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VERDI: REQUIEM (2 LPs; Angel). When Verdi wrote his Requiem, most critics complained that it was too passionate and sensuous, but one sympathizer de fended him. Italians have their own emo tional habits, he argued, and should be allowed to "talk to the dear Lord in the Italian language." Conductor Carlo Mario Giulini does so here, and it is unlikely that anyone could be more eloquent. He does not set the Dies Irae ablaze as Toscanini did, but his performance has a steady incandescence. Honors also go to London's Philharmonia Orchestra, its huge chorus, and the four soloists...
...tireless, and his death from cancer last week, at 62, brought sorrow not only to his journalistic colleagues but also to his friends in the worlds of government and culture. Condolences included those from a former President of the United States, the former chief of the CIA, the conductor of the Boston Symphony, and the manager of the Metropolitan Opera...
...textile manufacturer, Steinberg, 65, was born in Cologne, Germany. After graduating from the Cologne Conservatory of Music, he served as conductor of the Cologne and Frankfurt opera houses, came to the U.S. in 1937 at the behest of Arturo Toscanini to be his assistant conductor of the NBC Symphony. In 1945 he was appointed conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic and held that post for seven years before going to Pittsburgh...
...Pittsburgh, he found an orchestra with a skimpy budget of $400,000, a season of 26 weeks, and only lukewarm support from the community. After the departure of Fritz Reiner in 1948, the symphony had gone four years without a permanent conductor; morale was low and performances inconsistent...
Steinberg likes to describe his role as a primus inter pares-a leader of equals -and he takes great pains to let his musicians share in the sense of accomplishment that most conductors reserve to themselves. And he is known as a conductor who religiously does his homework. Steinberg often rehearses without a score, and continually amazes the players by humming his own interpretation of each instrument's part...