Antal Dorati - Der Künder (The Chosen)

Antal DORATI (1906-1988)

Der Künder (The Chosen) (1986)

Opera in Three Acts

Text after the Play "Elija" by Martin Buber

Tomas Konieczny (baritone) – Elia

Michael Schade (tenor) – Ahab

Rachel Frenkel (mezzo-soprano) – Isebel

Teatr Weikl Choir, Poznán

Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Cracow

Martin Fischer-Dieskau

rec. 2021, Cracow TV Studio, Poland

World premiere recording of Antal Doráti’s only opera Der Künder / The Chosen.

Antal Dorati - Orchestral Works

Antal DORÁTI (1906-1988)

Orchestral Works

Sette Pezzi per orchestra (1961) 

Night Music for flute and small orchestra (1968) 

American Serenade for string orchestra (c.1941) 

Sharon Bezaly (flute)

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

Moshe Atzmon

rec: Dec 1999, May 2000, Aalborghallen, Aalborg, Sweden

Zoltan Kodaly - Orchestral Works

Zoltan KODALY (1882-1967)

Orchestral Works

Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra

Dances of Galánta (Galánti táncok), for orchestra

Variations on a Hungarian folksong, "The Peacock" ("Felszállott a páva"), for orchestra

Dances of Marosszék (Marosszéki táncok), for orchestra (transcribed from piano work)

Theatre Overture (Szinházi nyitány), for orchestra (originally for "Háry János")

Concerto for orchestra

Summer Evening (Nyári este), for orchestra

Symphony in C major

 Philharmonia  Hungarica

 Antal Dorati