tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post924474701993228109..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: You say Mariinsky - I say MravinskyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-32572461001329897232010-12-19T01:56:37.407+00:002010-12-19T01:56:37.407+00:00Very nice article! There is also a biography of Mr...Very nice article! There is also a biography of Mravinsky by Gregor Tassie with the title "The Noble Conductor" and a documentary called "Soviet Conductor, Russian Aristocrat".<br /><br />An interesting interview with Tassie and Mariss Jansons can be found here:<br />http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/feb05/Jansons_Tassie.htm<br /><br />And yes, that Karajan story is definitely apocryphal. In addition to the recordings already mentioned, he even recorded the 5th one more time in the 80s, with the Wiener Philharmoniker.<br /><br />It is however reportedly true that Karajan listened to Mravinsky's recordings and was fascinated by them. According to Osborne, Karajan expressed interest in working with the Leningrad Philharmonic, one of the few orchestras he was still interested in working with after he had decided to concentrate his work on Berlin, Vienna, and Salzburg (the other two were the Cleveland Orchestra and the Staatskapelle Dresden, and he did actually appear with both in Salzburg).<br /><br />He wanted to organize some kind of exchange project between Berlin and Leningrad, but that never materialized.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />Michael SchafferMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951016463914384828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-10364555323234387972009-08-08T19:53:54.171+01:002009-08-08T19:53:54.171+01:00M. Cuvellier, you are of course quite right. A stu...M. Cuvellier, you are of course quite right. A stupid error by me, although in mitigation I would say it originated from the Voice of Russia biography.<br /><br />I just hope there are no more errors like that in the VoR biography.<br /><br />The error has ben corrected in my text.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-74993202856469848612009-08-08T19:51:00.603+01:002009-08-08T19:51:00.603+01:00Email received:
Dear Sir,
In 1938, E. Mravinsky...<i>Email received:</i><br /><br />Dear Sir, <br /><br />In 1938, E. Mravinsky was 35 years old, and not 25. <br /><br />Sincerely yours, <br /><br />Frédéric CuvellierPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-19420243464246026822009-08-06T13:49:07.983+01:002009-08-06T13:49:07.983+01:00Email received:
You are correct, he recorded it t...<i>Email received:</i><br /><br />You are correct, he recorded it three times. And I have a feeling the story relates to the first DGG session, since that’s about the same time they released the Mravinksy.<br /><br />It’s interesting that he also recorded one of the first “complete” 1812 Overture, with the Choir. In his case, the famed Don Cossack Chorus, though I’m more than sure their performance was mixed into the mastertape.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />David CavlovicPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-63445505657377138832009-08-05T20:50:48.336+01:002009-08-05T20:50:48.336+01:00David, I agree with you, the story is fiction.
Bu...David, I agree with you, the story is fiction.<br /><br />But didn't Karajan make three different recordings of Tchaikovsky 5? - with the Philharmonia and Berlin Phil for EMI, and also with the Berlin Phil for DG.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-9183653402594219812009-08-05T20:41:57.523+01:002009-08-05T20:41:57.523+01:00Email received:
BTW. Of course the Karajan story...<i>Email received:</i><br /><br />BTW. Of course the Karajan story is apocryphal. His recording of the Tchaikovsky Fifth pretty well never left the catalogues. It’s also one of the few Karajan recordings I can abide by.<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />David CavlovicPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-55396540765323657072009-08-05T15:06:55.088+01:002009-08-05T15:06:55.088+01:00Email received:
What a crime that he is so ignore...<i>Email received:</i><br /><br />What a crime that he is so ignored. Mravinsky is another conductor who made the hairs on my neck stand on end. His Tchaikovsky is electrifying. A lot more of his concert performances are coming out now on CD. Time to get an extra job to buy them all….<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />David CavlovicPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-15014171395497164712009-08-05T11:30:37.026+01:002009-08-05T11:30:37.026+01:00'Great relationships between conductors and or...<i>'Great relationships between conductors and orchestras are forged by long and intensive periods working together'</i> -<br /><br />http://www.overgrownpath.com/2007/10/new-conductor-not-so-new-music.htmlPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-67768417508916262552009-08-05T11:19:27.986+01:002009-08-05T11:19:27.986+01:00I was very disappointed to hear the Andris Nelsons...I was very disappointed to hear the Andris Nelsons recording of 5 on 'In Tune' the other day. It lacked the fire and red-bloodedness you talk about here. Muscularity is essential in that final trilogy of symphonies.Gavin Plumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367649538228383713noreply@blogger.com