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Three box sets which contain Doráti live recordings, are worth mentioning:
Minnesota Orchestra at One Hundred
Weber: Overture to Oberon, 30.12.55. Debussy: La Mer, 3.2.56. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 25 in C, K503 with Ernst von Dohnanyi, 15.11.57. Falla: Suite No 2 from The Three Cornered Hat, 28.3.58. Rossini: Overture The Journey to Rheims, 3.1.58. Sessions: Suite from The Black Maskers, 10.2.56. Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane Suite 2, 6.12.57. Saeverud: Scherzo from Minnesota Symphony, 'Gay Day', 18.10.58.
(From a 12-CD set -- no catalogue number)
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Stenhammer: Serenade for Orchestra -- mvts 1, 3, 4. Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus with Jozsef Simándy. Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite. Ravel: Daphnis and Chloë Suite 2. Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, excerpts (recorded 1970, 67, 66, 82 -- BIS-CD 421-44 -- 8CD set)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra -- Great recordings from the Archives.
Dvorák: Symphony No 6 in D, 7.12.73
(From 8-CD set RSPO1001-1008)
Antal Doráti -- A Celebration is the title of a brand new six CD box set on Decca (475 7615):
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo, El salón Mexico, Dance Symphony, Appalachian Spring. Bartók: Dance Suite, 2 Pictures, Concerto for Orchestra. Weiner: Hungarian Folk Dances. Kodály: Háry János Suite. Doráti: Trittico. Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique, Apollon musagète, Le sacre du printemps. Bizet -- Carmen Suites 1 and 2. Debussy: Nocturnes, Images -- No 2 -- Ibéria. Dvorák: Slavonic Rhapsody in A flat. J Strauss II: The Blue Danube waltz, Wine, Women and Song waltz. Wagner: Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien. R Strauss: Don Juan.
Heinz Holliger, oboe, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Basler Sinfonie-Orchester, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, National Symphony Orchestra, Washington DC, London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Copyright © 9 April 2006
Bill Newman, Edgware UK
ANTAL DORÁTI
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