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- AHungarian Fantasy
- Bpart 2
Percy Grainger performing Liszt's Hungarian Fantasy across two sides on Columbia A6115. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist as well as a composer; the A-series Columbia suggests an American-market pressing of his piano work.AI summary
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- AHungarian Fantasy Liszt
Percy Grainger performing Liszt's Hungarian Fantasy on Columbia L1368, a 12-inch pressing. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist as well as a composer; his Columbia piano recordings are collected by enthusiasts of early keyboard playing.AI summary
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- AHungarian Rhapsody No 2
- Bpart 2
Percy Grainger performing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 on Columbia L1302, a 12-inch pressing. Grainger was a distinctive and technically accomplished pianist as well as a composer; his Columbia piano recordings are collected by enthusiasts of early keyboard playing. A 12-inch Grainger Columbia pressing is moderately uncommon.AI summary
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- AHungarian Rhapsody No 2
- Bpart 2
Percy Grainger performing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 on Columbia L1302 — a duplicate of id 15084 in this collection. Both copies should be compared for condition before sale.AI summary
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- APolonaise in A Flat Major
- BPrelude in A Flat Chopin
Percy Grainger performing Chopin's Polonaise in A Flat Major and Prelude in A Flat on Columbia L1352 — a 12-inch pressing. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist; Columbia L-series 12-inch pressings of his Chopin playing are moderately uncommon.AI summary
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- APolonaise in E Major Chopin
- Bpart 2
Percy Grainger performing Chopin's Polonaise in E Major across two sides on Columbia A6205. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist; Columbia A-series pressings of his Chopin playing are of moderate collector interest.AI summary
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- ARosenkavalier- fantasy
- B(2 sides)
Percy Grainger performing his own fantasy on Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier across two sides on Columbia DB28. The DB-series Columbia is a 12-inch pressing series; Grainger's own fantasy arrangement of the Rosenkavalier waltzes is a distinctive and characteristic piece of his piano writing, and a Columbia DB-series pressing is moderately uncommon.AI summary
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- AScherzo Op31 No 2
- B(2 sides)
Percy Grainger performing Chopin's Scherzo Op. 31 No. 2 across two sides on Columbia catalogue 2025M. Grainger was a distinctive and accomplished pianist; Columbia pressings of his Chopin playing are of moderate collector interest.AI summary
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- AShepherd's Hey(14)
- B(C Sharpe)Paloma
Percy Grainger performing his own 'Shepherd's Hey' (dated 1914) coupled with C. Sharp's arrangement of 'La Paloma' on HMV E147. Grainger was both a distinctive composer and pianist; a self-performed HMV pressing of 'Shepherd's Hey' — one of his most famous pieces — is a primary document of his own interpretations.AI summary
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- ASpring Song
- B(JH Clapham)Salut d'Amour
Percy Grainger was an Australian-born composer and pianist whose folk-influenced music and eccentric personality made him one of the most distinctive figures in early twentieth-century music. This disc on the Pianola label, catalogue 1/2, couples his 'Spring Song' with Elgar's 'Salut d'Amour' played by J. H. Clapham; the Pianola label is not a standard commercial imprint and may indicate a piano-roll transcription or specialist pressing.AI summary