by Kenneth Woods | Sep 29, 2011 | A view from the podium
This is the second in my series looking at recent releases of historic performances from great conductors of the past. For an introduction and a bit of explanation about why I’m writing about DVDs, please see my review of Klaus Tennstedt’s recording of...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 29, 2011 | Mahler, News and Reviews
In the October 2011 issue of Gramophone Magazine, one can now find the first review to directly compare the Orchestra of the Swan recording of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the new recording by Manchester Camerata and Douglas...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 28, 2011 | Mahler, News and Reviews
There is a review from critic David Patmore in the current issue of Classical Recordings Quarterly of the new Orchestra of the Swan recording of Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and Das Lied von der Erde on Somm Recordings. The complete review is...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 28, 2011 | Nuts and bolts
I’m in the midst of doing the bowings for a performance I’m conducting of Beethoven 9 in November. It’s been just over ten years since I last conducted the work- during that time I’ve conducted all of his other symphonies several times, and it feels long overdue for...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 20, 2011 | A view from the podium
The home video revolution, in particular the advent of the DVD and YouTube, have fundamentally changed our understanding of the art of conducting, in ways both good and bad (more on the bad part in another post). Things really began to change for the good when the two...
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