The New Generation of Conductors Poll!

[madaboutmahler]

Many great young conductors at the moment - these are just the ones that have posts in England.

Take your pick!

[madaboutmahler]

Nelsons for me.

One of the most exciting conductors I have ever seen. His connection with the music and orchestra is superb. His technique may not be the best, but who cares , his control and ability to encourage the orchestra is unbelievable. I look forward to seeing more from him.

Petrenko would be next, followed by Gardner.

[Lisztianwagner]

It's a little hard to choose between Petrenko and Nelsons for me; I listened to some of their performances and they were always extremely good, gorgeous.
I think I will vote for Nelsons.

[Mirror Image]

My choice should be obvious: Petrenko!!! The guy is unbelievably good. Of course, his Shostakovich recordings are what gets the nod from me here, but I really look forward to his other recordings. His recording on Avie of Rachmaninov's Isle of the Dead and Symphonic Dances was also fantastic. I do like Gardner a lot too. I don't like Vladimir Jurowski at all. His father, Michail, is clearly the superior conductor. I haven't heard any of Nelsons recordings yet. I'm not too impressed with Nezet-Seguin and I have only one recording with Karabits so not enough to make any kind of judgement on.

[springrite]

I have been "out of the loop" for more than a decade, so the only names up there that I know are Vasily Petrenko and Vladimir Jurowski. Of the two, I have only heard Jurowski. I've heard of Petrenko, thanks mostly to M.I.

So I'd better not vote.

I noticed Dudamel is not up there. Hehee...

[Mirror Image]

I've heard of Petrenko, thanks mostly to M.I.

Really, Paul? That's interesting. I didn't know I played a role in your discovery of Petrenko?

[springrite]

Really, Paul? That's interesting. I didn't know I played a role in your discovery of Petrenko?

His name (and CD cover) kept showing up in your listening post, purchasing post and shostakovich post.

[madaboutmahler]

My choice should be obvious: Petrenko!!! The guy is unbelievably good. Of course, his Shostakovich recordings are what gets the nod from me here, but I really look forward to his other recordings. His recording on Avie of Rachmaninov's Isle of the Dead and Symphonic Dances was also fantastic. I do like Gardner a lot too. I don't like Vladimir Jurowski at all. His father, Michail, is clearly the superior conductor. I haven't heard any of Nelsons recordings yet. I'm not too impressed with Nezet-Seguin and I have only one recording with Karabits so not enough to make any kind of judgement on.

Petrenko certainly is brilliant. His Shostakovich, I agree, is superb.
I don't like Jurowski at all either. Just don't like his style.
You must listen to some of Nelsons' performances, John! They are superb! Go the Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall, with that free voucher I keep on encouraging you to get (!!!) and watch him conduct Strauss with them... just amazing. I'll find some links to send you too.

[Karl Henning]

My choice should be obvious: Petrenko!!! [...] I haven't heard any of Nelsons recordings yet.

Likewise, I am quite favorably impressed by Petrenko's recordings of Shostakovich; nor have I heard any of Nelsons's work.

So . . . I feel I cannot vote, since I know too little of the field here.

[Mirror Image]

His Bruckner 9th + Te Deum last month was terrific - not uniquely so, but a whole grade more worth hearing than the run-of-the-mill performances you tend to hear nowadays, even from supposedly great Bruckner interpreters.

Nezet-Seguin's performance of Bruckner's 9th is nowhere near as good as Wand's various performances and Giulini's IMHO. I haven't heard a more convincing performance of the 9th in quite some time.

[TheGSMoeller]

Where's Blomstedt? 


I can't vote, don't know enough about these conductors other than a few recordings from them.
I wanna see them in rehearsals, then I can make my choice. 

[Mirror Image]

Unless you have heard Nézet-Séguin in concert, then you are in no position to make any judgement about his merits as a conductor.  Particularly if all you have heard of his Bruckner are the recordings on the ATMA label, which do not convey more than a fraction of the concert experience.

I never saw Bernstein or Karajan in concert and they're regarded by many to be two of the finest conductors that ever lived. I never saw Klemperer live either or Bohm or....you get my drift? People make judgements about conductors they never heard live on a daily basis. I don't need to hear a conductor live to make a fair judgement. I have heard plenty of Nezet-Seguin's performances (on record) to say that he's by far one of the worst victims of the media machine. You enjoy him, fine, but don't tell me I don't have a right to judge him when I, in fact, do have that right. Nezet-Seguin and Dudamel belong in the same category: two of the most clueless conductors that I EVER heard.

[TheGSMoeller]

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"Hey, viola in the second row, got something on your chin. No, this side." -Nezet-Sequin

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"Hey, viola in the second row, got something on your chin. No, this side." -Nezet-Sequin

[Mirror Image]

Fine.  It's your loss.

My loss is someone else's gain.

[DavidW]

Petrenko, thank you Brian wherever you are.

[Mirror Image]

His name (and CD cover) kept showing up in your listening post, purchasing post and shostakovich post.

Oh, cool. Glad I could help you with my current obsessions.

[nmlhats]

Too bad you limited it to those with English posts. For my dollar and my ears, the best "new-generation" conductor around is Jaap van Zweden. He was just named Musical America's Conductor of the Year for 2012, and as you must know, it's not really just about America. I will go see anything this guy conducts, even if it's not my cup of tea, just to see what he brings out in the orchestra.

[bhodges]

Too bad you limited it to those with English posts. For my dollar and my ears, the best "new-generation" conductor around is Jaap van Zweden. He was just named Musical America's Conductor of the Year for 2012, and as you must know, it's not really just about America. I will go see anything this guy conducts, even if it's not my cup of tea, just to see what he brings out in the orchestra.

Van Zweden is supposed to be terrific. Although I've not yet heard him, he's conducting the New York Philharmonic next month (Prokofiev Third PC with Yuja Wang and Mahler 1) - very much looking forward to that.

And welcome to the forum, nmlhats. Please feel free to post something about yourself in the "Introductions" section of the board.

--Bruce

[Karl Henning]

Van Zweden did a fine job here in Boston last month. Welcome, nmlhats!