• George Antheil
  • Symphony No. 1 “Zingaresca” (1920)

  • G Schirmer Inc (World)
  • 3(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).2+cbn/4331/timp.4perc/cel.2 hp/str
  • 30 min

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Antheil’s aesthetic is very much what is fashionable now. There is a touch of neo-romanticism in Symphony No. 1 — its circus tunes, jazz riffs, tone clusters, are movingly interrupted by intervals of ravishing lyricism. This is an important release, a knock-out in every way.
Jack Sullivan, American Record Guide