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Antheil: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 / Storgards, BBC Philharmonic
$21.99
Details
- Composer
- ANTHEIL, GEORGE
- Artist
- Storgards
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Chandos
- Released
- Nov 01, 2019
- Catalog #
- CHAN 20080
- UPC
- 095115208021
About
The third volume in this series of the music of George Antheil includes his ‘Capital of the World’ Suite and the first symphony. George Antheil first studied composition in Philadelphia with Constantin von Sternberg, a former pupil of Liszt’s, who made his teenage student spend an entire year writing a series of fugues based on the same theme. In 1919, he went on to study with Ernest Bloch. Under Bloch’s tutelage, Antheil quickly fulfilled his ambition to write a symphony inspired by the New Jersey milieu in which he had grown up: this marked a deliberate abandonment of academic compositional techniques in favor of music driven by emotional and atmospheric stimuli. Antheil based his ballet Capital of the World on a 1936 Ernest Hemingway short story entitled “The Horns of the Bull,” which tells the tale of a young Spanish boy who works as a waiter in a hotel in Madrid, but dreams of becoming a matador.
REVIEW:
As with the previous instalments in this ongoing retrospective, the performances are superb and vividly recorded. Again, Storgårds is generally more incisive and emotionally generous than Hugh Wolff, whose Antheil series for CPO set a high bar.
– Gramophone
REVIEW:
As with the previous instalments in this ongoing retrospective, the performances are superb and vividly recorded. Again, Storgårds is generally more incisive and emotionally generous than Hugh Wolff, whose Antheil series for CPO set a high bar.
– Gramophone
Tracklist 11 tracks
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1 McKonkey's Ferry Overture 09:13
- Track
- 1
- Title
- McKonkey's Ferry Overture
- Duration
- 09:13
- Composer
- George Antheil
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Storgårds
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2 I. The Tailor Shop: Moderato 05:21
- Track
- 2
- Title
- I. The Tailor Shop: Moderato
- Duration
- 05:21
- Composer
- George Antheil
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Storgårds
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3 II. Meditation: Lento, poco rubato, expressivo 08:21
- Track
- 3
- Title
- II. Meditation: Lento, poco rubato, expressivo
- Duration
- 08:21
- Composer
- George Antheil
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Storgårds
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4 III. Knife Dance and Farruca: Allegro con fuoco - 01:31
- Track
- 4
- Title
- III. Knife Dance and Farruca: Allegro con fuoco -
- Duration
- 01:31
- Composer
- George Antheil
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Storgårds
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5 III. Knife Dance and Farruca: Più mosso 02:38
- Track
- 5
- Title
- III. Knife Dance and Farruca: Più mosso
- Duration
- 02:38
- Composer
- George Antheil
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Storgårds
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6 The Golden Bird (version for orchestra) 04:22
- Track
- 6
- Title
- The Golden Bird (version for orchestra)
- Duration
- 04:22
- Composer
- George Antheil
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Storgårds
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7 Nocturne in Skyrockets 05:30
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Nocturne in Skyrockets
- Duration
- 05:30
- Composer
- George Antheil
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Storgårds
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8 I. Innocènte 08:48
- Track
- 8
- Title
- I. Innocènte
- Duration
- 08:48
- Composer
- George Antheil
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Storgårds
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9 II. Vivo, alla zingaresco, poi ragtime 09:11
- Track
- 9
- Title
- II. Vivo, alla zingaresco, poi ragtime
- Duration
- 09:11
- Composer
- George Antheil
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Storgårds
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10 III. Doloroso elevato 08:49
- Track
- 10
- Title
- III. Doloroso elevato
- Duration
- 08:49
- Composer
- George Antheil
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Storgårds
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11 IV. Ragtime 05:46
- Track
- 11
- Title
- IV. Ragtime
- Duration
- 05:46
- Composer
- George Antheil
- Ensemble
- BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Storgårds