Brigg Fair, An English Rhapsody for 4-hands piano by Percy Grainger and Ralph Leopold

Percy Grainger first recorded two short verses of the song Brigg Fair sung by Joseph Taylor in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England in 1905, and he then adapted a choral arrangement of it combining several other English folksongs. Frederick Delius liked Grainger's arrangement, and in 1908 created his well-known orchestral score, which Grainger eventually borrowed back and adapted for piano duet. In this remarkable 1933 Duo-Art piano roll recording, Grainger and Ralph Leopold perform this rarely heard version, as one of the last (and best) piano rolls recorded by Grainger. It is played here on a newly restored 1920 Steinway 6'2" model XR grand (which also happens to be for sale).

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Percy
• Grainger
• Ralph
• Leopold
• Frederick
• Delius
• Duo-Art
• reproducing
• piano
• roll
• Steinway
• XR

[TheBill3333]

Very realistic reproduction. Very enjoyable to listen to. Beautiful instrument.

[steeeeevve]

This version of Brigg is rather mechanical n'est pas?

[steeeeevve]

See also Delius Piano Sonata on You Tube.

[iclt1940]

I didn't even know a piano version existed. Wonderful! The player piano---in its day up-to-date technology---nowadays adds to the nostalgia of the whole thing; the song itself and the story of the collectors who hauled heavy wax-cylinder recorders round the villages to catch songs before they vanished for ever.

Many thanks

[pointreyes6]

love it

[gitithadani]

thanks so much for your collection - always so many discoveries

[Noshirm]

Exquisite...

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

THANKS!