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Sibelius: Symphonies no 5 & 7, etc / Sir Colin Davis, BSO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2008-04-29

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82; Symphony no 7 in C major, Op. 105; En saga, Op. 9
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

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This Boston cycle has always been a personal favourite, despite his later, often more acclaimed LSO recordings... the Fifth's closing movement, for example,...continue...

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...

Tchaikovsky, Sibelius / Davis, Boston SO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2006-11-21

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Romeo & Juliet; Jean Sibelius: Pohjola's daughter, Op. 49; Kuolema; Karelia Suite, Op. 11
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

"Holy smokes! This is one of the most exciting releases I've heard in quite a while! How powerful is the sound? My cat has long...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...

Franck: Symphony; Stravinsky: Pétrouchka / Monteux, et al

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

Works: César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version)
Performers: Zighera, Bernard
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"Monteux's Franck Symphony, recorded with the Chicago Symphony in 1961, remains the best on disc. Tension always underlies the brooding; this is work of clarity,...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...

Beethoven: Symphony no 5; Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 / Davis

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"
Conductors: Davis, Colin, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra

Super Audio CD Sampler - RQR

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Horn no 1 in D major, K. 412/514...
Performers: Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Civil, Alan; Gazzelloni, Severino; Gedda, Nicolai; Haas, Werner [Piano]; Kovacevich, Stephen; Pieterson, George
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Davis, Colin; Marriner, Sir Neville; Schroder, Jaap; ; Inbal, Eliahu; Varviso, Silvio; Evetz, Eugen; Krips, Josef; De Waart, Edo
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Concerto Amsterdam; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; I Musici; Orchestre de P...

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...

Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Respighi / Fiedler, BSO

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

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Ottorino Respighi: La boutique fantasque
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Two sparkling ballet scores from the great master of light classics with the champagne touch. Filled with waltzes, polkas, the inevitable Cancan and the timeless...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...

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...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 "Pathetique" / Monteux

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

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Monteux reunited three decades later with the orchestra he led in the early 1920s, to produce a 'Pathetique' both gripping and exhilarating....continue...