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...Backlog. There is a good reason why RCA signed up the Philadelphia: it desperately needed a big-name orchestra on its roster. The Boston Symphony, a big seller in the days of Serge Koussevitzky, has not done nearly so well under Conductor Erich Leinsdorf. Columbia has two other popular orchestras on its roster: The New York Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein, and George Szells Cleveland Orchestra. RCA's winning bid was a reported $340,000-a-year royalty guarantee over the next five years. That is a lot of money, but RCA thinks it has a very good chance...
Married. Erich Leinsdorf, 56, music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1962; and Vera Graff, 33, Brazilian-born violinist; both for the second time (he divorced his wife of 28 years last May); in Albany...
WAGNER: OVERTURES TO THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, TANNHAUSER, TRISTAN AND ISOLDE, DIE MEISTERSINGER (RCA Victor). These preludes are classics, available in many different interpretations. Here Erich Leinsdorf leads the Boston Symphony with intelligence and vigor. A formidable protege of Toscanini's, Leinsdorf lacks the master's soul, and admirers of the more reflective Wagnerian school may find his performance somewhat grating. Yet those who like their Wagner with discipline and drive will enjoy the record...
...such modern disciplines as serial technique stand in the way of red-blooded musical drama. His concerto is full of mellow drama as well-racing scales, rushing rhythms and suspenseful pauses, after which, sometimes, nothing much follows. Nevertheless, orchestral color is beautifully provided by the Boston Symphony under Erich Leinsdorf, and flashy keyboard fireworks are brilliantly set off by the young Brazilian pianist Joáo Carlos Martins...
TANGLEWOOD, Lenox, Mass. The Boston Symphony, under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf, opens its eight-week season on July 5 with an all-Mozart program and ends on Aug. 25 with an evening of Brahms...