| Hans Vonk is also my favorite... It was Slatkin that built up the St Louis Symphony orchestra,,and passed the batton on to Vonk when he left,, VONK and the STL.,,,did a special concert for PBS TV of Carmina Burana,,,The chorus and soloists really had fun with that, and amused the audiance,,I have the video somewhere in my library,,, Powel Hall is a great site for recording,,The soud balance is perfect,,,I remember one time sitting up in the balcony all the way back against the wall,,and still the orchestra was very clean and balanced,,,A great and lavish hall, Amazing place..William Hoekstra was recording enginer at that time,, I liked his recording style useing B&K, Bruel & kjar mics,,When he passed on ,,,Chris Rock did the engineering for RCA,,,I didnt like his balance,,, I dont know who is doing recording eng. for Pentatone.. Maron |
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