Antheil - Orchestral Works Vol.1: Symphonies 4 & 5, Over the Plains
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Label: Chandos
Cat No: CHAN10941
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 28th April 2017
Contents
Artists
BBC PhilharmonicConductor
John StorgardsWorks
Over the PlainsSymphony no.4 '1942'
Symphony no.5 'Joyous'
Artists
BBC PhilharmonicConductor
John StorgardsAbout
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.
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