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  • The only real conductor in his generation!

    From Dan Koren@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 5 17:43:56 2023
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hGFUq0dihk

    dk

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  • From Bob Harper@21:1/5 to Dan Koren on Fri Jan 6 15:04:08 2023
    On 1/5/23 5:43 PM, Dan Koren wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hGFUq0dihk

    dk



    A great one, to be sure, but:

    Walter
    Furtwängler
    Beecham
    Stokowski
    Monteux

    to name but a few.

    GBob Harper

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  • From Dan Koren@21:1/5 to Bob Harper on Sat Jan 7 10:05:52 2023
    On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 3:04:13 PM UTC-8, Bob Harper wrote:
    On 1/5/23 5:43 PM, Dan Koren wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hGFUq0dihk

    A great one, to be sure, but:

    Walter
    Furtwängler
    Beecham
    Stokowski
    Monteux

    to name but a few.


    Paraphrasing Busoni, they could all
    be mixed in a pot, and not produce
    another Mengelberg. Walter in
    particular was horrible, though
    not quite as horrible as military
    band leader Toscanini.

    dk

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  • From Mandryka@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 7 11:24:28 2023
    The last time I listened to Mengelberg is was a baroque church cantata, BWV 57, Selig ist der Mann, with Jo Vincent and a bass who I can't remember hearing before called Max Kloos - he would make a good Christ in the Matthew Passion I think. I have a
    copy of the excellent transfer from Hubert Wendel. The sound is fine, though obviously there's some vinyl artefacts - surface noise, heartbeats etc. Predictably slow and "deeply felt", IMO it is a force of nature, totally disarming, and it highlights
    how important it is to have outstanding soloists in this cantata - which is basically a dialogue with soprano and bass about the soul. I challenge anyone not to wipe a tear in Jo Vincent's big slow song, and not to dance in Max Kloos's big fast song.
    Mengelberg, Vincent and Kloos can make it into music.

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