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Antal dorati conducts works by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, R. Strauss, Gershwin, Copland etc. Music

Posted by waldstein at Nov. 11, 2009

Antal Dorati conducts works of Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Gershwin, Copland, Schuller, Bloch, R. Strauss, Albeniz, De Falla,
Mussorgsky and Smetana – London Symphony Orchestra, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Classical | 5 CDs | EAC Rip | 1,86 GB | FLAC+LOG+Cue | Full scans | 10 RS links
Publisher: Mercury Living Presence

For vibrant and powerful sound, the Antal Dorati Mercury recordings are a true revelation. As someone who enjoys yet is still learning to fully appreciate this music, it's clear that these recordings are special. Mostly 20th century recordings here, Stravinsky, Richard Strauss, Prokofiev, Copland. These composers liked to utilize the full orchestra, and here the listener is rewarded. Interesting too are the lesser known works, such as Gunther Schuller's 7 Studies on Themes of Paul Klee.
Dorati's rendition of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) is a good place to start with these discs. His Richard Strauss tone poems are first rate, and Gershwin's An American in Paris is presented in its full orchestral glory.
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VA - Mercury Living Presence Vol.3: 6 LPs Box Set Limited Edition (2015) Music

Posted by Discograf_man at Oct. 22, 2015

VA - Mercury Living Presence Vol.3: 6 LPs Box Set Limited Edition (2015)
Classical | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 646 Mb | Covers - 52 Mb
Label: Decca | Release Year: 2015

This limited-edition, numbered LP Set features original LP front and back covers. The pressings are by OPTIMAL on 180 gsm vinyl stock and lacquers have been cut by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios.

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Dorati conducts Copland (Mercury Living Presence) Music

Posted by feluda at Nov. 8, 2006

Aaron Copland :
Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid (Complete), Danzón Cubano, El Salón México
The London Symphony Orchestra / The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Conducted By Antal Dorati

Classical, Ballet, Orchestra | APE - ExtraHigh - 365 MB / MP3 - 320 KbPS - 170 MB

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Ravel : Bolero MFSL Music

Posted by avoros at July 4, 2006

MFSL Aluminium

By 1983 MoFi had grown into a company with over 25 employees and grossing over $8 million annually. Then they nearly lost it all. The new darling on the scene was the compact disc. Because MoFi had been putting something on the order of 20% of their earnings back into research, they were prepared for the next wave. In the mid ‘80s, they launched their assault on the CD market with their half-speed
wares.

Their first efforts were released on aluminum discs, very much like all other discs at the time. And, in fact, some of these have become quite rare. Recently copies of them regularily go for >$75 on e-Bay. Partly, in an effort to justify the higher price they needed to charge, MoFi began to release their works on gold-plated compact discs called UltraDiscs. Although gold in and of itself isn’t significantly better than aluminum for the reproduction of ones and zeros, it oxidizes roughly ten times more slowly than aluminum. It is also supposed to coat more evenly than aluminum. This last attribute is said to cut down on the pin-holing so common to aluminum CDs, which allows for less error-correction during playback. This means more of the actual recording and less processor interpolation gets to your ears. So there was some inherent advantage to the gold treatment.

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Richard Strauss – Antal Dorati Conducts Richard Strauss (1955 & 1958) Music

Posted by janwal46 at Oct. 18, 2009

Richard Strauss – Antal Dorati Conducts Richard Strauss – The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (1955 & 1958)

In this one superlative disk you can hear why Dorati was considered one of Strauss's greatest interpreters. Throughout his career, from the days of the Ballet Russe in the '30s and '40s to the Detroit Symphony recordings of the '70s and '80s, Dorati followed Strauss scholarship closely and shared his admiration of Strauss with audiences in stunning and communicative performances.
These are from his Minneapolis years (only the mono Heldenleben is left out) and the performances are knockouts. The maestro plays fair by the composer, but there's an almost operatic type of scene organization that allows him to build drama and lead us through the ebbs and tides of Straussian psychology.
Unlike so many readings of this composer, no lumpiness is allowed, no frowzy attacks, no sitting around. In all instances the music is youthful, alive, spritely, fresh, clear, balanced, and captivating. Dorati gets his best performance of his own assemblage of Rosenkavalier excerpts, hypnotic and rythmic with a good measure of Viennese elegance thrown in. Those of us who have suffered thourgh snoring, routine performances at the Staatsoper would have liked to have had the Minneapolis contingent in the pit. The ensemble played and breathed like an opera orchestra while under Dorati, living and "singing" the drama and life of its repertoire. This comes through strongly on this disk.
Striking here is the Transfiguration, which does, indeed, do that as the conductor brings up a vertical crescendo and breaks apart the sound into transluscent color that scatters across your speakers' spectrum to startling effect.
Wilma Cozart, genius that she is, probably thought rehabbing this one from her own original tapes was a coffee-and-Danish break. My side-by-side comparisons with first-edition Mercury vinyl indicates little, if anything, was needed to bring this outstanding reissue to us.

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Antal Doráti - The Mercury Masters - The Stereo Recordings (2023) Music

Posted by Rtax at June 23, 2023

Antal Doráti - The Mercury Masters - The Stereo Recordings (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 6.1 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 2.8 GB
20:20:47 | Classical | Label: Decca / Eloquence

Documenting all of Antal Dorati's stereo recordings with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra for Mercury, this edition showcases a golden era in American classical recording. The recordings were heralded with superlatives from contemporary journals. "Breathtaking, this Dorati…", "as technically flawless as it is sonically and melodically intoxicating" (High Fidelity) - and reveals a musical personality centred on dynamism, intensity, and an exceptional ability to persuasively articulate rhythms.

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Tchaikovsky - Complete 8 Symphonies [10CDs] (2024) Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Jan. 30, 2025

Classic recordings of Tchaikovsky's orchestral music, focused around the symphonies, ballet suites, concertos and overtures. Recordings from 1962-1992, from Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Pentatone, Musical Concepts, Melodiya and Mercury.

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Antal Dorati - The Mercury Masters - The Mono Recordings [31CDs Box Set] (2023) Music

Posted by Discograf_man at June 2, 2023

Antal Doráti - The Mercury Masters - The Mono Recordings [31CDs Box Set] (2023)
WEB APE (tracks) | Run Time: 25 hours 56 minutes 45 seconds | 4.49 GB
Genre: Classical | Label: Australian Eloquence

A 'tour de force' of thrilling orchestral playing and brilliant audio engineering, Antal Dorati's mono recordings are collected for the first time. Newly remastered, this collection comprehensively documents a golden era in American classical recording and most of these vividly-characterized recordings appear on CD for the first time."has to be heard to be believed … is it possible to exceed this in the art of reproduced sound?" The New Records.

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Antal Dorati - The Mercury Masters - The Mono Recordings [31CDs Box Set] (2023) Music

Posted by Discograf_man at June 4, 2023

Antal Doráti - The Mercury Masters - The Mono Recordings [31CDs Box Set] (2023)
MP3 320 Kbps | Run Time: 25 hours 56 minutes 45 seconds | 4.02 GB
Genre: Classical | Label: Australian Eloquence

A 'tour de force' of thrilling orchestral playing and brilliant audio engineering, Antal Dorati's mono recordings are collected for the first time. Newly remastered, this collection comprehensively documents a golden era in American classical recording and most of these vividly-characterized recordings appear on CD for the first time."has to be heard to be believed … is it possible to exceed this in the art of reproduced sound?" The New Records.

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Mercury Living Presence - The Collector's Edition (2012) Music

Posted by peotuvave at Nov. 2, 2012

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of the most sonically realistic recordings at the dawn of the stereo era. Precious few stereo LPs were pressed when these recordings were issued, and they became some of the rarest, most collectible classical discs ever. Mercury Living Presence continues to enjoy a special reputation as one of the most enterprising, prestigious and sonically-spectacular labels in the history of classical recording.

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