Grofé is best known for his composition of the "Grand Canyon Suite" (1931), a work regarded highly enough to be recorded for RCA Victor with the NBC Symphony conducted by Arturo Toscanini (in Carnegie Hall in 1945, with the composer present). The earlier "Mississippi Suite" along with the later "Death Valley Suite" are occasionally performed and recorded. Grofé conducted the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in his "Grand Canyon Suite" and his piano concerto (with pianist Jesús María Sanromá) for Everest Records in 1960; the recording was digitally remastered and issued on CD in 1997.