tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post1125518615260012474..comments2024-03-05T10:14:38.181+00:00Comments on CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST: Gergiev Mahler 4 & 5 Prom 26Doundou Tchilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-21116255956980159882010-08-11T01:56:54.612+01:002010-08-11T01:56:54.612+01:00Stuck in a long traffic jam today I listened to th...Stuck in a long traffic jam today I listened to the rebroadcast. It's not Gergiev so much as the orchestra. Nice individual bits from soloists, but nothing holds together, as if they're sight reading. The trouble with this orchestra is that it's only given a dozen or so performances in 15 years. Each time a different assemblage of players, no consistency. It's nice that they commemorate Solti, but it does not a lot for his reputation. As for world peace, there must be many other more effective ways of achieving that.Doundou Tchilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-1977535656488016082010-08-08T11:34:41.248+01:002010-08-08T11:34:41.248+01:00I think you're spot on with this. I was taken ...I think you're spot on with this. I was taken aback by what I heard and thought that I must be getting the wrong picture standing at the back of the arena, I thought the acoustic was robbing me of the overall sound. It actually sounded leaden and dull without cohesion to me - beautifully played in parts but I couldn't understand what 'he was getting at'. The whole thing was a closed shop window rather than something warm and alive that you could enter into.The Geezerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548501007500060246noreply@blogger.com