Partial Discography
In 1945, Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony recorded a version of the work for RCA Victor; this recording was among the first LPs released by RCA (LM-1004), in 1950.
The Paul Whiteman Orchestra's 'Original artist' recording is available on the CD 'Gershwin & Grofé'.
In 1960, Grofé himself conducted the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in a stereo recording of the music, released on LP by Everest Records.
A surround sound recording of the full orchestral version is available on the Audio-DVD 'American Classics - Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite'.
There is a CD of 3 of Grofé's suites (Mississippi, Grand Canyon, and Niagara Falls) performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: .
An SA-CD by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein titled 'Bernstein Gershwin etc.' includes The Grand Canyon Suite: . Bernstein's recording has been released in several editions previously, including the Royal Edition series.
In 1982, Japanese electronic musician Isao Tomita recorded an electronic version on his Grand Canyon album: .
Columbia Masterworks released a recording of the Grand Canyon Suite performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy. Catalog Number ML5286. Library of Congress catalog card R58-1077
A recording of the suite coupled with Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture, and played by Antal Dorati and the Detroit Symphony is on Decca.
Oscar Peterson recorded a swing version with his trio on the album Great Connection.
Steven Richman conducted the Harmonie Ensemble/New York in the complete original Paul Whiteman Orchestra version of Grand Canyon Suite, coupled with the original Mississippi Suite on Bridge Records in 2006, entitled "Symphonic Jazz: Grofe and Gershwin".
Disneyland Records released an abridged recording of the Suite, played by Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, and conducted by Frederick Stark. This recording is actually the soundtrack of the Disney 1958 live-action short subject Grand Canyon. This version has not been released on CD, but the short film is included as an extra on the DVD release of Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty.
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