BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds – Antheil: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 & Over the Plains (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds – Antheil: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 & Over the Plains (2017)
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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.

Tracklist:
01. BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds – Over the Plains: Allegro – Poco meno, espressivo – Poco più mosso – Pesante – A tempo (Allegro) – Pesante – (07:41)
02. BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds – Symphony No. 4 ‘1942’: I. Moderato – Poco piu mosso – Poco meno – Piu mosso – Allegretto – Poco piu mosso – Poco meno marcato – (10:59)
03. BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds – Symphony No. 4 ‘1942’: II. Allegro – Poco meno mosso – More mysterious slower than before – (09:33)
04. BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds – Symphony No. 4 ‘1942’: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto – Marcato – Poco meno mosso – (05:24)
05. BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds – Symphony No. 4 ‘1942’: IV. Allegro non troppo – Piu mosso – Meno mosso – Piu mosso – Meno mosso – (08:00)
06. BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds – Symphony No .5 ‘Joyous’: I. Allegro – Molto marcato – Piu mosso poco piu animato – (09:09)
07. BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds – Symphony No .5 ‘Joyous’: II. Adagio molto – Poco piu mosso – A tempo I – Poco piu mosso molto cantabile e espressivo – (08:00)
08. BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds – Symphony No .5 ‘Joyous’: III. Finale. Allegretto (maestoso) – Allegro giocoso (piu mosso) – (06:52)

Personnel:
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds, conductor

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