In Reply to: Listened to the New Cleveland Orchestra on WCLV Webcast..... posted by Todd Krieger on May 6, 2007 at 15:38:41:
Two violists playing in unison.I mention this old joke because, at least at the concert I attended in February, the Violas had replaced the Cellos stage left front. Could be the intonation problems right there.
Your other quibbles, articulation and 'wall of sound' on crescendos are definitely the changes in the hall.
For me, John Mack's Oboe and Myron Bloom's Horn shared bellwhether duties with Adelstein's Trumpet. The new oboist is no John Mack, the others are simply workmanlike.
Bright spot in the woodwinds is the Clarinet of Franklin Cohen, a great successor to Robert Marcellus.
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Follow Ups
- Re: What's the definition of a minor second? - Square Peg 14:38:42 05/09/07 (1)
- Violas and Intonation...... - Todd Krieger 04:47:57 05/10/07 (0)