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℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Released | February 16, 2024 |
Originated | April 28, 2013 |
Duration | 1h 19m 04s |
Record Label | Hyperion |
Genre | Classical |
Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Piano Music
Garrick Ohlsson
Available in MQA and 88.2 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
3 Tone-Pictures, Op. 5
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1.1
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I. The Lake at Evening. Tranquillo e dolce
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
3:55 | |||
1.2
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II. The Vale of Dreams. Sognando
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
4:04 | |||
1.3
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III. The Night Winds. Presto fuggevole
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
2:05 | |||
Fantasy Pieces, Op. 6
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1.4
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I. Barcarolle. Andantino, ma non troppo
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
6:06 | |||
1.5
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II. Notturno. Tranquillamente, ma non trascinato
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
6:45 | |||
1.6
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III. Scherzo. Vivace e fantastico
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
4:34 | |||
Roman Sketches, Op. 7
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1.7
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I. The White Peacock. Languidamente e molto rubato
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
5:45 | |||
1.8
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II. Nightfall. Lento misterioso
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
6:44 | |||
1.9
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III. The Fountain of the Acqua Paola. Allegro moderato
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
3:36 | |||
1.10
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IV. Clouds. Tranquillo
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
5:17 | |||
Piano Sonata
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1.11
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I. Feroce – Allegro con moto – Tranquillamente –
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
5:51 | |||
1.12
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II. Molto tranquillo
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
3:30 | |||
1.13
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III. Allegro vivace – Appassionato – Lento – Tempo primo – Presto
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
4:49 | |||
1.14
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De profundis
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
6:09 | |||
1.15
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A Winter Landscape
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
6:13 | |||
3 Preludes
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1.16
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I.
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
1:03 | |||
1.17
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II.
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
0:50 | |||
1.18
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III.
Charles Tomlinson Griffes; Garrick Ohlsson |
1:48 | |||
Digital Booklet
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"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 … all Ohlsson's much-admired distinction in the Romantic piano repertoire is on display here, and Griffes can never have sounded better."
- Gramophone
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.
88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Hyperion Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.77 -13.13 to -0.29 | -28.02 -35.60 to -22.03 | -23.61 -31.60 to -18.20 | 14 10 to 18 | |
1 | I. The Lake at Evening. Tranquillo e dolce | -7.91 | -34.38 | -29.0 | 16 |
2 | II. The Vale of Dreams. Sognando | -1.71 | -31.52 | -26.9 | 18 |
3 | III. The Night Winds. Presto fuggevole | -3.83 | -26.35 | -21.3 | 12 |
4 | I. Barcarolle. Andantino, ma non troppo | -0.90 | -23.33 | -19.2 | 13 |
5 | II. Notturno. Tranquillamente, ma non trascinato | -6.44 | -31.13 | -26.8 | 16 |
6 | III. Scherzo. Vivace e fantastico | -0.40 | -22.06 | -18.2 | 13 |
7 | I. The White Peacock. Languidamente e molto rubato | -3.76 | -29.74 | -24.8 | 15 |
8 | II. Nightfall. Lento misterioso | -4.00 | -29.12 | -24.4 | 15 |
9 | III. The Fountain of the Acqua Paola. Allegro moderato | -2.23 | -26.03 | -22.1 | 14 |
10 | IV. Clouds. Tranquillo | -6.89 | -35.60 | -31.6 | 16 |
11 | I. Feroce – Allegro con moto – Tranquillamente – | -0.29 | -22.75 | -19.2 | 14 |
12 | II. Molto tranquillo | -3.55 | -29.19 | -24.3 | 16 |
13 | III. Allegro vivace – Appassionato – Lento – Tempo primo – Presto | -0.29 | -22.28 | -18.4 | 13 |
14 | De profundis | -4.05 | -28.47 | -24.5 | 14 |
15 | A Winter Landscape | -2.67 | -28.84 | -23.8 | 16 |
16 | I. | -2.30 | -22.03 | -18.4 | 11 |
17 | II. | -13.13 | -31.53 | -27.8 | 10 |
18 | III. | -3.50 | -30.04 | -24.3 | 14 |