Artist: Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Jeff Beal
Album: Jeff Beal: House of Cards Symphony
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 02:12:23
Total Tracks: 18
Total Size: 2,20 GB

Tracklist:

1-01. Joan Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Unknown Artist – House of Cards Symphony – I. Forward March (04:50)
1-02. Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Unknown Artist – House of Cards Symphony – II. Betrayal (13:29)
1-03. Henry Beal, Unknown Artist – House of Cards Symphony – III. New Deal (05:42)
1-04. Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Unknown Artist, Jeff Beal – House of Cards Symphony – IV. Claire Underwood (05:37)
1-05. Joakim Lundström, Unknown Artist, Henry Beal – House of Cards Symphony – V. Russia (07:34)
1-06. Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Unknown Artist – House of Cards Symphony – VI. Portrait of a Marriage (08:03)
1-07. Joan Beal, Joakim Lundström, Unknown Artist, Henry Beal – House of Cards Symphony – VII. Power (08:44)
1-08. Joan Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Unknown Artist – House of Cards Symphony – VIII. Dignity (10:26)
1-09. Sharon Bezaly – House of Cards Symphony – IX. Puppet Master (08:05)
1-10. Jason Vieaux – House of Cards Symphony – X. Making History (11:11)
11. Jason Vieaux – House of Cards Fantasy (03:29)
2-12. Jason Vieaux – Six Sixteen (Version for Guitar & Chamber Orchestra) – I. Freely – quarter note = 90 (05:43)
2-13. Henrik Jon Petersen – Six Sixteen (Version for Guitar & Chamber Orchestra) – II. Gently (03:50)
2-14. Sharon Bezaly, Henry Beal – Six Sixteen (Version for Guitar & Chamber Orchestra) – III. quarter note = 167 (05:01)
2-15. Sharon Bezaly, Henry Beal – Canticle – Canticle (06:35)
2-16. Sharon Bezaly, Henry Beal – Flute Concerto – I. — (08:16)
2-17. Joan Beal, Jeff Beal, Joakim Lundström, Henry Beal, Unknown Artist – Flute Concerto – II. — (07:48)
2-18. Joan Beal, Henry Beal, Joakim Lundström, Unknown Artist – Flute Concerto – III. — (07:52)

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This release grew out of the fascination of Robert von Bahr, founder and managing director of BIS Records, for the television series House of Cards. It wasn’t only – or even primarily – the script or the acting that grabbed him, however, but just as much the music. Said and done – Jeff Beal, the composer of the House of Cards soundtrack, was contacted and it was soon decided that he should compose a Flute Concerto for the virtuosic Sharon Bezaly. To complement the concerto a selection of music from the series was agreed upon, but with five seasons worth of installments to choose from, this quickly grew into a large-scale House of Cards Symphony which at 83 minutes takes up an album all on its own. So now the decision was made to record and present a lavish release, with three further works: Six Sixteen for guitar and orchestra (performed by Grammy winner Jason Vieaux), Canticle for strings and a brand new House of Cards Fantasy for flute and orchestra. The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra has received international acclaim for its recordings of the hyper-intense music of modernist Allan Pettersson, but here, under the direction of the composer himself, it has taken to the new idiom and welcomes the additional instruments necessary to bring out that House of Cards feeling: electric guitar and bass guitar, drum kit, piano and flugelhorn.