151 Conductors Can't Be Wrong

[Richard Barrett]

Opium, IIRC.

Brilliant.

[Tony Halstead]

Phew!

(I almost don't dare to ask if Krivine and Kuijken contributed. Very disappointed to see Brabbins and Volkov amongst the contributors.)

Which publication was responsible for this farce?

Thankfully, neither Krivine nor Kuijken contributed.
Encore phew!
I'd like to believe that so many sensible, intelligent conductors declined the BBC MM's invitations that the mag was forced to scrape a few 'maestro barrels'.

[Tony Halstead]

Apologies for the oxymoron...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Brilliant.

- repartee of the week

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Apologies for the oxymoron...

Oh! Did he take part?

[Stanfordian]

It's quite a shock to see:
Mahler 6 not featured; no Haydn; no Nielsen; no Vaughan Williams; only one Sibelius.

Extremely predicable I think. The ‘Symphonie Fantastique’ and ‘Pastoral’ are everywhere at the moment. Sibelius’s Seventh did surprise me a little as I thought it would be the Second and Bruckner Ninth is absent. Although some way off I think the nearest English symphony would be Elgar's First.

[EdgeleyRob]

Extremely predicable I think. The ‘Symphonie Fantastique’ and ‘Pastoral’ are everywhere at the moment. Sibelius’s Seventh did surprise me a little as I thought it would be the Second and Bruckner Ninth is absent. Although some way off I think the nearest English symphony would be Elgar's First.

Spotted your typos Stan,you put 'although some way off' and first instead of second

[Bryn]

... Although some way off I think the nearest English symphony would be Elgar's First.

Chosen by David Zinman, John Wilson, Mark Wigglesworth and Owain Arwel Hughes

[Vile Consort]

What a pity they couldn't ask the symphonies (or at least their respective composers) who the greatest conductors were.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

"151 conductors can't be wrong."

What an infantile statement!

As all 151 gave different answers, at least 150 must have been "wrong".

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Owain Arwel Hughes

Oh, he did.

[Petrushka]

I don't get worked up about things like this. It's mildly diverting in a whimsical kind of way and not to be taken too seriously and ... well ... that's it really.

[BBMmk2]

Yes it was the lack of Mahler 6 which first struck me... and the paucity of Sibelius...

Not surprised by the strong showing by Brahms though, anton...

I'm not g surprised no Bax or RVW. No Elgar?

[Ferretfancy]

These silly surveys always fail to account for the fact that our preferred choices often change with age. For example, I used to have a fascination with Elgar's Second, obtaining every recorded version that I could and seeking out live performances. Although I still have great admiration for it, it would probably be a little further down a list than it was for me thirty years ago.

There are, of course, amazing works like the Eroica, but how do you compare it with, say, Shostakovich 8 ?

[antongould]

"151 conductors can't be wrong."

What an infantile statement!

As all 151 gave different answers, at least 150 must have been "wrong".

Sorry E_A I will try harder in the Title Stakes in future .....