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Try this: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=910496129029276&id=140534429358787 A line break was added and broke the link. On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:07 AM, John Haley <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > -------------------------- > > Eric Nagamine > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Don Cox > > Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 1:00 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > 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 > > [log in to unmask] > > >