John Georgiadis has died

[BBMmk2]

John Georgiadis has died, aged 86. He led the LSO for many years, in two stints. 1965 - 1973, then again 1973 - 1979. RIP

[Alison]

Sad to see Barry Griffiths passed away recently too.

[cloughie]

Yes another name very familiar to lifetime recorded music collectors - features very highly in Barbirolli’s Heldenleben and we all probably have more recordings by him than we realise. RIP John

[BBMmk2]

It was in his first stint at the LSO that I first heard of him, when I was 9 years old!

[gradus]

He was a familiar presence at LSO concerts and led that great orchestra with distinction.

[Lordgeous]

I greatly enjoyed his book "Bow to Baton" - some withering opinions of certain conductors!

[Alison]

It was one of the features of Lyrita recordings that the orchestral leader was credited, including JG.

[Petrushka]

It was one of the features of Lyrita recordings that the orchestral leader was credited, including JG.

I've often thought that the entire orchestra should be named in CD booklets as they are in concert programmes. Some do (LSO Live and the Pittsburgh SO/Honeck recordings come to mind) but most don't. I realise that historical records may not now exist of the participating musicians but they could certainly be reconstituted from contemporary concert programmes. The first recording I ever had which listed the players was James Levine's Mahler 3 with the Chicago SO on LP in 1977.

Incidentally, concertmaster/leader followers might be interested to know that 2021 will see the 100th birthday on June 16 of Walter Barylli, former concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic and happily still with us. He joined the VPO in 1938.

[BBMmk2]

It was one of the features of Lyrita recordings that the orchestral leader was credited, including JG.

Chandos does this too.

[Nimrod]

I'm really sorry to hear this news. He was a fine musician and an excellent leader.

[ardcarp]

...and I think he led the CBSO before that in pre-Rattle days.