In Reply to: RE: Agree almost point by point! posted by Todd Krieger on June 21, 2012 at 22:44:15:
A performance of Brahms' Double Concerto, final two movements were just put on line...... The opening movement was on line in April........
The cello part performed by Ryoichi Fujimori, NHK's principal cellist.
The performance was sublime in the first movement..... The two soloists (duet?) were a little short on the phrasing at the start of the final movement but improved later on, and the accompaniment in the final movement was superlative.
The conductor was Toshiaki Umeda, who I've never seen before..... But as I said, the NHK Symphony is "conductor proof"....... It performs at a very high level, regardless of who conducts it. (Who knows, Umeda might be a fine conductor, I'd have to see him conduct other works before making any judgments.)
One of the "B" players was on flute, Kanda wasn't there....... The bassoons didn't have the "A" players either. Not much to complain about how they performed.
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Follow Ups
- New Material............ - Todd Krieger 00:37:27 06/22/12 (1)
- you and I agree a lot, forgot whether this was on the asylum - docw 17:23:58 06/22/12 (0)