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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...

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...

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...

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...

Ravel: Bolero, etc; Debussy: Images / Munch, Boston Symphony

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

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; La valse; Rapsodie espagnole; Claude Debussy: Images for Orchestra
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

A ferocious performance of Bolero, each repetition exceptionally articulated, anchors this program of Munch/Boston specialties. This swirling program focuses on Spain, with a touch of...continue...

Sibelius, Prokofiev, Glazunov: Concertos / Heifetz, et al

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-01-25

Works: Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63; Alexander Glazunov: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 82
Performers: Heifetz, Jascha
Conductors: Hendl, Walter; Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Heifetz had long associations with each of these works, and made the premiere recordings of the Sibelius and Prokofiev concertos. These Living Stereo remakes display...continue...

Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Walton: Cello Concerto / Piatigorksy

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-01-25

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191; William Walton: Concerto for Cello
Performers: Piatigorsky, Gregor
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Piatigorsky, a frequent partner of Heifetz, was one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century. His passionate Living Stereo recording of Dvorak's masterpiece is...continue...

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...

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Complete / Munch, Boston Symphony

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

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: New England Conservatory Chorus

Masters of the French orchestral repertoire offer a sensuous and emotional reading of Ravel's masterwork on this prized Living Stereo recording. "The performance is a...continue...

Beethoven, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos / Heifetz, Munch

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor
Performers: Heifetz, Jascha
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Heifetz's lyrical, technically dazzling interpretations of these concertos are the standards by which all violinists have been measured. In a sublime collaboration with world-renowned conductor...continue...