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Re: Lobos-Cobos Bruckner

Posted by vahe@flash.net (A) on March 25, 2007 at 16:01:42

In Reply to: Lobos-Cobos Bruckner posted by Michael Bishop on March 25, 2007 at 14:58:32:

Generally speaking with the construction of the Lincoln Center we had a resurgence of interest in the performing arts centers, nearly every major city had to have a brand new performing center, my hometown Houston built the Jones Hall, but just like the Lincoln Center all were modern & contemporary architectural masterpieces with totally unacceptable acoustics and all went through endless and costly remodeling to fix the problem, very few got their money’s worth.
That remodeling craze finally destroyed one of the finest, the Orchestra Hall Chicago where many Reiner recordings were made, gone with the wind.
I just hope that Boston Symphony Hall with its incredible acoustics remains intact.
As for Cobos insisting on a very direct & immediate sound, well he got it, but I still insist that that sound is not appropriate for Bruckner’s music and obviously there was very little that you could do to change his mind. After listening to his performance I am convinced that he is not a Bruckner specialist in G. Wand tradition.
When conductors insist on a certain sound, the results can be at times less than satisfactory, Leonard Bernstein in his later years insisted on an audio perspective that he was only able to hear from the podium, his later DG recordings reflect that approach, compare those to his earlier Columbia recordings and you will realize what went wrong. I suppose when conductors impose their will on recording engineers we all lose.
And yes I am aware of the preparation that goes ahead of a recording session, everything to you mentioned plus the additional costs imposed by the unions.

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