The Chicago Symphony, stripped down in Princeton!

https://drgeraldstein.wordpress.com/2023/09/10/solti-and-the-orchestra-with-nothing-to-hide/

It’s not for nothing that Solti’s musicians nicknamed him the Screaming Skull. I was alerted to this story this morning on Norman Lebrecht’s blog, Slipped Disc.

Even more fearsome was CSO music director Fritz Reiner. And yet even Reiner had his soft side. Here’s a very different account of the CSO on tour:

125 Moments: 101 Fritz Reiner’s “Perfect Concert”

To understand what a bastard Reiner could be, again with a Princeton connection (admittedly, supplied by me), read this:

Be sure to follow the link to “Fritz Reiner: A Marriage of Talent and Terror” at the bottom of the post!