Antal Dorati Mercury Masters - Stereo Recordings

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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 The project has been supervised by Thomas Fine and includes CD premieres, a previously unpublished audio interview and rare session photographs from the archives.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°PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED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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