Talk:Colin Davis

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A news item involving Colin Davis was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 15 April 2013.

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discography[edit]

The official SonyBMG Masterworks discography link for this artist is as follows

Discography at SonyBMG Masterworks

It (in most cases) contains a full listing of in-print CDs released on the SonyBMG labels within the US (for the moment), along with track listings and in some cases audio clips (which will become more robust in the new year). Ecommerce links are provided inobtrusively.

I have been informed that it creates a conflict of interest to post these links directly from my account, so please consider adding the page to the link section. Thanks.Softlord 23:37, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tim riley has rewritten the discography section. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:45, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please remove POV, Opinion, and Original Research[edit]

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Davis has developed from the enthusiastic, impulsive firebrand of his early years into a mature master; yet he remains as passionate and involved in his work as ever. He is essentially a visionary and an inspirational conductor, and has often managed to bring those characteristics into the recording studio. His extensive discography ranges from thrilling accounts of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony (with the RPO) and Oedipus rex (with Sadler’s Wells), both from 1961, through much Mozart and Berlioz (Idomeneo, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, La clemenza di Tito, Benvenuto Cellini, Roméo et Juliette and Les Troyens are especially notable) to his pioneering Tippett, his impassioned Sibelius and his powerfully individual readings of Britten’s Peter Grimes and The Turn of the Screw.

”

The items bolded are opinion not backed up by sources. The "visionary and inspirational" is particularly over-the-top, unbacked up by any reviews or consensus. Even AllMusic.com does not give Davis any adjectives. Why does this Wikipedia article?Suggest removal or re-working of all of these adjectivess, unless backed up by credible sources. Softlavender (talk) 09:21, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article has been substantially expanded and reworked by Tim riley. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:45, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sir Colin vs. Davis[edit]

Hi. I was wondering if we should use "Sir Colin" or "Davis" for consistency? Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 17:08, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think a knighthood generally confers the luxury of an alternative. Variety works for me. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:36, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP:HONORIFIC#Honorific prefixes: "The honorific titles Sir, Dame, Lord and Lady are included in the initial reference and infobox heading for the person, but are optional after that." Martinevans123 (talk) 07:32, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Surname is usual, whether or not a person is a Sir or Dame. Jim Michael (talk) 14:34, 21 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Last known performance[edit]

I'm sorry if this seems to be hairsplitting; it's not meant to be but given WP:V I wonder what other editors think. This is about the "amateur orchestra" sentence in the Illness and death subsection.

The Lebrecht piece cited mentions a rehearsal but not a concert; I've changed concert to performance since this seems better to cover it anyway: even if no concert took place, the music was performed with Davis conducting. Lebrecht also names the Brahms but not Tom Gould, which means that the editor who inserted Gould has inside information. They are right, but I don't think it's referenced ... certainly, the orchestra concerned is saying nothing in public at the moment. (Rereading Lebrecht, in fact, I see that we also do not know that it was a London orchestra.) Is it wrong of me to want to consider that that sentence should contain only material supported by its reference ... or that we might need a new reference, if one exists? I am not up for a fistfight over this and will certainly not change that bit without discussion, but I would be very interested to know what others think. Best wishes to all DBaK (talk) 16:21, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Awards[edit]

In 2002, Davis was invited to serve as the first Mentor in Music in the inaugural cycle of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, an international philanthropic programme that pairs masters in their disciplines with emerging talents for a year of one-to-one creative exchange. Out of a very gifted field of candidates, Davis chose young Spanish conductor Josep Caballé Domenech as his protégé.^[1] RMP2014 (talk) 13:09, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://www.rolexmentorprotege.com/pairing/2002-2003/sir_colin_davis_and_josep_caballe-domenech

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Illness?[edit]

Quote "Davis died in London at the age of 85 after a short illness"

How did he die? Which illness killed him?--172.251.204.186 (talk) 21:06, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

His family did not specify what the illness was, so it's very unlikely that a WP:RS could be found to define it. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:26, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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