Special offer. George Antheil: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
Music like this, often rampagingly orchestrated, needs performances of matching gusto. The symphonies’ pioneer German recordings, now almost 20 years old, had plenty of spirit, but the superior...
Special offer. George Antheil: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds
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Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
Music like this, often rampagingly orchestrated, needs performances of matching gusto. The symphonies’ pioneer German recordings, now almost 20 years old, had plenty of spirit, but the superior...
About
The symphonic output of George Antheil, the selfproclaimed ‘bad boy of music’, is further investigated by the BBC Philharmonic and its Chief Guest Conductor, John Storgårds, in the second album of the series. Following his early experimentations with modernist ideas as an enfant terrible in 1920s Paris, the stylistic trajectory of his symphonies over the next decades mirrors his self-confessed desire to learn more orthodox compositional techniques. This album explores two more of his symphonies: Symphony No. 3 (compl. 1946), only one movement of which was performed during Antheil’s lifetime, and Symphony No. 6 (compl. 1950), in which the influences of Shostakovich and Ives make themselves heard. Completing this exciting disc from the BBC Philharmonic and Storgårds are two lively symphonic pieces, Archipelago (1935) and Hot- Time Dance (1948), and a re-orchestration into a concert waltz of music from the strikingly eclectic score to Specter of the Rose (1946). This film tells the gripping story of a male ballet dancer suspected of having murdered his first wife and of being on the verge of dispatching his second in the same manner.
Contents and tracklist
- BBC Philharmonic
- John Storgårds
- Recorded: 12 and 13 February 2018
- Recording Venue: MediaCityUK, Salford, United Kingdom
- BBC Philharmonic
- John Storgårds
- Recorded: 12 and 13 February 2018
- Recording Venue: MediaCityUK, Salford, United Kingdom
- BBC Philharmonic
- John Storgårds
- Recorded: 12 and 13 February 2018
- Recording Venue: MediaCityUK, Salford, United Kingdom
- BBC Philharmonic
- John Storgårds
- Recorded: 12 and 13 February 2018
- Recording Venue: MediaCityUK, Salford, United Kingdom
- BBC Philharmonic
- John Storgårds
- Recorded: 12 and 13 February 2018
- Recording Venue: MediaCityUK, Salford, United Kingdom
Spotlight on this release
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Orchestral Works by George Antheil
4th Jan 2019
The BBC Philharmonic and John Storgårds present the second volume in Chandos's survey of the orchestral works of American composer, George Antheil.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2019
February 2019
Music like this, often rampagingly orchestrated, needs performances of matching gusto. The symphonies’ pioneer German recordings, now almost 20 years old, had plenty of spirit, but the superior Chandos sound and the BBC Philharmonic’s finesse supply just that extra kick needed.
February 2019
Storgårds’s punctiliousness makes me believe that Antheil was inspired by Prokofiev and Shostakovich rather than merely cribbing from them…he and the BBC Philharmonic have loads of fun in the Hot-Time Dance, with its faint echoes of Enescu’s First Romanian Rhapsody, then dote luxuriously on the Ravelian Spectre of the Rose Waltz, with its shimmering colours and slippery harmonies. Very strongly recommended.
January 2019
Total Hollywood immersion in the super-confident American continent, north and south.
13th January 2019
The language is eclectic, hinting at or lifting from Sibelius, Mahler et al, and accusations of bombast are forgivable. Yet there’s also an irresistible all-embracing Americanism. The BBC Phil and Storgards deliver it all with scintillating gusto.
classicalsource.com February 2019
It is impossible to imagine more committed performances than those John Storgårds obtains from the BBC Philharmonic, or a finer recorded sound than Chandos consistently displays.
