Berlioz, Hector > Munch, Charles

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Romeo et Juliette

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2010-08-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17; Spoken Word: Annonce
Conductors: Munch, Charles

Munch shows himself at his peak in this recording. There is irresistible brilliance, overwhelming lyricism, fevered passion and dreamy sensitivity....continue...

Hector Berlioz: Requiem

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-02-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Munch, Charles

Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Overtures / Munch, Primrose, BSO

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2007-06-26

Works: Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Béatrice et Bénédict, Overture, H. 138; Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, Overture; Le car...
Performers: Primrose, William
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

"In the 1950s, Charles Munch was closely associated with the orchestral music of Hector Berlioz, and his masterful recordings with the Boston Symphony Orchestra of...continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, etc / Munch, Boston SO

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2006-02-07

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

"... Munch uses little things that are not heard in other places, like the fast, subtle vibrato heard in the trombones while playing the 'Dies...continue...

Berlioz: Requiem / Munch, Simoneau, BSO

2 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-02-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

A monumental work for a huge chorus and orchestra, including four extra brass choirs, in a duly monumental recording by the greatest Berlioz orchestra and...continue...

Red Seal - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, etc /Munch, et al

2 CD / RCA Records / 2003-05-20

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
Performers: Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Munch, Charles

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

RCA Red Seal Century - Soloists & Conductors

2 CD / RCA Records / 2001-10-23

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Sicilienne and Rigaudon in the style of Francoeur; Schön Rosmarin; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 12 in G major, Op. 37/2, CT. 119; Mazurka for piano no 23 in ...
Performers: Bauer, Harold; Berkowitz, Ralph; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Cliburn, Van; Cortot, Alfred; Elman, Mischa; Feuermann, Emanuel; Gabrilowitsch, Ossip; Galway, James [Flute]; Goode, Richard; Heifetz, Jascha;...
Conductors: Muck, Karl; Stokowski, Leopold; Fiedler, Arthur; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Munch, Charles; Shaw, Robert; Toscanini, Arturo; Monteux, Pierre; Reiner, Fritz; Levine, James; Measham, David; Wand, Günte...
Ensemble: ; Boston Pops; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; San Francisco Sympho...

Massenet: Manon; Debussy, Berlioz / de Los Angeles, et al

3 CD / Testament / 2001-04-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; Claude Debussy: La damoiselle élue
Performers: Berton, Liliane; Borthayre, Jean; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dens, Michel; Legay, Henri; Notti, Raymonde; Serres, Marthe; Vieuille, Jean
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre; Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Paris Opéra Comique Orchestra

"In Act 2, Manon, reading the letter her lover Des Grieux is writing to his father, sings the line, "nulle voix n'a plus de doux...continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, etc / Munch, Boston SO

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-02-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

According to RCA, this classic Munch performance has been "Digitally remastered in 20-bit technology using a customized Studer transport with Cello electronics and universally compatible...continue...

Opera's Greatest Drinking Songs

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-04-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Otello; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Sigmund Romberg: The Student Prince, operetta; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana,...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Bowen, Kenneth; Caballe, Montserrat; Crook, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gramm, Donald; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hadley...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Wallberg, Heinz; Gemignani, Paul; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Karajan, Herbert von; Slatkin, Leonard; Steinberg, Pinchas; Solti, Sir Georg; Reiner, Fritz; Stolz, Robert; Perlea,...
Ensemble: ; American Theatre Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Harvard Glee Club; Jo...