Conductor Antal Dorati in Holland during the 1950's

I stumbled upon a fine re-issue on the excellent (Australian!) Decca eloquence series:

The Hungarian conductor Antal Dorati performing in the Netherlands, during the 1950’s.

The two best orchestras at that time were the Amsterdam Concertgebouw orchestra and the now somewhat forgotten the Hague based Residentie orchestra. The latter flourished under principal conductor Willem van Otterloo and had also had been conducted by Arturo Toscanini, as you can hear here.  One of the pieces recorded by Dorati in the Hague was the “Piet Hein rapsodie” from the first principal conductor of the Residentie orchestra, Peter van Anrooy, composed in 1901. The September 1959 recordings in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam were originally planned for Eduard van Beinum. Because of his unexpected death in april 1959, Dorati was asked to take his place. 

The complete story behind the recordings of Dorati in Holland can be read here. 

Recording dates and venues are listed below. 

BEDŘICH SMETANA

Track 01 Vltava (Má Vlast)

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 21 February 1952

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK

Track 02 Slavonic Rhapsody in D major, Op. 45 No. 1

Track 03 Slavonic Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 45 No. 2

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

15 September 1956 (Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody No.1)

22 October 1957 (Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody No. 2)

Concertgebouw Orchestra, 

Antal Dorati, conductor

Track 04 Slavonic Rhapsody in A flat major, Op. 45 No. 3

PETER VAN ANROOY (1879-1954)

Track 05 Piet Hein Rapsodie (1901)

Residentie orchestra, the Hague,

Antal Dorati, conductor

The Hague, Netherlands, 6–8 October 1952

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Track 06 Ouvertüre Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op. 27

FRANZ SCHUBERT

Track 07 Ouvertüre im italienischen Still in C major, D.591

CARL MARIA VON WEBER

Track 08 Der Freischütz: Overture, Op. 77

Track 09 Euryanthe: Overture, Op. 81

Track 10 Oberon: Overture, Op. 67

Track 11 Preciosa: Overture, Op. 78

HECTOR BERLIOZ

Track 12 Scène d’amour (Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17)

Track 13-15 La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: orchestral excerpts

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

23–25 September 1959

SIR EDWARD ELGAR

Track 16 Pomp and Circumstance March in D major, Op. 39 No. 1

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

25 September 1959

Concertgebouw Orchestra, 

Antal Dorati, conductor.

https://open.spotify.com/user/otterhouse/playlist/4b5AgKkbhWAi78NHyJJWG8?si=aLn19euGSFuUVpnk8_X6ZA (Webplayer link)