The trouble with Edo. . .

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on April 20, 2014 at 00:33:38

In Reply to: RE: Herbert Blomstedt posted by Russell on April 19, 2014 at 23:36:39:

. . . is that I felt the Philips recordings he made with the SF Symphony were very overmiked and artificial sounding: at that time, I had a student who sang in the women's chorus of the Elly Ameling recording you cited (in Debussy's "La damoiselle élue"). I asked her how many microphones were used in that recording. "At least 30" was her answer! Same with the Kocsis Rachmaninoff piano concertos: excellent performances undone by artificial sounding engineering. Too bad.

I liked Edo, and I've been surprised that he didn't land a higher profile position after he left SF. The three symphonies I've heard from his complete Mahler symphonies with the Netherlands Radio Phil suggest that it might be one of the great unknown sets of those works. OTOH, my wife didn't care for him - but I think some of this had to do with an interview she heard where she felt that Edo was not being respectful to the interviewer.

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Topic - Herbert Blomstedt - pbarach 16:34:31 04/18/14 (20)

RE: Herbert Blomstedt - markheadphonium 11:13:22 04/26/14 (0)

Herbert Blomstedt - The San Francisco Years - Ivan303 19:39:51 04/21/14 (1)

I found him to be a little squeaky-clean for drippy German Romanticism but perfect for Hindemith - jdaniel@jps.net 08:49:12 04/22/14 (0)

Over the years, I've enjoyed Blomstedt's Sibelius, Grieg and Hindemith... - C.B. 08:52:44 04/20/14 (0)

RE: Herbert Blomstedt - learsfool 21:12:06 04/19/14 (10)

RE: Herbert Blomstedt - learsfool 21:19:11 04/21/14 (0)

RE: Herbert Blomstedt - Russell 23:36:39 04/19/14 (8)

Edo - TGR 10:06:20 04/20/14 (0)

+1 on the Adams - jec01 04:36:24 04/20/14 (0)

The trouble with Edo. . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:33:38 04/20/14 (5)

RE: The trouble with Edo. . . - Russell 11:44:40 04/20/14 (0)

Seem to recall he was here... - Ivan303 07:46:33 04/20/14 (3)

The Hall still has issues - Chris from Lafayette 10:21:04 04/20/14 (2)

RE: The Hall still has issues - Ivan303 17:52:26 04/20/14 (1)

Love that shot - Thanks! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 00:13:36 04/21/14 (0)

Very sorry I missed him this year - TGR 19:09:46 04/19/14 (1)

Same here... - Ivan303 19:40:46 04/19/14 (0)

RE: Herbert Blomstedt - Chris from Lafayette 00:16:32 04/19/14 (2)

RE: Herbert Blomstedt - pbarach 04:32:07 04/19/14 (1)

RE: Herbert Blomstedt - kuma 11:34:03 04/19/14 (0)

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The trouble with Edo. . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:33:38 04/20/14 (5)

RE: The trouble with Edo. . . - Russell 11:44:40 04/20/14 (0)

Seem to recall he was here... - Ivan303 07:46:33 04/20/14 (3)

The Hall still has issues - Chris from Lafayette 10:21:04 04/20/14 (2)

RE: The Hall still has issues - Ivan303 17:52:26 04/20/14 (1)

Love that shot - Thanks! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 00:13:36 04/21/14 (0)

The trouble with Edo. . .

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