Grofe - Metropolis: A Blue Fantasy (1928)
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2013
- Here we have a very interesting work. An extended tone poem for orchestra, piano, and male trio, Grofe attempts to encapsulate the feeling of New York in the 20s. Some critics have said that the piece wanders, and isn't sure what it wants to be. Maybe. It certainly isn't as well organized as Rhapsody in Blue, but it is never the less a splendid bit of symphonic jazz.
Orchestra: The Beau Hunks
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Wonderful Music!! Reminds me of when I was younger listening to classical music with my family. We were brought up on this type of music.......just lovely!!!
I have never heard this before, wow, it is lovely, but, I can sure pick up over-tones of Gershwin, which I love as well. Ferde Grofe was a brilliant composer.
Yep, definitely influenced by Gerswhin but I guess that's inevitable.
Kinks "Waterloo Sunset" brought me here. Piano bit around 9:08
Nobody more qualified to write this than Grofe; he orchestrated "Rhapsody In Blue!"
Originally recorded by Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra in March 1928. An alternate title was "Fantasie in E Flat".
I love this!
US totally agree, Freddy Groffe was a brillant composer and I would add a brilliant musical arranger, as well.
Wonderful
Holst Meets Moody Blues.
Voted "like" on 23 February 2016
Veri nice
love grofe's grand canyon suite as well
I prefer the Whiteman recording; the arrangement just sounds better suited to his orchestra & the close-up sound of the Victor studio. Three Shades of Blue & Mississippi Suite are also quite interesting.
What a very odd ending.
Vert interesting, but much less inspired than the Rhapsodie in Blue that Grofe orchestrated 4 years before for Gershwin!
Could have used more images of NYC to carry the mood
If you feel the music needs it, the music didn't do it's job.
Grofe tries to do Gershwin? Weird.
Maybe New York in the 1920's "Wanders" and "isn't sure what it wants to be" Beethoven was right, when he said "Here, Go Out and Bury Two Critics."
Van Nyes
Sounds like Gershwin, but Gershwin's stuff is better, includes more NYC jazz energy.
Composing great music is very hard to do. You need a true genius holding the pen and Ferde misses the mark with this interesting fish-mosh. It has interesting moments but the necessary integral logic is absent. His Grand Canyon Suite is more attractive and engaging.