Continuing their then-new tradition of hiring only amazingly inappropriate conductors to lead their annual New Year's Concert, the Wiener Philharmoniker brought in Mariss Jansons for its 2006 concert. After the singularly arrhythmic Nikolaus Harnoncourt in 2003, the seriously narcissistic Riccardo Muti in 2004, and the consummately egotistic Lorin Maazel in 2005, Jansons brought several significant virtues to the podium on January 1, 2006. For one thing, Jansons brought a superlative stick technique unburdened by the need ...
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Continuing their then-new tradition of hiring only amazingly inappropriate conductors to lead their annual New Year's Concert, the Wiener Philharmoniker brought in Mariss Jansons for its 2006 concert. After the singularly arrhythmic Nikolaus Harnoncourt in 2003, the seriously narcissistic Riccardo Muti in 2004, and the consummately egotistic Lorin Maazel in 2005, Jansons brought several significant virtues to the podium on January 1, 2006. For one thing, Jansons brought a superlative stick technique unburdened by the need to prove he was cooler than the orchestra he was directing -- a virtue Maazel conspicuously lacks. For another thing, Jansons brought an uncanny ability to command uncoupled to the overwhelming impulse to dominate -- a virtue Muti wholly lacks. For one more thing, Jansons brought an irresistible flair for rhythm, a natural feel for the ebb and flow of rubato and the ineluctable movement of tempo through time -- a virtue, one among many, Harnoncourt entirely lacks.What else did Jansons...
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