In Reply to: Although I run hot and cold on Kertesz. . . posted by Chris from Lafayette on January 7, 2017 at 14:41:02:
Anonymous? I can only assume you mean lacking personality. Even WITH specific examples of differences in interpretation (none provided) between Kertesz and the Czech conductors you mentioned all you'd be doing is basically saying you prefer one version over the other. Obviously that's fine, but it ain't like 500 other conductors' versions sound just like Kertesz's.I have all the Kertesz except New World on London LP's and have no complaints. Good music, excellent conductor/orch. and good sound. The personality is in the music, and I hear nothing to suggest Kertesz is hindering that from coming out -- they aren't boring vanilla versions IMO.
I had a couple of the Neumann and got rid of them. Nuthin' special IMO and Superphon sound was not the greatest.
Seems to me that sometimes you create things outta thin air. Rather than English critics "projecting", I think you are the one projecting. There is no reason whatsoever to think English critics who dug the Kertesz/Dvorak "....were projecting their own "thrill of discovery" (i.e., of the music itself) onto the Kertesz recordings....". That combined with the "reports" you mention seems, ahh, Trumpesque :-)
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Follow Ups
- Jeez, Chris. - Rick W 15:57:23 01/07/17 (31)
- Wife is a HUGE Dvorak fan, having played a number of the symphonies... - Ivan303 19:34:06 01/07/17 (3)
- Still might wait for the blu-ray alone however [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 00:42:03 01/08/17 (2)
- If I get the box set.... - Ivan303 07:50:04 01/08/17 (1)
- Wow! Thanks! - Chris from Lafayette 09:15:26 01/08/17 (0)
- "The personality is in the music" - rbolaw 19:33:22 01/07/17 (25)
- RE: "The personality is in the music" - Rick W 21:52:57 01/07/17 (24)
- I'm a Kertesz fan - rbolaw 07:59:03 01/08/17 (6)
- There's a bit of arrogance when someone claims to follow your (and Rick's) last statement - Chris from Lafayette 09:33:44 01/08/17 (4)
- RE: There's a bit of arrogance when someone claims to follow your (and Rick's) last statement - Rick W 12:37:53 01/08/17 (0)
- Well, no arrogance intended, rather respect - rbolaw 12:24:33 01/08/17 (1)
- My bad - I tried to word that last subject line carefully - didn't mean you or Rick were being arrogant - Chris from Lafayette 16:36:48 01/08/17 (0)
- RE: There's a bit of arrogance when someone claims to follow your (and Rick's) last statement - Ivan303 10:02:27 01/08/17 (0)
- If you like Kertesz and Dvorak, this box set is worth a look... - Ivan303 08:53:47 01/08/17 (0)
- The point is not that an orchestra couldn't play without a conductor in charge - Chris from Lafayette 00:34:25 01/08/17 (16)
- Kind of a general response. - Rick W 09:04:28 01/08/17 (15)
- RE: Kind of a general response. - Old Listener 10:54:57 01/08/17 (10)
- I see a list like yours, and I think. . . - Chris from Lafayette 16:53:43 01/08/17 (9)
- RE: I see a list like yours, and I think. . . - Old Listener 08:41:50 01/09/17 (7)
- Excellent idea - Chris from Lafayette 01:10:32 01/10/17 (6)
- RE: Excellent idea - Old Listener 23:25:08 01/10/17 (2)
- RE: Excellent idea - Chris from Lafayette 01:12:19 01/11/17 (1)
- RE: Excellent idea - Old Listener 07:17:20 01/11/17 (0)
- RE: Excellent idea - johngladneyproffitt 11:14:40 01/10/17 (2)
- Excelent recording.... - Ivan303 16:12:59 01/10/17 (0)
- Yes - Thanks, John - I haven't gotten around to that Bosch cycle yet - Chris from Lafayette 12:11:34 01/10/17 (0)
- RE: " but music making just didn't stop in the 70's" - Ivan303 20:47:44 01/08/17 (0)
- Rick - I don't disagree with your post, but see my post above ("There's a bit of arrogance. . . ") - Chris from Lafayette 09:44:25 01/08/17 (3)
- Part of it us one's upbringing. - rbolaw 14:35:22 01/08/17 (2)
- Understood - no problem with that [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 16:38:09 01/08/17 (1)
- But having said all that - rbolaw 18:40:58 01/08/17 (0)
- Well, actually, Neumann recorded some of the symphonies (5) times - Chris from Lafayette 17:37:27 01/07/17 (0)