Coming soon - Haitink/CSO/M1

[chris]

I was at the Chicago Symphony's performance of M1 last night with Haitink conducting and was informed the piece was being recorded - it was not mentioned if it would going to be for a CD or download.

The performance didn't strike me as being excessively slow, so imagine my shock when I looked at my watch and the length was right around 60 minutes.  That being said - it's different being there - I thought Haitink's M6 SACD is merely okay, while I thought the live performance I attended was phenomenal.

The only striking thing was that the third movement began with all (six, I think) of the bass players playing the solo.

[barry guerrero]

Apparently, there must have been a sketch, draft, first version, etc., that showed the indication "soli", as opposed to "solo". Frankly, I hope I don't even hear this one. I think I'll intentionally skip it. There's already a decent, SLOW M1 from the CSO: Tennstedt.

[Jot N. Tittle]

Haitink and the CSO will be doing M1 on May 15 and Shostakovitch's Fourth on May 16 in Carnegie Hall, and I expect to be there for both. Everything moves faster in New York City.

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[Jot N. Tittle]

...and Shostakovitch's Fourth ....
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That's Shostakovich. For some reason this site's spell-checker insisted on "-vitch."

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