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In Reply to: RE: ". . . are you going to compare how the BP plays for Petrenko with how the NYPO plays for anyone?" posted by Mel on June 11, 2020 at 19:28:10:
It's recorded in much better sound (MCh 24/48) than I'm going to hear on DCH. I'm glad I purchased it, and it allows me to judge Harnoncourt's and the BPO's respective contributions much more fairly than a DCH performance would. My personal view is that the BPO was a more dominant orchestra (compared to the other orchestras in the world) during the Karajan era than it has become since then. Other orchestras today are closer in whatever aspect you want to compare (execution, tone production, etc.) - and sometimes they're even superior (Concertgebouw Orchestra, anyone?). As for the NYPO, I'm not nearly as current with their playing these days, and indeed, the most recent recording I heard from them (van Zweden doing the Beethoven Fifth) was a surprisingly cavalier and low-intensity effort. Nevertheless, I think the NYPO has the calibre of players to allow the ensemble to "outgun" the BPO on a given night. Musical training has just gotten too good over the years. As I've posted before, even second- (or third-) tier German orchestras are capable of amazingly virtuosic and musicianly performances these days - something I would never have believed when I was listening to my Vox and Turnabout LP's of orchestras such as the Bochum Symphony Orchestra. (Come to think of it, maybe that orchestra has improved beyond all recognition in the decades since I last heard them!)Regarding the non-musical elements feeding into the selection of the NYPO music director, I was thinking along the lines of general politics, or too many airline executives on the symphony board, etc. - it can happen to any US orchestra! ;-) In many ways, I think Masur was a great conductor (especially during his years with the LGO) - he just got to NY slightly beyond his prime.
Edits: 06/11/20
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Follow Ups
- Look, I have the Harnoncourt/BPO mammoth Schubert box on blu-ray - Chris from Lafayette 22:28:29 06/11/20 (5)
- RE: Look, I have the Harnoncourt/BPO mammoth Schubert box on blu-ray - Mel 07:07:38 06/12/20 (4)
- My. . . we certainly have a bee in our bonnet today, don't we? ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 10:41:12 06/12/20 (3)
- RE: Yes my bee . . . - Mel 19:52:11 06/12/20 (2)
- I definitely see where you're coming from - Chris from Lafayette 01:19:21 06/13/20 (1)
- RE: I definitely see where you're coming from - Mel 05:43:52 06/13/20 (0)
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