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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: RE: George Szell/VPO Mozart and Walton........ [yt] posted by briggs on June 26, 2013 at 18:24:29:
"'George Szell may not be the greatest interpreter to step up on a podium...'
Out of curiosity, Todd, whatever prompted this comment?"
Most of the criticisms of Szell performances (including me personally) have been more in regard to his readings of the great works..... Szell on the other hand almost never drew criticism from the playing or the nuances from the orchestra itself. (Aside from maybe being *too* precise.)
To give you an example, take Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra..... Szell's performance is rarely talked about in "must have" discussions, primarily because he doctored the ending, and removed the drama leading up to the final climax, totally ruining what I thought would have otherwise been the one of the greatest performances of this work to make recording.
Another example is Szell's Brahms One..... One of the best-executed from an orchestral playing perspective (worth getting for appreciating that alone), but his read of this particular work otherwise ordinary. (Another former Cleveland Orchestra director, Christoph von Dohnanyi, read this work as well as anyone.)
I also never cared for Szell's Beethoven in most part, the music to me came off as "stiff".
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- RE: George Szell/VPO Mozart and Walton........ [yt] - Todd Krieger 18:50:56 06/26/13 (2)
- Interesting - briggs 17:05:14 06/27/13 (1)
- RE: Interesting - Todd Krieger 20:08:35 06/27/13 (0)
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