Lorin Maazel, Brilliant, Intense and Enigmatic Conductor, Dies at 84.

[elleng]

(This as he was 'conducting' an annual music festival in Castleton.)

'Lorin Maazel, a former child prodigy who went on to hold the music directorships of the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera and several other ensembles and companies around the world, and who was known for his incisive and sometimes extreme interpretations, died on Sunday at his home in Castleton, Va. He was 84.

The cause was complications of pneumonia, said Jenny Lawhorn, a spokeswoman for Mr. Maazel. He had been rehearsing in recent weeks for the Castleton Festival, which takes place on his farm.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/14/arts/music/lorin-maazel-brilliant-intense-and-enigmatic-conductor-dies-at-84.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSumSmallMedia&module=third-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

[dhill926]

1. damn…one of the greats.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Sad. A great conductor. nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. I heard this on the national news yesterday afternoon.

The CBS radio national news, about 2:00 p.m. I thought WTOP would say something about this, because he had his spread out in Rappahannock County. Nada. They did get around to it eventually.

I'm not sure how many recordings of him I have. There has to be something in there.

[elleng]

4. I heard it on 'my' always on Classical WETA

yesterday afternoon, WELL after I'd read it in NYT.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. I might as well glue my radio dial to WTOP,

because it's what I listen to about 99% of the time. I leave it on at night to drown out the tinnitus. Even at 3:00 a.m., I know about "traffic and weather on the eights, and when it breaks." Okay, make that 3:08 a.m.

[elleng]

6. If that's what you want, but here's MINE!

Beethoven piano sonata #2 on now! http://www.weta.org/fm/stationguide/classicalweta