Ballet Mécanique

Album by George Antheil & Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra & Daniel Spalding

Ballet Mécanique is an avant-garde composition by American composer George Antheil, first performed in 1924. The work employs mechanistic rhythms, dense percussion and unconventional combinations of instruments, including multiple synchronised pianos and industrial sonorities, and represents an early modernist exploration of machine-age timbres within Antheil's output and 20th-century experimental music.
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  1. 1.
    Ballet Mécanique (1953 revision), W. 156c
    16:06
  2. 2.
    Serenade for String Orchestra no. 1, W. 189: I. Allegro
    3:33
  3. 3.
    Serenade for String Orchestra no. 1, W. 189: II. Andante molto
    7:35
  4. 4.
    Serenade for String Orchestra no. 1, W. 189: III. Vivo
    4:34
  5. 5.
    Symphony for Five Instruments (second version) "Quintette":, W. 129b: I. Allegro
    5:05
  6. 6.
    Symphony for Five Instruments (second version) "Quintette":, W. 129b: II. Lento
    4:19
  7. 7.
    Symphony for Five Instruments (second version) "Quintette":, W. 129b: III. Presto
    2:30
  8. 8.
    Concert for Chamber Orchestra, W. 170
    15:37

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