Hi List members! This statement about the best five is quite ridiculous. The writer of this article http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=44570 is very unfair. But a typical critic. I learned, that all critics can be interpreted just the other way round. All he says can be positiv instead of negativ. I can personally not understand his statements about Franz Welser Möst. I played with him, when he was just a young and ambitiuous conductor, Anton Bruckners 5ths Symphony, Mahlers 1st Symphony, "Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln" from Franz Schmidt, and can only say the best of him. Franz Welser Möst analysed these works thoroughly and knew all details of all the backgrounds. I also cannot understand the points against Mazel. I had the opportunity, to listen to a rehearsal with the Vienna Philharmonic, sitting next to the horns. Never saw such a clever and understanding conducting of such a complicated rhythmic work. (It was Till Eulenspiegel) Could it be the author of above article Fred Kirshnit is just a frustated musician, who could not play in such big and good orchestras?
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