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Another tell-all book - anyone read this one?

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Posted on August 13, 2015 at 07:39:03
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 "Shoot the Conductor - Too Close to Monteux, Szell and Ormandy" by Ansell Brusllow - who was assistant concertmaster for Szell and then concertmaster for Ormandy before taking up a conducting career himself. Published this June. I am sure that most of you who ordered Szell book discussed below from Amazon got an email from Amazon notifying you of this book. Looks interesting.

 

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RE: Another tell-all book - anyone read this one?, posted on August 13, 2015 at 08:14:16
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 I got it with the Szell book. When I finish the Szell book I will read it and give my review
Alan

 

There was a collection of Ormandy's Malaprops a few years ago, hilarious! nt, posted on August 13, 2015 at 08:39:10
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I don't recall that but I do recall a malaprop list by... ? Hans Ronk?, posted on August 13, 2015 at 10:54:28
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 Example:

"Even when you aren't doing anything you are holding me back."

IIRC it ran on the next-to-last page of a print issue of TAS.

ATB,

JM

 

Leif Segerstam was/is famous for his malaprops too, posted on August 13, 2015 at 11:00:13
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 Example: "Was this a conspiration to read my beat?" There's a whole site devoted to it:

 

It must have been "Hans Vonk" but I can't find the malapropism page , posted on August 13, 2015 at 11:28:54
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Vonk_%28conductor%29

 

Vonk managed to record a couple of excellent sounding SACD's . . . , posted on August 13, 2015 at 14:20:41
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 . . . with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra before he died:



Also a very nice Nutcracker with the SkD:



I didn't care as much for the recordings he did as conductor of the St. Louis Symphony.

 

*1 I read that online and it was indeed hilarious. nt, posted on August 13, 2015 at 16:30:37
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And here it is., posted on August 13, 2015 at 16:35:09
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 See link.

 

Thank You!!! nt, posted on August 13, 2015 at 16:48:56
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RE: Another tell-all book - anyone read this one?, posted on August 13, 2015 at 17:37:07
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 It was an honor to play under him while an undergrad bassoon major at North Texas. Brusilow left Philadelphia to lead the Dallas Symphony in the early 70's but got fed up after three or so seasons and then became conductor of the symphony of what was then called North Texas State University in Denton. He stayed there, other than a few years at SMU, until his retirement a few years ago. A one million dollar endowment was given in his honor.

I recall him as a brilliant violinist and his recording of the Meditation from Thais is still played very often locally. He is probably about 85 or so now and still doing well.

His book should be very interesting and I look forward to it.


 

NTU, posted on August 21, 2015 at 14:25:58
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 My wife went there when it was Texas Women's

 

RE: NTU, posted on August 21, 2015 at 15:24:10
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 Hello. The two universities are both in Denton but independent of each other. North Texas was never TWU and vice versa.

Jim


 

RE: Vonk managed to record a couple of excellent sounding SACD's . . . , posted on August 21, 2015 at 19:09:50
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 I preferred his recordings with the St. Louis SO even though they were not as well recorded. They did a great Turangalila et al..

 

In the process of ripping my CD's to computer. . . , posted on August 24, 2015 at 18:10:33
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 . . . I came across a CD I'd completely forgotten that I had: the Vonk/Hague Residentie Orchestra recording of Bruckner's Sixth on the Dutch Vanguard label. I don't remember anything about it (!), but I'll be re-listening to at least part of it very soon.



As far as his St. Louis recordings are concerned, I didn't hear the Messiaen Turangalila, but the more standard repertoire ones I did hear seemed awfully dry and multi-miked, and I just couldn't get past that.

 

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