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CD 1 track details
Mozart: SYMPHONY NO 31, ‘Paris’
1 i Allegro assai (07:57)
2 ii Andante (05:07)
3 iii Allegro (03:48)
Minneapolis Symphony/ Antal Doráti recorded 18 April 1950 at Northrop Auditorium originally issued as RCA Victor WDM-1595 (45 rpm set) and on LM-1185 (12-inch LP)
Offenbach: HELEN OF TROY, Ballet Suite (arr. Doráti)
4 i Prologue: The Judgment of Paris (05:01) 5 ii Valse (04:25)
6 iii Divertissement: a) Variation of Orestes;
b) Variation of Menelaus; c) Act 1 Finale (05:07)
7 iv Nocturne (03:51)
8 v Scene; Polka and Valse (04:23)
9 vi Finale: Can-Can (03:50)
Minneapolis Symphony / Antal Doráti recorded 18 April 1950 at Northrop Auditorium originally issued as RCA Victor DM-1381 (78 rpm album), WDM-1381 (45 rpm set), and
LM-22 (10-inch LP); later reissued on LM-9033 (12-inch LP)
CD 2 track details
Bartók: DIVERTIMENTO
1 i Allegro non troppo (09:13)
2 ii Molto adagio (09:23)
3 iii Allegro assai (08:00)
Minneapolis Symphony / Antal Doráti recorded 19 April 1950 at Northrop Auditorium originally issued as RCA Victor WDM-1596 (45 rpm set) and on LM-1185 (12-inch LP); later reissued as and WDM-1750 (45 rpm set) and on LM-1750 (12-inch LP)
Kodály: HÁRY JANÓS Suite
4 i Prelude (03:33)
5 ii Viennese Musical Clock (02:15)
6 iii Song (04:54)
7 iv Battle and Defeat of Napoleon (03:33)
8 v Intermezzo (04:51)
9 vi Entrance of the Emperor (03:20) Minneapolis Symphony / Antal Doráti recorded 3 March 1951 at Northrop Auditorium originally issued as RCA Victor WDM-1750 and WDM-7004 (45 rpm sets) and on LM-1750 (12-inch LP)
CD 3 track details
Dvorák: VIOLIN CONCERTO
1 i Allegro ma non troppo (10:27)
2 ii Adagio (10:35)
3 iii Allegro giocoso (9:31)
Nathan Milstein, violin (pictured on right) Minneapolis Symphony / Antal Doráti recorded 3-4 March 1951 at Northrop Audit- orium
originally issued as RCA Victor WDM-1537 (45 rpm set) and LM-1147 (12-inch LP)
R. Strauss: DER ROSENKAVALIER Suite
4 i Octavian and the Marschallin;
ii The Silver Rose (Octavian and Sophie)
iii The Intrigue; iv Baron Ochs von Lerchenau; v Scandal and Solution (Terzett and Closing Duet); vi Résumé (Great Waltz) (25:46) Robin Hood Dell Orchestra /
Antal Doráti
recorded 8 July 1950 at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia
originally issued as RCA Victor WDM-1475 (45rpm set) and LM-48 (10-inch LP); later reissued on LM-9033 (12-inch LP)
Remastering from LPs by Chris Brereton, Bournemouth, except Offenbach and Strauss, which were transferred by Tom Sharp, Frinton-on-Sea
Designed by Richard Chlupaty and printed by Copyplus, Bournemouth
Recording venues: Northrop Auditorium (pictured with Antal Doráti), page 2; Academy of Music, Philadelphia, page 9 All LP covers shown are the original US releases
£30.00
Introduction
Antal Doráti made over 600 studio recordings during his lifetime and without question the successful series of “Living Presence” LPs he made for Mercury Records from 1952 to 1960 with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (MSO)1 helped bolster the international reputation of that regional American orchestra and also confirmed Doráti’s reputation as a major conductor. Those Mercury recordings have remained popular from their initial release to the present day.
Less familiar are Doráti’s earlier American recordings for RCA Victor which preceded the famous Mercury series. These are fewer in number and were made primarily with the Dallas Symphony from 1946 to 1949, when Doráti had rebuilt and revitalized that Texas or- chestra, and then, after his appointment in Minneapolis, with the MSO from 1950 to 1951. The Antal Doráti Society has made all of Doráti’s early RCA Victor recordings available, and the present collection brings together for the first time his five MSO recordings, plus, as a bonus sixth selection, a recording he made with the Robin Hood Dell Orchestra (aka the Philadelphia Orchestra).
[extract from full liner notes]
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