ADE 112 Doráti in Budapest Liszt CHRISTUS Oratorio Antal Doráti (3 CDs)

Doráti conducts Liszt CHRISTUS (This is a 3 CD set)

Sándor Sólyom Nagy, baritone; László Polgár, bass; Veronika Kincses, soprano; Janos B. Nagy, tenor; Klára Takács, mezzo;

The Nyíredyháza Children’s Chorus, Hungarian Radio & Television Chorus

Chorus Masters – Dénes Szabó, Ferenc Sapszon

András Virágh, harmonium; Bertalan Hock, organ

Hungarian State Orchestra

“…Liszt’s two huge oratorios are almost completely unknown. One of the most intelli- gent and complex composer/performers of the 19th century, his reputation as a virtuoso showman has almost completely eclipsed his other side: the spiritual, questing musical innovator and man of God. CHRISTUS is really a series of independent compositions that the composer assembled to put together as a musi- cal overview of the life of Christ, and it’s a work of uncompromising austerity. Try it when you’re feeling particularly penitential, and

while I wouldn’t recommend listening to the entire thing at a sitting, from point to point the music has many beauties. This performance is very committed and excellently recorded…” David Hurwitz, CLASSICS TODAY web

“…This recording of Christus was made by Antal Dorati in 1985 for Hungaroton. Rightfully or not, it serves as the litmus test through which the few others made since then have been judged. Dorati’s enthusiasm for Liszt’s CHRISTUS was considerable, and his recording is marked by an intensity and unflagging energy from the first bar to the last…”

ALLMUSIC website

ADE 112

The Doráti Edition
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