Word: conductors
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Sources said that a committee of students and faculty will begin a search for a conductor-professor again next fall...
Priscilla A. Chapman, conductor of the Radcliffe Choral Society who last week said she might resign if Adams were not offered tenure, said yesterday her feelings are "much the same" after the decision...
...Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti conductor, London.) As one would expect, Solti's Bolero is a knockout. But the real interest here is the Debussy. The years have given Solti a welcome relaxation, and he is now getting around to the swirling softness of French musical impressionism. There are no mists in Solti's Debussy. The sky is clear blue over his La Mer, but how shimmering those eddies of string tone, how thundering the waves of brass. Afternoon of a Faun may just be the most sensual on records...
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D-Minor. (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini conductor, Angel; Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Colin Davis conductor, Philips.) No other of Dvorak's nine symphonies equals the nobility and deep melancholy of this landscape of rich melody and subtly changing orchestral color. The warm, spacious performance by Giulini would be a winner at almost any time. Right now, however, it comes up against Davis and the Concertgebouw in one of their most electrifying collaborations. The lilting Czech dance rhythms in the Scherzo, for example, have the kind of freedom and spontaneity one would expect from...
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Minor. (Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner conductor, Arthur Rubinstein pianist, RCA.) This performance, recorded in mono in 1954. remains the pianist's grandest reading of the work, and Reiner's surging accompaniment turns it into the most satisfying D-Minor on records. The new reissue is not in mono or in phony stereo, however. Back in 1954, four years before the advent of stereo, RCA was already experimenting with the technique, and taped this performance simultaneously but separately in stereo. The results can stand comparison with many of today...