Antheil: The Brothers

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Release Date: 28th Mar 2011
Catalogue No: 777545-2
Label: CPO
Length: 54 minutes

Antheil: The Brothers, Op. 1, Scene 1

Work length16:03

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Rebecca Nelsen, Ray M. Wade, E. Mark Murphy, William Dazeley, Piotr Prochera
Bochum Symphony Orchestra
Steven Sloane

And in the Process of Time (Mary)

Track length4:07

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Good Morning, Folks (Ken)

Track length3:46

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Dad Willed It to You (Ken)

Track length2:33

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Aria. Once, Years Ago (Ken)

Track length3:43

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The Bus! (Tutti)

Track length1:54

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Antheil: The Brothers, Op. 1, Interlude - Scene 2

Work length3:25

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Rebecca Nelsen, Ray M. Wade, E. Mark Murphy, William Dazeley, Piotr Prochera
Bochum Symphony Orchestra
Steven Sloane

Abe, Is That You? (Mary)

Track length3:25

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Antheil: The Brothers, Op. 1, Scene 2

Work length19:39

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Rebecca Nelsen, Ray M. Wade, E. Mark Murphy, William Dazeley, Piotr Prochera
Bochum Symphony Orchestra
Steven Sloane

I've Got to Talk to You (Mary)

Track length2:24

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Aria. My Love's a Ghost (Mary)

Track length3:17

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Well? Why Don't You Call Your Husband? (Ran)

Track length4:45

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Mary, My Precous Lovely One (Abe)

Track length5:32

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Yes, Yes, It was One of My Dreams! (Mary) - What, Mary? [Abe]

Track length3:41

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Antheil: The Brothers, Op. 1, Interlude - Scene 3

Work length7:05

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Rebecca Nelsen, Ray M. Wade, E. Mark Murphy, William Dazeley, Piotr Prochera
Bochum Symphony Orchestra
Steven Sloane

And the Lord Said Unto Cain (Mary)

Track length7:05

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Antheil: The Brothers, Op. 1, Scene 3

Work length7:52

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Rebecca Nelsen, Ray M. Wade, E. Mark Murphy, William Dazeley, Piotr Prochera
Bochum Symphony Orchestra
Steven Sloane

You … You … You Monster! (Mary)

Track length3:34

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Mary Dear - Have You Turned Out the Light? (Abe)

Track length4:18

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With acclaimed recordings of the Symphonies and selected orchestral works, Cpo has gone some way in demonstrating this American composer was one of the twentieth century’s most important composers.

Antheil wrote his one act opera The Brothers in 1954. The libretto, penned by Antheil himself, drew on the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Its setting is the working-class world of post-war America, and the four men and one woman presented by Antheil on stage are all damaged and traumatized.

Although Antheil’s operas received positive, sometimes even enthusiastic reviews, they did not find a firm place in the opera repertoire of American or European theatres. The Brothers celebrated its European premiere some fifty-five years later, in a performance by the Bochum Symphony presented on this CD. For the scores of his late operas Antheil turned to elements from all his compositional periods. Here the machine-like sound of his Ballet mécanique and the nonstop motoric drive of his compositions from the 1920s are heard together with idioms from his film music.

The recording features a superb cast that includes the young American soprano Rebecca Nelsen and leading English baritone William Dazeley. The Bochumer Symphoniker is conducted by their music director, the American born Steven Sloane.

Antheil: The Brothers

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