Dorati in Detroit (18 CD Box Set)

This 18-CD boxset edition is a collection of the complete Decca recordings of Antal Doráti and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, including performances of Bartok’s Suite No.1, 2 Pictures, Miraculous Mandarin and Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.

You can also find recordings of works by a trio of composers Doráti knew well and worked with: Strauss, Stravinsky and Copland, including their first-ever studio recording of Strauss’s opera Die Ägyptische Helena boasting a stunning cast headed by Gwyneth Jones, Willard White and the young Barbara Hendricks; Sonically excellent interpretations of Firebird and The Rite of Spring that even half a century later still leap out of the loudspeakers – some of the earliest Decca digital recordings that remain benchmarks to this day; And, Doráti’s last sessions in Detroit included Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Doráti had been a lifelong champion of the composer and the atmosphere was clearly special at those sessions.

TRACK LIST

CD 1
TCHAIKOVSKY “1812” OVERTURE; CAPRICCIO ITALIEN; MARCHE SLAVE

CD 2
LISZT HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY NO.2 S.244/2 (ARR. KARL MÜLLER-BERGHAUS) DVOŘÁK SLAVONIC RHAPSODY IN A FLAT OP.45/3 B.86/3
ENESCU ROMANIAN RHAPSODY NO.1 IN A OP.11/1
RAVEL RAPSODIE ESPAGNOLE M.54

CD 3
BARTÓK SUITE NO.1 SZ. 31; 2 PICTURES SZ. 46

CD 4–5
R STRAUSS DIE ÄGYPTISCHE HELENA OP.75 TRV 255
JONES, KASTU, BRYANT, HENDRICK, WHITE

CD 6
R STRAUSS DON JUAN; TOD UND VERKLÄRUNG

CD 7
STRAVINSKY PETRUSHKA (1947 VERSION)

CD 8
SZYMANOWSKI SYMPHONY NO.2 OP.19; SYMPHONY NO.3 OP.27 “CHANT DE LA NUIT”

CD 9
DVOŘÁK CZECH SUITE OP.39 B.93; PRAGUE WALTZES B.99
POLONAISE B.100; POLKA OP.53A/1 B.114 “FOR PRAGUE STUDENTS”; NOCTURNE OP.40 B.47

CD 10
COPLAND EL SALÓN MEXICO; DANCE SYMPHONY
FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN; FOUR DANCE EPISODES FROM RODEO

CD 11
STRAVINSKY LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (THE RITE OF SPRING)

CD 12
R STRAUSS ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA OP.30 TRV 176; MACBETH OP.23 TRV 163

CD 13
STRAVINSKY L’OISEAU DE FEU (THE FIREBIRD)

CD 14
GROFÉ GRAND CANYON SUITE
GERSHWIN PORGY & BESS: A SYMPHONIC PICTURE (ARR. ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT)

CD 15
R STRAUSS SUITE FROM DER ROSENKAVALIER OP.59 TRV 227 (ARR. ANTAL DORÁTI)
SYMPHONIC FANTASY FROM DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN TRV 234A

CD 16
BARTÓK THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN OP.19 SZ. 73
MUSIC FOR STRINGS, PERCUSSION AND CELESTA SZ. 106

CD 17
STRAVINSKY SYMPHONY NO.1 IN E FLAT OP.1; SCHERZO FANTASTIQUE OP.3

CD 18
COPLAND APPALACHIAN SPRING (1945 SUITE)
STRAVINSKY APOLLON MUSAGÈTE (1947 VERSION)