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In Reply to: Considered opinions on Zubin Mehta.....past/present/future? [with an article to help] posted by High-end Dreamer on November 15, 2002 at 15:40:52:
For a period in the 60s, Mehta offered more energy and a better glimpse of the romantic style than most, allowing him to assume a position along with Bernstein and Solti. Perhaps his greatest failing was that he tolerated some raggedness of ensemble, tho not to the degree that many bonifide greats have done (just listen to some of the orchestras that Furtwangler led, not to mention Walter, etc.).Mehta wasn't affraid to use genuine and thoroughly authentic modifications of tempo, such as were the absolute rule during the late 19th century, but he didn't use them enough to develop a confident style in this manner.
I still think his Schoenberg "Transfigured Night" captures more of the true post-romantism that many other, wrong-headedly cerebral performances which look at the young late romantic from the point of view of the old serialist (i.e., Boulez). And, both of his Zarathustras (analog and digital) are excellent performances, full of unbridled liberties characteristic of the era, but which latter 20th-21st century conductors shrink from in their timorous, cowardly fear.
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