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James Zehm wrote that Boulez differs from Knappertsbusch insofar as
"Boulez follows the advice on how to conduct the piece as Wagner wrote."
I'm not quite sure what this means. It can't be a matter of tempi, as
Knappertsbusch in 1962 is very close in his overall time to that of Hermann
Levi, the original conductor of PARSIFAL (though Knappertsbusch in, say,
1951 is rather slower). It can't be that Boulez sticks closer to what is
written in the score than Knappertsbusch, since Wagner's conducting advice
demands that the conductor depart from precisely following what is written
in the score, at least as far as tempi are concerned: the conductor
following Wagner's advice will be much more flexible than the score
suggests. Is it that Wagner made specific suggestions for conducting the
piece apart from what he wrote in the score, and that Boulez follows these
suggestions and Knappertsbusch doesn't? If so, what are they? I'm at a
loss.
Nick
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