Virtuosos in and out of fashion

[Dave2002]

Jaime Laredo is a violinist and conductor, and is now working in the USA - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Laredo I agree he was very good - at least on the few CDs he made, but I never saw him.

[pastoralguy]

Jamie Laredo.

I clearly remember being given a cheapie RCA Lp of the Mendelssohn and Bruch concerti played by Jamie Laredo with the Boston Symphony under Munch in the 70's. In fact, that was the first time I'd ever heard the Mendelssohn concerto and I was quite taken with it. Alas, I don't think it ever made it to cd which is a shame.

He was Artistic Director of the SCO in the 90's and I heard him many times and was always impressed with his wonderful playing. I do remember him playing the Bruch in the Queen's Hall on an occasion when NHS staff were given free tickets so I was in the front row and was about 6 feet away. I have NEVER seen such intensity from a musician.

He was a bit of an all rounder and played the viola on many occasions as well as the violin in a trio with his 'cellist wife, Sharon Robinson and the pianist Manny Ax. I must check his discography out.

[Dave2002]

Although he worked in Scotland, surely this is still the same musician who is now working in the USA and his name is Jaime - though did they call him Jamie when he was in the northern parts of these isles? Maybe there is someone else, though I think it unlikely. I have to say though, that I have a vague recollection of him being called Jamie - perhaps it was easier that way.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Although he worked in Scotland, surely this is still the same musician who is now working in the USA and his name is Jaime - though did they call him Jamie when he was in the northern parts of these isles? Maybe there is someone else, though I think it unlikely. I have to say though, that I have a vague recollection of him being called Jamie - perhaps it was easier that way.

It's pronounced "Jamie" (I believe), but has always been spelt "Jaime", as shown on the covers of his earliest CD releases back in the late '80s, for example:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/CDs-Vinyl/Vivaldi-Four-Seasons-Antonio/B000027PLZ

(It will be noticed that I've moved some posts from the 'Cellists Thread - in so doing, because the algorithms are very keen on chronology, it now looks as if Dave, rather than pasto, initiated the discussion about Jaime. Apologies - but computer said "No". )

[Richard Tarleton]

It's pronounced "Jamie" (I believe), but has always been spelt "Jaime"

A Hispanic name - I see he was born in Bolivia, where it would have been pronounced along these lines.

[Barbirollians]

Laredo played the viola part and Cho Liang Lin the violin with Leppard on the recording of K364 which completed Lin's Mozart violin concerto set.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A Hispanic name - I see he was born in Bolivia, where it would have been pronounced along these lines.

Reminds me of a friend called Jane who taught EFL in Spain, and whose Spanish friends had some problems with her name: the best it ended up was as a sort-of "Heinz" without the "z".

[cloughie]

Laredo played the viola part and Cho Liang Lin the violin with Leppard on the recording of K364 which completed Lin's Mozart violin concerto set.

He has great Street cred

[gradus]

Lynn Harrell was/is? a fine cellist but haven't heard anything of him in recent years.

[Dave2002]

It's pronounced "Jamie" (I believe), but has always been spelt "Jaime", as shown on the covers of his earliest CD releases back in the late '80s, for example:

I think it's actually pronounced "High May" - or that's what I heard from the Spanish pronunciation link provided just now by Richard T (msg 50).

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I think it's actually pronounced "High May" - or that's what I heard from the Spanish pronunciation link provided just now by Richard T (msg 50).

- close to the Jewish Haim (from the Hebrew for "life", "Chaim" - the female being "Chaya, as in the composer, Chaya Czernowin - ?and Kaija Saariaho??)

[Richard Tarleton]

Reminds me of a friend called Jane who taught EFL in Spain, and whose Spanish friends had some problems with her name: the best it ended up was as a sort-of "Heinz" without the "z".

Something like this?

[Richard Tarleton]

Reminds me of a friend called Jane who taught EFL in Spain, and whose Spanish friends had some problems with her name: the best it ended up was as a sort-of "Heinz" without the "z".

Something like Jaén, pronounced thus?

[Dave2002]

I think it's actually pronounced "High May" - or that's what I heard from the Spanish pronunciation link provided just now by Richard T (msg 50).

Actually on further reflection it might be something like "Jai May" or "DJai May". In some Hispanic countries in South America the pronunciation is very different from European Spanish, and it varies between one country and another too. Not Castilian Spanish!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Actually on further reflection it might be something like "Jai May" or "DJai May". In some Hispanic countries in South America the pronunciation is very different from European Spanish, and it varies between one country and another too. Not Castilian Spanish!

Indeed. I think that the Hebrew original begins with a sound closer to the "ch" sound in "loch" - but maybe Laredo pronounces it differently from his South American forebears?