Antal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
During the 1970s, Doráti and the orchestra, under contract with Decca Recor… Read Full Bio ↴During the 1970s, Doráti and the orchestra, under contract with Decca Records, made a recording of the complete cycle of Joseph Haydn's symphonies; only one other ensemble, the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, conducted by Ádám Fischer, has since repeated this feat. Doráti's recording has been widely reported as a world-From the orchestra's inception, the West German government sought to harness its anti-Soviet propaganda potential. As a result, the government generously funded the orchestra throughout the Cold War and continued extending subsidies even after the Iron Curtain fell in 1990. The full withdrawal of state subsidies at the start of 2001, combined with the long-term decline in concert attendances, aggravated the financial problems that threatened the orchestra's survival.
The beleaguered Philharmonia Hungarica finally disbanded after giving a farewell concert in Düsseldorf on 22 April 2001, featuring a performance of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 including the Finale (Ed. Nicola Samale, John A. Phillips, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs and Giuseppe Mazzuca) conducted by Robert Bachmann, as well as the German first performance of the Documentation of the Finale Fragment, edited by John A. Phillips, conducted and presented by Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs. The concert was attended by an estimated audience of 150 in a concert hall meant to hold 2000 (Tonhalle Düsseldorf), after members of the German Orchestral Union had falsely announced in public that the concert would be cancelled. Plans to rescue the orchestra failed, because there was no political interest any longer to keep it alive.first. However, this was not the case. Ernst Märzendorfer earlier recorded the complete Haydn symphonies with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, although it was given a very limited release.
The beleaguered Philharmonia Hungarica finally disbanded after giving a farewell concert in Düsseldorf on 22 April 2001, featuring a performance of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 including the Finale (Ed. Nicola Samale, John A. Phillips, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs and Giuseppe Mazzuca) conducted by Robert Bachmann, as well as the German first performance of the Documentation of the Finale Fragment, edited by John A. Phillips, conducted and presented by Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs. The concert was attended by an estimated audience of 150 in a concert hall meant to hold 2000 (Tonhalle Düsseldorf), after members of the German Orchestral Union had falsely announced in public that the concert would be cancelled. Plans to rescue the orchestra failed, because there was no political interest any longer to keep it alive.first. However, this was not the case. Ernst Märzendorfer earlier recorded the complete Haydn symphonies with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, although it was given a very limited release.
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01Symphony No.95 in C minor, H.1/95 [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
02Symphony No.64 in A major 'Tempora Mutantur', H.1/64 [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
03Symphony No.88 in G major 'Letter V', H.1/88 [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
04Symphony No.38 in C major, 'Echo', H.1/38 [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
05Symphony No.47 In G Major 'The Palindrome'/'Letter L', H.1/47 [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
06Symphony No.22 in E flat major 'Philosopher', H.1/22 [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
07Symphony No.53 In D Major 'L'Imperiale'/'Festino', H.1/53 [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
08Symphony No.49 in F minor 'La passione', H.1/49 [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
09Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell'/'Candle'/'Letter B', H.1/45 [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
10Symphony No.56 in C major: 2. Adagio [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
11Symphony No.46 in B major, H.1/46 [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
12Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor 'Abschied' 'Farewell' - 4. Finale - Presto e adagio [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
13Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor 'Abschied' 'Farewell' - 2. Adagio [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
14Symphony No.88 in G major [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
15Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor 'Abschied' 'Farewell' - 3. Menuet e Trio - Allegretto [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
16Symphony No.24 in D major: 2. Adagio [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
17Symphony No.71 in B flat major: 2. Adagio [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
18Symphony No.31 in D major 'Hornsignal'- 2. Adagio [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
19Symphony No.51 in B flat major- 2. Adagio [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
20Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor 'Abschied' 'Farewell' [F.J. Haydn]Antal Dorati, Philharmonia HungaricaAntal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica
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