Antheil: Capital of the World/Schuman: Undertow/De Banfield: Combat, The

Antheil: Capital of the World/Schuman: Undertow/De Banfield: Combat, The

On this CD:

1. Capital of the World, ballet
Composed by George Antheil
Performed by Ballet Theater Orchestra
Conducted by Joseph Levine

2. Undertow, ballet
Composed by William Schuman
Performed by Ballet Theater Orchestra
Conducted by Joseph Levine

3. Combat, The
Composed by Raffaello de Banfield
Performed by Ballet Theater Orchestra
Conducted by Joseph Levine

Editorial Reviews
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These works have to rank as three of the most unjustly neglected dance-theater pieces of the American classical repertoire of this century. The main work here, Capital of the World (1953) by George Antheil is a curiously understated work (for Bad Boy Antheil), but it retains a kind of Old World nostalgia. (It's based on the Hemingway story of the same name.) William Schuman's Undertow (1945) is an eerie ballet in a classical setting and is about one man's hatred for women and his downfall. All the works on this disc, including the Banfield, resonate with the memory of WWII. In mono, but worth it. --Paul Cook

Antheil: Capital of the World/Schuman: Undertow/De Banfield: Combat, The, Music, George Antheil, Raffaello de Banfield, William Schuman, Joseph Levine, Ballet Theater Orchestra, 20th/21st Century Ballet, Ballet, Classical, Classical Music, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music

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