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Michael Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony

Vanosdale; Gratton; Richards; Wilson; Nashville Symphony; Guerrero

Inspired by the fiftieth anniversary of Superman’s first appearance in the comics, Metropolis Symphony has been performed by orchestras all over the world. Hailed by The Times as a “Symphonie Fantastique for our times", Metropolis Symphony is a musical response to the myth of Superman, expressing the energies, ambiguities, paradoxes, and wit of American popular culture. Deus ex Machina is a piano concerto inspired by trains of the future and past: Fast Forward re-creates the machine-like rhythms of modern trains admired by the Italian futurists; Train of Tears recalls Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train; Night Steam evokes O. Winston Link’s historic photographs of steam locomotives rumbling and whistling their way into extinction.

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Michael Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony

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Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony, for orchestra

Vanosdale; Gratton; Richards; Nashville Symphony; Guerrero

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Daugherty: Deus Ex Machina, for piano & orchestra

Wilson; Nashville Symphony; Guerrero

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"Daugherty holds the evangel for melody and rhythmic vitality without any hint of minimalism. He emerges from the epic American high plains of Harris and 1940s Copland yet strides with confidence amid the language of high culture, popular music and classic film score. It’s a volatile brew transcending any fears of comic book trivia. "

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Label:
Naxos

Range:
Naxos American Classics

Catalogue Number:
8559635

Barcode:
636943963524

Release Date:
10th Dec 2009

Recording Date:
22nd Nov 2008; 2nd Jun 2007

Recording Location:
Laura Turner Concert Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN

Producer:
Blanton Alspaugh

Engineer:
Mark Donahue

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