Who are your favourite five conductors, seen live.?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Interesting overlaps, fhg! I havered about Karajan. I was at that last RFH concert (Verklärte Nacht, Brahms 1) and it was tremendous...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

now THAT i would have loved to see.

(The Ramones used much the same technique).

D'you know - when I first read this, I spent a moment or two wondering when Tippett had conducted Aida.

[gurnemanz]

I remembered being greatly impressed with Igor Markevich who we saw at the Gewandhaus in 1973. I've still got the programme - interesting combination: Haydn 104th Symphony, Roussel Bacchus and Ariadne, Moussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition.

[pastoralguy]

1). Sir Alex. Gibson
2). Leonard Bernstein. (Who I played under for all of 28.5 seconds!!)
3). Bo Holten
4) Bernard Haitink
5). Gunther Wand

[salymap]

Then there are the semi-forgotten conductors, Stanford Robinson,John Hollingsworth, Wynne Morris, Basil Cameron.

Perhaps someone remembers them.?

[Ferretfancy]

Then there are the semi-forgotten conductors, Stanford Robinson,John Hollingsworth, Wynne Morris, Basil Cameron.

Perhaps someone remembers them.?

I certainly remember Basil Cameron, who was a Proms mainstay. He was an excellent Sibelius conductor, and I must have heard most of the symphonies live for the first time at the Albert Hall with him in charge. I've got his recording of the 2nd, which is perhaps a little tame, but his stereo recording of the Ireland Piano Concerto with Colin Horsley is splendid.
Stanford Robinson must have been one of the first orchestral conductors to appear regularly on TV.

[Tony Halstead]

I certainly remember Basil Cameron, who was a Proms mainstay. He was an excellent Sibelius conductor, and I must have heard most of the symphonies live for the first time at the Albert Hall with him in charge. I've got his recording of the 2nd, which is perhaps a little tame, but his stereo recording of the Ireland Piano Concerto with Colin Horsley is splendid.
Stanford Robinson must have been one of the first orchestral conductors to appear regularly on TV.

I often used to play for Stanford Robinson in the 1960s, with the BBCSSO and the BBC Northern.
I do think he was underrated and I particularly remember a marvellous Sibelius 6 and a lovely Delius 'Brigg Fair' that he conducted with the BBCSSO.
I don't remember any TV broadcasts, though. Perhaps you are referring to ERIC Robinson?

[Hornspieler]

I've just totted up my list of those I have seen conducting*.

Not all favourites but many had something unique to offer. 114 in total (and I expect waldhorn could probably list as many).

Favourites? Walter, Horenstein, Haitinck, Galliera, Rozhdestvensky

HS

* Head on from the horn section, but thankfully no collisions!

[salymap]

I think people thought Stanford a lightweight because of his brother [?] Eric. SR was a Proms conductor , like Basic Cameron, who seemed to be regarded as second string. Very unfair as they all had their special talents.

[Keraulophone]

Boult
Bernstein
Abbado
Haitink
Solti

Would especially like to have seen Walter and the eagle-eyed Reiner.

[verismissimo]

This is not so easy, saly.

Among my early memories:

Barbirolli
Giulini
Boulez in Stravinsky
The young Colin Davis
Horenstein in Bruckner
Dorati

More recently:

Ivan Fischer
Jurowski in Brahms

Between those two poles:

Solti in Elgar
Haitink in Wagner
Mackerras in Janacek

Wish I'd seen:

Furtwangler
Monteux
Nikisch!

[Nick Armstrong]

Wish I'd seen:

Furtwangler
Monteux
Nikisch!

Wish I'd seen:

Beecham (saly!)
Barbirolli
C Kleiber

[gurnemanz]

Nikisch!

I always imagined that watching Boult you might be getting some idea what Nikisch was like.

[Barbirollians]

Wish i had seen

Barbirolli
Furtwangler
Cantelli
Toscanini
Boult
C.Kleiber
E.Kleiber
Beecham

where does one stop ?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I love this Forum - someone starts a Thread "Whom would you have liked to have seen live?" and gets three responses; someone else starts a Thread "Whom did you see live" and we start talking about the artists we would've liked to have seen live!

It's so adorably "English", somehow.