Norman Schwartz ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>...  As a NYP subscriber and attender of many of its open rehearsals,
>I never witnessed a downhill trend nor a poor performance.

The performance he conducted of the finale to Mahler 3 at the Carnegie Hall
centenary concert (Lennie was scheduled but had the bad grace to die first)
was absolutely dire.  Dull is not the word.

>I have a variety of Mehta's LA Phil, NY Phil and Israel Phil recordings
>and all of them are excellent!  ...

His Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique and Mahler 4 (both early Decca
digitals) are bland to the point of invisibility.

Deryk Barker
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