions, Six Jazz Epigrams, and Rhapsody,  conducted by Gunther Schuller)...