- Composer: Antheil
- Audio CD (Jun 1 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Cpo
- ASIN: B00004SYHF
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #104,236 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Symphony No. 1 - Zingareska: Innocente |
| 2. Symphony No. 1 - Zingareska: Vivo, all zingaresco, poi 'ragtime' |
| 3. Symphony No. 1 - Zingareska: Doloroso Elevato |
| 4. Symphony No. 1 - Zingareska: Ragtime |
| 5. Symphony No. 6 - After Delacroix: Allegro molto marcato |
| 6. Symphony No. 6 - After Delacroix: Larghetto |
| 7. Symphony No. 6 - After Delacroix: Allegro |
| 8. Archipelago: Rhumba |
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Two Must Hear Symphonies,
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This review is from: Symphonies #1 & 6 (Audio CD)
George Anthiel could be called the fourth American composer. During his life, he was the fourth most hear composer, after Gershwin, Copland and Barber. The First and Sixth are exgaging works of this talented man. The First is original on concept and orchestration. Anthiel keeps you on the edge of your seat with the unpredicatable turns his music takes. One has no trouble believing it was great fun to write this work. The Sixth reminded me of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. It is a symphony inspired by Delacroix rather than meant to depict his paintings. Anthiel set out to become the bad boy of music, and he succeeded. However, it is the musician and not the bad bod that comes out in these two symphonies. Since this is Anthiel's centenary (July 8) we should become acquainted with his music for it is rich and rewarding, and as entertaining as his life is to read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bad Boy just had Bad Rep,
By philvscott (Marrickville, New South Wales Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Symphonies #1 & 6 (Audio CD)
The self-styled "bad boy of music", George Antheil, turns out to have had the famous attribute of the bad girl- namely, when he was good, he was very VERY good. At least, that's my feeling after listening to the first in the Hugh Wolff/cpo series of his complete symphonies. It's an eye (or ear-) opener, especially after the Ensemble Modern (RCA) recording of the Ballet Mechanique and other bits and pieces. The Symphonies 1 & 6 show Antheil to have been a deft hand with an orchestra and, while not giving himself over completely to "quirkiness", retains enough of that boisterous quality to bring the well-worn symphonic form to life, especially in the 1st. I look forward to the rest of the series. Wolff and his Frankfurt Orchestra play superbly and reveal the detail of Antheil's inspiration with greater clarity (in No.6) than Kuchar on a new Naxos release, although the Naxos is still a good buy. Who said everything worth hearing had already been recorded? This issue (like so much else in the cpo catalogue) proves them wrong.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bad Boy just had Bad Rep,
By philvscott (Marrickville, New South Wales Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Symphonies #1 & 6 (Audio CD)
The self-styled "bad boy of music", George Antheil, turns out to have had the famous attribute of the bad girl- namely, when he was good, he was very VERY good. At least, that's my feeling after listening to the first in the Hugh Wolff/cpo series of his complete symphonies. It's an eye (or ear-) opener, especially after the Ensemble Modern (RCA) recording of the Ballet Mechanique and other bits and pieces. The Symphonies 1 & 6 show Antheil to have been a deft hand with an orchestra and, while not giving himself over completely to "quirkiness", retains enough of that boisterous quality to bring the well-worn symphonic form to life, especially in the 1st. I look forward to the rest of the series. Wolff and his Frankfurt Orchestra play superbly and reveal the detail of Antheil's inspiration with greater clarity (in No.6) than Kuchar on a new Naxos release, although the Naxos is still a good buy. Who said everything worth hearing had already been recorded? This issue (like so much else in the cpo catalogue) proves them wrong.
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