
George Antheil wrote wonderfully crazy, uninhibited, and sometimes-prophetic music. Listen to the recently unearthed First piano concerto, where the soloist’s bare-boned unison lines play against
The very quick tempo that opens the Gershwin is deceptive: this is a relaxed but never slack reading of the Concerto in F, at least
So-called “bad boy” composer George Antheil had a peculiar way of absorbing every music style he encountered, and then inserting it–not always fully digested–into his
George Antheil’s importance as an American symphonist becomes even more apparent with this second installment in CPO’s complete cycle. The CD booklet essay takes great
American composer George Antheil (1900-1959) is chiefly remembered for his Ballet Mécanique, which made him famous at its 1926 Paris premiere. Following the ballet’s failure