Antheil - Piano Sonata No. 2 'The Airplane'

[MArtinezNINux]

I love this piece! I just picked up piano alil over a year ago and hopefully at some point down the road I'll be able to even consider trying this, I also heard riding a airplane used to be a euphoric feeling of freedom, but since 9/11 the new procedures of security take away from that:/

[STOBMNT]

I suposse that I wasnt prepared for this.

[Tonythemusicman136]

WTF!!!!This makes Stravinsky seem old fashioned!!!!

Love it!

[huzzzzzzahh]

@Tonythemusicman136 Try Helicopter String Quartet.

[Tonythemusicman136]

@huzzzzzzahh Stockhausen is an alien,I am not impressed.

[coaster1000]

At 1:05... OF COURSE he has to play the "more difficult" ossia... ;)

[darthjoey13]

This is one of my favorite pieces now.

[darkNiGHTS0]

God, I love the transition after 2:05 at 2:18. So genius.

[xodn3300]

i like how he reuses the coda and yet it fits so well! a nice piece, im gonna tackle it soon. thank you for the upload.

[peppersax]

This dude was in a different 'zone' than everyone else. 5 STARS!!!!!!!!!!

[sanfudu]

Great!!!

Someone knows who plays in this version?

[CreamSwear]

@sanfudu Steffen Schleiermacher

[WelcomeToZomboCom]

wonderful thx a lot

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

This is incredible.

[rbcastillo]

Antheil was only 21 when he wrote this.

[Donluggy]

he was inspired by his dream of a peacful time in future... as all dreams are very idealistic, this piece also gives us a glimps at his idealistic aesthetic picture of the future...

He sais that he calls it the "Airplane Sonata", "as a symbol, the airplane seemed most indicative of that future into which I wanted to escape."

[loveltby]

@Donluggy may I ask where did you get this information? I'm doing a research on Antheil. Thanks a lot!

[Ridicolosamente]

Nice!

What's the significance of the title, "The Airplane"?