Antal Dorati - Antal Dorati - Antal Dorati In London Vol 1 [cd] [CD]

Covering recordings from July 1956 to July 1961, here are early stereo spectaculars on Mercury, under the inspired baton of Antal Dorati: classic albums of Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and many more in a new 'Original Jackets' Limited Edition.

Eloquence has been making a systematic and critically acclaimed survey of the Mercury legacy of recordings made by the Hungarian conductor Antal Dorati. Boxes of his complete recordings with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia Hungarica have revived albums from the 1950s and 60s which set new standards for lifelike sound and intensely engaged performances in the recording studio.

Volume 1 of Dorati's London recordings covers sessions from July 1956 to July 1961. Conductor and orchestra met for an intensive fortnight each year after the end of the concert season. Both the conductor and the Mercury engineers were demanding in their pursuit of perfection. The repertoire for these Mercury sessions in London played to Dorati's strengths.

Volume 1 includes library versions of music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker and Stravinsky's Firebird. Symphonies by Haydn (Nos. 45, 100 & 101) and Mozart (No. 40) are rhythmic and stylish. Anthologies of Verdi and Wagner orchestral music from operas tap into Dorati's theatrical strengths, no less than ballet scores by Khachaturian (Gayaneh) and Copland (Appalachian Spring and Billy the Kid).

A powerful meeting of minds is achieved with the pianist Byron Janis in the standard-setting Rachmaninoff Third Piano Concerto, with the violinist Henryk Szeryng in Brahms and the cellist Janos Starker in Dvorak.

Unique to this new collection is the first official CD release of Dvorak's Carnaval Overture.

PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges: Suite; Scythian Suite

MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Le Coq d'Or: Suite

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3

RESPIGHI: The Birds

BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn

HAYDN: Symphonies Nos. 100 & 101

VERDI: Overtures & Preludes

HANDEL-HARTY: Water Music: Suite

KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh (excerpts)

SMETANA: Vltava

STRAVINSKY: The Firebird

WAGNER: Overtures & Preludes

ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsodies

DVORAK: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Festival Overture; Capriccio espagnol

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1

BEETHOVEN: Wellington's Victory

BERG: Lulu Suite

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

MOZART: Symphony No. 40

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3

WAGNER: Overtures & Preludes

DVORAK: Cello Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto

WEBER: Oberon - Overture

Symphony No. 36 'Linz'

BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances

The Hebrides - Overture

Brazilian Impressions

Hungarian Dances

Music for the Royal Fireworks

TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet

MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bald Mountain

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 2 & 6

Carnaval - Overture

Billy the Kid

BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances

Die Geschopfe des Prometheus - Overture

Wozzeck (excerpts)

HAYDN: Symphony No. 45

BRUCH: Kol Nidrei

SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4

LISZT: Les Preludes

Leonore Overture No. 3

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6

SIBELIUS: Finlandia

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 28948470150
• Release Date: March 07, 2025

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