Poll: Choose a B or an S...

Started by mc ukrneal, March 12, 2012, 11:01:32 AM

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Which British conducter do you prefer?

John Barbirolli (1899-1970)
9 (45%)
Thomas Beecham (1879-1961)
7 (35%)
Adrian Boult (1889-1983)
10 (50%)
Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967)
2 (10%)

Total Members Voted: 20

mc ukrneal

Someone rightly pointed out that we need to expand our borders comparing conducters. I call this the B's and the S' (BS poll for short :))

All four conducted for much of the same period...

I've even given you two votes if you are stuck (so kind)...
Be kind to your fellow posters!!

Sergeant Rock

Barbirolli and Boult. Barbirolli's VW 2 & 8, and Elgar's Enigma were the first classical records I ever bought.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Mirror Image

Boult and Barbirolli for me. No contest.

DieNacht

#3
Have chosen Beecham. Pretty obvious to me, lots of interesting recordings of, say Beethoven, Mozart, Berlioz etc., as well as English music - Delius, Elgar ...



Have also chosen Boult, whose Brahms and Westminster recordings I tend to like. Am somewhat regretting this, was torn between Barbirolli and Boult & might prefer Barbirolli as a more interesting conductor, but I find him not so consistent. His Sibelius and Mahler doesn´t appeal to me, for instance, whereas  the Bax/Delius LP (Tintagel, Walk to Paradise Garden etc.) is very good, and his Schoenberg "Pelleas" likewise fine, to mention some.

madaboutmahler

"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

Lisztianwagner

"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

Conor71

Another vote for Barbirolli and Boult - The former for his Sibelius and the latter for his excellent Vaughan Williams.

mc ukrneal

Poor Sargent without a single vote! He was often regarded by his peers as the 'supreme' choral' conductor too. And he conducts an outstanding Peter and the Wolf that still stands the test of time today (with Sir Ralph Richardson).
Be kind to your fellow posters!!

DavidW

Boult.  But I like Beecham's Berlioz enough to maybe push him past the other two.

springrite

Tief Ernst for me. Joy of music.
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

eyeresist

Banana. I prefer Barbirolli to Boult, but I don't know enough about the others to cast an informed vote. I have the impression, however, that Sargent is better than his reputation allows.

springrite

Quote from: eyeresist on March 12, 2012, 06:07:53 PM
I have the impression, however, that Sargent is better than his reputation allows.

Remember the last time that expression brought some ... uh ...

Actually, you are right about Sargent.
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

eyeresist

Quote from: springrite on March 12, 2012, 06:10:30 PMRemember the last time that expression brought some ... uh ...

*twitchy*



starrynight

There's something quite distinctive about the sound Beecham could get, the detail with the woodwind for instance.  And obviously he was a great character as well.

Mirror Image

Sargent still has no votes but it's not surprising.

springrite

Quote from: Mirror Image on March 13, 2012, 09:16:36 AM
Sargent still has no votes but it's not surprising.

Maybe if we change the spelling of his name to Sergeant.
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Mirror Image

Quote from: springrite on March 13, 2012, 09:23:27 AM
Maybe if we change the spelling of his name to Sergeant.

Sgt. Rock would approve this I'm sure. ;)