Beal: House of Cards Symphony / Bezaly, Vieaux, Norrkoping Symphony

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Label
BIS
Release Date
August 24, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEAL, JEFF
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Bezaly, Vieaux, Beal
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 24, 2018
    • UPC
      7318599922997
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2299
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Forward March

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Martin Orraryd, Fredrik Ingå, Erik Månsson

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    2. II. Betrayal

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Martin Orraryd, Fredrik Ingå, Erik Månsson

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    3. III. New Deal

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Martin Orraryd, Fredrik Ingå, Erik Månsson

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    4. IV. Claire Underwood

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Martin Orraryd, Fredrik Ingå, Erik Månsson

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    5. V. Russia

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Martin Orraryd, Fredrik Ingå, Erik Månsson

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    6. VI. Portrait of a Marriage

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Martin Orraryd, Fredrik Ingå, Erik Månsson

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    7. VII. Power

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Joan Beal, Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Martin Orraryd, Fredrik Ingå, Erik Månsson

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    8. VIII. Dignity

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Joan Beal, Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Martin Orraryd, Fredrik Ingå, Erik Månsson

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    9. IX. Puppet Master

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Joan Beal, Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Martin Orraryd, Fredrik Ingå, Erik Månsson

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    10. X. Making History

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Joan Beal, Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Martin Orraryd, Fredrik Ingå, Erik Månsson

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    11. House of Cards Fantasy

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Sharon Bezaly

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    12. I. Freely - quarter note = 90

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Jason Vieaux

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    13. II. Gently

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Jason Vieaux

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    14. III. quarter note = 167

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Jason Vieaux

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    15. Canticle

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Henrik Jon Petersen

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    16. I. —

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Sharon Bezaly, Henry Beal

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    17. II. —

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Sharon Bezaly, Henry Beal

      Conductor: Jeff Beal

    18. III. —

      Composer: Jeff Beal

      Ensemble: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

      Performer: Sharon Bezaly, Henry Beal

      Conductor: Jeff Beal


This release grew out of the fascination of Robert von Bahr, founder and managing director of BIS Records, for the television series House of Cards. It wasn’t only – or even primarily – the script or the acting that grabbed him, however, but just as much the music. Said and done – Jeff Beal, the composer of the House of Cards soundtrack, was contacted and it was soon decided that he should compose a Flute Concerto for the virtuosic Sharon Bezaly. To complement the concerto a selection of music from the series was agreed upon, but with five seasons worth of installments to choose from, this quickly grew into a large-scale House of Cards Symphony which at 83 minutes takes up an album all on its own. So now the decision was made to record and present a lavish release, with three further works: Six Sixteen for guitar and orchestra (performed by Grammy winner Jason Vieaux), Canticle for strings and a brand new House of Cards Fantasy for flute and orchestra. The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra has received international acclaim for its recordings of the hyper-intense music of modernist Allan Pettersson, but here, under the direction of the composer himself, it has taken to the new idiom and welcomes the additional instruments necessary to bring out that House of Cards feeling: electric guitar and bass guitar, drum kit, piano and flugelhorn.