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Antheil: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 / Storgards, BBC Philharmonic

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Details

Composer
ANTHEIL, GEORGE
Artist
Storgards
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
May 19, 2017
Catalog #
CHAN 10941
UPC
095115194126

About

Alongside its ongoing much-lauded Copland series, the BBC Philharmonic embarks on a new American journey, this time with its chief guest conductor, John Storgards. Known as ‘the bad boy of music,’ George Antheil began his career with a reputation as an enfant terrible, composing shockingly avant-garde works such as his every popular Ballet mecanique, inspired by the dynamism and dissonances of Stravinsky’s early ballets. Although he is well established on the film music scene, too, it is his symphonic output-sampled here- that today survives in the concert hall. This new series documents the evolution of his musical style, which moved towards a fundamentally tonal and melody-based idiom, Antheil joining the growing ranks of famous US symphonists. The war-inspired Fourth Symphony and ‘joyous’ Fifth clearly represent this compositional shift, breaking with what the composer called the ‘now passe’ modernism. Also here is the premiere recording of the Texas-inspired Over the Plains, memorable for its allusions to cowboy music and offering some unexpectedly dramatic and atmospheric twists along the way.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Over the Plains 07:34
    Track
    1
    Title
    Over the Plains
    Duration
    07:34
    Composer
    George Antheil
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    John Storgårds
  2. 2 I. Moderato - Allegretto 10:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Moderato - Allegretto
    Duration
    10:53
    Composer
    George Antheil
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    John Storgårds
  3. 3 II. Allegro 09:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    09:28
    Composer
    George Antheil
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    John Storgårds
  4. 4 III. Scherzo: Presto 05:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Presto
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    George Antheil
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    John Storgårds
  5. 5 IV. Allegro non troppo 07:52
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    07:52
    Composer
    George Antheil
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    John Storgårds
  6. 6 I. Allegro 09:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:06
    Composer
    George Antheil
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    John Storgårds
  7. 7 II. Adagio molto 07:55
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Adagio molto
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    George Antheil
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    John Storgårds
  8. 8 III. Allegretto maestoso - Allegro giocoso 06:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Allegretto maestoso - Allegro giocoso
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    George Antheil
    Ensemble
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    John Storgårds