He was only 71. Personally, just judging by recordings and videos, I felt he was a bit on the laissez-faire side as an interpreter, compared to his predecessors at the CzPO (Ancerl and Neumann). But OTOH, Ivan Moravec had some very nice things to say about his conducting and even went so far as to say he considered Belohlávek a personal friend. In addition, I had a friend who worked in personnel for the Detroit SO who assured me that the players relished his guest appearances there and really enjoyed working with him. If I were to pick just one of his recordings to remember him by, I'd pick the following:
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Topic - Jiri Belohlávek RIP - Chris from Lafayette 14:52:44 06/01/17 (11)
- RE: Jiri Belohlávek RIP - fantja 22:54:48 06/09/17 (0)
- RE: Jiri Belohlávek RIP - Ivan303 16:44:11 06/05/17 (1)
- Another newer Belohlavek Stabat Mater - Kas 07:53:11 06/07/17 (0)
- RE: Jiri Belohlávek RIP - steve.ott@kctcs.edu 12:05:42 06/02/17 (0)
- I love his Beethoven Piano Concertos with Paul Lewis... - kuma 00:22:55 06/02/17 (3)
- I've been meaning to snag that set for years - jec01 18:46:08 06/02/17 (2)
- Great! - kuma 22:42:47 06/02/17 (1)
- Lewis's Beethoven sonata set is my go-to nt - jec01 07:50:33 06/03/17 (0)
- RE: Jiri Belohlávek RIP - Kal Rubinson 17:11:45 06/01/17 (2)
- Yes - that's a good one too! (His first recording for Chandos?) [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 17:24:52 06/01/17 (1)
- RE: Yes - that's a good one too! (His first recording for Chandos?) [nt] - PAR 21:11:51 06/01/17 (0)