In both the trumpets-only and trumpets-and-trombones versions of Angels…one is struck by the breathtaking, often ethereal sonorities achieved with the close harmonies and song-like flow of his work.

The excellent sound captures the subtleties and nuances of Ruggles’s textural invention, along with the bombastic power of such pieces as the opening to Sun Treader…this collection was truly a labor of love for conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and all of the musicians who clearly worked so hard to make their realizations as perfect as the composer’s musical visions. © 2013 Stereophile

…every music lover needs to have this in his/her listening repertoire. This is music that…once again sounds fresh, daring, and alive. Bravo to Other Minds’ Charles Amirkhanian and Adam Fong for bringing this back to us. © 2012 Fanfare Read complete review

The selections of Antheil performing his own music on this Other Minds collection show little of that “bad boy” behavior. He is certainly capable of pounding grandiose sounds out of the piano; and those sonorities go rather well in his accompaniment of his 8 Fragments from Shelley, which he performs with the Roger Wagner Chorale…the overall effect is about as innocuous any many of the more traditional recordings made by this chorus.

Perhaps the most fascinating selection is his fifth symphony, to which he assigned the title “Joyous.” Because this symphony was begun in 1947, that title may well refer to celebration of the end of the Second World War and the defeat of Hitler.