Jocelyn Wang ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Tony Duggan <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
>From UPI
>
>CLEVELAND, June 7 (UPI) -- Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Most will
>succeed Christoph von Dohnanyi as the Cleveland Orchestra's music
>director in 2002.
>
>What a dreadful choice to lead such a fine orchestra!  I still remember
>the lifeless rendition of the "Eroica" he did with the LA Phil some years
>ago.  It was so bad I will never again attend a concert with him as the
>conductor.  (The fact that he ignored the repeats was only one dismal
>aspect of that awful performance-- not that I want to reopen that thread.)

Please let's not.

I have not heard him live, but judging by his recordings of Mahler 4,
Bruckner 5 (live with the VPO) and Schmidt's Fourth, I'd say he has a
lot to offer.

Deryk Barker
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