In Reply to: jec01 - I haven't forgotten you - list of recommended blu-ray discs posted by Chris from Lafayette on March 22, 2017 at 21:29:43:
I was in the hall for the Thursday night program when the concert was recorded. I think that set of weekend concerts was Boulez's last appearance in Cleveland; one or two later dates were cancelled because of his health issues.
In the hall, Gerhaher sounded bad. His high notes were weak and forced. I didn't like Kozena, and I thought Boulez's leadership was rather enervated in the songs (slow and draggy), but excellent in the Mahler 10th adagio.
The vocal performances on the video version and CD were better; I'm guessing some of them were from other other nights of that week's program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQZIfmfFSgQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oBGqOo7Fl0
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- About that Mahler recording... - pbarach 14:40:21 03/23/17 (2)
- Thanks for the back-story - very interesting - Chris from Lafayette 14:58:17 03/23/17 (1)
- RE: Thanks for the back-story - very interesting - pbarach 15:08:37 03/23/17 (0)