A long time coming, but finally a full live performance by the Cleveland Orchestra w Franz W. Most..... From a BBC Proms broadcast.
The read by Most was rushed and "glossed over".... Kind of reminds me of Carlos Kleiber doing Beethoven.... But it never works with Brahms.... The one thing I noticed in this performance that I noticed in Most's studio Beethoven Nine- A total disregard for melodic line. Each player seemed to be playing with his/her own dynamic quirks. The performance also lacked drama.... The orchestra otherwise sounded decent, overall. But nobody will mistake this for former MD Christoph von Dohnanyi's performances (with Cleveland and NDR, the latter back on YouTube), which were some of the best Brahms Ones I've experienced.
The only other interesting thing was flutist Joshua Smith now using the same wood instrument that NHK's Hiroaki Kanda uses.... But I guess it's the player, not the instrument, responsible for how it sounds.
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Topic - Brahms One, Cleveland Orchestra/Franz Welser Most .... [yt] - Todd Krieger 23:38:11 09/10/14 (26)
- Loved the Brahms 1st-hated the Widmann Flute en suite - ruxtonvet 00:47:50 09/15/14 (2)
- RE: Loved the Brahms 1st-hated the Widmann Flute en suite - Todd Krieger 19:22:05 09/15/14 (0)
- RE: Loved the Brahms 1st-hated the Widmann Flute en suite - pbarach 03:27:23 09/15/14 (0)
- A word of disagreement about FWM - pbarach 19:27:08 09/13/14 (10)
- RE: A word of disagreement about FWM - Todd Krieger 02:16:18 09/14/14 (8)
- RE: A word of disagreement about FWM - pbarach 06:25:36 09/14/14 (7)
- If It Makes You Feel Better........ - Todd Krieger 11:20:24 09/14/14 (4)
- RE: If It Makes You Feel Better........ - pbarach 12:17:52 09/14/14 (3)
- RE: If It Makes You Feel Better........ - Todd Krieger 19:49:30 09/14/14 (2)
- RE: If It Makes You Feel Better........ - Tony Lauck 20:10:24 09/14/14 (1)
- RE: If It Makes You Feel Better........ - Todd Krieger 20:18:42 09/14/14 (0)
- RE: A word of disagreement about FWM - Todd Krieger 10:47:05 09/14/14 (0)
- Todd? Idiosyncratic? Say it isn't so! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 10:09:48 09/14/14 (0)
- I'll be interested in that blu-ray - Chris from Lafayette 01:08:24 09/14/14 (0)
- RE: Brahms One, Cleveland Orchestra/Franz Welser Most .... [yt] - rbolaw 06:08:54 09/11/14 (2)
- There are some Vaclav Neumann / CzPO videos. . . - Chris from Lafayette 08:49:28 09/11/14 (1)
- RE: There are some Vaclav Neumann / CzPO videos. . . - rbolaw 12:45:56 09/11/14 (0)
- Yes - quite boring - andy evans 01:29:52 09/11/14 (8)
- RE: Yes - quite boring - Todd Krieger 00:56:20 09/12/14 (0)
- RE: Yes - quite boring - learsfool 18:21:12 09/11/14 (0)
- Is Rattle boring in live, too? - kuma 09:56:39 09/11/14 (5)
- RE: Is Rattle boring in live, too? - Tadlo 07:38:02 09/12/14 (2)
- Yep. Attending the Opening Gala... - kuma 10:30:47 09/12/14 (1)
- RE: Yep. Attending the Opening Gala... - Tadlo 10:30:00 09/13/14 (0)
- RE: Is Rattle boring in live, too? - Todd Krieger 01:05:59 09/12/14 (1)
- Muti - there's one I've grown to like - andy evans 01:58:27 09/12/14 (0)