In Reply to: Was that Ozawa conducting? He's very loud! And yes the orchestra tunes sharp... doesn't everyone? posted by clarkjohnsen on May 8, 2007 at 09:30:20:
Back in the days of vinyl, speed variations made it almost impossible to pick out. I got an email several years ago from someone telling me the Cleveland Orchestra tunes sharper than it once did.I personally did not listen for it at the BSO concert. I wasn't aware of this until that discussion with the usher.
Another interesting aspect of this is trumpeter Adelstein, who personally abhorred playing "sharp" relative to the orchestra, where Bud Herseth did so all the time. And that was one thing I *was* able to discern. (It was apparent in those two openings of Mussorgsky's "Pictures" I posted here a while back.) I thought Herseth's sharp tuning became disconcerting at times.
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- Re: Was that Ozawa conducting? He's very loud! And yes the orchestra tunes sharp... doesn't everyone? - Todd Krieger 00:02:58 05/09/07 (0)