ADE 115 The Mercury Classics Dvorák SLAVONIC DANCES Antal Doráti

Doráti conducts Dvorak SLAVONIC DANCES (complete) Minneapolis Symphony

“…of all the recordings that Doráti has made for Mercury, none can far surpass this exciting album. Sonically it is hair-raising, for the Dvorak dances…call for those particular talents which Doráti has in plenty. Where rhythm, sudden contrasts of ‘pp’ and ‘ff’ are concerned, and where a strong percussive line is needed, Mr Doráti is the master to serve the ingredients up on a platter that will raise goose-pimples.
The SLAVONIC DANCES are carried off superbly – furious in the right spots, melt- ingly nostalgic, and everywhere delivered with just the right amount of control. Snap and precision are not exercised at the expense of musical continuity. A splendid release!…”
JT, Hi-Fi Review, June 1959

“…Antal Doráti was a Hungarian who recorded the SLAVONIC DANCES more than once – three times complete, in fact, though this Mercury Minneapolis set is perhaps his best… in No 4 (op 46), the dance ends in high Mercury fashion, with hefty wallops on the bass drum (the recording is charac- teristically punchy) though, as a whole, it remains among the most lyrical and relaxed readings available…”

Rob Cowan, THE GRAMOPHONE, Awards Issue, 1998

ADE 115

Antal Doráti live
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