Antal Dorati / Minneapolis SO - Respighi. Feste Romane -&- Church Windows - Mercury 1955

Ottorino Respighi:
Feste Romane   (Circenses ~ Giubileo ~ L’Ottobrata ~ La Befana)    
Vetrate di Chiesa   (La fuga in Egitto ~ San Michele Arcangelo ~ Il Mattutino di Santa Chiara ~ San Gregorio Magno)     
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Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra   conducted by  Antal Dorati 
PYE / Mercury  MRL 2002    1956 pressing - MG-50045  'YMG' matrices.   Recorded: 20 November 1954.    
(The end of 'Feste Romane' has tape (etc) congestion: have also slightly increased the volume)      
MMA 11095 - the 1960 EMI release (used by 'Mr Pristine') - has inherently quieter vinyl - but that Mercury transfer has far less dynamic-range.    
Sleeve-note  >>>   'Mr Pristine's' EMI transfer: 'sample mp3' (PASC194) - begins @ 5:27 on the Chiesa file >>>    

Antal Dorati / Minneapolis - Rimsky-Korsakov. Scheherazade - Mercury 1952

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov:
"Scheherazade",  Symphonic suite, op.35.      
I: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship  ~  II: The Tale of the Kalandar Prince
III:  The Young Prince & the Young Princess  ~
IV:  Festival of Baghdad.  The Sea.  The Ship goes to pieces on a Rock surmounted by a Bronze Warrior.  Conclusion.
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Rafael Druian, violin  - Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Antal Dorati    
EMI / Mercury  MMA 11022   1959 re-issue.  (John Johnson  transfers).
Recorded: 27-29 April 1952 - Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis.
Re-edited January 2012  (so should now be 'near flawless')  sleeve-note (text) >>>

Antal Dorati conducts... Kodaly. Hary Janos / Peacock Variations -&- Bartok. Miraculous Mandarin - Mercury 1954/1956

Zoltan Kodaly:  "Hary Janos" - suite
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Toni Koves, cimbalom  ~ Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Antal Dorati    
Recorded: 17 November 1956 - Northrop Auditorium, Minnesota
  
Zoltan Kodaly:  "Peacock Variations"     
Bela Bartok:  "The Miraculous Mandarin" - suite     

Chicago Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Antal Dorati        
Recorded: 8/9  January 1954  - Orchestra Hall, Chicago 
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EMI / Mercury  MMA 11072   (Kodaly)  - originally MG 50132  /  MG 50038  - 'FR' matrices  
EMI / Mercury  MMA 11068    (Bartok) - originally MG 50098  - mastered by John Johnson   
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