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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: A trick or treat conductor posted by markrohr on July 14, 2014 at 02:54:57:
I've heard three performances of Maazel's Beethoven 7th.... One, at a concert in the fall of 1980, was the very best performance of this piece I've experienced. (It burned so hard in my memory, it's the performance I judge all others.) The other two, whose final movement was rushed and glossed-over, were awful..... Relative to the performance at the 1980 concert, sounded as if a totally different conductor conducted them.
He recorded a Tchaikovsky 4th with Cleveland as music director, it was stiff and hyper in character. Several years ago, he performed the work with NHK, if anything, erred on "laid back".... Much better read, however. (He got an incredible ovation after that one.)
Although it didn't seem to be a problem in his later years, I do think Maazel when he was with Cleveland tried to mimic Szell's style, and often came off as stiff and cramped.... (His Beethoven Ninth sounded as if a robot conducted it. His ending of "Und der Cherub steht vor Gott" in the final movement was held so long, he almost made choir members pass out.) But whenever he decided to ease up somewhat, he was a lot better.
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