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customanalogue (August 2, 2008 at 12:26 pm)
Robert Simpson had it right, Nielsen is THE composer that embodies the spirit of Beethoven more than any other symphonic composer. If any doubt, just play this and I think that Stokowski gets it right - Nielsen's symphonies are about spirit and courage in the face of adversity and the celebration of life, not getting hung up on detail - bravo Maestro Stokowski!
melies138 (July 3, 2008 at 1:31 am)
simply WOW
Kapell1959 (June 24, 2008 at 4:36 am)
Was this interview done before the brain operation?SG
adam28xx (April 22, 2008 at 10:54 pm)
No, not No. 4, which he never conducted, but No. 6 Sinfonia Semplice, which has been issued on a BBC Legends CD.
A1950MERT (April 14, 2008 at 7:09 pm)
n'importe quoi!
A1950MERT (April 14, 2008 at 7:09 pm)
n'importe quoi!
ecwaufisxtreme (April 6, 2008 at 1:02 am)
Yes, he did a lot for contemporary music. He even premiered Varese's Arcana and Ameriques.
billyguns2 (April 1, 2008 at 12:56 am)
The great Otto Klemperer, who was nobody's fool, stated in an interview that he thought Fritz Reiner, Herbert Von Karajan, Pierre Boulez and Leopold Stokowksi were very good conductors. He found Mengelberg and Krauss phonies, Szell too prissy, and generally didn't have much esteem for many others, but he liked Stokowski. Nobody got as great a sound from an orchestra. Klemperer said that his Philadelphia Orchestra was one of the "wonders of the world."
doromamire (March 26, 2008 at 7:52 am)
I think Maestro Stokowski recorded Nielsen's Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable. This is also great.
PercyAGrainger (February 16, 2008 at 1:38 am)
Stokowski was unmatched in conjuring sonority from seemingly whatever ensemble he fronted during his 60 plus years on the podium. If his interpretive standards vary from those of our own age, bear in mind that this is a musician born in 1882, and who absorbed the lessons of romantic-era music making from near the source. He did more for the contemporary music of his time than did any other active-in-America conductor. hillwills attack is unwarranted and ill-informed. |
