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Does The Conductor Really Matter?
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Posted on January 31, 2016 at 16:31:39 | ||
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I am not trying to be a wise ass, in the past I have not listened to much Classic music, but have started to listen to more as I get older (hitting 60 next year) anything non-Opera, just can't get into Opera as much as I try. I have a bunch of different versions of Holst Planets conducted by everyone from Ormandy, Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Munch, Solti, etc and they sound pretty similar to my ears. Just how much of on an impact does an conductor have on the way a piece of music sounds? Also I notice that certain conductors are hardly mentioned here as having the definitive version of a piece of music, such as Ormandy, Zubin Mehta, Stokowski, Toscanini, Ozawa, Previn, etc. Is that because they are not considered great conductors or that they are just backlash because they are or where very popular (sort like the Eagles or Bee Gees in rock music)? As I am in the process or building up the Classical part of my music collection, I am just curious about why some conductors are considered better than others. One last question I enjoy mostly late 19th & 20th century composers such as Ives, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Gershwin, Barber, Sibelius, Kahachaturian, Hanson, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, etc. are there conductors that do a better job with one type (period) of music then another? Sorry for all the questions, but I just trying to understand the impact a conductor has on the music. Jeff We’re Burning Daylight |
RE: Does The Conductor Really Matter?, posted on January 31, 2016 at 16:45:37 | |
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Compare Furtwangler and Toscanini for extremes - same piece of music |
Absolutely True, posted on February 1, 2016 at 08:24:46 | |
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If conductor's vanished, orchestras would play just fine. |
RE: Does The Conductor Really Matter?, posted on February 1, 2016 at 13:17:51 | |
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or Furtwangler |
It isn't the size of the baton, but... (n/t), posted on February 1, 2016 at 13:25:16 | |
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Klemperer--always S_L_O_W, posted on February 1, 2016 at 17:20:48 | |
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n.t. |