Posted by Barry Guerrero on February 13, 2001 at 12:11:12:
In Reply to: Best Orchestras? posted by Bill Jagnow on February 12, 2001 at 12:51:17:
Seriously, the best orchestra in the world is the one that played the best last night. Also seriously - I don't go for this stuff, because I've heard performances by the world's supposed second tier orchestras (Pittsburgh; S.F.; L.A.; St. Louis; Cincinnati; Cologne Radio Orchestra; Finnish Radio Orchestra; and on and on and on) that were every bit as great as performances I've heard from the world's big name orchestras. Actually, I recently heard a Mahler 9th from the Saito Kinen Orchestra (from Japan) that was pretty awesome. Vic Firth was playing tympani for them. Ozawa conducted.
Barry "your only as good as the last time you played" Guerrero