[78-L] Larry Adler anecdote

[David Lennick]

The Galimir recording was made in 1934 or '35. No doubt Ravel had "lost it" by 
then because he was in a steady decline following an automobile accident, but 
in 1930 he still had two piano concertos yet to be published, among other 
activities.

dl

Anthony Baldwin wrote:
> 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
>>>