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Ever since 1943, when Leonard Bernstein, then 25, became famous by stepping in for Bruno Walter with the New York Philharmonic, the musical world has been waiting-impatiently-for the arrival of the next comparably compelling American conductor. Bernstein is now 63, and the wait goes on. Lorin Maazel? Indisputably talented, though sometimes willful in his interpretations, Maazel, 52, was born in France to American parents and, apart from his stint as conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra (1972-82), has made his reputation in Europe. This fall he takes over as director of the Vienna State Opera, the most prestigious...
...Houston but attracted wide notice only after he was appointed to lead the London Symphony. Even in Pittsburgh, he is still strongly identified with English music. Another prominent member of this generation, Thomas Schippers, died at 47 in 1977. The music director of the Cincinnati Symphony was an opera conductor with a solid international reputation...
...long spell on the shelf is nearing an end. Through the dedicated efforts of scholars like the indefatigable H.C. Robbins Landon and institutions like the Joseph Haydn Institute in Cologne, many previously unpublished operas have been carefully edited and issued in critical editions. Eight have been recorded by Conductor Antal Dorati for Philips records...
...audience is particularly aware of this. The men, for instance, wear jackets and ties. Everybody applauds the conductor when he first appears. At intermission, they buy soda at fifty cents...
...That was a mess," Peter Reale the band's conductor, said of the group's rendition of "The Imperial March" from "Star Wars." "Leave that as a catastrophe." Reale concluded tersely. "When all the parts are there, it sounds great...