Borodin: Prince Igor - Completed and orchestrated by A. Glazounov (1865-1936) - Overture
Antal Doráti, KBE (9 April 1906 – 13 November 1988) was a Hungarian-born co… Read Full Bio ↴Antal Doráti, KBE (9 April 1906 – 13 November 1988) was a Hungarian-born conductor and composer who became a naturalized American citizen in 1947.
Antal Doráti was born in Budapest, where his father Alexander Doráti was a violinist with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra and his mother Margit Kunwald was a piano teacher.
He studied at the Franz Liszt Academy with Zoltán Kodály and Leo Weiner for composition and Béla Bartók for piano. His links with Bartók continued for many years: he conducted the world premiere of Bartók's Viola Concerto, as completed by Tibor Serly, with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1949, with William Primrose as the soloist.
He made his conducting debut in 1924 with the Budapest Royal Opera.
As well as composing original works, he compiled and arranged pieces by Johann Strauss II for the ballet Graduation Ball (1940), premiered by the Original Ballet Russe in Sydney, Australia, with himself on the conductor's podium. For Ballet Theatre (later renamed American Ballet Theatre) he created scores for the ballets Bluebeard (1941) from music by Jacques Offenbach and The Fair at Sorochinsk (1943) from music by Modest Mussorgsky.
His autobiography, Notes of Seven Decades, was published in 1979. In 1983, Queen Elizabeth II made Doráti an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). This entitled him to use the post-nominal letters KBE, but not to style himself "Sir Antal Doráti".
His wife was Ilse von Alpenheim, an Austrian pianist. Dorati died at the age of 82 in Gerzensee, Switzerland.
Doráti held posts as principal conductor of the following orchestras:
Ballet Theatre orchestra (1941–1945).
Dallas Symphony Orchestra (1945–48), practically creating that orchestra from scratch
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (1949–60)
BBC Symphony Orchestra (1963–66), which bid him a fond farewell playing his Symphony in Five Movements and his Madrigal Suite.
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (1966–70), with which he recorded his Symphony No. 1 and his Symphony No. 2, "Querela Pacis" on the BIS label. He took that orchestra on its first international tours.
National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. (1970–77), which he rescued from bankruptcy and a players' strike.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (1977–81)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1975–79)
Recordings:
He made his first recording with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for the recording label His Master's Voice. This was later transferred to RCA Records with whom HMV were for some time associated. Over the course of his career Doráti made over 600 recordings.
With the Philharmonia Hungarica, Doráti was the second conductor to record the complete symphonies of Joseph Haydn (the first complete recorded edition was conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, but it had a very limited release). He also recorded an unprecedented cycle of Haydn's operas.
Doráti became especially well known for his recordings of Tchaikovsky's music. He was the first conductor to record all three of Tchaikovsky's ballets - Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker - complete. The albums were recorded in mono in 1954, for Mercury Records, with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (later renamed the Minnesota Orchestra), as part of their famous "Living Presence" series. All three ballets were at first issued separately, but were later re-issued in a 6-LP set. Dorati never re-recorded Swan Lake, but he did make a stereo recording of The Sleeping Beauty (again complete) with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam for Philips Classics Records, and two complete recordings in stereo of "The Nutcracker", one with the London Symphony Orchestra (again for Mercury), and the other with the Concertgebouw Orchestra for Philips - all this within a span of about twenty-seven years. He also recorded all four of Tchaikovsky's orchestral suites with the New Philharmonia Orchestra, and he was the first conductor to make a recording of Tchaikovsky's "1812" Overture (featuring the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra) with real cannons, brass band, and church bells, first in mono in 1954 and then in stereo in 1958. Both the mono and stereo "1812" were certified Gold Records by the RIAA. He also recorded all six of Tchaikovsky's symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Other prominent composers in Doráti's recording career are Béla Bartók and Igor Stravinsky. His comprehensive series of Bartók's orchestral works for Mercury have been brought together on a 5-CD set.
He also made the first stereo recording of Léo Delibes' Coppélia, with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. An album set of Richard Wagner's opera The Flying Dutchman is also among Doráti's more popular recordings.
In 1969 he made the world premiere recording of Sibelius's tone poem Luonnotar, with Gwyneth Jones as soprano soloist. In 1973 he conducted the world premiere recording of Max Bruch's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, which was written in 1912 but only rediscovered in 1971.
He lived to make digital recordings, for English Decca Records (released in the U.S. on the London label), with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. One of these, the recording of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, received the coveted French award Grand Prix du Disque.
Antal Doráti was born in Budapest, where his father Alexander Doráti was a violinist with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra and his mother Margit Kunwald was a piano teacher.
He studied at the Franz Liszt Academy with Zoltán Kodály and Leo Weiner for composition and Béla Bartók for piano. His links with Bartók continued for many years: he conducted the world premiere of Bartók's Viola Concerto, as completed by Tibor Serly, with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1949, with William Primrose as the soloist.
He made his conducting debut in 1924 with the Budapest Royal Opera.
As well as composing original works, he compiled and arranged pieces by Johann Strauss II for the ballet Graduation Ball (1940), premiered by the Original Ballet Russe in Sydney, Australia, with himself on the conductor's podium. For Ballet Theatre (later renamed American Ballet Theatre) he created scores for the ballets Bluebeard (1941) from music by Jacques Offenbach and The Fair at Sorochinsk (1943) from music by Modest Mussorgsky.
His autobiography, Notes of Seven Decades, was published in 1979. In 1983, Queen Elizabeth II made Doráti an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). This entitled him to use the post-nominal letters KBE, but not to style himself "Sir Antal Doráti".
His wife was Ilse von Alpenheim, an Austrian pianist. Dorati died at the age of 82 in Gerzensee, Switzerland.
Doráti held posts as principal conductor of the following orchestras:
Ballet Theatre orchestra (1941–1945).
Dallas Symphony Orchestra (1945–48), practically creating that orchestra from scratch
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (1949–60)
BBC Symphony Orchestra (1963–66), which bid him a fond farewell playing his Symphony in Five Movements and his Madrigal Suite.
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (1966–70), with which he recorded his Symphony No. 1 and his Symphony No. 2, "Querela Pacis" on the BIS label. He took that orchestra on its first international tours.
National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. (1970–77), which he rescued from bankruptcy and a players' strike.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (1977–81)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1975–79)
Recordings:
He made his first recording with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for the recording label His Master's Voice. This was later transferred to RCA Records with whom HMV were for some time associated. Over the course of his career Doráti made over 600 recordings.
With the Philharmonia Hungarica, Doráti was the second conductor to record the complete symphonies of Joseph Haydn (the first complete recorded edition was conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, but it had a very limited release). He also recorded an unprecedented cycle of Haydn's operas.
Doráti became especially well known for his recordings of Tchaikovsky's music. He was the first conductor to record all three of Tchaikovsky's ballets - Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker - complete. The albums were recorded in mono in 1954, for Mercury Records, with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (later renamed the Minnesota Orchestra), as part of their famous "Living Presence" series. All three ballets were at first issued separately, but were later re-issued in a 6-LP set. Dorati never re-recorded Swan Lake, but he did make a stereo recording of The Sleeping Beauty (again complete) with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam for Philips Classics Records, and two complete recordings in stereo of "The Nutcracker", one with the London Symphony Orchestra (again for Mercury), and the other with the Concertgebouw Orchestra for Philips - all this within a span of about twenty-seven years. He also recorded all four of Tchaikovsky's orchestral suites with the New Philharmonia Orchestra, and he was the first conductor to make a recording of Tchaikovsky's "1812" Overture (featuring the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra) with real cannons, brass band, and church bells, first in mono in 1954 and then in stereo in 1958. Both the mono and stereo "1812" were certified Gold Records by the RIAA. He also recorded all six of Tchaikovsky's symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Other prominent composers in Doráti's recording career are Béla Bartók and Igor Stravinsky. His comprehensive series of Bartók's orchestral works for Mercury have been brought together on a 5-CD set.
He also made the first stereo recording of Léo Delibes' Coppélia, with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. An album set of Richard Wagner's opera The Flying Dutchman is also among Doráti's more popular recordings.
In 1969 he made the world premiere recording of Sibelius's tone poem Luonnotar, with Gwyneth Jones as soprano soloist. In 1973 he conducted the world premiere recording of Max Bruch's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, which was written in 1912 but only rediscovered in 1971.
He lived to make digital recordings, for English Decca Records (released in the U.S. on the London label), with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. One of these, the recording of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, received the coveted French award Grand Prix du Disque.
Borodin: Prince Igor
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David Bloss
I learned about Borodin as a chemist long before I learned he was a composer. In undergrad school my research professor suggested I continue his work with aldol chemistry for my senior project. Read up on him and his work and decided that my interests lay elsewhere, so chose another project ,
Cut forward for about 20 years. When my career gave me a lot more time in my office than in my lab, I kept a radio tuned to a local NPR classical music station. One afternoon the announcer said "next up is In The Steppes Of Central Asia by Alexander Borodin". The music was glorious, and my brain said "you've heard than name before" so I looked him up as a composer.
Cut forward another 20 years. After retirement from my chemistry job, I returned to playing euphonium in concert bands. Had a blast recovering my musical roots. I'm still definitely amateur, but I'm blessed by being surrounded by people who ARE talented and music educators.
About 4 years ago, the music director for one of my bands chose Borodin's 2nd symphony for a concert. Knowing that I was a retired chemist, he asked me to give the introduction ... talk about all the fascinating aspects of his life. Unfortunately for me, I was allotted no more than 5 minutes. How can you tell the story of such an accomplished man in that short of a time?
Chemist, college professor, physician, surgeon (and as someone else mentioned, he and his wife founded the first medical college in Russia that admitted women).
Borodin and his wife never had children of their own, but they mentored and took in a LOT of kids who were what we'd call "underprivileged" today. Died at the age of 53 while hosting a party. I get the impression that everyone who knew him thought he was a genius in all the fields he worked in.
David Bloss
I learned about Borodin as a chemist long before I learned he was a composer. In undergrad school my research professor suggested I continue his work with aldol chemistry for my senior project. Read up on him and his work and decided that my interests lay elsewhere, so chose another project ,
Cut forward for about 20 years. When my career gave me a lot more time in my office than in my lab, I kept a radio tuned to a local NPR classical music station. One afternoon the announcer said "next up is In The Steppes Of Central Asia by Alexander Borodin". The music was glorious, and my brain said "you've heard than name before" so I looked him up as a composer.
Cut forward another 20 years. After retirement from my chemistry job, I returned to playing euphonium in concert bands. Had a blast recovering my musical roots. I'm still definitely amateur, but I'm blessed by being surrounded by people who ARE talented and music educators.
About 4 years ago, the music director for one of my bands chose Borodin's 2nd symphony for a concert. Knowing that I was a retired chemist, he asked me to give the introduction ... talk about all the fascinating aspects of his life. Unfortunately for me, I was allotted no more than 5 minutes. How can you tell the story of such an accomplished man in that short of a time?
Chemist, college professor, physician, surgeon (and as someone else mentioned, he and his wife founded the first medical college in Russia that admitted women).
Borodin and his wife never had children of their own, but they mentored and took in a LOT of kids who were what we'd call "underprivileged" today. Died at the age of 53 while hosting a party. I get the impression that everyone who knew him thought he was a genius in all the fields he worked in.
Alain Calmat
Jacqueline du Bief,championne du monde de patinage artistique en 1952 a merveilleusement interprété cette merveilleuse musique
J’ajoute ma grande admiration pour Alexandre Borodine ,de plus confrère chirurgien éminent
Lawrence Taylor
Merci beaucoup. I always joked that I was born with two left ears. I was the kid in choir class that teachers asked to move my lips and not make a sound. I bought a piano after retirement and am discovering a new world. I remember oh too well my chemistry classes, expecially labs. First Physical chemistry for my engineering classes, then Organic when I switched to Pre-Med.
I had a good reflex to get me through the classes. The first Friday of the semester, I'd invite my lab student assistant out for a beer, and I'd pay. After several, they'd thank me and I said they could thank me for pulling me through the classes.
Laura Blaney
Glorious loved this as a child and Polovetsian dances too im ARMENIAN IT STIRS MY BLOOD AND MAKES ME CRY THANK YOU
LORAJAHN
Lawrence Tierney
What a wonderful post. You have inspired me to read about his life and achievements. Music is such an inspiration. Every time I hear The Moldau by Smetana I want to up sticks and travel through Eastern Europe by the great rivers…and I’m Scots /Irish. 😂😂😂
Stevee GALLO
David Bloss -- I remember how my father Dr Alexander Galat, a chemist in Yonkers, New York, (1960) cherished a copy of a US patent granted to Borodin.
Carlos Insfran
Impecable interpretación de la creación de Borodin que nos transporta al Asia Central con todo el sentimiento ruso del nacionalismo romántico con su nostálgico recuerdo de una travesía a caballo por la estepa en una tarde de otoño. No puedo menos que rendir mí modesto homenaje a su talento que renueva mí interés en conocer vuestra cultura y la enorme grandiosidad de vuestro dilatado territorio. Va mí aplauso desde Buenos Aires con agradecimiento por haber disfrutado de un momento inolvidable.
Solmar Coromoto Vázquez
Digno comentario e inspiración con sensibilidad de poeta de la vida y del amor.
Bruce Boschek
The second or third LP I bought when I was 12 years old had these two pieces. Almost 70 years later they still bring me comfort and pleasure. Thanks for sharing this here.
Robert Paterson
I had the same experience ah!