..one of his musicians stated he was great....a short tubby man, .and anti social and a sadistic boss.....in fact he refused to be part of the Chicago scene...he retained his home in Connecticut all those years he was a Chicago conductor, and left Chicago when the season ended, each year...
He was talking about the sound he wanted to build during his conductorship with the Cleveland Orchestra : the sound of the pre-WW1 European orchestras and the sound of American orchestras of the golden era.
Is the full video of Reiner conducting Beethoven's 7th available somewhere? There's a video made in 1954 at th-cam.com/video/o8Ofa8N1pQs/w-d-xo.html, but this seems to be a later version.
As I watched this video - the first movement of the seventh is a joyous movement - I was trying to think if I could hear joy in the music. I don't think so, and the sour expression on Reiner's face wan't helping. Of course I believe he was ill in his last years with a heart problem. There certainly wasn't much joy in the lessons the Hungarian taught at Curtis, as Leonard Bernstein recalls.
This guy knew what 100% perfect actually means.
This is splendid. What a contrast to, say, Kleiber. I feel though that some violins wanted to juice it up, to speed it up. But, he gave them the look!
..one of his musicians stated he was great....a short tubby man, .and anti social and a sadistic boss.....in fact he refused to be part of the Chicago scene...he retained his home in Connecticut all those years he was a Chicago conductor, and left Chicago when the season ended, each year...
"It's marvelous, but would you like to schmaltz it up more ?", and he said "No." LOL
The master conductor of the 20th century!
When Bernstein was his student at Curtis he once called Reiner "Fritz" to his face
Gary Freedman hogwash
A giant of the art of conducting!!!thank you so much!!!
みんな音をよく聞いてるなあ
even with a little body movement, he shows exactly what he wants in the music. really a master!
He was talking about the sound he wanted to build during his conductorship with the Cleveland Orchestra : the sound of the pre-WW1 European orchestras and the sound of American orchestras of the golden era.
what the hell, I don't know how I got here, but I love it!
Он так показал первую долю, что я не включая звука догадался, что это VII симфония)
Musik und Wahrheit. Das ist wahre Musik. Da haben wir's.
Is the full video of Reiner conducting Beethoven's 7th available somewhere? There's a video made in 1954 at th-cam.com/video/o8Ofa8N1pQs/w-d-xo.html, but this seems to be a later version.
Amazing footage !!!!! Please post more!!!!!________________________|
Two years before he caught a cab_____
the video is a half tone up!
I think Reiner was great in modern and romantic repertoire, a bit stiff, wooden and joyless in Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven..
what did szell wanna say at the end?
As I watched this video - the first movement of the seventh is a joyous movement - I was trying to think if I could hear joy in the music. I don't think so, and the sour expression on Reiner's face wan't helping. Of course I believe he was ill in his last years with a heart problem. There certainly wasn't much joy in the lessons the Hungarian taught at Curtis, as Leonard Bernstein recalls.
Thanks!
His stick technique was already terrible by this point.
What piece is this?
Theodore Peng Beethoven´s 7th simphony, 1st movement
No it's Ludwig van Beethoven's 7th Symphony 1st movement.
Unfortunately the pitch is a half tone to high. It should be a major not b flat major!
移調奏か。
He did have the advantage of having known Beethoven personally...