Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony/Bizarro

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Michael Daugherty is one of a talented and eclectic group of American composers who have successfully worked in both rock and classical music styles. His compositions celebrate American popular culture--his latest opera, Jackie O, is based on the life of you know who. His largest and most ambitious work to date is this suite of pieces based on characters and events from the Superman comic strip. Rumor has it that the original title was supposed to be "Superman" Symphony, but Marvel Comics wouldn't give permission to use the name. In any case, the music is jazzy, snazzy, faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to ... you get the picture. --David Hurwitz

Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony/Bizarro, Music, Michael Daugherty, David Zinman, Emily Controulis, Mark Sparks, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Greenberg, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Orchestral, Orchestral & Symphonic, Orchestral Music, Symphonic, Symphony

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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000004CWL
Release Date: 1997-01-28

Tracks:

Metropolis Symphony: Lex
Metropolis Symphony: Krypton
Metropolis Symphony: Mxyzptlk
Metropolis Symphony: Oh Lois!
Metropolis Symphony: Red Cape Tango
Metropolis Symphony: Bizarro

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Michael Daugherty is one of a talented and eclectic group of American composers who have successfully worked in both rock and classical music styles. His compositions celebrate American popular culture--his latest opera, Jackie O, is based on the life of you know who. His largest and most ambitious work to date is this suite of pieces based on characters and events from the Superman comic strip. Rumor has it that the original title was supposed to be "Superman" Symphony, but Marvel Comics wouldn't give permission to use the name. In any case, the music is jazzy, snazzy, faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to ... you get the picture. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Different, but in a good way.......2007-05-23

Michael Daugherty's music seems to spark primarily extreme reactions: it's either detested or adored. I'm in the latter category.

"Metropolis Symphony" is one of the most complex and rigorously structured orchestral scores of the last twenty years. I performed the fifth movement last spring; at every rehearsal I was amazed at how well it was put together, and how thoroughly the material was developed. Hardly characteristics you'd expect from a "trite" composition!

I highly recommend "Metropolis Symphony". The zaniness, the relentless energy, and the strong elements of popular music make this an excellent first choice for fans of classical music trying to inch their way into the music of 20th- and 21st-century composers, or for fans of popular music trying to inch their way into classical music, or for anybody willing to try something new.

(I might add that it's a refreshing break for those of us who are tired of hearing and performing nothing but 19th-century Romantic music on orchestra concerts..)

Don't be afraid!

Something New..........2005-04-03

I just bought this recording, as my high school marching band will be playing selections from the Metropolis Symphony in our show this year. At first, I was surprised at HOW contemporary it was. I was expecting something a bit more majestic and hero-like than what I was hearing. However, I was not disappointed. The more I listened, the more I understood and liked. You simply have to let it paint and create images in your mind. That is when it becomes a successful work. -Let it take you away.

Great Piece of Post Modern Music.......2004-09-14

I bought this to find out what the orchestra I play in was getting into for a concert last spring. What a great piece of music! Fun to play, fun to listen to. I was a little discouraged to discover that his "Dead Elvis" (from another CD) was VERY close to "Red Cape Tango," but all-in-all, it's still full of interesting ostinati and fun little hooks.

I'd love to see Bizarro done on a marching band field, but I know it'll never happen. There's a great interplay in the piece between the horns and percussion that I just scan back and play, scan back and play, scan back and play...

Daugherty : Music :: Lichtenstein : Art.......2003-04-16

The music of Michael Daugherty is deeply rooted in the American psyche because of his focus on pop culture. In an analogous way to the pop art style of some modern visual arts, Daugherty uses familiar motifs and patterns to create soundscapes that are quite evocative.

Some of his critics claim that portions of his music are 'trite' or 'cliches', but this is precisely the point with pop art. Daugherty is able to create beauty from new use of the mundane.

While not everyone will enjoy Metropolis, it is an emminent work in the sense of connections between movements in visual art and music. Just as Schoenburg reflects Kandinsky, Cage reflects Pollak, and Stravinsky reflects Picasso, so does Daugherty reflect Lichtenstein.

World of Imagination for Man of Tommorrow.......2003-01-17

Michael Daughtery's METROPOLIS SYMPHONY is a fitting tribute to the American mythology of the Superman story. He creates an environment of imagination and even suspense starting with the oddly spinning "Lex" which pulls us along with it, trying to keep up with the orchestra trying to keep up with its violin virtuoso. Other movments include "Krypton", a dirge-like piece complete with funeral bells, "Mxyzptlk", a somewhat mystical and confused musical metaphor for the imp from the 5th dimension, "Oh Lois", which is a little campy and gives the feeling of the damsel in constant distress relying on her hero.
The symphony itself ends in the dramatic fight to the death of Superman and Doomsday in "Red Cape Tango". There is also another piece Daughtery composed with the Superman folklore legend in mind called "Bizarro". It is strange, awkward, amusing, and potentially dangerous, just like it's supposed to be, forging off with superpower going...well,somewhere. All music makes full use of a fully structured orchestra tightly conducted by David Zinman. A great ride.

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