Antal Dorati Mercury Masters - Stereo Recordings
Limited edition 30CD set
Documenting all of Antal Doráti’s stereo recordings with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra for Mercury, this edition showcases a golden era in American classical recording. The recordings were heralded with superlatives from contemporary journals – “Breathtaking, this Doráti…”, “as technically flawless as it is sonically and melodically intoxicating” (High Fidelity) – and reveals a musical personality centred on dynamism, intensity, and an exceptional ability to persuasively articulate rhythms. The project has been supervised by Thomas Fine and includes CD premieres, a previously unpublished audio interview and rare session photographs from the archives.
Contents:
CD 1
BARTÓK Suite No. 2
CD 2
R. STRAUSS
Suite from ‘Der Rosenkavalier’; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
CD 3
KODÁLY Háry János – Suite
BARTÓK Hungarian Sketches; Roumanian Folk Dances
CD 4
JOHANN STRAUSS II Waltzes
FIRST RELEASE OF COMPLETE LP ON CD
CD 5
BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2
Yehudi Menuhin
CD 6
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’
CD 7
ROSSINI Overtures
CD 8
OFFENBACH (arr. Rosenthal) Gaîté Parisienne
J. STRAUSS II (arr. Doráti) Graduation Ball
CD 9
ALBÉNIZ (orch. Arbos) Iberia
FALLA Interlude and Dance No. 1 (La Vida Breve)
CD 10
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
CD 11
Strauss Family Album
FIRST RELEASE OF COMPLETE LP ON CD
CD 12
COPLAND Rodeo; El Salón México; Danzon Cubano
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
CDs 13–14
DELIBES Coppélia
CD 15
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
(including spoken commentary)
Capriccio italien
Deems Taylor
CDs 16–17
DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dances
SMETANA The Bartered Bride – Dances
CD 18
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
CD 19
TCHAIKOVSKY March slave; Eugene Onegin – Waltz & Polonaise; Francesca da Rimini
CD 20
RICHARD STRAUSS Don Juan; Tod und Verklärung
CD 21
STRAVINSKY Petrouchka
CD 22
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition;
Khovanshchina – Prelude & Dance of the Persian Slaves
CD 23
BLOCH Sinfonia breve
PETERSON Free Variations for Orchestra*
*FIRST RELEASE ON CD
CD 24
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
CD 25
STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps
CD 26
DORÁTI Symphony; Nocturne and Capriccio
Antal Doráti Interview°
Roger Lord; Allegri String Quartet
Dennis D. Rooney°
FIRST RELEASE ON CD
°PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
CD 27
SCHULLER Seven Studies
FETLER Contrasts for Orchestra
CD 28
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2; Two Preludes
Byron Janis
CD 29
RESPIGHI Pini di Roma; Fontane di Roma
CD 30
The Magic of the Bells
Kamiel Lefévere
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Eloquence 30CD Set
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