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In a State of Jazz / Marc-André Hamelin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-05-13

Works: Friedrich Gulda: Excercise no 5; Prelude and Fugue; Nikolai Kapustin: Sonata for piano no 2, Op. 54; Alexis Weissenberg: Sonate en état de jazz; Improvisations (6) on songs sung by Charles Tre...
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

"One could be forgiven for thinking that this disc might just be a case of another classical pianist deciding to indulge a 'hidden passion' for...continue...
This album was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for "Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (without Orchestra)."

Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London, England.

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George Antheil: Bad Boy's Piano Music

1 CD / Col Legno / 2008-05-01

Works: George Antheil: Fireworks and the Profane Waltzers, for piano, W. 28; The Golden Bird, for piano ("after Brancusi"), W. 35; The Airplane Sonata, for piano (a.k.a. "Second Sonata"), W. 40; Jazz Sonata...
Performers: Koehlen, Benedikt

Antheil: Piano Concertos, etc / Becker, Oue, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2006-02-21

Works: George Antheil: Concerto for Piano no 1, W. 205; Concerto for Piano no 2, W. 207; A Jazz Symphony; Jazz Sonata; Work(s); Sonatina for Radio; Sonatina for Piano "Death of the Machines"; Little Shimmy
Performers: Becker, Markus [Piano]
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

George Antheil was a crazy fellow who very much fancied himself in the role of the "bad boy," as he termed himself in the title...continue...

Nancarrow, Antheil: Piano Works / Herbert Henck

1 CD / ECM Import / 2001-06-19

Works: Conlon Nancarrow: Two-part Studies (3) for piano; Prelude for Piano; Blues, for piano; George Antheil: Sonatina für Radio, for piano, W. 58; The Airplane Sonata, for piano (a.k.a. "Second Sonata...
Performers: Henck, Herbert