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Very sad news indeed.

http://slippedisc.com/2014/07/hard-to-b ... l-is-dead/

Sad news indeed Seán. Another luminary of the music world takes his leave of us. Like a lot of collectors I have a number of his recordings in my collection and only recently I had purchased a Sibelius Symphonic Cycle where he conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

And it's a very good cycle too.

Seán wrote:And it's a very good cycle too.

I have not listened to it yet Seán but now with the news of his passing I will move it up in my listening schedule.

I was fortunate to hear Lorin Maazel often and with several orchestras around the World. If I had to choose the finest performance I heard him live would have to be a Mahler Second with the Cleveland Orchestra here in our University´s excellent concert hall. The alto soloist was Maureen Forrester and the soprano Gianna Rolandi. It was a truly exceptional performance, circa 1980.

Jose Echenique wrote:I was fortunate to hear Lorin Maazel often and with several orchestras around the World. If I had to choose the finest performance I heard him live would have to be a Mahler Second with the Cleveland Orchestra here in our University´s excellent concert hall. The alto soloist was Maureen Forrester and the soprano Gianna Rolandi. It was a truly exceptional performance, circa 1980.

Oh, that must have been heavenly.

Seán wrote:

Jose Echenique wrote:I was fortunate to hear Lorin Maazel often and with several orchestras around the World. If I had to choose the finest performance I heard him live would have to be a Mahler Second with the Cleveland Orchestra here in our University´s excellent concert hall. The alto soloist was Maureen Forrester and the soprano Gianna Rolandi. It was a truly exceptional performance, circa 1980.

Oh, that must have been heavenly.

It was Seán. Maazel always praised the acoustics of the Nezahualcoyotl concert hall, and they proved ideal for the Resurrection.

Jose Echenique wrote:

Seán wrote:

Jose Echenique wrote:I was fortunate to hear Lorin Maazel often and with several orchestras around the World. If I had to choose the finest performance I heard him live would have to be a Mahler Second with the Cleveland Orchestra here in our University´s excellent concert hall. The alto soloist was Maureen Forrester and the soprano Gianna Rolandi. It was a truly exceptional performance, circa 1980.

Oh, that must have been heavenly.

It was Seán. Maazel always praised the acoustics of the Nezahualcoyotl concert hall, and they proved ideal for the Resurrection.

Wow, that's a university concert hall!

Jose Echenique wrote:

Beautiful!!!

fergus wrote:

Jose Echenique wrote:

Beautiful!!!

It was made in the late 70´s when the barrel of oil was sky high, that´s why Mexico could afford it.