Critic Ernest Fleischmann said (decades ago now) on the radio that when George Szell passed away, the Cleveland Orchestra overwhelmingly wanted István Kertész to be their new principal conductor. Powers-that-be overrode them, and they got Lorin Maazel (not that I think Maazel was a bad choice).
Critic Ernest Fleischmann said (decades ago now) on the radio that when George Szell passed away, the Cleveland Orchestra overwhelmingly wanted István Kertész to be their new principal conductor. Powers-that-be overrode them, and they got Lorin Maazel (not that I think Maazel was a bad choice).