A blog rec: Eighty Days Of Toscanini

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For anyone who loves classical music (except Norman Lebrecht), this is by a professional player in a minor American band, who, unlike many of his fellow professional musicians, has not been embittered and has not forgotten why he got into music in the first place. An enthusiast about music and a pleasant, amusing personality, not afraid of forthright opinions, but also with the ear and insight of a professional orchestral player, this comes pretty close to being the last word on the musical side of one of my heroes.

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Re: Meddle not in the affairs of passionate music lovers...

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It's not about the vinyl, it's about the passage where he says that Chailly is better than Toscanini. Why? Because he is more modern. Music and performance inevitably improve with time... a viewpoint which will endear itself to anyone who cares to compare, say, Paul McCartney or the Rolling Stones with a newer band.

Re: Meddle not in the affairs of passionate music lovers...

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On that at least I can agree!