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Special offer. Charles Munch In Boston

The Early Years

Arnold Moss (speaker), Mariquita Moll (soprano), Betty Allen (mezzo soprano), Gerard Souzay (baritone), Lelia Gousseau (piano), E. Power Biggs (organ), Ruth Posselt (violin), Doriot Anthony (flute), Claudio Arrau (piano)

Boston Symphony Orchestra, NEC Chorus, Charles Munch

  • Catalogue No: WHRA6015
  • Label: West Hill Radio Archive
  • Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

7 CDs

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Contents

Debussy: Images for orchestra, L. 122

Work length21:22
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 30 October 1953

No. 2. Iberia: a. Par les rues et par les chemins

Track length7:09

No. 2. Iberia: b. Les parfums de la nuit

Track length9:54

No. 2. Iberia: c. Le matin d'un jour de fete

Track length4:19

Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin - Orchestral version

Work length15:31
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 17 October 1953

No. 1. Prelude

Track length3:24

No. 2. Forlane

Track length4:39

No. 3. Menuet

Track length4:23

No. 4. Rigaudon

Track length3:05

Honegger: La Danse des Morts

Work length32:36
  • Gérard Souzay (baritone), Betty Allen (soprano), Arnold Moss (narrator), Mariquita Moll (soprano)
  • New England Conservatory Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 19 December 1952

I.

Track length7:03

II. Danse des morts

Track length3:38

III. Lamento

Track length7:11

IV. Sanglots

Track length2:13

V. La Repose de Dieu

Track length2:22

VI. Esperance dans la Croix

Track length10:09

Excerpt, Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Work length18:09
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 11 October 1952

Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude - Act III: Liebestod

Track length18:09

Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485

Work length24:54
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 11 October 1952

I. Allegro

Track length4:50

II. Andante con moto

Track length10:28

III. Menuetto: Allegro molto

Track length4:24

IV. Allegro vivace

Track length5:12

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'

Work length20:44
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 13 December 1952

I. Allegro moderato

Track length9:41

II. Andante con moto

Track length11:03

Auber: La muette de Portici: Overture

Work length7:42
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 26 December 1953

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'

Work length25:27
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 1 November 1952

I. Allegro vivace

Track length7:42

II. Andante con moto

Track length6:01

III. Con moto moderato

Track length6:17

IV. Saltarello: Presto

Track length5:27

Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61

Work length36:14
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 12 November 1955

I. Sostenuto assai

Track length10:40

II. Scherzo

Track length6:53

III. Adagio espressivo

Track length10:45

IV. Allegro molto vivace

Track length7:56

Excerpt, Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Work length11:58
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 24 January 1953

Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Prelude

Track length11:58

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

Work length24:07
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 26 December 1952

I. Allegro vivace

Track length6:48

II. Andante cantabile

Track length7:30

III. Menuetto: Allegretto

Track length4:13

IV. Molto Allegro

Track length5:36

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'

Work length37:43
  • Lelia Gousseau (piano)
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 18 October 1952

I. Allegro

Track length19:34

II. Adagio un poco mosso

Track length8:09

III. Rondo: Allegro

Track length10:00

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Work length32:05
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 17 October 1953

I. Adagio molto - Allegro molto

Track length10:12

II. Larghetto

Track length11:45

III. Scherzo

Track length3:16

IV. Allegro molto

Track length6:52

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'

Work length46:36
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 30 October 1953

I. Allegro con brio

Track length14:55

II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai

Track length15:49

III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace

Track length3:49

IV. Finale: Allegro molto

Track length12:03

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'

Work length33:00
  • E. Power Biggs (organ)
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 1 January 1954

I. Adagio - Allegro moderato

Track length9:53

I. Poco adagio

Track length8:36

II. Allegro moderato - Presto - Allegro moderato - Presto - Allegro moderato

Track length7:04

II. Maestoso - Allegro - Piu allegro - Molto allegro - Pesante

Track length7:27

Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21

Work length27:53
  • Ruth Posselt (violin)
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 11 December 1953

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length8:12

II. Scherzando: Allegro molto

Track length4:38

IV. Andante

Track length7:31

V. Rondo: Allegro

Track length7:32

Ibert: Concerto for Flute & Orchestra

Work length18:13
  • Doriot Anthony Dwyer (flute)
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 9 January 1954

I. Allegro

Track length4:41

II. Andante

Track length6:15

III. Allegro scherzando

Track length7:17

Wagner: Faust Overture, WWV59

Work length12:35
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 26 February 1954

A Faust Overture

Track length12:35

Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'

Work length17:23
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 21 November 1953

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

Work length47:35
  • Claudio Arrau (piano)
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch
  • Recorded: 9 January 1953

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length17:44

II. Allegro appassionato

Track length8:45

III. Andante

Track length12:08

IV. Allegretto grazioso

Track length8:58

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