Eric,
The link doesn't work for me.
Best,
John Haley
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:54 AM, Eric Nagamine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Don,
>
> Here's the link to Denis Wick's Facebook page which has the complete
> posting
> about his feelings about conductors he'd worked with. I think the link is
> viewable without having to sign in.
>
>
> https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=910496129029276&id=1405344
> 29358787
>
>
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> Eric Nagamine
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 1:00 AM
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] LSO trombonist Denis Wick comments about recording
> the Berg 3 Pieces for Mercury
>
> On 05/10/2015, Eric Nagamine wrote:
>
> > Thought Tom Fine and others might be interested in the recording
> > process for an early LSO recording with Dorati.
> >
> >
> >
> > "The most fascinating period for me in the development of the LSO was
> > during the Mercury recording sessions. in the summers of the late
> > 1950s. Antal Dorati combined intense musical passion and a demand for
> > perfection with a very short fuse and a Hungarian waywardness that
> > gave him unique qualities. In the space of a few hours, his screaming
> > at us, tempered by careful measured criticism from the backstage voice
> > of the oh-so-polite Harold Lawrence, the record producer, polished the
> > orchestra, turning it into the precision machine that can be heard on
> > those records. The Alban Berg op. 6 Three Pieces for Orchestra could
> > not have been played at a concert in those days. The recording was
> > made in sections of as little as 16 or even 8 bars, with every snippet
> > honed to perfection. I remember how my old friend Jay Friedman, of the
> > CSO was so impressed by our playing! I could hardly bring myself to
> > tell him how it was really done. This kind of note-bashing could
> > hardly happen now, in today's LSO, but that kind of training did much
> > to lift the orchestra from being just competent to brilliant." Denis
> > Wick
> >
> >
> That's fascinating.
>
> Is this part of a longer interview or article ?
>
> Regards
> --
> Don Cox
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