We have to thank this wonderful Japanese channel for preserving and promoting the treasures of classical music with an orchestra and a conductor who serve the Music. Please, post more! Maestro Simonov is an absolute wizard!
Fantastic as always. Voronair, please upload more Simonov video treasures. Any Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky or a complete La Valse by Ravel? You are the BEST of the entire RU-vid!
There are few conductors that “Get It”. This is one of them. This march can only be pulled off at a tempo that allows the listener to hear all of the intricate inner lines and harmonic material. Anything faster (as most take this) rob the listener of everything that is there.
There are few conductors who have the moxie to pull off the March climax as it was meant. Spano with the ASO and Kunzel with the CPO are the only ones I have heard in person.