The Mozart & Haydn Recordings On Mercury Living Presence

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Release Date: 18th Sep 2020
Catalogue No: ELQ4840385
Label: Eloquence
Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

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Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550

Work length25:02

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Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1953
Recording Venue: Minneapolis, MN

1. Molto allegro

Track length6:53

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2. Andante

Track length8:28

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3. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio

Track length5:03

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4. Finale. Allegro assai

Track length4:38

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture

Work length4:15

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London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1962-07-26
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

Mozart: Lucio Silla, K135: Overture

Work length8:05

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Festival Chamber Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1965-08-05
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

Mozart: Marches (2) in D major, K335

Work length9:27

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Festival Chamber Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1965-08-05
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

No. 1 in D Major

Track length4:08

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No. 2 in D Major

Track length5:19

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Mozart: March in D, K249

Work length4:00

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Festival Chamber Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1965-08-05
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

Mozart: Minuet in C major, K409 (K383f)

Work length6:03

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Festival Chamber Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1965-08-05
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

Mozart: German Dances (3), K605

Work length6:59

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Festival Chamber Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1965-08-05
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

No. 1 in D Major

Track length1:55

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No. 2 in G Major

Track length1:55

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No. 3 in C Major

Track length3:09

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Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'

Work length16:51

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London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1956-07-06
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

1. Allegro

Track length5:37

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2. Romance. Andante

Track length5:19

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3. Menuetto. Allegretto

Track length2:01

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4. Rondo. Allegro

Track length3:54

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Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C major, K425 'Linz'

Work length31:16

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London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1956-07-06
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

1. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso

Track length11:44

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2. Andante

Track length7:59

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3. Menuetto

Track length3:36

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4. Finale. Presto

Track length7:57

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Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550

Work length27:35

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London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1961-06-23
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

1. Molto allegro

Track length8:09

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2. Andante

Track length8:32

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3. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio

Track length4:12

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4. Finale. Allegro assai

Track length6:42

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Haydn: Symphony No. 59 in A major 'Fire'

Work length21:40

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Festival Chamber Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1965-07
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

1. Presto

Track length6:48

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2. Andante o più tosto allegretto

Track length6:31

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3. Menuetto

Track length4:02

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4. Allegro assai

Track length4:19

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Haydn: Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell'

Work length28:23

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London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1961-06
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

1. Allegro assai

Track length5:33

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2. Adagio

Track length8:10

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3. Menuet. Allegretto

Track length3:55

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4. Finale. Presto - Adagio

Track length10:45

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Haydn: Symphony No. 81 in G major

Work length28:04

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Festival Chamber Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1965-07
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

1. Vivace

Track length9:51

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2. Andante

Track length6:49

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3. Menuetto - Allegro

Track length4:14

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4. Finale - Allegro ma non troppo

Track length7:10

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Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Major 'Surprise'

Work length23:53

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Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1958-06-03
Recording Venue: Wiener Konzerthaus, Wien

1. Adagio - Vivace assai

Track length8:48

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2. Andante

Track length6:28

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3. Menuet. Allegro molto

Track length4:35

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4. Finale. Allegro di molto

Track length4:02

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Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G major 'Military'

Work length21:25

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London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1957-07-10
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

1. Adagio - Allegro

Track length6:01

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2. Allegretto

Track length5:27

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3. Menuet. Moderato

Track length5:10

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4. Finale. Presto

Track length4:47

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Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D major 'The Clock'

Work length28:59

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London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1957-07-10
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

1. Adagio - Presto

Track length7:21

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2. Andante

Track length8:13

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3. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio

Track length8:11

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4. Finale. Vivace

Track length5:14

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Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E flat major 'Drum Roll'

Work length27:56

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Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1958-06-03
Recording Venue: Wiener Konzerthaus, Wien

1. Adagio - Allegro con spirito

Track length8:19

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2. Andante più tosto allegretto

Track length8:44

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3. Menuet - Trio

Track length5:27

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4. Finale. Allegro con spirito

Track length5:26

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Excerpt, Mozart: Symphony No. 51 in D major, K121 / 196

Work length2:55

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Festival Chamber Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1965-08-05
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

3. Allegro

Track length2:55

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Presto Music Classical Podcast, Episode 6: Played in the USA with Rob Cowan

15th October 2020

Rob Cowan returns to the show to discuss several box-sets by three European émigré artists who settled in America - pianist Andor Foldes, conductor Antal Doráti, and violinist Isaac Stern.

Antal Doratis complete Haydn and Mozart recordings for Mercury, predating his landmark collection of the Haydn cycle for Decca. In 1966 the Stereo Review critic made a prescient observation: Dorati here establishes himself as a first-rate Haydn conductor. There is the passion of advocacy as well as the foundational principles of his Haydn performing style in these early recordings: Only a few of his works were done and were always repeated,Dorati remarked in interview. The reason for that, I think, is just human modesty. The taste of a public is modest; they are satisfied with little. But that is why we are here to show them a wider horizon Haydn began as a talent and ended up as a genius. Unlike many of his colleagues, Dorati took pleasure in the process of recording, establishing a happy and concordant working relationship with the husband-and-wife Mercury team of Robert and Wilma Cozart Fine. One of the first fruits of that relationship was a pairing of Mozarts 40th and Mendelssohns 4th symphonies, made in Minneapolis where Dorati was music director and released in 1953 (the Italian has been reissued separately by Eloquence, coupled with Doratis Schumann and more Mendelssohn, 484 0506). There followed Eine kleine Nachtmusik coupled with the Linz in 1956, and a stereo remake of the 40th in 1961. The rarity here is the Mozartiana LP from 1967, gathering up the Overture to Lucio Silla with marches and dances, and never previously issued complete on CD. In the meanwhile, Dorati had embarked upon what would be the largest Haydn discography of any conductor with the Farewell Symphony, from the same sessions as the stereo remake of Mozarts 40th. He picked a judicious path through mostly named symphonies (Fire, Surprise, Military, Clock and Drum Roll) calculated to appeal to consumers hitherto hardly familiar with the extent of Haydns symphonic achievement, conducting the LSO, the Bath Festival Orchestra (Festival Chamber Orchestra) and his own Philharmonia Hungarica. The fire and brilliance of these early recordings sometimes exceeds the later Decca remakes within Doratis complete cycle. There is a great deal of vitality The LSO plays with spirit and refinement and every detail of orchestration is clearly caught; the Turkish music in Symphony No. 100 is quite overwhelming. Gramophone, September 1958 (Haydn Nos. 100 & 101) The finales, so often rushed, are very nicely paced; the gain in clarity makes them sound more brilliant, not less. This is true of the whole of the Surprise. Gramophone, May 1961 (Haydn Nos. 94 & 103) Dorati gets feeling as well as precision and polish from his men. Except for one or two frantic trills in the high horns in No. 59, the orchestra turns in a first-class performance. High Fidelity, March 1966 (Haydn Nos. 59 & 81) A fine synthesis of lyrical resiliency and zestful vitality is evident throughout both of these performances. The Mercury recording, done in London, has sparkle, bite, and weight. Stereo Review, May 1966 (Haydn Nos. 59 & 81) Both of these popular symphonies are given firm, vital readings, employing a large but not swollen orchestra. The precision of the playing is outstanding, and the individual instrumental contributions are beautifully realized. Stereo Review, July 1965 (Haydn Nos. 94 & 100) Dorati has frequently shown himself to be an unusually perceptive conductor of the symphonies of Haydn and Mozart, and this is the case with his recording of the Linz, a fleet and intimate performance that also has considerable poetry. It is splendidly played by the London Symphony Orchestra and recorded with transparent clarity. Stereo Review * FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA

The Mozart & Haydn Recordings On Mercury Living Presence

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