There's a rehearsal of Brahms 2 here..

Posted by andy evans (A) on September 19, 2014 at 02:43:31

In Reply to: RE: Very nice! Competition for Bruno Walter... posted by Todd Krieger on September 18, 2014 at 23:59:49:

He managed to get the same sound out of different orchestras - at the start of the rehearsal in Vancouver (38 min) he asks "where are the horns?", "who is the first trumpet" etc. And almost immediately his sound was apparent. "Sing, SIng, Sing!" he continually says to the strings and at the start it is continually "expressivo - diminuendo.."

Very interesting comments on Walter by Isaac Stern - "He cajoled the orchestra - it was gentle but insistent and it would not stop until he had his way. There was an apparent gentleness, because he was one of the most stubborn and iron willed of persons"

Walter himself talks of "warm heart, sincerity, human qualities" as the way to connect with the orchestra.

Orchestras liked him (and Solti) for talking as they conducted so the music didn't stop so often.

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Topic - Speaking of Brahms........ [yt] - Todd Krieger 23:42:00 09/16/14 (12)

Very nice! Competition for Bruno Walter... - andy evans 12:03:54 09/18/14 (2)

RE: Very nice! Competition for Bruno Walter... - Todd Krieger 23:59:49 09/18/14 (1)

There's a rehearsal of Brahms 2 here.. - andy evans 02:43:31 09/19/14 (0)

Great recording! Odd that RCA didn't issue it in stereo until much later, except for: - vinyl phanatic 06:03:36 09/17/14 (0)

RE: Speaking of Brahms........ [yt] - pbarach 03:50:02 09/17/14 (0)

Exactly - I've always liked that recording even more for its engineering - Chris from Lafayette 00:51:26 09/17/14 (6)

RE: Exactly - I've always liked that recording even more for its engineering - learsfool 22:01:05 09/17/14 (5)

But. . . but. . . you can have minimalist microphoning with digital too - Chris from Lafayette 22:32:35 09/17/14 (4)

RE: But. . . but. . . you can have minimalist microphoning with digital too - learsfool 18:17:35 09/18/14 (2)

Yup, I agree - we need audiophile fighters in charge of the recording companies! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 21:55:42 09/18/14 (1)

Hmm. . . that didn't come out the way I wanted it to - Chris from Lafayette 01:01:15 09/19/14 (0)

RE: But. . . but. . . you can have minimalist microphoning with digital too - Old SteveA 08:03:53 09/18/14 (0)

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