Antal Doráti
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Antal Doráti was a Hungarian conductor who achieved international fame as leader of many great orchestras around the world and for his recordings of the works of Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Stravinsky and particularly Bela Bartók, with whom he had studied and worked. An American citizen following World War II, he conducted opera, ballet and symphony orchestras including the Detroit Symphony where he had his last full-time post as music director from 1977 to 1981.
Born in Budapest to a musical family, he studied at the Liszt Academy with Zoltan Kodály and Bartók and worked at the Budapest Royal Opera, the Dresden Opera and the Munster Opera. He toured the world with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and during World War II he was music director of the American Ballet Theater. He made his American concert debut with the National Symphony in Washington in 1937 and after the war went to work with the Dallas Symphony and then the Minneapolis Symphony. He appeared as guest conductor with the London Symphony and the Philharmonia Hungarica, an ensemble of Hungarian refugees based in what was then West Germany. Their album 'Haydn: The Complete Symphonies' reached number 14 on Billboard's Classical Albums Chart when it was released in 2009. He was named senior conductor of the Royal Philharmonic in England in 1975 and became conductor laureate three years later.
He recorded a great many albums including 'Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker' which went to number 24 on Billboard's Classical Albums Chart in 1993. Other releases include 'Wagner: The Flying Durchman' (1961), 'Dallapiccola; Il Prigioniero' (1975) and 'Haydn: Orlando Paladino' (1977), all of which were nominated as Best Opera Recording in the Grammy Awards with the latter earning a nod as Classical Album of the Year. 'Boulez: Le Soleil Des Eaux/Messiaen: Chronochromie/Koechlin: Les Bandar-Log' (1966), 'Haydn: Symphonies (Complete) Vol. 4 and 5' (1972) and 'Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 65-72 (Vol.1)' (1971) were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Classical Orchestral Performance with the latter adding a nomination for Classical Album of the Year. Doráti died aged 82 in Switzerland in 1988. In its obituary, the New York Times said he was "a warm, hearty conductor, not so concerned with refined interpretive detail as with vital, sensible statements of the music at hand".
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Albums
Antal Doráti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto
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Antal Doráti, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion; Divertimento
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Antal Doráti
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Capriccio italien; Romeo and Juliet; Marche slave
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Antal Doráti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Rossini-Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque; Suite Rossiniana
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- Schumann: Violin Concerto in D Minor, WoO 23 - 2. Langsam featuring Antal Doráti
- Symphonie No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: III. Scherzo (Pizzicato ostinato - Allegro) by Antal Doráti
- Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 - III. Allegretto grazioso, quasi andantino - Presto ma non assai by Antal Doráti
- Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage by Antal Doráti
- Overture in the Italian Style in C Major, D. 591 by Antal Doráti
- Symphony in C minor, H.I No.95: 1. Allegro moderato by Philharmonia Hungarica
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N 16, "Italian" - II. Andante con moto
- The Hebrides Overture by Antal Doráti
- Carmina Burana: "Ave formosissima" featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Symphony in E flat, H.I No.91: 3. Menuet (Un poco allegretto) by Philharmonia Hungarica
- Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 - I. Allegro non troppo by Antal Doráti
- Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 - IV. Allegro by Antal Doráti
- Carmina Burana: "Swaz hie gat umbe" - "Chume, chum geselle min" featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 - III. Poco allegretto by Antal Doráti
- Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 - II. Andante by Antal Doráti
- Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 - I. Allegro con brio - Un poco sostenuto - Tempo I by Antal Doráti
- Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 - IV. Allegro con spirito by Antal Doráti
- Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 - III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto - Tempo I by Antal Doráti
- Symphony in G, H.I No.92 - "Oxford": 3. Menuet (Allegretto) by Philharmonia Hungarica
- "In taberna quando sumus" featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Symphony in G, H.I No.92 - "Oxford": 2. Adagio by Philharmonia Hungarica
- Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 - II. Andante moderato by Antal Doráti
- Symphony in G, H.I No.92 - "Oxford": 4. Presto by Philharmonia Hungarica
- Stravinsky: The Firebird - 1. Introduction by Antal Doráti
