Doráti in Detroit: Complete Decca Recordings (FLAC)

Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Antal Doráti
Number of Discs: 18
Format: FLAC (tracks+cue)
Label: Decca
Catalogue: 4853114
Release: 2023
Size: 4.17 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 01
01. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49
02. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, Op. 45
03. Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31

CD 02
01. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor
02. Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody, Op. 45 No. 3
03. Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody in A major, Op. 11 No. 1

Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole
05. 1. Prélude à la nuit
06. 2. Malagueña
07. 3. Habanera
08. 4. Feria

CD 03
Bartók: Suite No. 1, Op. 3, BB. 39, Sz. 31
01. 1. Allegro vivace
02. 2. Poco adagio
03. 3. Presto
04. 4. Moderato
05. 5. Molto vivace

Bartók: Two Pictures, (Op.10) Sz. 46
06. In voller Blüte
07. Dorftanz

CD 04
Strauss: Die Ägyptische Helena
Act 1
01. Das Mahl ist gerichtet
02. Ist es wirklich Helena?
03. Wo bin ich?
04. Bei jener Nacht, der keuschen einzig einen
05. Ihr grünen Augen
06. Du bist durchnässt
07. Ai . . . Im weissen Gewand
08. Zerspalten das Herz!
09. Finale: O Engel!
10. Das Nötigste nur in einer Truhe

CD 05
Strauss: Die Ägyptische Helena
Act 2
01. Zweite Brautnacht!
02. Wo ist das Haus?
03. Aus flirrender Stille was naht heran?
04. Ich werde neben dir reiten!
05. So schön bedient!
06. Aithra! Liebe Herrliche!
07. O dreifache Törin!
08. Mein Geliebter! Menelas!
09. Unter geschlossenem Lid
10. Helena, oder wie ich sonst dich nenne
11. Bei jener Nacht, der keuschen einzig einen, die einmal
12. Ewig erwählt von diesem Blick!
13. Wie du aufs neue die Nacht durchglänzest

CD 06
01. Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
02. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28, TrV 171

Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
03. 1. Largo
04. 2. Allegro molto agitato
05. 3. Meno mosso
06. 4. Moderato

CD 07
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version)
01. Scene 1
02. Scene 2
03. Scene 3
04. Scene 4

CD 08
Szymanowski: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
01. 1. Allegro moderato, grazioso
02. 2. Tema, variazoni, fuga

Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3 ‘The Song of the Night’, Op. 27
03. Moderato assai…
04. Vivace scherzando…
05. Largo…

CD 09
Dvořák: Czech Suite, Op. 39
01. 1. Preludium: Pastorale Allegro moderato (Original Version)
02. 2. Polka Allegretto grazioso (Original Version)
03. 3. Sousedská Allegro giusto (Original Version)
04. 4. Romanza Andante con moto (Original Version)
05. 5. Finale: Furiant Presto (Original Version)

06. Dvořák: Prague Waltzes, B99
07. Dvořák: Polonaise in E flat major for orchestra, B100
08. Dvořák: Polka in B flat major, Op. 53a / 1 ‘For Prague Students’
09. Dvořák: Nocturne in B major for strings, Op.40 (B47)

CD 10
01. Copland: El Salón México

Copland: Dance Symphony
02. 1. Lento – molto allegro – adagio molto
03. 2. Andante moderato
04. 3. Allegro vivo

05. Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man

Copland: Rodeo (Four Dance Episodes)
06. 1. Buckaroo Holiday
07. 2. Corral Nocturne
08. 3. Saturday Night Waltz
09. 4. Hoe-Down

CD 11
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
L’Adoration de la Terre
01. 1. Introduction
02. 2. Les augures printaniers – Danses des adolescentes
03. 3. Jeu du rapt
04. 4. Rondes printanières
05. 5. Jeux des cités
06. 6a. Cortège du sage
07. 6b. Le sage
08. 7. Danse de la terre

Le Sacrifice
09. Introduction Largo
10. Mystical Circles Of The Young Girls
11. Glorification of the Chosen Victim
12. Summoning of the Elders
13. Ritual of the Elders
14. Sacrificial Dance The Chosen Victim

CD 12
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
01. Prelude Sonnenaufgang
02. 2. Von den Hinterweltlern
03. 3. Von der großen Sehnsucht
04. 4. Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften
05. 5. Das Grablied
06. 6. Von der Wissenschaft
07. 7. Der Genesende
08. 8. Das Tanzlied – Das Nachtlied
09. 9. Das Nachtwandlerlied

10. Strauss: Macbeth, Op. 23

CD 13
Stravinsky: The Firebird
01. Introduction
02. Kashchei’s enchanted garden
03. Appearance of the Firebird pursued by Ivan Tsarevich
04. Dance of the Firebird
05. Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird
06. Supplication of the Firebird
07. Game of the Princesses with the golden apples
08. Sudden appearance of Ivan Tsarevich
09. Round dance of the Princesses
10. Daybreak
11. Magic carillon, appearance of Kashchei’s guardian monsters and capture of Ivan Tsarevich
12. Dance of Kashchei’s retinue under the spell of the Firebird
13. Infernal dance of all Kashchei’s subject’s
14. Lullaby of the Firebird
15. Collapse of Kashchei’s palace and dissolution of all enchantments – Reanimation of the petrified prisoners – General

CD 14
01. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture

Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite
02. 1. Sunrise
03. 2. The Painted Desert
04. 3. On the Trail
05. 4. Sunset
06. 5. Cloudburst

CD 15
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier – Suite
01. Introduction(Octavian And The Marshallin)
02. The Silver Rose(Octavian And Sophie)
03. The Intrigue
04. Baron Ochs Von Lerchenau
05. Resume – The Great Waltz

Strauss: Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten, TrV234a
06. 1. Langsam
07. 2. Langsam
08. 3.Mässig bewegt
09. 4. Mässig bewegt
10. 5. Mässig – Bewegt – Sehr bewegt
11. 6. Etwas feierlich beginnend – Etwas breit – Viel ruhiger

CD 16
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (ballet)
01. Allegro
02. 1st Decoy game Moderato
03. 2nd Decoy game
04. 3rd Decoy game Sostenuto
05. Maestoso…Allegro
06. Sempre vivo…Adagio
07. Agitato…Molto moderato
08. Piu mosso

Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, BB 114, Sz. 106
09. I. Andante tranquillo
10. II. Allegro
11. III. Adagio
12. IV. Allegro molto

CD 17
Stravinsky: Symphony in E flat, Op. 1
01. 1. Allegro moderato
02. 2. Scherzo Allegretto
03. 3. Largo
04. 4. Finale allegro molto

05. Stravinsky: Scherzo Fantastique, Op. 3

CD 18
Copland: Appalachian Spring – Suite
01. I. Very Slowly
02. II. Allegro
03. III. Moderato. Duo for the Bride and her Intended
04. IV. Quite Fast. The Revivalist and his flock
05. V. Still faster – Subito Allegro. Solo Dance of the Bride
06. VI. Very slowly
07. VII. Doppio movimento. Variations on a Shaker hymn
08. VIII. Moderate. Coda

Stravinsky: Apollon musagète
09. First Tableau. I. Prologue. The birth of Apollo
10. Second Tableau. II. Variation of Apollo
11. III. Pas d’action. Apollo and the 3 muses
12. IV. Variation of Calliope (The Alexandrine)
13. V. Variation of Polyhymnia
14. VI. Variation of Terpsichore
15. VII. Second Variation of Apollo
16. VIII. Pas de deux
17. IX. Coda
18. X. Apotheosis

Collected here in one edition are the complete Decca recordings of Antal Doráti and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra:

18 CDs with spined wallets, original jackets

Highlights include: Performances of Bartok’s Suite No.1, 2 Pictures, Miraculous Mandarin and Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta – “Bartok was in his [Doráti’s] blood-stream”, wrote critic Robert Layton

And recordings of works by a trio of composers Doráti knew well and worked with: Strauss, Stravinsky and Copland including:

The 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

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