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Posted by clarkjohnsen on
10-06-2015
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One Reply:
Great article! Funny how as
listeners to recordings, we only get the experience of the music, while the
orchestral musicians get that layered with a lot more experience---that of
the personality of the conductor, the process of putting it all together
and the work they do itself. What might make for interesting times and
experiences for the players might not always strike mere listeners of
recordings the same way. I am sure every one of us who enjoys orchestral
recordings will find one or more conductors that this great player liked,
whose recordings we can live without.
I have read similar comments about Beecham by others. He was also revered
by the French orchestras he conducted. It would be wonderful to understand
how he did his magic. There seemed to be no rage, no anger, no
intimidation tactics. Yet the results were superb, at least as we hear on
his recordings. And the orchestra he formed and recorded with so often
(the Royal Philharmonic, altho the LPO that he helped create was great
too), had a distinctive tonal sweetness and perfection of sound that few
other orchestras have equaled since (at least as it was captured on
recordings!).
Best,
John Haley
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