MakarovaFan Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I'm wondering who are some of our favorite ballet conductors? Here are some of mine: Algis Zhuratis Viktor Fedotov Victor Shirokov John Lanchbery Kenneth Schermerhorn Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Fedotov would be No. 1, certainly, for me. I was very fond of the late Denis de Coteau, in San Francisco. Link to comment
drb Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I was very fond of the late Denis de Coteau, in San Francisco. By pure chance, while I was a grad student at Stanford (science not the arts), I stumbled into his Master's concert, and still remember enjoying it. One of those seemingly little events that helps enrich one's life, as it led to later going to a classical concert at Carnegie Hall after moving to NYC, which led to ... My new favorite is Nicolette Fraillon, at NYCB. With her gift for Stravinsky, I hope she'll be here for a long time. My overwhelming favorite (for one performance, NYCB's winter season) was His Excellency Maestro Gergiev, 'though one might not count as a ballet conductor one who never looks at the dancers... Link to comment
artist Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Without a doubt: Valery Gergiev and Leonid Stokowski and Andre Rieu (I know, not ballet) Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 LeoNID Stokowski? Did Leopold have a son? Anyway, not good ballet conductor, Leopold. They tried him a couple of places, and he was so fond of his OWN interpretation of the music that the dancers and choreography be damned. "Stokie" recorded the most unintentionally funny recording of the Rose Adagio in history. At the coda (about where the ballerina starts all those one-handed attitude promenades) he decided that it was a coda, so it had to be fast, and went up to allegro vivo. I wonder if that were the origin of the joke of the runaway conductor in Bye Bye, Birdie? Robert Irving. Link to comment
artist Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 My mistake, I did mean Leopold and I didn't mean for ballet. (Unless he was alive to do a Trocks version or something) Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 .....i'm feeling very low-brow today.... http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/3554/lo...ed20hare9qo.jpg Link to comment
zerbinetta Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 .....i'm feeling very low-brow today.... http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/3554/lo...ed20hare9qo.jpg A great left hand on the conductor! So important for expression. Link to comment
artist Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 How was Yuri Temirkanov? And I suppose Simon Rattle also isn't exactly ballet. Link to comment
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