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Mendelssohn: Meisterwerke / Master Works

5 CD / ZYX Records / 2012-05-29

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Symphony no 5 i...
Performers: Heifetz, Jascha; Horowitz, Vladimir; Kushnevitzky, Sviatoslav; Menuhin, Yehudi; Oborin, Lev; Oistrakh, David; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Serkin, Rudolf; Streich, Rita
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Scholz, Alfred; Ormandy, Eugene; Munch, Charles; Fricsay, Ferenc; Soliman, Gaetano

Handel: Water Music Suite; Mozart / Charles Munch, Boston Symphony [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 36 in C major, K 425 "Linz"; Symphony no 38 in D major, K 504 "Prague"
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Munch launched the BSO into television in 1955. He was an immensely popular conductor and well suited to being filmed. This material represents some of...continue...
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Roussel: Le festin de l'araignee; Suite in F, Op. 33; Bizet: Symphony in C

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2011-12-13

Works: Georges Bizet: Symphony in C major; Albert Roussel: Le Festin de l'araignée, ballet, Op. 17; Suite for orchestra in F major, Op. 33; Petite suite, for orchestra, Op. 39; Camille Saint-Saëns...
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: ; Concertgebouw Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Paris Conservatory Orchestra

Schumann & Schubert / Charles Munch, Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81; Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Munch launched the BSO into television in 1955. He was an immensely popular conductor and well suited to being filmed. This material represents some of...continue...
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20th Century Classics: Honegger / Johathan Snowden, flute; Rostropovich, cello

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, reduction for piano, 4 hands, H. 53; Symphony no 2, for strings & trumpet ad lib in D major, H. 153; Danse de la chèvre, for solo flute, H. 39; Concerto for Cello...
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav; Snowden, Jonathan; Solum, John; Yordanoff, Luben
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss; Munch, Charles; Dubrovsky, Victor; Plasson, Michel; Martinon, Jean; Dilkes, Neville
Ensemble: English Sinfonia; Orchestra of Paris; Orchestre National de L'ORTF; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse; Oslo Philharmonic; Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Toulouse National Orchestra; USSR State...

Haydn, Bruckner: Symphonies / Charles Munch, Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 98 in B flat major, H 1 no 98; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Programmed by Munch during his years at the Boston Symphony but never recorded, his renderings of the two works featured on this DVD are exciting...continue...
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Brahms: Symphonies 1 & 2 / Charles Munch, Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Munch gave extensive performances of Brahm's Symphonies No. 1 and 2 during his time at the Boston Symphony, particularly during the orchestra's many national and...continue...
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Pure... Classical

4 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2011-06-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier; Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068; Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Brandenb...
Performers: De Larrocha, Alicia; De Maistre, Xavier; Donat, Zdislawa; Entremont, Philippe; Feltsman, Vladimir [Piano]; Gould, Glenn; Graffman, Gary; Hering, Jorg; Holzl, Barbara; Hyman, Dick; Newman, Anthony; Op...
Conductors: Spivakov, Vladimir; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Salter, Robert; Ormandy, Eugene; ; Newman, Anthony; Levine, James; Leppard, Raymond; Davis, Colin; Stokowski, Leopold; Szell, George; Munch, Charles; Bruno, ...
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Collegium; Moscow Virtuosi; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Brahms: Symphonies No. 4 & No. 2 / Munch

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-04-05

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73
Conductors: Munch, Charles

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Debussy: La Mer Prelude; L'Apres Midi d'un Faune

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-04-05

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Printemps, symphonic suite for chorus, piano & orchestra, L. 61; Nocturnes; Jacques Ibert: Escales
Performers: Gomberg, Ralph
Conductors: Munch, Charles

Recording information: Symphony Hall, Boston, USA....continue...

Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts; Franck, Faure / Munch/Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Access to the publicly broadcast BSO concerts from this era has been extremely difficult even for researchers. This series of DVDs will make these performances...continue...
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Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 5 / Munch/Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus), ballet, Op. 43
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Access to the publicly broadcast BSO concerts from this era has been extremely difficult even for researchers. This series of DVDs will make these performances...continue...
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor Op. 125

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2010-12-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Conductors: Munch, Charles

Recording information: Symphony Hall, Boston, USA (12/21/1958/12/22/1958)....continue...

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...

Beethoven Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2...
Performers: Addison, Adele; Ax, Emanuel; Bell, Donaldson; Hobson, Jane; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Serkin, Rudolf; Watts, Andre
Conductors: Munch, Charles; Previn, Andre; Bernstein, Leonard; Szell, George
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Famous Mendelssohn Recordings

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-05-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"
Performers: Dorfmann, Ania
Conductors: Harty, Hamilton, Sir; Goehr, Walter; Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris

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...

Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 / Munch, Reiner, Bernstein, et al

5 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2007-02-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Gonzalez, Irma; Harrell, Mack; Jobin, Raoul; Nikolaidi, Elena
Conductors: Munch, Charles; Bernstein, Leonard; Reiner, Fritz; Monteux, Pierre; Szell, George; Paray, Paul; Kempen, Paul van; Scherchen, Hermann; Walter, Bruno

Beethoven's Nine Symphonies by nine conductors and nine orchestras in outstanding performances recorded in the late forties and fifties, reunited by a unique vision of...continue...

Schubert: Symphonies 8 & 9 / Munch, Boston SO

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2007-01-23

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

In recordings of inimitable grace and probing depth from conductor Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Schubert's two most beloved symphonies are coupled for...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...

Mendelssohn: Symphonies no 4 & 5, etc / Munch, Boston SO

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

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"; Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

These are performances of elegance and passion by one of Americas premier orchestras in its golden age, under the baton of a master equally adept...continue...

Bizet: Symphony no 1, etc / Munch, Gerhardt, et al

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2005-08-16

Works: Georges Bizet: Symphony in C major; L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1; L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2
Conductors: Munch, Charles; Gerhardt, Charles
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London

Bizet wrote his 'Symphony No. 1' when he was just 17, but it was only discovered, performed and finally acclaimed long after his untimely death....continue...

Charles Münch - La France résistante - Honegger, Jolivet

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Arthur Honegger: La danse des morts; Symphony no 2 for Trumpet and Strings; André Jolivet: Les trois complaintes
Performers: Barrault, Jean-Louis; Bernac, Pierre; Panzera, Charles; Pascal, Andre; Turba-Rabier, Odette
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris ; Yvonne Gouverné Chorus

Beethoven: Symphonies no 5 & 6 / Munch, Boston SO

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-07-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Digitally remastered for the first time, Munch's endearing interpretation of the 'Pastoral' Symphony joins a passionate Fifth on a treasurable example of the Boston Symphony's...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony 5; Schubert Symphony 8 / Munch, Boston

1 CD / JMC/JVC / 2005-06-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Symphonies no 4 & 5 / Munch, Boston SO

1 CD / JMC/JVC / 2005-06-21

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Franck: Symphony in D Minor; Symphonic Variations / Munch

1 CD / RCA Records / 2005-03-22

Works: César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, M 46; Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem (also arr. for piano, 4 hands), M. 44
Performers: Pennario, Leonard
Conductors: Munch, Charles; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra

A Hi-Fi Spectacular - Saint-Saëns, Debussy / Charles Munch

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2004-09-14

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Claude Debussy: La mer; Jacques Ibert: Escales
Performers: Gomberg, Ralph; Litwin, Leo; Zamkochian, Berj; Zighera, Bernard
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Using the recently rediscovered three-track original master for the 'Organ' Symphony, this program by Munch and his 'French' American orchestra is more than ever the...continue...

Classic LIbrary - Debussy: La Mer, etc / Munch, Boston SO

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-04-20

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Images for Orchestra
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Charles Munch and America's 'French' orchestra deliver timeless interpretations of daring and delicacy....continue...

Dvorak: Symphony no 8, Cello Concerto / Piatigorsky, Munch

1 CD / RCA Records Import / 2004-01-13

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191
Performers: Piatigorsky, Gregor
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

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...

Debussy - Greatest Hits

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-08-07

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); La mer; Arabesques (2) for Piano; Nocturnes; Préludes, Book 1; Syrinx; L'isle joyeuse...
Performers: Collard, Catherine; Dalberto, Michel; Galway, James [Flute]; Stott, Kathryn
Conductors: Munch, Charles; Galway, James [Flute];
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Guarneri Quartet

Debussy for Relaxation

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-04-13

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Clair de lune; Poèmes (7) de Banville; Préludes, Book 1; Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10; Fantaisie for pian...
Performers: Collard, Catherine; Douglas, Barry [Piano/Conductor]; Galway, James [Flute]; Robles, Marisa [Harp]; Stott, Kathryn
Conductors: Munch, Charles; Galway, James [Flute]; ; Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Guarneri Quartet; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra

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...

A Hi-Fi Spectacular - Saint-Saëns, Debussy / Charles Munch

1 CD / RCA Records / 1993-03-09

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Claude Debussy: La mer; Jacques Ibert: Escales
Performers: Gomberg, Ralph; Litwin, Leo; Zamkochian, Berj; Zighera, Bernard
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Blackwood: Symphonies 5 & 1 / Munch, DePreist

1 CD / Cedille / 1993-01-01

Works: Easley Blackwood: Symphony no 5, Op. 34; Symphony no 1, Op. 3
Conductors: DePreist, James; Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra