CD 1
BEDŘICH SMETANA
Vltava (Má Vlast)
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Slavonic Rhapsody in D major, Op. 45 No. 1
Slavonic Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 45 No. 2
Slavonic Rhapsody in A flat major, Op. 45 No. 3
PETER VAN ANROOY
Piet Hein Rapsodie
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Ouvertüre Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op. 27*
CD 2
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Ouvertüre im italienischen Still in C major, D.591*
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Der Freischütz: Overture, Op. 77
Euryanthe: Overture, Op. 81
Oberon: Overture, Op. 67
Preciosa: Overture, Op. 78*
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Scène d’amour (Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17)
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: orchestral excerpts
EDWARD ELGAR
Pomp and Circumstance March in D major, Op. 39 No. 1
Concertgebouworkest (CD1: 1–3, 6; CD2)
Residentie Orkest (CD1: 4, 5)
Antal Doráti
FIRST INTERNATIONAL RELEASE ON DECCA CD (*FIRST RELEASE IN STEREO)
Recording Producer: Jaap van Ginneken
Recording Engineers: unknown (Smetana, Van Anrooy); Henk Jansen, Cees Hunziga (Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1); Henk Jansen, Willem van Leeuwen, Tony Buczynski (Weber, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Berlioz); Henk Jansen, Cees Huinziga, Willem van Leeuwen (Elgar)
Recording Locations: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 21 February 1952 (Smetana), 15 September 1956 (Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody No.1), 22 October 1957 (Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2), 23–25 September 1959 (Mendelssohn, Schubert, Weber, Berlioz), 25 September 1959 (Elgar); The Hague, Netherlands, 6–8 October 1952 (Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3, Van Anrooy)
Remastering Engineers: Chris Bernauer, Craig Thompson
‘Berlioz’s ‘Rakoczy’ March and Elgar’s ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ March No.1 are brilliantly played by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Doráti.’ Gramophone, October 1954