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In Reply to: "Monteux is probably my favorite "old school" conductor"....mine too.. posted by TWB on August 18, 2007 at 18:56:26:
Having heard Monteux live twice in the early 60's, I can attest his public performances were much less bland and internationalized that he sounds on record, at least in stereo. I own two SFSO readings (Frank, Brahms 2) from 1946 and 1950 that are classics, I should add.
I have heard a lot of his Beethoven with the LSO and VPO and while quite good, it is far too straightforward for my tastes. Monteux's 5th in particular is little more than routine.
Still, the memory of those concerts (in Munich with the French Radio Orch and the LSO) is vivid. Picture a short, bowling-pin shaped gentleman with a beaming bright pink face, jet black hair, and snow-white moustache!
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Follow Ups
- RE: "Monteux is probably my favorite "old school" conductor"....mine too.. - Brian Cheney 20:44:59 08/18/07 (1)
- Everyone hears things in a different way....to me his Beethoven #6.... - TWB 00:28:09 08/19/07 (0)
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