[78-L] Larry Adler anecdote

joe@salerno.com jsalerno at earthlink.net
Sun Dec 7 07:12:37 PST 2008


Perhaps that AT conducted it too fast? I recall there were comments 
about the tempo MR chose for his own recording, if it really was his own 
recording, many felt it too slow.

joe salerno


Michael Biel wrote:
> Stephen Davies wrote:
>> In a Time magazine review (1941-may-26)
>>
>> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,765648,00.html
>>
>>
>> Composer Ravel, who objected violently to the way some conductors (notably
>> Maestro Toscanini) played his piece,
> 
> I wonder what his complaint was.  Usually Ravel objected to any change 
> in tempo, but when I got the broadcast Toscanini played it on I compared 
> the opening and closing tempo and they were identical.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
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