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James Levine on a pedestal
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Dialogues
and Discoveries
The Legendary James Levine Shares Memories of His Life and His
Work. By Robert C. Marsh. Scribner. $27.50.
To read this worshipful tribute, you'd think conductor James
Levine can do no wrong, that his life has been darkened by nothing
more than an occasional performance that didn't sparkle.
Readers looking for juicy stuff promised on the jacket will find
no mention of Levine's widely rumored disappointment at not
succeeding Herbert von Karajan at the helm of the Berlin
Philharmonic. Nor is there so much as a mention of Ronald Wilford,
the Columbia Artists manager ...
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