[78-L] Larry Adler anecdote

[Anthony Baldwin]

I doubt that the tempi on the 1930 Polydor Bolero recording were  
necessarily Ravel's own. According to Jacques Canetti, producer of  
the sessions, "Albert Wolff conducted the Orchestre Lamouroux quite  
competently ... Naturally, Ravel was present, which allowed us to say  
that it had been recorded under his direction... He was shy,  
courteous and rather vague."

Later that year when Polydor recorded the Quatuor Galimir in Ravel's  
string quartet, the composer remarked to Canetti, "That's nice. Who's  
it by?" — Poor MR was very obviously losing it.

Tony B

> 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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