Word: antal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (Minneapolis Symphony conducted by Antal Dorati; Mercury). The fourth LP of a contemporary classic, this version has the distinction of dazzlingly clear and closeup sound, presumably authentic interpretation by one of Bartok's pupils and performance by a fine orchestra...
Kodaly: Peacock Variations (Chicago Symphony conducted by Antal Dorati; Mercury). Variations of abundant color and virtuosity on the Hungarian folk song, Fly, Peacock, Fly. The performance does it full justice...
Copland: Symphony No. 3 (Minneapolis Symphony conducted by Antal Dorati; Mercury). A major work by a man who has done as much as anybody to establish a modern American style of concert music. The symphony is broadly conceived, includes a bubbling scherzo, and, by use of spacious, interwoven patterns, manages to give the effect of melody without ever quite stating...
...Coriolanus Overtures (Joseph Keilberth conducting the Berlin Philharmonic and Bamberg Symphony Orchestras; Capitol-Telefunken); Liszt: Spanish Rhapsody (Miklos Schwalb; Academy); Mozart: Requiem (Hilde Gueden, Rosette Anday, Julius Patzak, Josef Greindl, Salzburg Dome Choir; Mozarteum Orchestra conducted by Josef Messner; Remington); Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Dorati; Mercury) ; Schubert: A Song Recital (Herman Schey, bass-baritone; Poly music); Tchaikovsky: "Pathétique" Symphony (Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy...
French Orchestral Masterworks (Minneapolis Symphony, Antal Dorati conducting; Mercury). Ravel's Pavane Pour une Infante Défunte and Debussy's Three Nocturnes receive clean, vigorous performances that are a shade too sturdy for their moods of fragile classicism and vaporous impressionism; the orchestra sounds fine in Berlioz' Roman Carnival Overture. Recording: realistic, with a wide range of volume...