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Sunday, March 25, 2018

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty (Antal Doráti)


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Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

CD1:
  • (01) The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Introduction
  • (02-06) The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Prologue
  • (07-14) The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I
  • (15-18) The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act II
CD2:
  • (01-08) The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act II (continued)
  • (09-24) The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act III

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Antal Doráti, conductor

Date: 1981
Label: Philips
http://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4461662


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Review

Antal Dorati's famous Mercury recordings of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet (1962 stereo) and Swan Lake ballet (1954 mono) have been issued on CD (Mercury 432 750 and 462 950, respectively). The former is with the London Symphony, the latter with the Minneapolis Symphony. Dorati's complete Minneapolis Symphony recording of Sleeping Beauty doubtless will soon appear on silver disc, an event eagerly anticipated by followers of the Living Presence series. (NOTE: a private label has issued the Dorati/Minneapolis Sleeping Beauty - see REVIEW).

Dorati apparently was in the process of re-recording all three ballets with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra. His superlative Nutcracker, recorded in 1975, has been issued in a Philips Duo album (442 562). Unfortunately Dorati never got around to recording Swan Lake in Amsterdam, but he did record Sleeping Beauty, recording one of the three acts a year beginning in 1979. The CD issue (Philips 420 792) took three full-priced CDs, with a total playing time of 2:45:38, a rather expensive investment for the collector, as the performance wouldn't quite fit onto two CDs and there was no filler. Philips now has issued this outstanding performance in their budget-priced Duo series, which includes a truncated version of Gerald Norris' fine notes from the original. That isn't all that is abbreviated. It would have been possible to get the entire performance onto two CDs if they had made a very awkward break between sides, so to avoid this they have eliminated the 5:15 Entr'acte from Act II. For most listeners this will be an appropriate trade for the convenience of having the rest on just 2 CDs, and at bargain price. Dorati's Sleeping Beauty is a brilliant, imaginative performance, with superb orchestral playing. Considering that the recording was made over a three-year period, miking and production are remarkably consistent, with a broad spaciousness and low- frequency impact not heard in many Concertgebouw recordings. Highly recommended, in spite of the omission of 5 minutes of the original issue.

-- Robert BensonCLASSICAL CD REVIEW

More reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-The-Sleeping-Beauty-Op/dp/B0000041BY

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (25 April/7 May 1840 – 25 October/6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the romantic period who wrote some of the most popular music in the classical repertoire. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote many works that are popular with the classical music public, including his Romeo and Juliet, the 1812 Overture, three ballets, last three symphonies, the 1st Piano Concerto and the Violin Concerto. Despite his many popular successes, Tchaikovsky's life was punctuated by personal crises and depression.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky

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Antal Doráti (9 April 1906 – 13 November 1988) was a Hungarian-born conductor and composer who became a naturalized American citizen in 1943. He studied at the Franz Liszt Academy with Zoltán Kodály and Leo Weiner for composition, and Béla Bartók for piano. He made his conducting debut in 1924, and over the course of his career, made over 600 recordings, mostly for Mercury Records. Doráti was especially well known for his recordings of Tchaikovsky's music. Other prominent composers in Doráti's recording career are Béla Bartók and Igor Stravinsky. He lived to make digital recordings, for English Decca Records.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antal_Dor%C3%A1ti

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