Re: a question on Berlioz Fantastic Symphony

On Feb 29, 2:56 pm, Kerrison <kerrison126-spar...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 29 Feb, 15:14, Paul Goldstein <pgold...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Which of the "big name" conductors, starting with Toscanini and
Furtwangler, didn't take this work into their repertoire, either on
disc or in the concert hall?

George Szell never conducted the work (at least not in Cleveland).
Louis Lane told me that Szell did not like the last two movements.
Reiner did do the work, but I don't think very often (he only did it
on one series in Chicago). Leinsdorf never did it either, from what I
can tell. I don't remember him doing much Berlioz at all, even the
overtures. The two conductors I would love to have heard do the work
is Mengelberg and Harty (Coates as well, for that matter).

Ron Whitaker
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