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Whatever happened to Andre Previn?

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« on: October 17, 2015, 03:35:28 pm »

I cannot understand those who wrote in the link that Previn was not a great conductor. Perhaps he has not demonstrated his abilities much over the past 30 years or so-and that was the point I was trying to make-but his recordings of Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, RVW and Walton in the 1970s were breathtakingly good.

BBC has broadcast another documentary "Bernstein at the BBC". The contrast is very noticeable. Bernstein was electrifying as a young conductor but matured as he got older and was able to combine excitement with a deeper insight. Of course his interpretations-particularly of the 19th century classical repertoire-could be controversial but there was never any doubting his charisma or his passion for the music he conducted. And..of course..he did not neglect American composers like William Schuman or David Diamond-now almost totally ignored by most of his successors :(
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