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I love his style, looks, and skills.
Ozawa was the conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for twenty-nine. It has not been the same without him.
I always felt he got overshadowed by the other great conductors of his heyday- Abbado, Giulini, Kleiber, Harnoncourt, Kleiber, Muti, etc.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | September 12, 2023 5:28 PM |
Man, no way. Ozawa was a total bore. Abbado was leaps and bounds above him, and neither of them are even on the same PLANET as Carlos Kleiber.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 8, 2022 6:49 PM |
I know nothing about conductors or any of that cos I'm uncultured, but he is gorgeous! I dont know what the rest looked like but Ozawa was cute
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 8, 2022 6:53 PM |
R1 Wrong. Absolutely wrong. He has conducted several good recordings! Abbado is one of the greatest of all time. Better than Bernstein IMO.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 8, 2022 6:54 PM |
Don't forget about Bruno Walter
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 30, 2022 12:32 AM |
When I discovered Mahler in the 1980s, some of Bernstein's CBS recordings quickly became my favorites (1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9). I loved Abbado's 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7. Now, I mostly listen to all of Abbado's first cycle (Chicago, Vienna). Either one of them is my favorite conductor. I never listened much to Ozawa. Couldn't tell you why, though I do have his Mahler 8.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 30, 2022 12:41 AM |
Ozawa was one of Bernstein's proteges. There is absolutely no truth to the ugly rumor that Lenny "discovered" him in a male brothel in Tokyo and kept him as a sex toy while putting him through Tanglewood.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 30, 2022 12:43 AM |
What a tangled rumor that is.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 30, 2022 12:45 AM |
Ozawa conducted at my college's 200th anniversary. Among the pieces was a piece by Darius Milhaud commissioned for the occasion. It was marvelous.
I also attended a number of performances in Pittsburgh conducted by Andre Previn, and that was spectacular.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 30, 2022 12:52 AM |
He likes underaged boys
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 30, 2022 6:30 AM |
Don't Sei Ji.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 30, 2022 7:02 AM |
The presence of this thread is Exhibit A of why the DL RULES.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 30, 2022 9:40 AM |
He looks Asian.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 30, 2022 6:50 PM |
He was good looking.
I would have done him.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | August 31, 2022 8:32 PM |
His "Young Person's Guide" & "Tanz Uf dem Anger" (among others) from "Carmina Burana" are far, far too slow. Annoyingly so. They needn't be raced through, but yikes.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 23, 2023 6:57 PM |
I like it
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 23, 2023 9:07 PM |
R18 Surprised that at least one of the three regular panelists, who were aficionados of “long hair” (i.e., classical) music, didn’t know who he was even in 1963. I thought Arlene surely knew based on her first set of questions. Ozawa was a cutie in those days.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 26, 2023 4:22 PM |
R19 my thought was he was new to America
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 26, 2023 5:29 PM |
Seiji Ozawa leading the Berlin Philharmonic in Mahler's Second Symphony, The Resurrection.
Featuring Miss Kathleen Battle.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 29, 2023 7:19 PM |
My favorite symphony, r21. Thanks.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | May 29, 2023 8:52 PM |
LOVE Seiji.
I would name my son after him.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 14, 2023 12:09 AM |
My take: His interpretations have never moved me, personally. Boston is a bit of a safe, run of the mill orchestra though. Chicago’s cranking brass under Solti or Karajan/Abbado with German strings, those got my dick hard. Ozawa never had an elegant conducting style either. Abbado’s conducting was graceful AF, Haitink had crispy baton technique, Karajan had his overdrama, but Ozawa was from the same flappy, uninteresting school as Bernstein. He was effective and fine, but never a favorite.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | August 14, 2023 12:25 AM |
OP’s photo makes him look like a mouse.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | August 14, 2023 12:28 AM |
R24 I think Ozawa was better than Bernstein.
What are your thoughts on Gunter Wand, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Fabio Luisi?
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | August 14, 2023 3:10 AM |
His Mahler is my favorite
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | September 12, 2023 4:06 PM |
Well, Ozawa is certainly better than the current BSO conductor Andris Nelsons.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | September 12, 2023 5:28 PM |
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