And well they should be! Gramophone Magazine did the awarding, and named our Cleveland Orhestra 7th greatest in the World. You can read about it here in an article written by Zachary Lewis the PD music critic. Chicago did very well too. Higher up in the ranking was the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic. They said they rank on ‘identifiable sound.’
I remember being a fortunate Cleveland school system student in elementary school, attending young people concerts on field trips. I was mesmerized. This was during the days of George Szell. And our Orchestra has kept her ‘identifiable sound’ throughout the years (except maybe during the Maazel yrs, but you can argue with me on that point). My favorite symphony is Beethoven’s 7th and no one (I dare you to argue this one!) can do it better than the Szell version back in the day. And it’s so true about the sound. I was obsessed with this Beethoven masterpiece and the timing and sound made it for me. I could always tell when that ‘version’ was on the radio.
So a h/t to Gramophone and The Cleveland Orchestra! Peace Out - 3C
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