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Certainly true in Sinopoli's case

Posted by Chris from Lafayette on September 26, 2020 at 15:10:52:

There's also been an interesting discussion over on the SymphonyShare site regarding the hostility of a fairly large number of London-based critics to Sinopoli's basic competence in musicianship and conducting skills. (This occured during the ten years of his principal directorship of the Philharmonia Orchestra, 1984-1994.) It seems to have been a bandwagon thing which kind of created its own momentum, and yet seemed confined to the UK. One of the ringleaders in the "go after Sinopoli" wing of the British press was Norman Lebrecht. (Why am I not surprised?)

As one poster on SS noted, Sinopoli's last job was as principal conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle, a position which he held for nine years. (And prior to those nine years, he had apparently guest-conducted frequently with the orchestra.) So if Sinopoli was so incompetent (as claimed by the London-based critics), why did the Sk Dresden hire him in the first place, and why was he still in the position of principal conductor of that orchestra up until the very moment of his death?

In any case, Sinopoli conducted a number of great recordings with DG, where he often showed considerable imagination and independence of interpretive outlook. And, certainly, I think that the playing of the Sk Dresden in these recordings is well beyond reproach. So I don't think his reputation has anything to lose to from the early-90's carping of these insider, would-be "expert" critics.