George Antheil: Bad Boy Of Music
Label: PALADINO MUSIC Catalog: PMR0075 Format: COMPACT DISC Markovics, Karl; Roth, Christopher; Wallisch, GottliebAntheil’s approach to piano playing is extremely physical: Repeatedly, he compares his work with that of a boxer, describes how he cools his swollen hands in two goldfish bowls and eloquently talks about sweat running down his body in broad and greasy streams. In his early compositions, the long and physically demanding passages with their rhythmical complexity demand without question use of the entire body. On this brilliant recording you can hear some of his most interesting compositions, e.g. "Little Shimmy", "The Golden Bird, after Brancusi" or "Jazz Sonata" played by Viennese pianist Gottlieb Wallisch. Between the piano pieces Karl Markovics (German) and Christopher Roth (English) are reading excerpts from Antheil's biography "Bad Boy of Music", published in 1945. Warning: Don't take every story for granted ... Or as Antheil said about his skills as an author: "A piece of good advice: Do not write a book if you are a composer – write music!” Price: $19.49 |