ADE 113 Bartók Orchestral Works Divertimento Hungarian Sketches, etc Antal Doráti

Doráti conducts Bartók

HUNGARIAN SKETCHES
RUMANIAN DANCES
DIVERTIMENTO
SONATA FOR TWO PIANOS AND PERCUSSION

Minneapolis Symphony/ BBC Symphony

“…There is no doubt that Doráti has a deep and abiding love for the music of Béla Bartók. He conducts with a deft and sensitiv touch, as well as with humour, the beautiful HUNGARIAN SKETCHES and ROUMANIAN FOLK DANCES, transcribed by Bartók in 1931 for orchestra from early piano pieces – little masterpieces all…”

well. It is a suite that should prove popular in the concert hall with symphonic audiences – where has it been for twenty-six years? Bartok’s well known ROUMANIAN FOLK DANCES complete this side, in sparkling readings and brilliant reproduction…”

E. E. Shupp, Jr. (review of the original LP release)

“…Antal Doráti is on his homeground [here] and he elicits some highly idiomatic playing from the BBC Symphony: firm and dramatic for the MIRACULOUS MANDARIN*; warmly expressive for the DIVERTIMENTO. The recording is excellent – clearly defined but never too hard too never…”

Norman Kay, MUSIC & MUSICIANS, 1966 *the coupling on this LP release

ADE 113

The Doráti Edition
Published and © 2023
The Antal Doráti Centenary Society www.dorati-society.org.uk
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JT, HI-FI STEREO, 1960s

“…A lifelong promoter of music by his native Hungarian composers, Dorati here provides the first recording of Bartok’s HUNGARIAN SKETCHES. These are the composer’s orchestral transcriptions of five earlier piano pieces. They are very clever, amusing pieces in descriptive orchestration, and they hold the attention