Mendelssohn, Schumann: Symphonies

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Release Date: 18th Sep 2020
Catalogue No: ELQ4840506
Label: Eloquence
Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'

Work length25:01

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

I. Allegro vivace

Track length7:15

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II. Andante con moto

Track length5:19

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III. Con moto moderato

Track length6:31

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IV. Saltarello. Presto

Track length5:56

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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Work length26:41

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Henryk Szeryng (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1964-07-03
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

1. Allegro molto appassionato

Track length12:22

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2. Andante

Track length7:44

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3. Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace

Track length6:35

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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21

Work length11:12

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Wiener Symphoniker
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1958-09

Excerpt, Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61

Work length16:24

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Wiener Symphoniker
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1958-09

I. Scherzo

Track length4:28

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VII. Notturno

Track length5:55

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IX. Wedding March

Track length6:01

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Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

Work length10:23

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London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1956-07-05
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish'

Work length38:19

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London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1956-07-05
Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

1. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato - Assai animato - Andante come prima

Track length11:55

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2. Vivace non troppo

Track length4:54

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3. Adagio

Track length11:13

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4. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai

Track length10:17

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Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

Work length28:39

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London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati
Recorded: 1963-07-19
Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

1. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft

Track length10:32

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2. Romanze. Ziemlich langsam

Track length3:59

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3. Scherzo

Track length5:25

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4. Langsam - Lebhaft

Track length8:43

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Noted for his Haydn and Mozart and for his affinity with 20th-century music from Berg to Bartok to Messiaen, the Hungarian conductor Antal Dorati also demonstrated a particularly idiomatic flair in presenting music of the early romantic era. Of these Mendelssohn and Schumann recordings, all but the Minneapolis Italian Symphony are in stereo. 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 had been music director since 1949 and released in 1953 (the Mozart has been reissued separately by Eloquence, coupled with Doratis first Haydn recordings and more Mozart). Dorati directs crisp, flowing accounts which inhabit the sound world of Mendelssohn and Schumann, understood forward from Haydn and Mozart rather than backwards from Brahms and Wagner. He finds in Henryk Szeryng an artistic partner of happy mutual understanding for the Violin Concerto: a justly celebrated recording from 1964 and a classic of the Mercury catalogue, but also a natural companion for Doratis light touch in four movements from A Midsummer Nights Dream which were originally coupled in 1959 with excerpts from Griegs score for Peer Gynt. Schumanns Fourth was also originally coupled with Doratis stereo traversal of Mozarts 40th. Long unavailable, this receives its first CD release on Decca. Dorati pushes the Italian Symphony through with considerable vivacity a very acceptable version of the work for those listeners seeking in it primarily verve and brilliance. Gramophone, June 1954 (Italian Symphony) A nice, stylish version much neat and enjoyable solo playing, and some beautiful string tone. Gramophone, October 1959 (Scottish Symphony) His performances are dapper and nicely felt. I particularly like his crisp, vivid approach to the Mendelssohn. Gramophone, December 1959 (A Midsummer Nights Dream) There is propulsive energy here The London Symphony plays well for Dorati, as always. The recorded sound is transparent and crisp. Stereo Review, January 1970 (Schumann) Great affection and A-1 musicianship. Stereo Review, January 1966 (Violin Concerto)

Mendelssohn, Schumann: Symphonies

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