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Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies for Orchestra Nos. 1-6.(Sound Recording Review)
Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies for Orchestra Nos. 1-6. Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra. Mercury SACD 475 6185.
There is no end of recordings of these popular Rhapsodies for Orchestra, but among the very best have always been those of conductor Antal Dorati and the London Symphony Orchestra.
I confess that for the big two, Enesco's Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 and Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, I have long held a preference for the old Stokowski recordings available now on RCA Living Stereo and, even better, on JVC XRCD. But for the Enesco and all six of the Liszt Rhapsodies on one disc, there is nothing finer than Dorati's old Mercury edition.
Tempos and contrasts are well judged, although not as effortlessly integrated as Stokowski's. Still, there is plenty of color and excitement to Dorati's performances. The big two come off with plenty of elan and sparkle; the Fourth Hungarian Rhapsody is appropriately "rhapsodic" (the word "rhapsody" as applied to music was apparently first used by Liszt for his earliest piano versions of these pieces); the Fifth is ...
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