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In Reply to: RE: Any love for Leinsdorf? posted by TGR on June 26, 2015 at 12:56:05
I know what you mean about his cavalier attitude towards Dvorak's New World Symphony - in the 60's, I saw a TV broadcast of Leinsdorf conducting this work (Tanglewood perhaps? - I don't remember), and on the last chord, where Dvorak asks for the entire orchestra to die down to a p/pp ending, Leinsdorf kept the dynamic level up at fortissimo! The Composer's Advocate? LOL!OTOH, I've heard some good Leinsdorf recordings too. I'm among the admirers of his Sheffield/LAPO recordings of Wagner, Stravinsky, Debussy, and Prokofiev, although I agree that his BSO Wagner and Prokofiev performances were also very fine. I thought his BSO Haydn symphonies were good too.
As I've posted over on the Music forum a couple of times, Phyllis Curtin regaled us (in one of her master classes) with horror stories of recording with Leinsdorf and the BSO early in the Dynagroove era - where the engineers forced her to stand and record 60 feet away from the conductor, thus destroying the normal communication she would have had with him in a normal (much closer) concert environment.
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And don't forget his early '60s recording of Schubert's 6th mass, with those wonderful singers.
Jeremy
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"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
Thorens, micro-seiki, Grace, Dynavector. . . ah!. . . verily I'm overcome by the nostalgia of it all!
My more recent impressions of Leinsdorf come from the Sony reissue sets and a couple of JVC XRCD's from Japan (love that K2 processing!).
i agree strongly with Chris. i recently paid $10 for the Wagner with valkyries and i am sorry i didn't buy it at the time i bought the Romeo and Juliet.
and being direct to disc, you get full measure of the capability of the man.
for mahler's 3rd i say try the nonesuch release with jascha horenstein conducting. fantastic and on a budget label to boot.
mahlers 1st is best done by klaus tennestedt
...regards...tr
Rarely have I heard a more realistic recording, esp. if you were impressed with their earlier direct to disc efforts.
At the time they made this particular Lp, they had moved to a different and better venue, according to liner notes.
The Debussy Prelude is OK, but the Firebird is a snoozer; a seemingly impossible feat.
Still, an amazing recorded achievement.
I had the Wagner and the Romeo and Juliet and many other highly prized records. Left them in Sydney at my father's place. Naturally someone in the family decided they were junk. They were either donated or trashed.
It was long ago, but it still resonates. I'm selective about quality records and it is hard to lose great stuff.
the family members are sometimes just stooooopid. my brother in law took the B&O combos system (receiver,cassette deck,tt) and piled it in the garage never considering whom to consult. i had GIVEN this to his mother so i could have music in the air there. IDIOT.
there, now i feel better.
...regards...tr
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