Post by Andrew ClarkeOn Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 5:37:39 AM UTC+8,
Post by Andrew ClarkePost by dkPost by Phl MaestroRattle seemed to be at his best early in his career. (I sometimes feel
that way about Muti as well)
He led several brilliant performances in Philadelphia during his early
appearances. But as the years went on, I thought there were more
disappointments than hits during his guest appearances with the
same orchestra.
The musical world needs to grow up and get out of its obsession
with male conductors. There are several women conductors on
the podium today who are frankly better with the baton than
most men.
Muti Merkel?
Have better conductors in mind! ;-)
dk
You know, in the 1960s-1970s I'd probably have been able to name the
musical directors of the major American and European orchestras off
the top of my head. Those were the days when the Big Orchestras still
made the lion's share of new orchestral recordings, which I'd hear on
the radio or which - less frequently - I'd buy for myself. A couple
of days ago I suddenly realised that apart from Elder at the Hall'e,
Rattle at the LSO and Kirill Petrenko at the Berlin Philharmonic, I
couldn't name a single one of them. I think this may be because
either the BBs aren't recording, because they're too expensive, or
they aren't producing recordings that I currently want to buy. I know
about Elder because I like his Vaughan Williams and Elgar; I know
about Petrenko / Rattle because I'm a Digital Concert Hall subscriber.
Andrew Clarke
Canberra