095115194126

Antheil: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

Bbc Philharmonic/Storgards

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Cat No: CHAN10941

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Release Date:  01 January 2017

Label:  Chandos

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  095115194126

Genres:  Classical  

Composer/Series:  Antheil

  • Description

    Alongside its ongoing much-lauded Copland series, the BBC Philharmonic embarks on a new American journey, this time with its chief guest conductor, John Storgårds. 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 ever-popular Ballet mécanique, 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 passé’ 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.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Over the Plains
      • 2. I. Moderato - Allegretto
      • 3. II. Allegro
      • 4. III. Scherzo: Presto
      • 5. IV. Allegro Non Troppo
      • 6. I. Allegro
      • 7. II. Adagio Molto
      • 8. III. Allegretto Maestoso - Allegro Giocoso