tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post115079235628160147..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: The frustration of the classical music industryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1152255154026618122006-07-07T07:52:00.000+01:002006-07-07T07:52:00.000+01:00Musical greatness will come.Are you taking bets?<I>Musical greatness will come.</I><BR/><BR/>Are you taking bets?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1150960599356574472006-06-22T08:16:00.000+01:002006-06-22T08:16:00.000+01:00Daniel I can only agree wholeheartedly with your s...Daniel I can only agree wholeheartedly with your setiments which you express so well.<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless Karajan's <I>eccentricities and dubious personality traits</I> do give almost endless possibilities for future articles ...Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1150929424480621732006-06-21T23:37:00.000+01:002006-06-21T23:37:00.000+01:00"But Karajan's Mahler 9 is something I repeatedly ...<I>"But Karajan's Mahler 9 is something I repeatedly return to when I want help putting life into perspective, while his readings of Bruckner 8, Don Carlos and Salome that I heard with the Berlin and Vienna orchestras live in Salzburg can only be described as transcendental."</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, artistic greatness and insight can come from the most peculiar and irritating of sources. I still don't think many conductors can touch Karajan when he was at his very best in repetoire he closely identified with such as Bruckner, Sibelius and Strauss. For all his eccentricities, dubious personality traits, and mostly pointless digital re-recordings he was the end of an era.Shablagoo!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02735403619368790644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1150840069757676022006-06-20T22:47:00.000+01:002006-06-20T22:47:00.000+01:00Self promotion in classical music has become ...?W...Self promotion in classical music has become ...?<BR/><BR/>Wasn't Bizet a more brilliant pianist than Liszt, but less good looking?Berend de Boerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433622686361556089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1150796054812403122006-06-20T10:34:00.000+01:002006-06-20T10:34:00.000+01:00Anonymous - how right you are. I have that Barbiro...Anonymous - how right you are. I have that Barbirolli Mahler 9 in the CD reissue and it is truly glorious. It was remiss of me not to mention it.<BR/><BR/>It is a sadness to me that my article <A HREF="http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2005/11/glorious-john-in-new-york.html" REL="nofollow">'Glorious John' in New York</A> doesn't attract more readers, perhaps <I>'Glorious John'</I> needs an Askonas Holt?Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1150794424902805872006-06-20T10:07:00.000+01:002006-06-20T10:07:00.000+01:00Barbirolli made an unforgettable Mahler 9 with the...Barbirolli made an unforgettable Mahler 9 with the Berlin Phil..still one of the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com