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Notes & Reviews:
The Munch years are a golden age for the Boston Symphony Orchestra -- truly a great conductor leading a great orchestra -- and this set makes it easy to understand why, with superb accounts of Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Dvorák, Mahler, and Strauss.
Works:
Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music by Richard Wagner
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845/1861; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/01/1957
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston
Length: 21 Minutes 5 Secs.
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (with voice) by Richard Wagner
Performer: Eileen Farrell (Soprano)
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; Germany
Date of Recording: 11/25/1957
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston
Length: 17 Minutes 42 Secs.
Language: German
Die Walküre: Magic Fire Music by Richard Wagner
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/01/1957
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston
Length: 7 Minutes 26 Secs.
Götterdämmerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey by Richard Wagner
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Germany
Date of Recording: 1957
Götterdämmerung: Immolation by Richard Wagner
Performer: Eileen Farrell (Soprano)
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Germany
Date of Recording: 11/25/1957
Venue: Symphony Hall, Boston
Length: 20 Minutes 13 Secs.
Language: German
Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877-1878; Russia
Date of Recording: 1955
Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Russia
Date of Recording: 1957
Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Russia
Date of Recording: 1962
Length: 45 Minutes 30 Secs.
Romeo and Juliet Overture by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1869/1880; Russia
Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; Russia
Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Russia
Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163 by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; Bohemia
Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191 by Antonín Dvorák
Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky (Cello)
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1895; USA
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen by Gustav Mahler
Performer: Maureen Forrester (Alto)
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883-1896; Germany
Kindertotenlieder by Gustav Mahler
Performer: Maureen Forrester (Alto)
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1901-1904; Vienna, Austria
Don Quixote, Op. 35 by Richard Strauss
Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky (Cello)
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896-1897; Germany
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 by Richard Strauss
Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1895; Germany
American Record Guide, November/December 2012
There's no album booklet or notes, just a list on the back of each cardboard sleeve of what's on the disc and recording dates in really fine print. So of course there's no info as to whether these are new masterings, though I highly doubt it, given the price. These recordings were made at different times, so the sound is variable but never less than good, often excellent. All the cardboard sleeves, by the way, are packed in a simple cardboard box that opens like an old LP box set - lightweight and compact, taking up the bare minimum of shelf space. But I've written far more than necessary; all this review really had to say was, "Don't live without this!"
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