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Title: Interesting Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra News
Post by: Steele on August 31, 2015, 04:17:23 PM

.Chung Myung-whun appears to have tendered his conditional resignation effective at the end of this calendar year (2015).  It the politics of it all have gotten pretty ugly 

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2015/08/143_185829.html

Title: Re: Interesting Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra News
Post by: barry guerrero on August 31, 2015, 05:04:11 PM

Maybe DG could finally splurge to record some of his Mahler in Dresden  .     .    .  but NOOOOOOOOOO!   :'(

Title: Re: Interesting Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra News
Post by: umbernisitani on September 07, 2015, 09:38:18 AM

This is sad news indeed.  But so far I haven't found any of Chung/SPO's recordings to be particularly worth my attention despite  recordings of generally astonishing (if a bit artificial) sound quality.  If Chung's Mahler cycle can be continued with the Dresden Staatskapelle using similar recording techniques, it will be a dream come true.  We can only hope...

Title: Re: Interesting Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra News
Post by: John Kim on September 08, 2015, 02:25:43 AM

Chung won't resign easily because the players of SPO want him to stay so badly. There's lot of politics going on there, yes and it's ugly.

BTW has anyone heard Chung/SPO/DG M5th CD that has just been released?

Stunning!

NOTE: You can read my amazon reviews of Chung/SPO/DG CDs under the nickname, Poincare.