"...The Chandos recording and, if I have not made it clear, the playing of the BBC Philharmonic, are superlative in every way..."

**** (Excellent Disc)         **** (Exceptional Sound)

“American music’s one time Bad Boy finally comes good... Storgärds and the BBC Phil do this never less than fascinating music proud.”  ****

Performance ****        Recording ****

“... John Storgårds treats this music with painstaking care ... there’s enough here to suggest that, if this series is to be continued, it will rival or even surpass Hugh Wolff’s fine series with the Frankfurt RSO on the CPO label as a definitive account of Antheil the symphonist.”

“... it [Sym No.5] is enormous fun and wonderfully played by John Storgårds’ BBC Philharmonic. They’re also outstanding in the short Over the Plains, a breezy depiction of Texan life and landscapes... Chandos’s production values are predictably good ...”

“...Storgårds’ finely chiselled performances make a strong case for this imaginative and colourfully scored music ...”

“... Both the wartime Symphony No. 4, “1942”, and the “Joyous” Symphony No.5 blend fantasy, high energy and romance like cast-offs of Prokofiev, all delivered with panache here by the BBC Philharmonic under John Storgårds...” ***

Editor’s Choice – Orchestral Section

“...A brilliant recording all around, and an important one. Bring on the next instalment!”

“... The Joyous ... is purposefully shaped by Storgards, played with bounce by the BBC Philharmonic and has a swaggering energy, built out of deceptively complex rhythms... Over the Plains is an evocative miniature that teems with effects and revels in its jump-cuts and clashing material. This is pure Americana and you’d have to be un imbécile not to enjoy it!”  ****