by Kenneth Woods | Apr 17, 2012 | A view from the podium, Headlines, News and Reviews
A very nice new 5-star review from Zan Furtwangler (3rd cousin of the conductor) at Audiophile Audition. Read the whole thing here Click here to order from MDT Click here to order from Amazon.co.uk Click here to order from Amazon.com A short excerpt follows: Woods...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 4, 2008 | A view from the podium, Lists
Erik K has suggested we compile a list of the top orchestra/conductor collaborations of all time. This list is the result of literally minutes of careful contemplation in the car yesterday on my way to work. I’m hoping some of you brave souls will offer your own lists...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 3, 2006 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Nuts and bolts
What then of someone like Furtwangler, who’s Beethoven tempi tend to be quite uninhibited by the metronome? Many leading modern Beethoven interpreters and commentators, including John Elliot Gardiner, Gunther Schuller and Benjamin Zander have all held up Furtwangler’s...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 1, 2006 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
The only black-and-white, nuts and bolts questions in musical performance are “what” questions- we can say with specificity what note is being played, what the dynamic is, what instrument is playing it, even what motive it is part of, but the execution of these...
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