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To: jdsteel

His own music you mean? As a conductor he’s as good as any one alive.


6 posted on 03/26/2015 8:13:32 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges
In 1988 in Los Angeles I saw Boulez conduct the latest iteration of Repons, his piece for orchestra, in a concert that also included pieces by Ives and Varese.

It was a very different crowd from the usual Los Angeles Philharmonic concerts. I spotted Nicholas Slonimsky escorted by his beautiful red-haired great-granddaughter.

Boulez' recordings of Mahler are brisk and to the point.

7 posted on 03/26/2015 9:46:45 AM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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