Live from Lincoln Center - Ax, Bronfman, Maazel - Mozart Concerto No. 10 in Eb & Beethoven Eroica 

I agree. He was one of a rapidly disappearing generation of great conductors, of which only a small handful remain.

Maybe was great many decades ago. But here he is completely detached and "punching the time clock". He is small compared to the two who preceded him.

@@donaldspaulding6973 I played with them : Masur was a typical german kapellmeister, but not in the Haitink, Abbado or Tennstedt class. Actually I found him rather mediocre. Mehta was a very good md but musically very superficial. His classical style was very oldfashioned and done in the romantic school.Maazel was great and much better than these guys. He had an incredible baton technique and a brilliant brain. Anyway the NYPO belonged to the so called 'big five' , but for sure as the nr.5 orchestra!

@@hectorberlioz1449 Same here, I played under Masur and Mehta and agree with your comments. Although I liked Mehta more than Masur. Having been on both sides of the podium, I can honestly say that the performances under Maazel were not that inspiring. Maybe he was brilliant, but this video supports my POV on him.

I never played under Maazel BUT my teacher did in the NYP and one aspect about his era in the orchestra was that he gave the musicians a lot of freedom (some may think he gave too much freedom) but I especially appreciated this freedom in getting to hear the brass sections really put out sound in Mahler and R Strauss Symphonies! The Alpine Symphony under Maazel is my favorite recording of that work:)