Diese Frage wird in der Newsgroup rec.music.classical.recordings gestellt. Unter anderem heißt es in der Diskussion: "In the case of Thielemann, I have not yet encountered him in the concert hall. His recordings, on the other hand, I have encountered, and they seem to be largely non-competitive. It's possible that he freezes up in the studio" (Mark Stenroos, 31. August 2002).
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
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Honestly? NO!
I have seen Thielemann with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra a couple of times and I consider quitting my subscription because in my opinion Thielemann is highly overrated.
Nevertheless he displays a level of arrogance when on stage which is hardly acceptable.
In yesterdays concert (Nov.29 2007) a "da capo" offered by the soloist - following two Richard Strauss songs - was introduced to the audience by Thielemann as follows (my personal translation):
"As you don´t know any other songs, we simply repeat the last one."
I love the sound of the Munich orchestra and their devotion to eastern Europe composers and their choice of non-mainstream classics. Thielemann has narrowed down their level to German 19th/early 20th century composers that he loves.
PE, Munich
Do you also think he is overrated when conducting Wagner or other of his favourites?
Dear "mb",
Thielemann´s favourites are not my field of expertise and I rather refrain from quoting the mainstream critics. (And I haven´t heard him conduct Wagner so far).
But I was deeply shocked by his interpretation of the Mozart Requiem (which was recorded and is available on CD). I was in the audience then and wondered about his interpretation of tempi (I had the impression he was actually hurrying through some of the pieces).
But to be honest: my criticism is focussed rather on his stage appearance and openly displayed arrogance, that tend to distract me from listening.
Regards, PE (Munich)
"But to be honest: my criticism is focussed rather on his stage appearance and openly displayed arrogance, that tend to distract me from listening."
This also goes for me.
As well I do think his Wagner conducting is too heavy, not flowing and totaly out of time. I have already seen his first Tristan in Nürnberg and till today he could not convince me. He is much overrated!
"totaly out of time"
Yesterday´s MPhil performance of Brahms´ 4th symphony - conducted by Thielemann - was another example of exaggerated tempi in both directions, particularly in the second movement.
Before - in Mahler´s Rückert songs - he twice allowed his brass section to simply drown out the soloist (Renee Fleming, soprano).
I am really looking forward to his leaving for Dresden next year.
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