Richard Pennycuick wrote:

>I was pleased to see Roger Hecht's list of Australian and New Zealand
>composers he likes.  One small amendment - George Antil is actually John
>Antill, whose ballet Corroboree is on Everest and well worth investigating.
>George Antheil has been the subject of other posts and his 4th symphony is
>also on Everest.  I'm not trying to score points, Roger - just setting the
>record straight!

Not a bit of it.  I appreciate the information.  I guess I was
subconsciously determined to apply the name George to both.  In any case,
I always thought of him as George.  I'd never heard of the John.  Pretty
bad, considering I have the Everest LP you spoke of.  By the way, my
early pressing of that records has spectacular sound.  There is also an
Australian EMI of (I think) the complete ballet.  I don't know if it's on
CD, but the LP version is very pricey among vinylphiles.  That one I've
never heard.

Antheil I like more.  At least I like that Fourth Symphony.  It was one
of my earliest records.  I just noticed that there is a Fifth on Centaur.
That may be interesting.  The only other work of his I know is Ballet
Mechanique, and that I don't care for at all.

>I neglected to mention in my original post that Hill also wrote attractive
>concertos for each of violin, piano, viola and trumpet.  It's to be hoped
>Marco Polo will do new recordings of these.

I have an EMI LP of his concertos--the trumpet and violin, I think.  I
don't think they were ever available commercially in the US and I don't
think they're on CD.  I haven't played them in a while either, but I think
I remember them as fine performances with quite good sound.

Roger Hecht