ABSTRACT
On record Dorati’s crowning achievement was to do the complete Haydn symphonies with the Philharmonia Hungarica for Decca, in 1971-1974, on 48 LP discs. He has also recorded the complete Beethoven symphonies, for DGG, with the Royal Philharmonic. In 1956 he made a spectacular recording of the 1812 Overture with the Minneapolis Symphony, using a real cannon in the finale. [Holmes 1988.]
Russian pianist, born in Odessa. She studied with Leschetitzky and Isidor Philipp, and became a specialist in the romantic school. She had world tours, and made an American debut in 1936. She was the only female pianist to appear as soloist with a symphony orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini. After 1939 she was less active on stage, concentrating on teaching. She was on the Juilliard School faculty from 1966 to 1983. Her death came a year later in New York.
