http://contrabassconversations.com/2010/10/13/cbc-157-koussevitzky-recordings/ double bass podcast Mon, 16 May 2011 19:31:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://contrabassconversations.com/2010/10/13/cbc-157-koussevitzky-recordings/comment-page-1/#comment-3826 vito Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:59:01 +0000 http://contrabassconversations.com/?p=457#comment-3826 Koussevitzky was primarly a very good conductor and then a double bass player. What we have listened to his a remarkeble execution of his pieces with the exception of all the concert because probably he was no able to play it correctly. But one point it's interesting, that's if he push down the string in thumb position or if he pull of the left the same string. It's difficult to have a correct opinion because sometime it seems to push the string but in other cases using a lot of glissato we need the sensation thet he pull off the string. By the way the tuning is quite correct and this is the demonstration that Koussevitzky was a talent man not only as a condoctor (many years with Boston Symphony). Recording, naturally is no good but we have the sensation that it was very hard to play in the thumb position, while today with a good teacher is quite affordable. Finally I think Koussevitzky pushed the string because the glissando is limited. In the opposite case the glissato would have been much more evident. see you Vito Koussevitzky was primarly a very good conductor and then a double bass player. What we have listened to his a remarkeble execution of his pieces with the exception of all the concert because probably he was no able to play it correctly. But one point it’s interesting, that’s if he push down the string in thumb position or if he pull of the left the same string. It’s difficult to have a correct opinion because sometime it seems to push the string but in other cases using a lot of glissato we need the sensation thet he pull off the string. By the way the tuning is quite correct and this is the demonstration that Koussevitzky was a talent man not only as a condoctor (many years with Boston Symphony). Recording, naturally is no good but we have the sensation that it was very hard to play in the thumb position, while today with a good teacher is quite affordable. Finally I think Koussevitzky pushed the string because the glissando is limited. In the opposite case the glissato would have been much more evident.
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Vito

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