Janos Gereben replies to Roger Hecht: >>Going strictly by recordings, Falletta is inconsistent in this regard. >>Always good, sometimes great, but not always. > >I can second Roger's judgment from "the other end," my own, exclusively >live experience. Saw her conduct many times, not familiar with her >recording. Some excellent results ("great" may be excessive), ... On second thought, you're right: "great" is excessive. > ... never below a high baseline, utterly charming with musicians >and audiences: http://www.sfcv.org/arts_revs/music_news_7_26_05.php. About covers it, actually. >Falletta certainly deserves a medium-size orchestra of her own, something >bigger - and more busy - than the Honolulu orchestra, which she is certain >to lead. (Not that there is anything wrong with Honolulu, my former >"home base"...:) Right now she has Buffalo, Virginia, and Honolulu. She once had Long Beach. I don't know Honolulu, but Buffalo is very good, and the other two are quite good, as well, from the evidence of recordings. Roger Hecht