critical assault on maazel

The NY Times continues its unrelenting assault on the music directorship of Lorin Maazel, this time his conducting of the New York Philharmonic’s “Brahms the Romantic” festival. Here’s my favorite snarky comment from Allan Kozinn’s review:

What Mr. Maazel seems to mean by Brahms the Romantic is that Brahms is even more Romantic than anyone thought, assuming your definition of Romantic is bloated, full of tempo-stretching phrase manipulation, magnified dynamics and vulgar overstatement.

At least it’s interesting. I wonder if Mr. Kozinn will still get good seats for next season.